wax elements with batik tool

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figure 1,2,3 shows the tree built with the moulded elements

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figure 4,5,6 shows the casted elements linked together making a beautiful chain

cast mehndi elements for head piece

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now that the domed flowers for the diamante stones are done(figure 1),need to cast the other elements and clean them.

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 figure 2 and 3 shows the mould that i had made earlier using 1 master element that i spent one entire day piercing and filing round,sanded,polised than made a mould off.

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 figure 4 shows the tree off elements that have just been casted and is now being cut off one at a time.

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the elements are being cleaned in sulphuric acid (figure 5)

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 figure 6 shows some of the elements that have been sanded and polished.

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figure 7 shows the arrangement of elements in the correct sequence for the bridal head piece

draped hair accessory

Ive decided to make the elements by hand, reason being, I made a mould which doesnt inject so well, its costing a lot of time. And after casting, cutting the elements off the tree and cleaning them will be such a mission,I  prefer making them by hand, I find it quite de-stressing.

As I use my pliers to bend these into shapes,it becomes like a recipe in my mind,I know exactly how much to bend them so that they ,sort off look the same

forging them changes their shape,they now look like mehndi squeesed out of a bottle amd using the tip of the bottle to press in down so that it touches the skin and creates the marks of the bottle.

the little balls that are solderd onto the jumprings that will then be soldered onto the forged 's' shaped wires.

wedding souvenirs

This is the keyring that I bought from the festival and made a mould of it,it was plated gold,however when i made the mould the plating sort off peeled and stuck onto my mould,I like this keyring because it had print on both sides. I engraved our names on them.

It was really painfull injecting wax into the moulds,it took me the entire day to inject 70 keyrings,this was because the keyring is thick and the wax took longer to dry and I only had one mould.

By this time I was over it,I wanted to something that would go alot faster because I would still have to make the jumprings and the key rings.