New Year Refresh
I had a little break from blogging over the Christmas break, and took out some much needed time for myself. I caught up with family, and tied up some loose ends of my university work. Now that I’m… Read More
I had a little break from blogging over the Christmas break, and took out some much needed time for myself. I caught up with family, and tied up some loose ends of my university work. Now that I’m… Read More
Posted on January 10, 2017 by rosiewesley
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This week I have been working on my latest model that I plan to cast in the foundry. I am using a technique that I began to explore last year; which involves composing individual pieces of bark onto a cardboard… Read More
Posted on November 5, 2016 by rosiewesley
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“It’s time to go big!” This week, I spent my time spruing up some larger pieces of bark (roughly 1ft in height) in our foundry waxroom at University! It has been so exciting to make a start on… Read More
Posted on October 20, 2016 by rosiewesley
art, bronze, bronze casting, burn out, casting, ceramic shell, contemporary craft, craft, craft student, creative, creative arts, direct casting, experiments, Farnham, foundry, ideas, lost wax casting, metal, metalsmithing, metalwork, project, Rosie Wesley, sprue, spruing, thoughts, UCA, University for the Creative Arts, wax room, wax tree, work