Striped Bass, also known as 'Stripers'

The stripers are cast in aluminum. Three are attached to the ocean rock, another 6 are hanging from the ceiling.

Striper in motion

Each of the 9 stripers has a slightly different appearance. I achieved this by shaping the individual wax copies before the casting in aluminum.

Striper patinated in its typical color

Fish in their wax stage at the foundry

Brian Boucher is the master of wax work at the Green Foundry in Eliot, where my fish were cast.

Stripers in the ceramic stage.

The wax has been coated with a ceramic shell. After hardening of the shell the wax will be burned out and aluminum cast into these ceramic shell, which is afterwards broken and removed to expose the cast fish

Fresh casts after removal of the ceramic shells

Finishing the aluminum casts

Excess parts from the casting process are removed and parts that were cast separately have been welded on. My thanks go out to Jason Turgeon from the Green Foundry for his fine work!

Patination

A patina was applied over the entire cast, and in a second step partially removed

Partial removal of patina

Some parts of each cast were polisihed to get the shine of the living fish