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Alex Kirkpatrick Bronze sculpture. Bronze nautilus shell. Bronze seashell.
Making the Nautilus
A quick project diary to show how the Nautilus shells are made.
1
Laying in the shell's outer skin.
2
Smoothed out ready for adding the chambers.
3
Chambers in place.
4
Smoothing the outer shell.
5
The silicon master mould to make the wax copy.
6
Dipping the wax shell in ceramic slurry.
7
Building layers with the ceramic stucco.
8
Burning out the wax to leave the hollow ceramic mould.
9
The hollow mould cooling before I fill the vent holes ready for casting.
9
Pouring the molten bronze.
10
Pouring the molten bronze.
11
Just after the pour, the bronze sculpture solidifying within.
12
Some raw castings.
13
Grinding the face of the shell.
14
Days of smoothing and polishing.
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