Lost Wax Casting

As an independent project, I chose to do a lost wax cast project. I designed a ring with multiple layers to it and slits cut out on both sides creating an elegant yet bold ring. I wanted to make a ring that I would actually wear, and trust me, I am VERY particular about the jewelry I wear. So I designed a ring which took geometric shapes and formed them together, contradicting each other but forming a unique ring. I decided to make the ring out of silver but first I would have to carve the ring into a hard blue wax.

Through this lengthy process, a ring can be made by hand. To start, you would carve the blue wax to the exact shape and form you would want the ring including the sizing of the ring. This would involve a bunch of different scary looking dentist tools to get into the crevices of the ring. Once it is the right shape, you would need to spru the ring to a mold-able wax to allow a passage through the plaster that would encase it. After the ring is surrounded by plaster, the whole thing is placed in a kiln to melt the wax inside and leave a mold of the ring. After the plaster has cooled, the mold can be placed in a centrifuge where melted silver is forced into the mold where it solidifies. Breaking off the plaster reveals the silver ring which is then sanded and polished into

perfection.