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  1. The mould, clay, registration and pouring hole for the wax.
  2. The silicon – smoothed with washing up liquid.
  3. Plaster
  4. The waxes, out of the silicon mould, ready to clean upCups and sprues added and the first coat of ceramic shell
  5. Fully coated in ceramic shell, about ten coats applied, an hour apart. Two without silica, two fine and the others coarse
  6. The bottom of the cup is chopped of and the wax melted out
  7. Small cracks are repaired with silica and then the shell is reheated before the pour
  8. The pour
  9. The silica needs to be knocked then sandblasted off. The bronze needs to be fettled = cleaned up and spare bronze recycled.
  10. Propane – black dye patina and wax added.
  11. The finished piece with the frame.

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