1 - First heat up the wax. Study the object while you wait. You have to be able to get the hardened wax shell clear of the object, that means you can't go around corners or into deep cracks or the like.

 

2 - Chew a piece of gum.

 

3 - Bring out your oil and use a paint brush to grease up the part of the object that you've decided to apply the wax to. Be thorough. Make sure you don't miss a spot cause the wax will stick and then it will brake when you try to get the hardened shell clear of the object. Replace your gum with a new piece of gum.

 

4 - Chew.

 

5 - Once everything is nicely lubed up check your wax: it shouldn't be too warm, then it won't stick, on the other hand if it is too cold, well, then it won't stick either, you are going for a creamy inbetween.

 

6 - When you decide that everything is good and ready you take your paintbrush and begin applying the wax.

 

7 - Replace your gum with a new piece of gum. Chew.

 

8 - When the wax shell has reached about 4 mm. in thickness and has the shape and look you were going for let it cool a bit before trying to remove it from the object. Now you have a perfect imprint on one side and the marks from the brush on the other you're ready to take it to your local foundry to be cast in bronze and eventually placed opposite the object creating a gap between the two.

 

9 - Place your accumulated pieces of chewed gum on a small plinth and marvel at the lightness of being.

 

 

 

Julie Bitsch (b. 1979) works with deposits from transient encounters imbued in miscellaneous surfaces and objects. Her impressions, cast in various materials, explore the 'duration' in social, spatial and emotive encounters and the historic trace we leave on the surface of things. Bitsch earned her MFA from the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts in 2010 where she majored in contemporary sculpture. She has produced several public sculptures and exhibited her work in both Denmark and abroad. Her preferred mediums are wax, plaster, concrete, hair, salt, bronze and chewing gum.    

 

http://www.juliebitsch.com/