Metal Casting Ideas

As for the next metal casting projects, I've already given thought to a couple possible ideas.

The first being a Lobster casting. In the process of casting any organic material can burn out to leave a detailed hollow shell for molten metal to be poured into and take form. As a crustacean is quite obviously organic I think it would make for an interesting cast. The process of making the sculpture alone will be interesting enough; selecting a lobster to buy, boiling it to soften the shell making it easier to burn, and trying to remove and eat some the succulent meat within while keeping an intact form, followed by the rest of the average casting steps. My only concern is that a particular metal part of the lobster's brain will not burn out.

All creatures have metal in their brains, some more so than others (including ourselves). Creatures that often migrate most certainly have a large quantity of metal. The metal serves as a magnetic pull to direct migrating animals to their anticipate destination, from which the pull is generating. This pull gives the animal the instinctual ability to return to the same location year after year. As for the lobster I am guessing the metal part is rather large considering that if one were to put a powerful magnet to the glass of a lobster tank the lobsters within would be compelled to move towards the magnet. I will have to ask Petro how greatly this factor could potentially affect the cast.

The other idea is to cast the skull of a white tail deer. Before preparing the skull with sprue wax I would first carefully remove its teeth and antlers. The antlers and teeth are unlikely to burn. After the metal cast is complete I would then re-attach the teeth and antlers. This would make the sculpture much more aesthetically interesting while(as Joe Egan suggested when I proposed the idea to him) commenting on the strength of those particular parts of the deer. Strength is certainly a main theme these body functions, teeth for survival to eat and chew, antlers to fight other bucks for the pick of a female and chance to procreate. This would lead to perpetuating the survival of that particular deer's genetics. We all know theory of Darwinism; only the strongest survive and manage to project themselves into the future. However, given the massive reproduction of idiots in this country I tend to believe this excludes humans. If I am to make this cast it will most likely be my third due to its estimated level of difficulty.