Medal attempt #1

Medal #1

Heres the wax version.

The bees didnt come out as well.

All Sprued Up

 BAMS: MEDAL 

Here you can see my medal all sprued up, The red wax around the edge is what the metal will travel round when its cast. The more sprues the better.

looks a little bit like a love heart.

I had to add wax to the underside of the bees to try and insure that they will come out when I cast them. 

It a little messy. But hopefully it I will be able to neaten it once its cast.

The black stuff at the bottom is also wax - its a softer version.

Bee and Honey Comb

Just a quick idea of what my final medal piece might look like. 

Honey comb attempt 3

This is my 3rd attempt at honey comb casting. 

It didn't rise as much as I wanted to, but I quite like the effect that its had. 

The decayed look fits in perfectly with my save the bees project.

You can also see through to the other side of the honey comb and can see where I filled the other side with wax.

I also coated this in a layer of ammonia powder to give it a darker colouring.

Polished bee

Finished polishing my bee today.

Todays Bee cast

So excited about how this turned out!

All the wings came out and there is the texture of the original wings on the bottom. next time i cast it ill attach the wax to the underside so that the pattern appears on the top, 

One of the antenna came out perfectly!

The legs and under side also came out exactly how I wanted. In this photo you can see the pattern on the underside of the wing.

I still need to polish this little lady up! 

 photos to follow

Bronze Bee cast

Bronze bee

this is an idea for my current project 

Bee photography

I took these photographs for my new project. 

I love bees they are such amazing creatures.

In this photo you can spot a few cells with grubs in them.

If you want to see more photos of bees check out this fantasic website - 

http://www.thehoneygatherers.com/html/ataglance_1.html

Its an amazing work on different bees and bee keeping communities around the world.