As-cast surface

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Definition

Refers to the surface immediately after removal from the mold, including fire skin and adhered investment. The term may be used to describe the cast before chasing, with the raw translation of the model’s surface amidst an incompletely fettled, repaired or chased surface. The as-cast surface may retain such features as investment material, flashes, or unrepaired flaws, yet may have been deemed complete by the artist or foundry.

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To Be Distinguished From

Fire scale   Fire-skin

Sources

Cultural Heritage Publications

Kienlin, T. L., Bischoff, E. and Opielka, H. (2006) ‘Copper and Bronze During the Eneolithic and Early Bronze Age: A Metallographic Examination of Axes from the Northalpine Region’, Archaeometry, 48(3), pp. 453–468. doi: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1475-4754.2006.00266.x.

Other

Burd, D. Q. and Greene, R. S. (1948) ‘Tool Mark Comparisons in Criminal Investigations’, Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology, 39(3), pp. 379–391., (p. 238)
Mödlinger, M. and Sabatini, B. (2016) ‘A Re-evaluation of inverse segregation in prehistoric As-Cu objects’, Journal of Archaeological Science, 74, pp. 60–74. doi: 10.1016/j.jas.2016.08.005., (p. 71)

Category

objects

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Translations

German gusshaut

Cultural Heritage Publications

Maaz, B. (2010) Skulptur in Deutschland zwischen Französischer Revolution und Erstem Weltkrieg. Berlin München: Deutscher Kunstverlag., (p. 696)
Alscher, L. (ed.) (1987) Lexikon der Kunst: Architektur, Bildende Kunst, Angewandte Kunst, Industrieformgestaltung, Kunsttheorie. Leipzig, Germany: E. A. Seemann., (p. 555)
French surface brute de coulée

Art and Craft Textbooks

Lambert, D. (2002) Moulage et fonderie d’art : Du modèle au bronze final. Dourdan: Vial., (p. 238)
French surface brute de fonderie
French surface brute de fonte
Italian superficie al grezzo

General Dictionaries

Battaglia, S. (1961) Grande dizionario della lingua italiana. Edited by Giorgio Bárberi Squarotti. Turin, Italy: Unione tipografico-editrice torinese. Available at: http://www.gdli.it/ (Accessed: 25 April 2021)., (http://www.gdli.it/pdf_viewer/Scripts/pdf.js/web/viewer.asp?file=/PDF/GDLI07/GDLI_07_ocr_46.pdf&parola=grezzoni[mentioned in definition 10])
Italian grezzo
Chinese 毛坯铸件表面

General Dictionaries

明举新 = Juxin Ming (2010) 汉英冶金工业词典 = A comprehensive Chinese-English dictionary of metallurgical industry. 3rd edn. 中南大学出版社 = Zhong Nan University Press., (p. 998)

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