The furnace was in full operation today - melting salvaged Selangor pewter and forming wee boat hulls and cottages. I salvage, chop up and melt Selangor pewter objects (goblets and mugs) as they don't have lead content.
The opening photos shows four wee boats (8.5-9cm long: and the photos below show four wee cottages (about 3-3.5cm long). You can see the imperfections on the cottages - each is cast individually in sand - hence sand textures in the metal.
The boat hulls are poured into a graphite mould I cut; and the cottages are poured into metal moulding sand. The boat sails are made from salvaged patinated copper. Some process photos follow.
The boats and cottages will make their way to Scotland and appear as part of the Pop Up Art Show in the Armadale Village Hall at the end of August.
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