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Welcome to this pictorial blog in which I share the process of creating the brass Unicorn token that the first degree journey women are gifted at their graduation. Originally, I created a mould from wax, but this year I was able to use a previous token as the mould, pressing it into the clay as pictured below:

The next step is to pour the molten brass into the funnel created in the clay. I use more metal than is needed so that the weight will push the metal into the mould. There are also 4 air vents in place. I am using my own scrap brass here - meaning that I have a good collection of scrap from mostly using 1mm thick sheet metal (silver, brass and copper) and saw piercing out the metal I need, so I have those scrap pieces. Heating the metal here you can see a lovely shiny puddle developing which I will keep moving in the crucible and then I will heat the side that it will pour out and tip quickly into the...