fun times with botanical casting

i am very happy with how these castings turned out. the creepy looking little succulents cast beautifully since they burn out so nicely as they are pretty much just water and wax. i am not quite sure what i will do with all of them yet, but, considering i risked looking like a crazy woman by digging in the bushes of public places to procure some of the specimen used for the final castings, i will definitely figure it out. i do have a pretty good idea as to what i will do with the pistillo-looking plants directly below, but am not sure if my idea will actually work in practice. they are pretty delicate. you might notice how some of the little balled ends are actually missing. i figure some of the metal didn't flow all the way through the hollowed out form in the investment, while others snapped off while work hardening in the magnetic tumbler. i have no idea what those little guys are, but managed to dig them out of some bushes that had ivy looking leaves.

the below is a casting of a snipping from one of the two cedar trees that flank either side of my backyard.


the below is one of the many sedum castings i made from the giant sedum plants that grow like weeds in my backyard.below is one of the creepy looking succulents. i love them. i snagged them from a large bed of succulents that sits in front of the studio where i cast them.
an even creepier looking succulent. i love the little plant inside the plant (look closely).
below is the least creepy of the succulent castings.

i have a few lost wax castings that i need to finish up and will post here. those are taking a little longer since i actually carved the wax and they definitely require a lot more finishing than pieces that are essentially made perfectly by nature.