So this is my finished medal. I am really extremely pleased with its outcome, it was worth the time spent on it! So i believe the last thing that i wrote about this was that it was in its wax form ready for the bronze to be poured into the cast. Once that was done, and the hard outer casing shell was chipped off, my medal and clasp was left and i had to file it. I sorted out the outsides where the stems had been attached to make it seem like it was never attached to anything. I then re-engraved some of the writing around the outside to make it more legible. With the top section i filed down the top flat bit and filed/smoothed some of the finer detail of the clasp. It was due to where the section of the clasp attaches to the medal being fragile, that i changed its way of attachment. Instead of just clamping on, i filed off the metal 'pincers', drew a hole through the medal and put a pin through. (This was actually a lot harder than it seems and very time consuming as i needed help from the technicians). After all of this was done, my medal was ready for patina. I chose a slight rusted bronze colour, in order for it to look aged and in keeping with previous war medals. Finally, i sewed on the ribbon (but in this case bias binding). I feel this is a suitable length for it to be. White is there for the representation of peace, for both past wars where men were corporally punished, and for peace now.
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April 2016
Kerry FosterThird Year Fine Art Student at Falmouth School of Art. Fellow artists: |