In this class, we will experiment with traditional and contemporary Pate de Verre methods to create bas-relief tiles or small three-dimensional sculptures of your choice. Based on your interest and design, either approach will be encouraged and supported. We’ll further demystify the Pate de Verre process with discussions about various mold materials, binders, glasses and firing schedules. All levels of experience are welcome.
Learn wax carving in Florence in this two-day “Flash Course”
In this casting workshop smaller models, pieces of jewellery or little figures will be modelled in wax, embedded in plaster and prepared for casting.
Debra Ruzinsky, August 3-5, 2018, Appalachian Center for Crafts, Smithville, TN
Learn to transform small found objects into glass castings by using the lost wax process. Tackle the basics of making rubber molds. Discuss undercuts, multipart moldmaking, and casting challenges. Learn the variety of materials available and decide which materials are best in different situations (silicones, urethanes, alginate.) Make refractory molds from wax shapes. Finished glass castings will be shipped to students or picked up after firing completes.
$300 All skill levels welcome
Barbara Mann, one of our CAST contributors, will be teaching a one-day cuttlefish casting workshop on July 21 at the Greenville Center for Creative Arts in Greenville, SC.
This ancient and fascinating approach to casting. Cuttlefish casting creates a beautiful woodgrain-esque surface on metal and is a direct and satisfying way to cast metal at a jewelry scale.
Demitra Thomloudis, one of our contributing artists, will be teaching "Culling the Sand: Site, Place and Identity" at Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts August 12-18. Demi is a pioneer of interesting casting techniques for jewelry, including her ingenious use of cement. This class will include moldmaking and plastic casting for jewelry.
If you're interested in learning to carve wax to make cast jewelry, you can't do better than learning from Kate Wolf. Here's a list of her remaining 2018 workshops, most of which are held in her Portland, Maine studio. Bonus: two video clips of Kate in action!
This is the halfway point reporting on Mary Hallam Pearse’s class at the Penland School of Crafts. So far, the class has done plaster moldmaking, centrifugal casting, and induction vacuum casting. They've worked with carving wax, investment core casting to create hollow forms, patty cake silicone molds and water soluble wax for investment cores.
Simon Zsolt József’s workshop at the International Ceramics Studio in Hungary
