This is all of the shelling prepped and ready to be burnout! unfortunately my shelling took much longer and was much more awkward because of the weight and the thickness. To overcome the weight of my head it took two people, one to hold and one to coat. To overcome the thickness I had to do 10 coats of shell rather than the standard 8 because otherwise there could be a risk that when the bronze is poured the mass of heat in that space could crack the shell.
Paul Crompton artist 