lost-wax process

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lost-wax process

[′lȯst¦waks ‚prä·səs]

(metallurgy)

A method used in investment casting in which a wax pattern between a two-layered mold is removed by melting and replaced with molten metal; used for casting bronze statues and in jewelry casting. Also known as investment process.

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This sensitive sculpture was cast in bronze, most likely using the lost-wax process.

Sculpture: Miniature Beauty

Intrigued by sculpture, and captivated by the process, Spellerberg learned how to cast - making the molds and after the lost-wax process, doing the patina.

SCULPTURING CASTS SPELL ON RESIDENT

Kirwin proposes that Leonardo intended to cast the great horse not by means of the lost-wax process but in the way in which cannon were cast, and also that the total height of the horse may have been not 7.