Metal Casting Zone Info Blog

I carved a bas relif wall plaque (about dinner-plate size, perhaps 1/2 inch thick, with some fine and deep details) and made a fairly heavyweight latex-and-gauze mold of it. Now I’m trying to figure out what medium to use in casting the final product to be hung on a wall. I’m still not sure if I want a stonelike or antiqued silver finish, but first I need to cast it. Does anyone know what would be hard and durable at the dimensions mentioned, as well as relatively-lightweight enough to hang on a wall, with a surface that can be given a faux-material finish? And something that can be cast at home, without specialized furnaces or anything…