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Posted by old paint (Member # 549) on :

thought id throw this up here...along with marty's mold making post....any of ya do this? works great for metal casting...and can be done on large scale if neccesary if my memeory serves me right the italian artist who cast the bronze life size statues of horses did this.....

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Posted by Barry Branscum (Member # 445) on :

Yeah, that was Leonardo da Vinci that intended to do that, but if memory serves he never actually did it.

the plan was for the mold to be dug into the ground, as the horse was going to be nmuch larger than lifesize, and was to be cast upside down.

Like many projects in his life, Leo started this, but never finished it. (Can I get an identifying AMEN, to those likewise? :-} )

just a little semiapocryphal art history nobody asked for.

Barry

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Posted by Mike Pipes (Member # 1573) on :

Sounds similar to jewelry casting OP.

wax models of charms and emblems are hot waxed to a "tree" which is set into a liquid vestment, then the vestment is fired to harden it (like ceramics) and at the same time the heat is high enough the wax just vaporizes, leaving a perfect cavity to cast the gold and silver.

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Posted by old paint (Member # 549) on :

wasnt divinci...this guy was before him...i want to carvagio..or somethin similar...but he did the casting and when they were pouring the metal he sliped and fell in to it...never saw his finished work

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Posted by Barry Branscum (Member # 445) on :

the story i referenced WAS ABSOLUTELY Leonardo. I don't believe I ever heard the Carivaggio tale.

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Posted by old paint (Member # 549) on :

well let me dig thru some of my art books...divinci and michealangelo are givin credit for a lot of things they didnt do.....because of their notarity...

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[This message has been edited by old paint (edited September 01, 2001).]

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