First Cast (Part III)

Pouring the shell.



The leftover metal is poured into a small bread pan to form an ingot.



Cooling off.



Here the patterns have been placed back into the forms. This was probably not necessary but at the time it seemed like a good idea. The first casts have been removed and are cooling just to the top of the image. The sand is discolored around the pattern due to the heat from the hot aluminum. The sand becomes quite hard after the initial pour.