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LOST-WAX PROCESS [2 records]

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Record 1 1998-04-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Casting and Patternmaking (Metal Processing)
  • Metal Arts and Crafts
DEF

A method used in investment casting in which a wax pattern between a two-layered mold is removed by melting and replaced with molten metal; used for casting bronze statues and in jewelry casting.

Key term(s)
  • lost wax casting
  • lost-wax molding
  • lost-wax moulding

French

Domaine(s)
  • Moulage et modelage des métaux
  • Arts du métal
DEF

coulée d'un métal dans un moule dont l'empreinte est laissée par un modèle de l'objet en cire éliminée par fusion (cire perdue).

OBS

Procédé de moulage de précision connu depuis la plus haute antiquité. Modernisé, il est maintenant appliqué à la prothèse dentaire, à la bijouterie (métaux précieux) et à la fabrication en grande série de petites pièces mécaniques de haute précision (...)

Spanish

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Record 2 1994-10-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Ornamental Glassware
DEF

A method of casting whereby a wax or wax-coated model is embedded in clay and then baked, so that the wax melts and is "lost", leaving a mould into which the soft glass can be poured. The mould has to be broken in order to retrieve the object.

CONT

... cast as they are by the lost-wax process, these [unique cire perdue] pieces have all the qualities, the pleasing imperfections and irregularities of hand craft; one can often discern the thumb marks of the modeller faithfully reproduced in the glass.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Verrerie d'art
DEF

Procédé consistant à mouler de l'argile autour d'un modèle en cire, qui fond lorsqu'on coule le verre fondu dans le moule.

CONT

Lalique a eu recours au moulage à cire perdue pour créer des pièces uniques [...]. L'aspect distinctif de ces pièces se trouve dans la texture grossière, la surface dépolie et les empreintes laissées par les mains de l'artiste.

Spanish

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