Appendix 1: No, it wasn't Lost Wax Casting.
The following is a draft of one of my appetencies. Pisano almost certainty knew about the technique of lost wax metal casting. It is arguably the second oldest form of metal casting known to human kind, and is still used today in multiple industries and arts. However, it is also an irrefutable fact that none of the metalwork that Pisano did as a famous and groundbreaking medalist had anything to do with lost-wax casting what so ever. Why am talking about this? Because the moment I say the words "Bees' Wax" in a class or presentation, someone jumps to 'oh, this must be lost wax casting then', and I then need to stop what I am doing and spend the next five minutes explaining that not only does this having nothing to do with lost wax casting, but that even mentioning lost wax casting only confuses people needlessly. So for the sake of clarity, lets take a minute and set this misconception to rest. Lost wax casting dates to some of the earlies...