Event
Bronze Casting (January 2015)
30 Jan 2015 – 8 Feb 2015
Regular hours
- Friday
- 09:30 – 17:30
- Saturday
- 09:00 – 13:00
- Monday
- 09:30 – 17:30
- Tuesday
- 09:30 – 17:30
- Wednesday
- 09:30 – 17:30
- Thursday
- 09:30 – 17:30
Cost of entry
Course Cost: £550
Address
- Unit 7, Bermondsey Project
- 46 Willow Walk
- London
- SE1 5SF
- United Kingdom
This six day course will take place over two weekends, in which the participants will be shown how to make a bronze sculpture from the initial wax-process to the final bronze sculpture, which will culminate in the bronze pour.
About
For this event, there will be space for 14 participants, to actively participate in the pour. The event will take place over six days and you will learn the process of bronze casting from start to finish.London Sculpture Workshop will create a pop up exhibition of the work made during the day of the bronze pour.Please note that each session will run 10-4 with an hours lunch break, but some days may run over due to the amount of work that needs to be completed within the given time.
First Weekend:
Day 1, Friday 30th January
Introduction to Melting point
Practical wax demonstration– how to work with wax eg wax welding, taking wax from a mould, wax sheet making / casting from alginate to create a wax
Day 2, Saturday 31st January
Finish waxes
Presentation on Bronze moulds
What is a Bronze Mould?
Finish off wax
What is wax gating
Wax gating
Begin degreasing
Day 3, Sunday 1st February
Bronze Mouldmaking begins
Begin dipping waxes, 1st dipTalk “From wax to bronze”
Low melt alloys casting demonstration2nd dipNB: During the following week the moulds will be dipped in readiness for the next weekend for students to continue their work.Second Weekend:
Day 4, Friday 6th February
Burnout bronze moulds
Puttying up shells
refire fire shells
redip
pre heat + light furnace + pour metal
Late night Bronze Pour event
Day 5, Saturday 7th February
Breakout moulds
Fettling and chasing
Day 6, Sunday 8th February
Patination
Final finishing
Pop up exhibition
Please note the cost of the course includes 1kg of Bronze. Additional bronze will be available to purchase over the period of this course.
Number of places available: 14
Tutors: Giles Corby (RCA) Dr Aaron McPeake (PhD, Chelsea, UAL) and Drew Cole (Art Foundry Instructor RCA)
To book: http://londonsculptureworkshop.org/bronze-casting-january-2015/