METAL CLAY
Lead Free Pewter Casting Class, learn to cast pewter at home for fun and profits.
By Donald Norris
Make a memory of a life time for you and/or your children! Have fun learning something that is
exciting, educational, and something that most people never get to see or do, cast metal, pewter
sculptures. Students will taught how Don Norris sculptures his sculptures using wax and only an
Exacto knife. There will not be time to sculpt anything during this class. Most sculptures take
days to weeks to sculpt and finish. However, you will have a thorough understanding of how so
that you can begin sculpting at home. Students will also be taught how mold sculptures. We will
pour a small mold so that you will have the knowledge and experience to make your own molds
at home. The different kinds of mold rubbers available will be taught, but you will be amazed
that you can use very available silicone rubber available on Amazon.com that with the
techniques that you will be taught, can be used to cast pewter at 650 degrees Fahrenheit. This
mold rubber is 12 times cheaper than the only mold rubber than is sold for casting metal into.
Students will be taught what metals can be called ?pewter? and the laws governing the use of
pewter. We will discuss metals, how they are mined, what alloys are, and the lead-free pewter
that we use. Students will cast their own pewter hummingbirds and flower. Each hummingbird
has a ring on it between the wings for hanging as an ornament. Each participant will cast and
keep two hummingbirds and a flower. One as an ornament and one that the beak can be placed
into the flower to make a beautiful sculpture! The pewter that we cast is lead free ?American
Fine? pewter. Participants will ?pour? this pewter directly in to solid rubber molds. After a few
minutes to allow them to freeze, students will remove their pewter sculptures. After cooling the
sculptures students will be taught how to cut the sprues off, grind and clean up the sculptures.
exciting, educational, and something that most people never get to see or do, cast metal, pewter
sculptures. Students will taught how Don Norris sculptures his sculptures using wax and only an
Exacto knife. There will not be time to sculpt anything during this class. Most sculptures take
days to weeks to sculpt and finish. However, you will have a thorough understanding of how so
that you can begin sculpting at home. Students will also be taught how mold sculptures. We will
pour a small mold so that you will have the knowledge and experience to make your own molds
at home. The different kinds of mold rubbers available will be taught, but you will be amazed
that you can use very available silicone rubber available on Amazon.com that with the
techniques that you will be taught, can be used to cast pewter at 650 degrees Fahrenheit. This
mold rubber is 12 times cheaper than the only mold rubber than is sold for casting metal into.
Students will be taught what metals can be called ?pewter? and the laws governing the use of
pewter. We will discuss metals, how they are mined, what alloys are, and the lead-free pewter
that we use. Students will cast their own pewter hummingbirds and flower. Each hummingbird
has a ring on it between the wings for hanging as an ornament. Each participant will cast and
keep two hummingbirds and a flower. One as an ornament and one that the beak can be placed
into the flower to make a beautiful sculpture! The pewter that we cast is lead free ?American
Fine? pewter. Participants will ?pour? this pewter directly in to solid rubber molds. After a few
minutes to allow them to freeze, students will remove their pewter sculptures. After cooling the
sculptures students will be taught how to cut the sprues off, grind and clean up the sculptures.
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