Casting a New Generation

I recently went to Montana, just after 420 in Denver, to visit two of my Daughters, Madison and Autumn. At the time Madison, the daughter in the middle, was about to have twins. I had planned to mold her belly, so that I could cast it in Iron. For those not familiar with me, I love Fire. Not to obsession, but my Art involves fire to some degree. Whether from firing up a bowl or kiln to melting Iron, the potential for getting burned is present.

While visiting, I got to watch the twins stretch their mothers abdomen during a moment of activity. Awhile back, when Maddy first started getting ultra sounds. It seemed her twin girls had a personality which was caught in black and white. I received an ultra sound image of the twins with hand gestures one is posing with the thumb up and the other is flipping the bird. Well this only inspires me to add another few casting to the series and have my Grand-daughters pressing against her belly with similar gestures. As if communicating from within, sort of sign language.

I molded Maddy’s Baby Bump, twice. I was determined to have a back up mold, this means a lot to me. After returning home, I waxed the molds. As of Now, the wax positive needs some minor cleanup, prior to being molded up again for lost wax process. Next, The final mold is filled with Molten Iron.

I’m hoping that they will be proud of what I have done. Or at least proud that I made it. I can imagine one getting it trouble and pointing to the bird gesture thinking that must of been me, and during different circumstances say the same for the thumbs up gesture.

So, on May 6th 2015, I became a Grandfather of Twin Girls.

Milly Ott Brown 4 lbs 11 oz. at 2:41 am

Evelyn Hatcher Brown 5 lbs 2 oz. at 2:56 am

I joked that with twins, there’s a good chance of one of them will like me.