Art & Inspiration Sand Casting

I went to my buddy Kirk Brown's (AKA "Crafty B") casting cl*** today. Great fun! He focused mainly on making patterns today, which the other guys in the cl*** were doing, but I had a mission, and made the front fender emblems missing from my '52 DeSoto.
This was a project I could have avoided if I'd realized the big "V" emblems under the "8" on each fender were not, in fact, originals, but hood emblems from an early 50's Cadillac. If I'd done any research at all, I'd have filled the holes and left them off, but, oh no, not me. To make matters worse, I broke the tip off one of them, leaving me only one. The chrome was horrible on it, pitted and flaking, so I screwed the pooch on that, but today, I made it all better.
I used the one I had as a pattern, and made, on the first attempt, 2 really nice reproductions. I made them solid, and will mount them with double sided 3M trim tape, as the mounting holes are inaccessible with the fenders on. No point in trying to make the little pins on a hollow emblem. I did a quick clean up and polish on them, a little more effort and they'll be ready to go on the car.
The others in the cl*** were from all points of the continent, and one from Portugal! It was very satisfying to make these missing bits, I'm happy with the result and now want to make more little trinket things. Kirk makes a line of cool parts, gas caps mainly, they grace two of my cars, the Diamond T and the Hemi A roadster.
Here are a couple photos of todays fun.

 

Nice work ! Ol Crafty B is a very talented dude.

 

Looks good!
I would love to take one of his cl***es!
One of my longtime childhood friends lives in K-Zoo too.

 

I have always been fascinated by all kinds of casting processes.......that entire cl*** and your output looks really cool. What......when....where and how is the cl*** held ? Where can I stumble into more info ?

 

He makes really cool stuff, that's awesome that you did his cl***. I'm envious. Good job on the emblems!

 

https://crafty-b.com/collections/sandcasting-workshop

 

I have a few of his pieces. Love his work.

 

That's on my to do list for the future and also lost wax casting.

 

Well ain't you a hot **** getting all crafty and making emblems!

 

I did sand casting in HS and in college, it was a lot of fun.

 

I'll be building a foundry here to do sand an lost wax. I already have the pattern and waxes made. I'll be working with bronze . . .

 

Cannons? Very cool. That puts my little project to shame!

 

Just a note from talking to the guy in the foundry at work. he used chill blocks in the mold to control where the Alum would set up first, promote flow to other areas. Some times he would pour from the bottom of the mold.

 

I was going to say exhaust outlets. Yours makes more sense.

 

Very cool, I’ve been wanting to take one of his casting cl***es, they look fun and are a bargain!

 

Awesome! I'd love to take his cl***. Been following him for years and even have a Crafty B rocket key chain for my project.

 

I took a few minutes to clean up and do a final polish on the "V" emblems for the DeSoto and put them on the car. They look much better finished up, almost makes me glad I didn't fill the mounting holes...

 

It was a blast. He's doing two more this fall. Don't know if they're full or not.

 

Beautiful job!
I grew up watching my Dad do many projects like that.
He was a pattern maker, almost a lost art these days. People would bring him just about everything to make. I remember once he made an intake for a triump.
Oh, and yes he made cannons too!
My Mom holding a replica of an early Chinese hand held cannon he made.
And yes the customer he made it for shot it!
A friend of mine has a pattern for a swivel cannon, too bad there aren’t any foundries in Alaska.

 

thats really neat!
Carry On!