Neat Things Happen at 600°!

I enthusiastically molded three large sheets of wax that I wanted to use as experiments for my whole new, lighting and texture direction. Unfortunately I was a little bit too enthusiastic and didn't think I needed a wall when hand building the molds, and so they of course took forever and turned out horrible. I tried casting one of the sheets, along with a clear, soft glass pepper, but the mold broke.

But wait! This is a good thing, because I got to see the weird step that occurs around 600 degrees, which is when chemical water leaves the mold.

Amazing texture!

A doomed mold that took a very, very long time to lay out.

The amazingly weird gray color that was all over my mold in patches.

Nov, 30, 2012
Kiln 4

1) 09 ↑ 120°

2) 10 @ 120°

3) 20 ↑ 600°

4) 21:30 @ 600°

5) 21:31 ↑ 900°

6) 26 @ 900°

7) 26:01 ↓ 516°

8) 33 @ 516°

9) 47 ↓ 390°

10) 48 ↓ 60°