the Begins of Lost Wax Casting

Using hand tools and flexible carving wax, I'm going to produce a one of kind belt buckle.

Step 1: Drawing a Pattern on Wax

Using a scrip and pre drawn template the shapes will be stippled onto the wax.

Step 2: Carving

Once the pattern has been transferred on to the wax, special carving tools are used to start shaping the forms.

Step 3: Sawing

Once most of the carving has been accomplished the large shape is sawed out using spiral saw blade held in a jewelers saw.

Step 4: Functioning Components

The functioning parts of the belt buckle were added to the back using an alcohol torch, and variety of wax shaping tools.

Step 5: Texture and Finishing

Regular hand files were used to clean up the applied parts,and to add a little more interest to the back a light texture was melted in.

Step 6: Finishing (aka Smoothing Out the Wax)

In order to remove fine scratches, a wax solvent is applied lightly to these rough areas. This process gives your wax the smooth finish it needs before being placed in a model.