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T4TM (Theseus4TheMinotaur)

lost wax cast bronze, patina & paste wax

2023

(process photos & info under cut <3)

my minotaur boy!! pls click on the photos for higher res! my thesis is focusing on trans men and creatures (how original ik) and this was last semester's final. i spent a lot of time looking at sculptures of the theseus/minotaur story, and yknow? a LOT of them are erotic! i'm pretty sure i saw some of them on tumblr a decade ago, and that's led to this now!

as you'll notice, the minotaur has a big t-dick! i wanted to give him breasts and an enlarged clitoris to present a very masculine trans figure. the boy on the bottom is also trans because i say so . the piece is about looking up to older, bigger, hairier trans men and seeing something awe-inspiring and beautiful. the minotaur was locked up by a cruel father for being different, and i think modern adaptations tend towards a sympathetic asterion (his name in one version)

making this piece was. so much effort. it took me about 3 months to get it all together - from clay model (plasticine) to 3D print to silicone mold to wax cast, and finally bronze pour into the shell mold. and then a TON of filing, sanding, dremel-ing, and various other metalworking techniques that probably took years off my life.

i started with sketches and made theeeeeee ugliest model ever:

then used a 3D scanner to get it digital, then spent a goooood month or two making him pretty in blender! then i spent an agonizing few weeks trying to get it print-ready, and fiiiiiinally did

^^^ an early resin printed draft of the model - you can see in the final that i added lots to theseus after some feedback, but sadly the nosering broke off every time i cast it so i just. let that be <3

then came the moldmaking, and then the wax dipping!! the yellow stuff is shell mold (ground up ceramic bits and algae soup, sticks to the wax, then silica sand in varying sizes on top) which gets the wax melted out, and bronze poured in!

then it's all metalworking, cutting stuff off, and working with hot metal. they don't tell you about all the bronze dust and how annoying it gets wearing a respirator AND goggles. but it is for me health, me boy. here's him all cleaned up before the patina:

and then i spray him down with various chemicals to make it "patina" (aka rust) in pretty colors. wait a few days, then apply paste wax to seal it and give it that shine!

then we get what you see above!!! the blue was actually unintentional, and i'm still not super sure why it looks that way.. but it's pretty so idc <3

thanks for reading!! if you ever have any bronze/casting questions, don't hesitate to message me! <3

korosensei ruining their fun LMAO

trans men existing around trans women are not a threat to those trans women. trans men occupying space made for trans men and/or accepting of trans men are not taking space away from trans women. the concept of transmanhood is not a threat to trans women. coining a term for the specific type of transphobia trans men face is not diminishing transmisogyny. trans men expressing how manhood makes them feel euphoric is not being done to make trans women feel dysphoric.

we good? okay. stop with the rad fem shit. it's actually good & healthy & normal for trans men and women to share the same spaces &trade experiences & engage in discussion about their differences. we don't have to separate everything in life by gender. the outside world is not school. you literally don't have to separate people by gender for the rest of your life. let's move on.

I don’t know who needs to hear this today, but intrusive thoughts are basically your brain’s (sometimes very upsetting) way of saying “If there were two guys on the moon and one of them killed the other with a rock would that be fucked up or what?”

I’ve personally found that adding the “would that be fucked or what?” part in myself really helps put the more disturbing thoughts we sometimes get into perspective. Helps me say “yeah thar sure would be fucked up” and move on with my day.

It’s not a secret desire, it’s not something that only occurs to you because you’re a bad person. It’s just your brain deciding to process the fact that it knows an uncomfortable thing exists in the world by feeding it to you in an absurd “what if” with you as the main character.

I think it's funny how men just jerk off sometimes nonchalantly. Like that's such a dude thing to do. Jerkin it while doing nonsexual shit like playing minecraft, listening to music, reading a book, sometimes even in public restrooms. Just jorkin that thang. Lol. No, no, every dude does this, I promise. Yes, really. It's just a funny little quirk all men have and so you should really consider it as a part of your transition. Take your t dick between your pointer and middle finger and jerk it for a bit every time you shower or scroll on your phone or take a piss -- actually, how about you do it right now. Uh, we're both men. Of course it's fine. Don't make it weird. Yeah, there you go. Just like that. Good b- job, dude. And if both of your hands are busy, you can just put a vibrator in your pants and keep it on low. Just enough to keep your cock nice and hard. Yeah, man, every guy I know does this. Whether you're doing the dishes, going for a walk, going shopping, you can always get off to keep yourself nice and dumb and masculine. Always make sure to stop before you cum though.

Games that will make you cry and rethink your life ^

RPG SQUAD

Looking forward to my weekly T shot tomorrow 🥰

Go on T! It'll give you a lovely deeper voice!

Go on T! It'll help you grow an awesome beard!

Go on T! It'll give you more energy!

Go on T! You'll feel so much better in yourself!

Go on T! You'll get so handsome!

Hurray turning into a cub, otter or bear! Hurry bottom growth! Hurray chance to become more masc! Hurray looking in the mirror and seeing Yourself! Hurry hurry HRT!!

Woo! Testosterone!!!

If you’re intersex and your relationship to being trans and/or cis is complicated, that’s okay.

Perisex people, trans or cis, have no say in how an intersex person experiences their intersex variation in context with their sex and gender identity.

So many intersex people have complicated and nuanced relationships to sex and gender.

Many of us will go from having experiences that are close to trans ones to having experiences that are closer to cis ones. Or vice versa, or transmasc experiences to transfem, or literally any other combination. And these experiences may impact identity. I’ve spoken to intersex people who have stopped identifying as trans, who have gone from identifying as transfem to transmasc, who have begun identifying as transfemmasc, who have stopped identify as transfemmasc and started identifying exclusively as transfem.

A perisex person screaming that you can only be a woman or a man, trans or cis, if you have X, Y, or Z trait is a bigot.

You’re allowed to be yourself and use the words that best describe your own life.