Basic Wax Modeling
The author of Basic Wax Modeling, Mr. Hiroshi Tsuyuki, is the Japanese authority on Jewelry Wax Modeling. In this book he presents 11 basic projects, each one designed to teach the use of certain tools and types of waxes in a progressive manner as one’s skills improve. Each step of every project is accompanied by a photo and text and in some cases supplementary sketches and notes are provided to clarify those particular processes. Mr. Tsuyuki states that by conscientiously completing each project, the student should be well on the way to becoming a designer/modeler. Hiroshi Tsuyuki's second book, Practical Wax Modeling, co-written with Yoko Ohba, starts off where Basic Wax Modeling leaves off. List of Projects in Basic Wax Modeling: • A High Domed Ring • A Ripple Patterned Ring • A Signet Ring • A Box Type Ring • A Carved Flat Band Ring • A Textured Pendant with Open Work • A Wax Build-Up Pendant • A Wax Build-Up Ring • A Ring with Flower and Leaf Motif • A Lozenge Pendant with a Cut-Out • A Brooch with a Flower and Leaves Hardcover, 112 pages, 283 black and white photos and illustrations.
The author of Basic Wax Modeling, Mr. Hiroshi Tsuyuki, is the Japanese authority on Jewelry Wax Modeling. In this book he presents 11 basic projects, each one designed to teach the use of certain tools and types of waxes in a progressive manner as one’s skills improve.
Each step of every project is accompanied by a photo and text and in some cases supplementary sketches and notes are provided to clarify those particular processes. Mr. Tsuyuki states that by conscientiously completing each project, the student should be well on the way to becoming a designer/modeler.
Hiroshi Tsuyuki's second book, Practical Wax Modeling, co-written with Yoko Ohba, starts off where Basic Wax Modeling leaves off.
List of Projects in Basic Wax Modeling:
• A High Domed Ring
• A Ripple Patterned Ring
• A Signet Ring
• A Box Type Ring
• A Carved Flat Band Ring
• A Textured Pendant with Open Work
• A Wax Build-Up Pendant
• A Wax Build-Up Ring
• A Ring with Flower and Leaf Motif
• A Lozenge Pendant with a Cut-Out
• A Brooch with a Flower and Leaves
Hardcover, 112 pages, 283 black and white photos and illustrations.
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LOST WAX CASTING PROCESS<br />
A BRIEF DESCRIPTION<br />
While this book is devoted to creating wax models, it is important for the modeler to know<br />
what takes place after the model is made.<br />
There are many books written on casting and wax modelers should familiarize themselves<br />
with spruing techniques, investing, and casting whether they do their own casting or not.<br />
Models should be finished as smooth and faultless as possible since imperfections will be<br />
readily noticeable after the piece is cast, at which time repairs will be tedious to impossible.<br />
A simple centrifugal machine is illustrated here, but other casting equipment – vacuum and<br />
hand pressure units – are used as well.<br />
CRUCIBLE<br />
COUNTER<br />
WEIGHT<br />
BALANCING<br />
ARM<br />
FLASK<br />
ROTATION<br />
RELEASE PIN<br />
1. The casting machine is balanced with the metal to be melted placed in the crucible and<br />
the invested flask in the cradle.<br />
2. The flask is placed in the burn-out furnace for the prescribed length of time. Shortly<br />
before removal time, the balance arm is rotated clockwise two or more times and held<br />
there by raising the release pin.<br />
3. The metal is then melted with a torch. The flask is removed from the furnace and placed<br />
on the cradle. At the proper moment, the machine is allowed to spin causing the molten<br />
metal to enter the cavity left by the burned out wax.<br />
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