Bronze Casting: The Lost Wax Process

This silent animated video illustrates the process of lost wax bronze casting of sculpture as it was practiced in the late-19th and early-20th centuries. This presentation was made possible by a grant from the Jane and John Justin Foundation.

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  • @camilookuinghttons2690
    @camilookuinghttons26906 жыл бұрын

    This is the best video about lost wax casting in this site. Very clear, brief, no comments to distract you, and goes straight to the point. I learned a lot from it, since I am starting doing this technique, and so far my results are great. Furthermore, I appreciate very much the "silence": no talking, no music!

  • @SlayingArt

    @SlayingArt

    5 жыл бұрын

    Hi Camilo, what are you using for investment/ceramic shell and dowels/nails/chaplets?

  • @CONEHEADDK

    @CONEHEADDK

    Жыл бұрын

    I was taught it "the East German way", and I have never seen it done that way anywhere else. Strange since it's a better, more effective/fool proof way.

  • @mjstow
    @mjstow3 жыл бұрын

    Outstanding visualization of the process, which was way more complicated than I'd imagined.

  • @mahsazargaran8832
    @mahsazargaran88323 жыл бұрын

    Beyond grateful for this video! Must have taken so many hours to create this animation. I was looking for a book on this method... with a short video you saved me hours and hours and taught me so much. Thank you!

  • @laharithota4772
    @laharithota47722 жыл бұрын

    The great harappa civilization! Which gifted many techniques to the world.

  • @vijayh.2619
    @vijayh.26193 жыл бұрын

    Who is watching this video after reading NCERT Lost wax techniques in Bronze dancing girl and bull of kalibanga for UPSC CSE.😁

  • @meghastales8327

    @meghastales8327

    2 жыл бұрын

    Me

  • @cyrushazari8461
    @cyrushazari84617 жыл бұрын

    Thank you for posting a very clear and informative video

  • @Leftseat52UT
    @Leftseat52UT2 жыл бұрын

    Awesome presentation with all the key steps clearly depicted and explained. Kudos, Amon Carter Museum!

  • @akash_chaudhary_
    @akash_chaudhary_7 жыл бұрын

    this technique was practiced during the Harappa Civilization(2000 B.C-1500 B.C)

  • @suhasprabhakar6168

    @suhasprabhakar6168

    2 жыл бұрын

    I'm here too for that reason

  • @jyotijewargii

    @jyotijewargii

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@suhasprabhakar6168 😂

  • @jairomerchan1710
    @jairomerchan17104 жыл бұрын

    Increíblemente didáctico 🔇🎥⚙️🗜🔩🔧🔎💯💯☑️

  • @amirpashashabestari8464
    @amirpashashabestari84647 жыл бұрын

    Thank ya very much indeed ! Useful video !

  • @lifecastinggreece7239
    @lifecastinggreece72393 жыл бұрын

    Nice video! What kind of material is the "investment"? And its left inside i gather, right?

  • @camilookuinghttons2690
    @camilookuinghttons26906 жыл бұрын

    Which is the formula for "gelatin", and how thick is the application? Thanks!

  • @aashishjangra
    @aashishjangra6 жыл бұрын

    What happened with investment is in the wax mold

  • @vadymbielikov6526
    @vadymbielikov65262 жыл бұрын

    doesn't gelatin melt under hot wax layer?

  • @AdultingWithSamnang
    @AdultingWithSamnang5 жыл бұрын

    Complicated af... im failing my humanities 101 class 🙂🔥

  • @Coloursss27
    @Coloursss278 ай бұрын

    Thankyou

  • @khalidcabrero6204
    @khalidcabrero62048 ай бұрын

    It is insane how ancient this technique is. It seems so complicated, but every old Bronze Age culture (Indus valley, Persia, Mesopotamia, Egypt, Mediterranean Europe West Africa, etc.) adopted the lost wax casting method very early, pretty much as described here (except the gelatin part - that's a more modern twist). Except the ancient Chinese for some reason. The Chinese used the "piece-mold" casting method. Which seems more straightforward, but is in practice more cumbersome and yields coarser bronzes. Not sure why Chinese metallurgy didn't embrace the lost wax method. Certainly seemed capable, and would have known of examples from India and Persia. Beeswax too expensive in China?

  • @charlesmonter4111
    @charlesmonter41112 жыл бұрын

    Es agrable ver estos vídeos ilustrativos felicidades,y la temperatura del molde cual seria,también la de fundición? ,Se los agradecería su información.Gracias.

