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REFERENCE NOTES / MOULDS & WAX

This website is primarily based on workshop practice, however where possible this has been supported by reference to other relevant material in books, journals, papers, dissertations, electronic documents and so forth. The reference notes section provides both specific information on material directly quoted in the website from outside sources, and guidance on general background reading. All the references are contained in the BIBLIOGRAPHY in the preceding page.

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MOULDMAKING

WHAT IS A REPRODUCTION MOULD?
Hunt, L.B.~The Long History of Lost Wax Casting~Gold Bulletin Volume 13 No.2 April 1980 (International Gold Corp.)

FLEXIBLE REPRODUCTION MOULDS
Pliny. Historica Naturalis’ (xxxv)

RIGID MOULDS
Exhibited at the time of writing (2002): Gallery Hébrand, Museé d’ Orsay (after founders A-A Hébrand. see also Alexis Rudier, Thiebaut Fréres, Fumiére & Gavignot and Foundrie d' art Association.

GENERAL READING

Barbour Daphne S.~Degas Wax Sculptures From Inside Out~Burlington Magazine Vol 134 No 1077 Dec 1992
Berman, H.~Bronzes: Sculptors and Founders 1800-1930~Abage 1974
BICTA~Designers Handbook for Investment Casting~British Investment Casting Trade Assn. 1990
Craig & Peyton~Restrorative Dental Materials~C.V. Mosby Co 1975
Fairbank, W.~Piece Mould Craftsmanship and Sheng Bronze Design~Harvard U.P 1972
Haynes, D.~The Technique of Greek Bronze Statuary~Verlag Phillipp von Zabern-Mainz Rhein 1992
Hoffman, M.~Sculpture Inside and Out~George Allen & Unwin Ltd 1939
Mills, J.W.~The Encyclopaedia of Sculpture~B.T. Batsford Ltd. 1990
Mills, J.W.~The Technique for Casting Sculpture~B.T. Batsford Ltd. 1967
Notcutt, W.P (Ltd.)~Product Catalogue~c.1997
Polytek Corp.~Mouldmaking & Casting Methods & Materials (Manual & Catalog)~Polytek Develpment Corp. 1992
Turner (Ed.)~Dictionary of Art~Grove 1996
N/A~WGC Investment Casting Technical Advisory Manual~World Gold Council
Young, R.D & Fennell, R.~Methods For Modern Sculptors~American Society of Foundrymen 1987

WAXWORKING

WAX
Hunt, L.B.~The Long History of Lost Wax Casting~Gold Bulletin Volume 13 No.2 April 1980 (International Gold Corp.)

WAX BLENDS
(1) See: Cellini, B.~Treatises of Benvenuto Cellini on Goldsmithing & Sculpture (trans Ashbee)~Dover for blending modelling waxes
(2) Pyke~A Biographical Dictionary of Wax Modellers~Clarendon Press 1973

SLUSHING
Craig & Peyton~Restrorative Dental Materials~C.V. Mosby Co 1975

MONOGRAMS, SIGNATURES & DATES
For example the Galizia & Son Foundry records archived at the Henry Moore Foundation, Leeds, UK

RUNNERS
Haynes, D.~The Technique of Greek Bronze Statuary~Verlag Phillipp von Zabern-Mainz Rhein

THE POURING CUP
Alexander & Street~Metals in the Service of Man~Pelican 1946

CORE PRINTS
Thurston-Shaw, C.~Igbo Ukwo, An Account of Architectural Discoveries in Eastern Nigeria Vol I~Faber & Faber 1970

GENERAL READING
Berman, H.~Bronzes: Sculptors and Founders 1800-1930~Abage 1974
BICTA~Designers Handbook for Investment Casting~British Investment Casting Trade Assn. 1990
Bossard~Casting of Equestrian Figure at Place Louis Le Grand 1699 (trans. Tullberg)~Picton 1974
Cellini, B.~Treatises of Benvenuto Cellini on Goldsmithing & Sculpture (trans Ashbee)~Dove
Cellini, B.~Autobiography (Vita) (trans. Bull)~Penguin 1983

Craig & Peyton~Restrorative Dental Materials~C.V. Mosby Co 1975
Doeringer, S. (Ed.)~Art and Technology Symposium on Classical Bronzes~Fogg Cambridge USA 1970
Friel & Rinne~Recreation of an Ancient Statue~Paul Getty Museum 1975
Hoffman, M.~Sculpture Inside and Out~George Allen & Unwin Ltd 1939
Mills, J.W.~The Encyclopaedia of Sculpture~B.T. Batsford Ltd. 1990
Mills, J.W.~The Technique for Casting Sculpture~B.T. Batsford Ltd. 1967
Penny, N.~The Materials of Sculpture~Yale University Press 1993
Pyke~A Biographical Dictionary of Wax Modellers~Clarendon Press 1973
Reeves, R.~Cire Perdu Casting in India~Crafts Museum New Delhi 1962
Thurston-Shaw, C.~Igbo Ukwo, An Account of Architectural Discoveries in Eastern Nigeria Vol I~Faber & Faber 1970
Turner (Ed.)~Dictionary of Art~Grove 1996
Walton, C.~Modern Commercial Workshop Practice in Gold Jewellery~Casting Gold Technology 11 Nov 1993
Willett, F.~African Art, An Introduction~Thames and Hudson 1971
Willett, F.~Who Taught the Smiths of Igbo Ukwo~New Scientist April 1983
Woolley, C.L.~The Development of Sumerian Art~Faber & Faber 1935
N/A~WGC Investment Casting Technical Advisory Manual~World Gold Council
Young, R.D & Fennell, R.~Methods For Modern Sculptors~American Society of Foundrymen 1987

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