I'm excited to finally move onto the Investment Cast pieces created by Smithys Bullion in this series of posts about his work. Smithy uses Lost Resin Casting and by his own admission this technique is a fairly new venture for him. This is what Smithy himself says on the subject :-
Investment casting or lost resin casting is still only a new venture for me and by far the most expensive way to make something out of fine silver. The equipment is expensive to purchase ( 3D printer, vacuum casting machine, kiln etc etc) but the results can be high detailed statues that could never be achieved using the other methods
It was this work that really caught my eye recently and caused my Stackitis to explode. These next few posts I'll be making about Smithys Bullion were really the inspiration for me to make this series. The work is just so good that it needs to be shared. Maybe others will also be inspired...
Just wow! Two highly detailed and mega cool skull rings made out of quality silver. Check out the fine details on both these rings. The one on the left even looks like it has some funky pour lines on the chin but I have no idea how he got this kind of finish.
From the back you can see a bit more of the design extending into the bands themselves. There was no assembly here, these rings were poured as single pieces and they are some seriously next level silver creations.
Another ring with the featured Wolf Head is similarly impressive with the level of fine detail. It has a stylish outer border which adds a touch of class.
Here you can see the impressive design extending back into the ring band. If you look closely you can see another wolf head in the design of the band. Now that is some serious attention to detail!
Hopefully by now you'll understand why I felt compelled to write this short series of posts on Smithys Bullion. There is more to come, but I'll just take another short snippet from Smithy himself to give you some extra context about why I think his work is so exceptional.
On average it takes about 2 days for me to make one piece because of the long print times and kiln burnout time.
