Hey guys,
Thanks for the interest and that you like my piece, realy appreciate it!
To keep it short: I can't create this piece in silver as it is now.
Reasons:
1. Casting silver needs to be done in a sand mold. The biggest problem with this is that the fine details in the piece will be lost.
2. The actual casting (melting, pooring etc) I would have to outsource, which makes it expensive.
I chose to do this piece as a coldcast because the details are extremely fine. I can do this proces all by my self, which reduces costs.
To meet my quality standards, this piece in silver needs to be minted. This gives great detail, nice shine to the piece, this is just too expensive for now.
A while ago I have started a 3d desing for a 2 oz silver coin, but this is still in the design fase, can't make any promisses, since I have a lot of project going on right now.
Thanks again guys, and if you want this piece coldcasted let me know!
Well you will see a good example of this in silver in around a months time. I will be doing a 5 troy Oz and 1 Troy Oz fine silver coin which was inspired by your work. If you like I can send you a 1 Troy Oz coin your way so you can see the detail. The illustration was done by hand and touched up digitally but so far it looks amazing.