Materials for art casting
A beautiful work of art only truly comes into its own when it is immortalised in bronze or another metal!
Of course, you can also leave all the work to an art foundry. We will gladly refer you to one of the many renowned art foundries we work with.
However, if you want to keep costs down and/or see as much of your own hand in the work as possible, it can be rewarding to make a mould yourself and produce the wax version of your model. You could even go a step further and make the plaster or ceramic mould yourself as well.
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We supply various silicones for making a mould of the model. You can then use the silicone mould to make a wax copy. Finally, you can use this to make a ceramic or plaster mould. We sell a good investment plaster, a fine core plaster and a good plaster for larger sculptures.
Of course, alloys such as tin and zamak, which have a much lower melting point, can also be cast directly into a silicone mould. We supply these special high-temperature silicones as liquid components or in the familiar silicone disc form. The liquid silicones are easily made into a flexible rubber mould, as described in the documentation on this website.
The silicone discs are intended for spin casting (centrifugal casting) equipment and must be vulcanised at high temperature. They are mostly used by professional tin and pewter casters.
In addition to plaster for making moulds for bronze casting, you can also use the ceramic shell method. This consists of a binder and one or more sands. Ceramic shell gives finer detail, is much lighter to handle and requires a much shorter burnout time than plaster. We have extensive experience in mould making and are happy to answer any questions.
For larger quantities, you can always contact us at info@siliconesandmore.com.