Collectible Miniature
Figurine
How Zadar Miniatures are Made using Lost Wax
Casting
Zadar Miniatures - Finest and
Smallest Hand Painted Miniatures Made Today
Here is how they are
made:
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1. Starting with a special wax, the master design is
sculpted. The sculpting time takes many hours to complete. Special tools are used to sculpt and hold
the fragile wax. An amazing amount of detail can be achieved in the miniature wax sculpture which is
under one inch in size. |
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2. A mold is made and additional was patterns are
produced exactly like the master. The wax patterns are placed in a flask and then encased in a plaster
type material called Investment. The flasks are slowly heated in an oven for 12 hours. The wax melts
out and the flasks reach a maximum of 1350 degrees. This is called the 'burn out'. |
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3. The wax formed a perfect negative impression of
the sculpture in the Investment material and then melted out. The cavity is now filled by heating
bronze until molten with a torch and forced into the cavity with a centrifugal casting machine. The
casting is quenched in water to cool. The new bronze casting is thoroughly cleaned. |
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4. The bronze figurine is now inspected and mold
lines removed. Each figurine is then sandblasted and prepared for paint. A white base coat is carefully
sprayed. Custom colors are selected for each piece and the painting procedure begins. After the piece
is completely painted and dry, it is varnished, numbered, signed and boxed. The miniature figurine is
now ready for the collector. |
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