Recently, members of the NAU Metals Club took part in a workshop on direct casting methods. We covered tufa casting, bean casting, ceiling tile and cuttlebone casting, as well as water casting. It was a great way to spend a friday... and Josh brought the mayo.
These are some of Larry's shibuichi bean castings, top and bottom:
Joe Anglim, getting some bronze ready for the pot of beans.
Hannah Walsh getting ready to bean cast
A tufa mold made by Larry Marek
Larry showed us how to prepare the mold, and talked about other ways native peoples have used tufa: a cure for heartburn was one!
cuttlebone casting
Here are the products of water casting. Josh and Joe filled a five gallon bucket with some massive ice blocks from campus and water. Bronze was poured in, and the results were quite large!
Hannah had been creating chain with her pieces:
Unitl next time!
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