The finishing step is to stitch two halves together to create a fully woven wax sphere. This can now be sent to Pangolin to be transformed into Bronze using the lost wax technique.

Bronze corn dollie weaves made using the new wax have returned from Pangolin Editions and they look fantastic.

The wax has worked very well and has burnt away cleanly. Every detail is visible, including my finger nail prints in the wax and a small piece of thread that was used to tie the wax lengths together.

Work can now begin on a full size sculpture using the new wax, can’t wait to start.

The red wax experiments have been delivered to Pangolin were they are being put through the lost wax process to see how the new wax reacts.

This is the first picture of the bronze versions, you can see they are still attached to the sprue’s. The next step is to remove the sprue and clean them up.

Latest images from Pangolin of the hand woven sculpture in progress ready for #rhs Chelsea flower show