{"id":211,"date":"2014-05-28T13:27:01","date_gmt":"2014-05-28T19:27:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fredkaems.com\/?p=211"},"modified":"2014-05-28T13:27:01","modified_gmt":"2014-05-28T19:27:01","slug":"carved-wax-pieces","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fredkaems.com\/?p=211","title":{"rendered":"Carved Wax Pieces"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I am making some game pieces that I will be casting out of bronze. These pieces will be the tops of the finished pieces. Carved out of wax tools of the trade. <a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fredkaems.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Carved-wax-pieces.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"212\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/fredkaems.com\/?attachment_id=212\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fredkaems.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Carved-wax-pieces.jpg?fit=432%2C559&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"432,559\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2.4&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;iPhone 5&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1398531550&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;4.12&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;64&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.016666666666667&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Carved wax pieces\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fredkaems.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Carved-wax-pieces.jpg?fit=432%2C559&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-212\" alt=\"Carved wax pieces\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fredkaems.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Carved-wax-pieces.jpg?resize=432%2C559&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"432\" height=\"559\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fredkaems.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Carved-wax-pieces.jpg?w=432&amp;ssl=1 432w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fredkaems.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Carved-wax-pieces.jpg?resize=231%2C300&amp;ssl=1 231w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 432px) 100vw, 432px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fredkaems.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Roller-wax.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"213\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/fredkaems.com\/?attachment_id=213\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fredkaems.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Roller-wax.jpg?fit=432%2C457&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"432,457\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2.4&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;iPhone 5&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1398538244&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;4.12&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;50&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.033333333333333&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Roller wax\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fredkaems.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Roller-wax.jpg?fit=432%2C457&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-213\" alt=\"Roller wax\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fredkaems.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Roller-wax.jpg?resize=432%2C457&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"432\" height=\"457\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fredkaems.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Roller-wax.jpg?w=432&amp;ssl=1 432w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fredkaems.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Roller-wax.jpg?resize=283%2C300&amp;ssl=1 283w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 432px) 100vw, 432px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I am making some game pieces that I will be casting out of bronze. These pieces will be the tops of the finished pieces. Carved out of wax tools of the trade.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-211","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8qvRk-3p","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":239,"url":"https:\/\/fredkaems.com\/?p=239","url_meta":{"origin":211,"position":0},"title":"Cast Bronze Game Pieces","author":"Fred","date":"August 10, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"These game pieces are the tools of the trade for the as of yet\u00a0 imaginary game \"King the City\" the graffiti monopoly game. each of these was cast from carved wax and plastic. 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