Arcade Arms — The Mace of Molag Bal
In which I reconstruct the virtual in the world of blood and frost and heat. by by
Tag: casting
Arctic Fire 2013
The sun flares red across the landing strip, casting its long fingers down above mountains as I board my midnight flight leaving Anchorage, Alaska. On the 25th of May I arrived in the same airport in late afternoon. I had slept through much of the flight and woke …
Galdrgrimm
The sun cuts low through winter trees, woodsmoke hangs in the air. Walking through the forest one day I find what’s left of a raven dance, the steps clear in the snow. I can see where a raven has scratched it’s beak back and forth drawing concentric lines. As part …
Scabbard, Snow, Lichen Stone
I rise before the sun, the scratchy radio voices catalog what bad things have happened in the world while I slept. But the world tells a different story– out the old farmhouse window the dawn blooms impossible colours against the somnabulant landscape. Two ravens sit warily in the orchard on …
Lost Wax Casting Tutorial, Part Two – Casting
Casting Now that the burnout is complete and the molds are sitting in the kiln at 900F, I am ready to vacuum cast. I fill the crucible with bronze. In this case I’ve salvaged silicon bronze from my last casting: these are sprews and sprew caps cut up and sand …
Lost Wax Casting Tutorial, Part One – Sprewing, Investing & Burnout
Lost wax or investment casting is an ancient method of making a metal object from an original form made of wax. It’s particularly useful for making complicated metal parts. Casting is a very time consuming process so if there is a way to make a metal fitting by fabricating it, …