Hammer & Hand is a metal & jewellery collective based in Hobart, Tasmania and Bangalow, New South Wales.
October 25, 2012
Posted by Julian
Cuttle Bone Casting
I made some new sterling silver earrings today using the Cuttle Bone Casting technique. There’s lots of cuttle bone on the beaches around Byron Bay and it’s fun to collect. It’s very soft so you can use just about anything to carve designs into it. It’s very resistant to heat so it’s perfect for using as a mold to cast jewellery. Cuttle bone has a beautiful wavy texture that is transferred to the finished item. Here are some pictures of the process…
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- Tracing the brass pattern onto the cuttle bone
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- Carving the cuttle bone
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- The finished cuttle bone carving
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- Two halves of the mold
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- The mold is wired together and ready to pour the metal
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- The molten metal is poured into the mold
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- These are the finished castings with the sprue button cut off
and here’s the finished earrings…
Sterling Silver Earrings by Julian de Saxe
3 Comments
October 25, 2012
Sweet as … Lovely stuff !
May 9, 2017
If you need cuttlefish bone, just please call me +841217998007.
Let’s make a beautiful jewellery.
Thanks!
July 15, 2017
Thank you Victoria !.. I will be in touch .
Best wishes,
Bruce Pringle
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