Different stages for the ceramic shell bronze casting process

Starting at the upper left hand corner and going counter clockwise.

A wax pattern vessel, a wax pattern with a spruing system attached to it, a wax pattern completely coated with ceramic shell material ready for the wax burn -out, an ingot of silicon bronze, a fired and cast bronze ceramic shell mold ready for de-vesting, a finished vessel with five different patinas and a clear coating of Incralac.