Spue Cups added

Once the wax panel is cut apart, a hangar/pouring cup is attached to each section with more sprues. The hangar facilitates the rest of the process through the foundry. The sprues keep the sections flat.

Once the sprues stabilize the sections, the waxes are "chased". Details are sharpened, any air holes are filled, any warpage is corrected. Any changes that need to be are made now, because the bronze will take the exact shape of the wax.

I must say this is a vital part of the bronze process, an artform which requires people who can think inside-out, so to speak. Sprues become the channel which the molten bronze will follow as it takes the shape of the wax. Waxroom personnel must judge where the strongest flow of molten bronze will need to go in order to take the shape of the wax panel. Concerns are: rounded junctions from cup to sprue to panel for reduction of turbulence in molten metal (which could cause incorporation of air resulting in holes in the bronze). Position of sprues also needs to prevent air locks when metal is molton, air escape routes must be planned . . . in short, it is a challenging part of the process, and good waxroom people can make all the difference in the quality of the finished bronze.