Yesterday I got some bentonite clay in the post from ebay.
So in the evening I started sorting out the sand that I rescued from the preschool sandpit. As you can see it's full of bark chips, twigs and leaves. I gradually sieved it through a garden sieve and then a kitchen sieve (bought for the purpose).
Now, through Yahoo groups I've found that it might be the wrong sort of sand as it's not sharp sand. But on the plus side I've found there is a foundry in my local area that sounds all arty and interesting so I'll give them a ring later and see if I can scrounge some sand and hopefully advice as well!
Graham
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This is the blog for my attempts to make a prehistoric Willendorf Venus style statue out of recycled aluminium cans. I'll be building a couple of home foundry projects - one to purify the scrap aluminium and one for casting. For the final cast I'll use candle making techniques to make a custom mould to cast wax statues. These will then be packed in sand and baked in the oven for lost wax casting.
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- Graham
- Full time house husband, genius, sculptor, inventor, writer of novels and non-fiction books and articles, brewer. Part-time I do graphic, layout and typesetting work for a local printers. And Tarot and Rune reader too.
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