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STORY OF LUCITE - CASTING
 The process starts
with two basic ingredients, an acrylic resin powder and a monomer, a crystal
clear liquid. The powder and monomer are mixed together in specific
proportions. The result is a thick, opaque liquid. The mixture
is hand poured into molds and allowed to partially harden. Objects
to be embedded are then placed into the Lucite layer. Another layer
is poured over the embedded object and the lucite is again allowed
to harden.
During this stage the Lucite is an opaque, milky white. It is very difficult
to center objects on multiple levels when the objects below can not be
clearly seen. Because these embedded objects are placed by hand,
no two lucite embedments are ever 100% alike.
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