‘Thinking Through Moulds: Metal Flow and Visualising the Unseen’. West 86th: A Journal of Decorative Arts…
Andrew Lacey, Pamela H. Smith
Journal | Fall-Winter 2021 | Casting
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1086/721195
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Lacey, Andrew. ‘Thinking Through Moulds: Metal Flow and Visualizing the Unseen’. West 86th: A Journal of
Decorative Arts, Design, History and Material Culture, Metalwork Volume 28 no.2. Edited by Paul Stirton,
Freyja Hartnell, Casper Meyer and Ittai Weinryb, University of Chicago Press 2022
Abstract
Until techniques like those described in this article were available, clues to how molten metal behaved inside a mold had to be sensed from phenomena occurring outside the mold, including how fast the mold filled, metal splashes, and cracking. But sixteenth-century sources show that the flow of metal through the mold was visualized in advance during the construction of the mold itself. This article focuses on evidence from an anonymous sixteenth-century source that demonstrates such thinking through molds about the unseen.
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