LAMOTHERMIC - Lost Wax Castings

This video was shot in 1996 at the Lamothermic factory in Brewster New York. Produced by Paul M. Levine, the video depicts a process called “lost wax casting“. Cut to industrial music, the video portrays a bygone age of manufacturing in the United States. It also depicts the end of a time when these type of manufacturing jobs existed in our country. This ageless process begins by making a part in wax, then assembling these parts on a “tree“, that is then covered by layers of hard material that makes a mol