Copper and its Alloys : Copper Alloy Casting

Images of casting figures using copper alloy, Ibadan, September 1967:

Clay core wrapped in wax coating

Figure details carved into the wax

Completed wax figures of Edan ogboni

Wax figure covered in clay

Moulds with wax figures inside drying in the sun

The casting forge

The dried mould being heated to melt the wax

Wax dripping out into enamel bowl

Box containing raw metal materials for casting (not including the file or the car bumper)

Metal pieces being heated to melting point

Pouring molten copper alloy into mould

Cast figure freed from its mould is trimmed of excess metal

Finished casting: pair of Edan ogboni