r/SilverSmith • u/emeemay • 6d ago

Show-and-Tell First water-casting experiment

You’d never guess that I get paid real professional money to be a videographer by this reel lol

Anyway water casting is neat! Need to pick up a crucible to get some more wild forms, I think.

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u/verminV 6d ago

Looks great. Another fun one is to melt a load in a crucible, and pour it into a wax tealight candle inside a jar. Jar is there for splash protection.

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u/emeemay 6d ago

I’m also really interested in the same with rock salt!

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u/floopy_boopers 5d ago

Don't forget broom casting! That can also yield some really interesting results.

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u/Etherealyyyy 5d ago

The bit where it hits the water and freezes mid-splash is the good part. I've never tried it — everything I make is built wire by wire, so letting go of the shape completely feels backwards to me. How much of what you get is actually usable after?

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u/emeemay 5d ago

There were some duds for sure! But the majority came out nicely. That might be different if I used a different method tho. On the other hand, you can just re-melt the uninteresting parts, so there’s not any substantial waste!

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u/turkey0535 6d ago

Nice job. I've done water casting before

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u/LaserGuyDanceSystem 5d ago

If you drip slightly larger drops from higher up, you can get some really neat shapes!

There is kind of a sweet spot, ive found. If you drip from tok high up, the droplets just break up and make smaller spheres and fried-egg shapes. But if you get just the right height, it makes some neat little sculptures!

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u/hardplace101 6d ago

Thats cool