All that glitters is not gold

I have been trying to cast with Bronze Manganese and hate it. It doesn’t flow like gold and silver when poured and the melt down takes forever. The Bronze castings always come out porous. I have found the perfect solution! 14k gold casting alloy. Casting alloy doesn't have any actual gold in it but is used to cut the karat of gold when making alloys therefore it is smooth, melts quickly and shares many of the same qualities of gold. I made a burnout acorn in the casting alloy and I love it. I can now offer this as an option to my casting students so that they can use it to get the look of gold without spending a fortune on gold.

Waste Not Want Not

Check out the ring Colleen made in her Lost Wax Casting Workshop
http://www.thedevilsworkshop.ca/workshops_lostwaxcasting.shtml

Colleen's Dad requested that she replace the wedding band that he no longer wanted to wear with an updated piece. Since Colleen's Dad is a "nature lover" a burn out of a piece of bark was the perfect solution.

She started with a straight piece of bark and burned it out to make a straight piece of silver bark; we then bent it into a ring shape and carved out the middle to make it smooth and thinner. We then made a rubber mould of the silver model for reproductions and ultimately cast the work in 14k yellow gold.

Colleen then used the silver model to make a matching pendant for her mom and used one of the trial pieces to make a great pair of earrings for herself

Great work on putting all your trial to good use Colleen!