Lost wax casting
Clip: Season 17 | 1m 30sVideo has Closed Captions
Lost wax casting silver horses and crab candleholders at Ubaldo Vitali's studio
Lost wax casting silver horses and crab candleholders at Ubaldo Vitali's studio. Bonus video from the EAST episode
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Lost wax casting
Clip: Season 17 | 1m 30sVideo has Closed Captions
Lost wax casting silver horses and crab candleholders at Ubaldo Vitali's studio. Bonus video from the EAST episode
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Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorship[Music] The process of casting through the centuries evolved in many, many different techniques.
The one that we use the most is the lost wax casting process.
Model is made in wax.
The wax is embedded in kind of plaster#material.
The piece is put into the oven.
Wax will be completely eliminated.
You put#the metal in and you accomplish the casting.
This is one of my favorite.
It's the crab in wax.
And then you will get this#one.
It's a candle holder.
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Clip: S17 | 4m 2s | Roberto Lugo is a potter, poet, activist and educator (4m 2s)
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Helena Hernmarck's weaving documentation
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Clip: S17 | 2m 24s | Tapestry artist Helena Hernmarck's weaving documentation (2m 24s)
Hawaiian fiber practices and feather work
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Clip: S17 | 2m 59s | Hawaiian cordage and knotting and feather standards in 'Iolani Palace (2m 59s)
Colette Fu - tattooed lady & Terraced Rice Fields
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Colette Fu - social practice lab
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Bisa Butler's first artistic influences
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Clip: S17 | 3m 48s | Bisa Butler's first artistic influences (3m 48s)
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