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established accounts:
Terms: net 30 days pay-
able by check only, or by credit card charged on the day merchandise is shipped.
new accounts:
Terms: payable by credit card charged on the day merchandise is shipped, or net 10 days payable by check with all resale and credit information supplied beforehand.
resale numbers:
Whether your business is in California or not, resale numbers are required at time of order.
credit references:
Please include 3 credit references with your first order.
minimum orders:
$100 and quantities on
items listed below:
• Sterling Silver Wish-
bones: 3 or more
• Pewter Wishbones:
12 or more
cancellations:
Please contact us
immediately by phone.
order lead time:
Most of Tamara Hensick’s pieces are cast to order. Turnaround time is usually 4 - 6 weeks. This may vary depending on the pieces, quantity, stock and time of year. We
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frequently asked
questions:
• What do you do with these pieces? Do they serve a function?
Some pieces are functional, yes: key chains, ring holders, card holders. However, most serve as an inspirational talisman. The work brings symbol and saying to life. These are given as gifts for courage, luck, dreams to come true, heart ache, new chapters of life, etc., or purely for fun (ie: Sex/TV flipping coin).
• How are these pieces made?
All the work is hand cast in California. The sterling, bronze and white bronze pieces are cast through the Lost Wax Process:
a 13-step process which requires a wax original for each object. A mold is made of the original sculpture into which liquid wax is injected and cooled to create a wax model. The wax model is cleaned, put into a metal cylinder (flask) which is then filled with a liquid plaster (investment). After the investment drys, the flask is put into a kiln and the wax is burnt out, leaving a void where the wax once existed. With centrifugal force the molten metal is shot into the void creating the piece. The piece is then cooled, broken out of the investment, sand-blasted and tumbled in varying types of ceramic medium to polish the object.
The pewter pieces, on the other hand, are simpler to cast. A hard rubber mold is made of the original object and with centrifugal force, the molten metal is poured into the mold directly. The pieces are cooled, removed from the mold, cleaned of mold lines and flash and then tumbled in ceramic or plastic medium to polish. |
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