Graduate Studies

Interdisciplinary Master's in Art, Media and Design (MA, MDes and MFA)

Joshua Lue Chee Kong

Masquerader

A bronze cast of a 3D model

“Wax rods are attached to the sculpture after the wax and 3D printed models ascompleted. These wax rods are called sprues or gates. There are different sprue sizes,thicker sprues help circulate the molten bronze into the ceramic shell, and thinner spruesare venting off-gases. In the process, a Styrofoam cup is also attached to the base to createa funnel. After making the ceramic shell with multiple dips of sand and slurry, and doing the burn-off, the ceramic shell is planted in a sand bed with the cup base facing upwards and ready for the molten bronze (see Fig. 29). In Masquerader you can see an example of the gating system that creates a network of rods connecting mybody to the other elements. These take the form of a wax cast dragon headpiece and a capemoulded from my digitally scanned face.”