Example of the direct wax slab process as seen in Patan, Gujarat, India, in the 1980s. The wax torso of a large statuette is shaped by modeling wax slabs, before adding the core. See Craddock, Paul T. 2015. “The Metal Casting Traditions of South Asia: Continuity and Innovation.” Indian Journal of History of Science 50 (1): 55–82.; Furger, Alex R. 2017. The Gilded Buddha: The Traditional Art of the Newar Metal Casters in Nepal. Basel, Switzerland, and Frankfurt, Germany: Librum..