Lab diary
Arrived at lab ca 9:40 am
Started reproducing Van den Brenk's wax casting recipe
Materials used:
White bees wax (Drogisterij Wortman, Utrecht)
Plaster mould (Dutch moulds)
Demineralised water
Clean, new, enamelled pan (Dille & Kamille), heated au Bain Marie
Easy and straightforward, works well. Apparently I made the plaster mould too wet, because it got damaged: little bits of it stuck to the cast. But the figurine came out pretty nice and overall it was easy to see how a house wife or kitchen maid could have used this to make wax cake decorations.