This book is a basic introduction to lost-wax casting with emphasis on jewelry making. It is designed to be used both as a textbook and a reference book and is

Detailed information and photographs show how to construct equipment and jewelry, castings, molds, and patterns for jewelry and metal.

Mould making and the lost wax casting of metals for fine art are long-established techniques, which involve both artistic and material science considerations. T

This book, in it sixth edition, has evolved over the years into a complete guide to the metalcasting of sculpture. Potratz (Ironwain) has taken his years of kno