Why should I keep my rubber-molds? - 21 photos

 My rubber moulds are my 'library of patterns and designs', injectable wax forms can crumble & literally disintegrate over time. I have well over 20-30 moulds that have retained their inner image for over 20+ years.

 In my travels around Canada & the USA, I've seen wall displays of wax shapes showing many forms of disintegration in only a few months. A local casting company put all its 'casting library' into silver for easier handling. His library consists of almost 500 - 750 patterns laid out in shelves of his patterns.

 I will show some of my silver and wax patterns in this essay. I had many more wax forms, but they were starting to break & crumbling when I held them in my fingers, pity!

 Here is a 'demo display' of my silver rings.

 Many of my silver patterns have stones set in them, as I used them for my blog-essays.

 This ring pattern is called  a "Lucida" and it is quite common with many jewellers.

    These sere found in a little package and I 'saved' them by taking photos.

   These wax numbers were sorted and held with the aid of my tweezers.

  These are simply wax-links for an unused bracelet. These days I'm just storing them without throwing them away.

  When we went on a "Princess, Cruise" I created a "CAD" pendant pattern of their logo.

 Already the wax claws were found broken, but not thrown away. This is what has been happening to the short lifespan of injectable waxes. These waxes are not meant to be used for display purposes, but only for casting.

  This mold is of an 'Azure' pattern that is inserted inside a gents ring. 

     This is a key-chain for golf-enthusiasts. 

 This was a very delicate ornament. Actually this horse can stand up by itself with no effort.

  Even 'releasing' this horse was a delicate procedure in making the rubber-mold. The releasing of the rubber mold had to be made for easy the 'releasing method' by using many exact blade cuttings.

     Here is the final horse wax form, in all of it's glory.

     This ring is for horse-loving enthusiasts. 

 This is my favorite "Heart-Shaped, pattern" showing my Pave' metal cutting.

 I have no idea when I used this Brass casting, but here it is. I placed my Onglette graver beside it just to show the size of the Eagle face