Lost Food Casting: Transform Puffed Foods and Foam Bits into Cast Metal Sculpture
……for the physics and fun of it.

Minneapolis Institute of Arts – Target Family Day
Sculpt – Mold – Pour Metal – Take Home!
Cast Metal Workshop and Demonstration for All Ages and Abilities
2012

Thank you:  Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Krista Pearson/MIA, Community Arts Associate, Target, Minneapolis Park and Recreation, Trever Nicholas/Guest Artist, Leo Haefemeyer/Guest Artist, Mark Safford/Guest Artist and Photo Credit.

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Puffed food and foam.

From cheese puffs to aluminum.

From cheese puffs to aluminum.

Lost Food Casting

food, foam and nails

Food Figure

Food Figure

Ready for loose sand mold.

Ready for loose sand mold.

Ready for loose sand mold.

Jonathan’s has a Funyun!

Making sand molds.

Making sand molds.

Waiting for the metal to melt.

Waiting for the metal to melt.

Lifting the crucible out of the furnace.

Lifting the crucible out of the furnace.

Crucible holds #30 of aluminum and #90 of bronze.

Crucible holds #30 of aluminum and #90 of bronze.

Releasing the crucible from the tongs.

Releasing the crucible from the tongs and into the shank.

Pouring aluminum into the molds.

Pouring aluminum into the molds.

Pouring aluminum into the molds. The metal evaporates the food/foam and replaces the space with metal.

The metal evaporates the food/foam and replaces the space with metal.

Leo wire brushing the casting.

Leo wire brushing the casting.

Waiting for the castings to cool.

Waiting for the castings to cool.

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The pour cup functions as a base.

Spheres on spheres.

Spheres on spheres.

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and more spheres…

and with nails....

and with nails….

Jeff Koons Bunny

Jeff Koons Bunny

brothers

brothers

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Mark Safford with Bunny

Mark Safford with Bunny