  • @fouedmzali6845
    @fouedmzali68452 жыл бұрын

    very interesting !

  • @h7opolo
    @h7opolo2 жыл бұрын

    best tutorial

  • @bilgaissa5831
    @bilgaissa58312 жыл бұрын

    Please when I pour the melted copper into the heart it starts to boil and the resulting shape is distorted why

  • @mallikarjunautomobileworks1553
    @mallikarjunautomobileworks15536 жыл бұрын

    Nice sir I like it

  • @SenorRu
    @SenorRu5 жыл бұрын

    That investment core is pretty smart.

  • @arindamkhanikar8682
    @arindamkhanikar86822 жыл бұрын

    Bhal lagise kela

  • @amirpashashabestari8464
    @amirpashashabestari84647 жыл бұрын

    How great it would be if you added back ground music plus some sound effects !

  • @JarethGarza
    @JarethGarza4 жыл бұрын

    Is the Investment core left inside the final product?

  • @peterlee9691

    @peterlee9691

    2 жыл бұрын

    3:55 no it's removed

  • @constantinsimion72
    @constantinsimion727 жыл бұрын

    Heloo I have a question..What kind of mixtures i can use for the patina ?

  • @user-vs1rg8tw1n
    @user-vs1rg8tw1n Жыл бұрын

    Thank you for the good video, can you tell me the reason for using iron nails? Why

  • @khalidcabrero6204

    @khalidcabrero6204

    8 ай бұрын

    You mean the chapelets? It is to hold the inner core plaster in place. Without the metal nails or pins, then when the wax melts out, the core will become loose and drop. So you need the nails to suspend it in space. You want the molten bronze to fill the lost wax space between the external plaster and internal core. If the internal core is not suspended by the pins, it will drop and there will be no space between external & internal plaster towards the bottom for the molten bronze to go. You'd only end up with a half-statue. So the pins suspend the core up in space and makes sure the molten bronze goes all the way around. Of course, by having the pins, the final bronze statue will have a few little holes (where the pins were). So part of the final stage is plugging those holes with tiny bronze plugs.

  • @goldenestimme
    @goldenestimme2 жыл бұрын

    and what about an inside core investment ?

  • @user-vs1rg8tw1n
    @user-vs1rg8tw1n Жыл бұрын

    The film was informative

  • @Centauriel
    @Centauriel6 жыл бұрын

    So the final bronze piece is still filled with investment core, right? What is the gelatine for exactly?

  • @lauchsalat2998

    @lauchsalat2998

    6 жыл бұрын

    The core is broken out and the gelatin is there to prevent the mold from sticking to the sculpture

  • @jonasvaitiekunas2713
    @jonasvaitiekunas27135 жыл бұрын

    Whats the name of this guy?!

  • @sharonanand1056
    @sharonanand10562 жыл бұрын

    super

  • @richardmoss5934
    @richardmoss59344 жыл бұрын

    Hopefully this will generate enough views so that there will be enough money to purchase a microphone!

  • @SV-pv9ef

    @SV-pv9ef

    3 жыл бұрын

    hahaha lol

  • @vax_gax_lax_bax_max_vax2578
    @vax_gax_lax_bax_max_vax25787 жыл бұрын

    So why is it lost if we know how to do it?

  • @assassin01620

    @assassin01620

    6 жыл бұрын

    +Camilo O'Kuinghttons If you were joking then ignore me. It is not called "Lost Wax" because we forgot how to do it. It is called lost wax because you end up completely removing the wax (when you melt it out). The wax gets "lost" in a way.

  • @Shubhamkumar-cq5wt
    @Shubhamkumar-cq5wt6 жыл бұрын

    My ears are bleeding⚠️⚠️..btw It wud be awesome if you add audio to the video.👌

  • @harveylewis3522
    @harveylewis3522 Жыл бұрын

    ded vid

  • @ericdebord
    @ericdebord5 жыл бұрын

    how the hell is it called the lost wax method when everyone knows it and uses it. how stupid...

  • @hollowpapa

    @hollowpapa

    5 жыл бұрын

    The technic is called "Lost wax" derived from losing the wax from the mold.

  • @djnima

    @djnima

    4 жыл бұрын

    hahaha ... that's not what is meant by "lost". we didn't lose the method, we lost the WAX! lol

  • @Shyamji-sj3sq

    @Shyamji-sj3sq

    4 жыл бұрын

    Thanks sir