aNtistic design

Step 10 Unmoulding

Now that my metal was cast I had to wait on it to cool .I ended up only waiting about an hour and a half (though with the anticipation it felt much longer) .I could feel heat on the outside of the inner and outer forms .I checked with my IR thermometer and it read about 165F .I waited for that to go down to the 90s before I decided to pry apart the forms and unveil two months worth of time and effort

Although there was blue sand on the top in all four corners .the ants didn't tunnel all the way down in all four corners .I went into plan B mode immediately trying to think of ways to use the casting .I thought of making some sort of funky light fixture or just abstract wall art .luckily I'm dating a great woman who suggested just making an inner support frame work to hold the casting .so that's what I did .she also suggested putting different colored sand in each corner next time I try this