Lost wax technique

The wax model

The result s a hollow wax copy of the or g nal model. The wax s then ‘chased’ by hand, mean ng that mperfect ons are rubbed out w th a heated metal tool and m ss ng deta ls are added, such as the art st’s s gnature, the ed t on number and the foundry seal. The wax copy now looks exactly as the end product should look l ke.