An artist wants to create a metal sculpture using a mold so that his artwork can be readily mass produced. He wants his sculpture to be exactly 6 inches tall. Should the mold also be 6 inches tall? Why or why not?

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Brayden Sampson

6 May, 07:32

An artist wants to create a metal sculpture using a mold so that his artwork can be readily mass produced. He wants his sculpture to be exactly 6 inches tall. Should the mold also be 6 inches tall? Why or why not?

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Annabelle Gross · Answer 1

Answer:NO

Explanation:

No the mold should not be of the same size as that of sculpture because the material from which molds is made may shrink or expand depending upon its properties.

For example grey cast iron shrinks on cooling.

We need to make mold bigger in general so that if there is a need of finishing it can be done easily without altering the size of sculpture.