Cuttlefish casting

As said in the previous post, I had two more birthday gift to prepare… well, this is one of them. Feeling bold, I wanted to try a peculiar technique used since the VI century from jewelers in…

This ancient, simple, accessible method for casting small objects in metal exploits the amazing properties of a naturally-occurring and easily-worked high-temperature mold-making material.

Cuttlefish Casting: Heres a simple way to cast pewter, heres my way of casting, theres more info out there online aswell. This is an ancient technique that allows the casting of basic shapes without the cost of expensive mould materials. Cuttlefish wash up on the …

The ancient technique of cuttlefish casting from cuttlefish bone found by the sea

27/01/2013 Experimentation with tin cuttlefish casting forming pendant like pieces.

This original crescent moon pendant was cast in aged silver plated using an ancient process known as cuttlefish bone casting.

Silver Cuttlefish Cast W/ Garnet Pendant: This piece is about an intermediate in silver. It's mainly about the casting of the cuttlefish piece, but I went through the basic procedures on how to make use of these awesome casts. I also do lost wax, but this is an older method. It's been aroun…