Pouring Molten Silver Into Water || Art Vlog Untitled

Lindsay Zike tries to recreate open bell shapes Amanda Scheutzow once got water casting silver. Less of a "how to" and more of a "how I," she shows the process she uses from a brand new crucible and scraps, to organic shapes made when molten metal comes into contact with water.
Music: TheFatRat, "Time Lapse"
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Tim McCreight, "Pratical Casting: A Stuido Reference"
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[@jenniferbunn4229]

Add fine silver casting grains to the scrap to up the pure silver content. It's the alloy mixed with the silver that is flattening out the silver also giving it the copper color to some of the pieces.

[@horacepea4662]

Use a fine stainless steel strainer with the handle bent up in the bottom of your water bath. It’ll catch most if not all of your silver and be easy to pic up…

[@jamesfrench8610]

You can always ship them to me haha. If you buy moisture absorbent balls, leave them to soak in cold water for 24hours, they'll bloat to a grape size possibly, fill a tank with ice cold water and add the gyrated ball until they completely fill your tank. Heat your silver and pour away. You'll get some crazy amazing shapes. Almost corral like.

[@gregorybellas2627]

When I did my first pour, I used a lot more silver and poured it fast. Try pouring it ALL a one time.

[@mojojay36]

Took the words out my mouth.

[@stephenkeller7167]

Nancy, purchase a melting crucible,it is enclosed preventing loss of heat,as you pour keep the flame very close to the crucible,the crucible close to the water,and follow the metal w/the flame into the water. Be careful,and Happy Pouring.

[@realsteventalvinzvestial420]

Welp, there goes my failed attempts of drowning a werewolf underwater,
them shapeshifters will just breathe in water and swim away unharmed.

[@12jmcgee]

Hahah you're awesome

[@kire109]

Fucking Science!

[@charlicharli548]

Try wire balling till it drops in water

[@vincentclark9424]

Try using 80-90 wt instead of water

[@Xxbubbly10]

I’d imagine you’d have to do it a lot faster right

[@maggieortiz5647]

Urbcute

[@marthablom5734]

Your metals are dirty and mixed.. go look at Nancy L.T. Hamilton's video on the same topic

[@jeremiahhook5185]

Art and science are not really that different