This is the documentation of the creation of the Prairie View A & M Panther sculpture for Panther Plaza in Prairie View, Texas. Step into artist Bridgette Mongeon's studio and watch the process. Share your thoughts on what this school mascot means to you.
Friday, November 4, 2011
Dipping the waxes
Each wax is gated up. That means that they have pour cups and sprues added to each wax piece. The sprues help the gasses to escape when the metal is poured. When they are gated up, each piece is dipped several times in a slurry mixture. There is no hurrying this process. Time is taken to create a good ceramic shell. The ceramic mixture is both inside and outside of the wax pieces.
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