Sand casting

Pewter Sand Casting: There are many ways of pewter casting with a lot of different molds. In this tuttorial I show you a casting method with molding sand. It's a fast way to make a sand mold for pewter casting, but you can only cast one time. After casting you can use t…

Nadine Suzanne on Instagram: "Sand casting a heart shaped pendant with cast in place natural sapphires and lab brown rubies for Valentine’s Day. This pendant is available for purchase still. #supportlocaltownsville #sandcasting #heart #valentinesday #valentinesdaygift #loveheart #heartjewelry #jewellery #sandcast #castnotset #castinplace #sapphire #ruby #love"

Nadine Suzanne on Instagram: "Custom ‘make your own ring’ using lab grown gemstones cast in place. I love this combo of colors! #sandcast #jewellery #castnotset #makingjewellery #process #sandcasting #silverjewelry #jewellerylover #jewelleryaddict #jewelrygram #reel #jewelleryoftheday #jewelrymaking #jewellerylover #jewelleryofinstagram #castnotset #casting"

Green Sand Formula - How to Make Molding Sand: To makegreen sand or like it also called molding sand (foundry sand) we need 3 ingredients: sand, clay and water.

Nadine Suzanne on Instagram: "Casting a ring directly into beach sand that my customer sent me from a sentimental location. I can use beach sand in 2 ways. 1 - create the mould entirely from sand (using approximately 1cup) 2 - sprinkle some sand in a mould made from delft clay (using approximately 1 teaspoon). This is such a unique way to add meaning to a piece and each piece has its own unique texture. Imagine proposing to your partner on a beach and having your wedding rings cast in…

HEN jewellery- Niamh Morrison on Instagram: "Today was a fun day! Sand and fire, who knew something that sounds like a biblical apocalypse type event could bring me so much joy!! But how could you not love starting with something so rough and ending up with something so pretty 😻 . . . . #sandcasting #silvercasting #texture #silverandgold #silverring #statementring #irishmade #westcork #handcraftedjewellery #handmadebusiness #howitismadematters"

In the final month of the challenge, Kim takes on casting and granulation! Including spaghetti and sand casting

Kits - DIY Castings

Though they have been refined through the ages, significant differences exist between the two methods used to make metal parts.

My studio assistant, John McGeen, and I started making molds from the Duchamp Readymake chess set on Thursday. You can see that we started with a cast iron flask with cope and drag halves. This particular mold has an opening formed into it for a pour hole and "button". It uses rolls pins for the indexing of the cope and drag. For our "sand" we are using delft clay for the molding process. I usually figure out where my parting line will be and then I create a board (with a cutout in the sale…