With some down time after my knee replacement, I decided to develop and post this video/blog.
This is a very technical and fun process. It also led to a very happy friend!
I learned how to do lost wax casting from a great instructor, friend, and a fun guy Nathan Dube at the Glassell School of Art in Houston. This technique is something that I have also used in creating my enamel work.
I made a rubber mold of the tree branch with a 2 part rubber from smooth on.
The heat of vulcanization would not work. 
I then made a lost wax of this mold and cast it .
Here i have them on the sprue ready for investing and casting. I cast 2 copies
after cutting off sprues
I am happy... now with a brass copy of a tree limb.
In this work I made a lost wax of a tree branch and then cast it in bronze. It is used as a support to the road of life I fabricated out of plasma cut flat steel and welded old antique nails. This is a fun technical process with lots of steps, but amazing results.
Don't try this without proper training and safety procedures in place!!!
Namaste
AL
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