Event Information

• Sat

  31

  Aug

  2013

  Sat

  14

  Sep

  2013

  WORKSHOP SERIES: Casting 1O1 with AbOminOg Intl.

  Artworks Trenton
  19 Everett Alley  
  Trenton, NJ 0861 

  The veterans of fire heat things up with a 3-session class that will guide you from pattern to patina in the voyage to the land of sweet aluminium sculpture.

  • Total workshop series price: $185 per person includes materials and casting an original aluminum sculpture.
  • Contact Artworks to register: info@artworkstrenton.org or 609-934-9436.

   

  Step 1: The PAttErn and MOld with Rory Mahon and Joanna Platt
  Saturday, August 31, 2013 - 10AM to 2PM
  You want to make a sculpture, you need to have something to cast. Also known as a “pattern” this object is a replica of the object to be cast. In this class you will be guided through the process of either modeling a low-relief form or choosing the right item. You will then make an open-faced resin-bonded sand mold. You like to work in reverse, you say? Okay, then you will make a scratch mold and incise your design into a resin-bonded sand template.
   

  Step 2: The pOUr with Bruce Lindsay, Aylin Green, and Scot Thompson
  Saturday, September 7, 2013 - 10AM to 2PM, (Rain Date: Sunday, Sept 8, 2013)
  This is where things heat up. Observe and learn as the crew gets the metal molten and fills each sand mold with the most abundant metal in the earth’s crust - light and lovely aluminum.
   

  Step 3: The FInIsh with Kate Graves and Steve Morse
  Saturday, September 14, 2013 - 10AM to 2 PM
  Take that rough and ragged hunk of metal and make it sing! In this class you will learn chasing and finishing techniques and then apply a simple patina to seal the deal.