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In one of my Graphic Art classes in college my professor also taught jewelry making. So we made a piece in that class by the wax method. The piece came out nice

You basically start off with wax that you shape into the piece like clay. you then add a cone shape piece to the mold to serve as a funnel for the metal you are casing. That is then put into a metal cylinder and filled with clay. What happens is the clay becomes the mold as the wax is heated and evaporates. The mold is then put into a centrifuse type of jig and the metal is melted in a bowl kust outside of the casing. The the mechanism is spun at a high speed and the metal enters into the mold. You then take the mold, drop it into water and the clay desolves and now you have a casting ready for finish and polishing.

It was a great experience. Plus the fact that the piece was litteraly " one of a kind" and made by my own hands..I was sad a few years later when i lost it !!