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  2. Lost-wax casting - Wikipedia

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    Lost-wax casting. Lost-wax casting – also called investment casting, precision casting, or cire perdue ( French: [siʁ pɛʁdy]; borrowed from French) [1] – is the process by which a duplicate sculpture (often a metal, such as silver, gold, brass, or bronze) is cast from an original sculpture. Intricate works can be achieved by this method.

  3. Dhokra - Wikipedia

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    Dhokra (also spelt Dokra) is non–ferrous metal casting using the lost-wax casting technique. This sort of metal casting has been used in India for over 4,000 years and is still used. One of the earliest known lost wax artefacts is the dancing girl of Mohenjo-daro. [1] The product of dhokra artisans are in great demand in domestic and foreign ...

  4. Muisca raft - Wikipedia

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    Lost-wax casting Pendant with bird. Muisca, 10th–16th C., cast gold alloy. Metropolitan Museum of Art. This object illustrates the fine detail of the casting and the unpolished surface of the gold. To create their gold pieces, the Muisca used a method called lost-wax casting.

  5. Akan art - Wikipedia

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    Akan art is known for vibrant artistic traditions, including textiles, sculpture, Akan goldweights, as well as gold and silver jewelry. The Akan people are known for their strong connection between visual and verbal expressions and a distinctive blending of art and philosophy. [1] Akan chiefs managed generations worth of gold regalia; finely ...

  6. Jewellery design - Wikipedia

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    Jewellery design. Rendering of a jewellery design before going to the jeweller's bench. Jewellery design is the art or profession of designing and creating jewellery. It is one of civilization's earliest forms of decoration, dating back at least 7,000 years to the oldest-known human societies in Indus Valley Civilization, Mesopotamia and Egypt.

  7. Metal casting - Wikipedia

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    In metalworking and jewelry making, casting is a process in which a liquid metal is delivered into a mold (usually by a crucible) that contains a negative impression (i.e., a three-dimensional negative image) of the intended shape. The metal is poured into the mold through a hollow channel called a sprue. The metal and mold are then cooled, and ...

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