Casting is a manufacturing process in which a liquid material is usually poured into a mold, which contains a hollow cavity of the desired shape, and then allowed to solidify. The solidified part is also known as a casting, which is ejected or broken out of the mold to complete the process.
Casting materials are usually metals or various time setting materials that cure after mixing two or more components together; examples are epoxy, concrete, plaster, and clay.
Casting is most often used for making complex shapes that would be otherwise difficult or uneconomical to make by other methods. Heavy equipment like machine tool beds, ship’s propeller etc. can be cast easily in the required size rather than fabricating them by joining several small pieces.
Lifecasting of hands in bronze Raw casting of a lion gargoyle in bronze. Without education, you are not going anywhere in this world. – Malcolm X A raw life-casting of a female torso. Adam hard at work perfecting beauty. So much fun with wax. 😉
Life Casting– Heads / Hands / Pre-Op / Maternity / Family
Mold Making– Silicon / Urethane / Plaster / Bandage / Sand
Casting Projects
- Jun Kaneko at Artworks Foundry
- Comfort Food – David Goode Bronze Sculpture
- Cyclops Studios Work Featured at Artisan Alley’s Dimensions Gallery
- Adam Nahas Shares Burl & Ingot and His Unique Journey on PBS
- Cyclops Studios Sets Course With Janeway Collective on ‘Star Trek’ Public Art Installation in Bloomington, Indiana
To see our projects involving casting, please visit http://cyclops-studios.com/category/projects/casting/