Bronze casting & sculpture

Introduction to Bronze Casting

In-person course

Herefordshire

£595

Create your own Bronze Sculpture Day 1 and 2: working with wax to create your sculpture for casting. Wax working techniques and help with design and development of ideas. You will also have additional time to work on your piece at home or here at Make Studios by arrangement. Days 3 and 4: preparation and pouring, including spruing and mould making. Day 5: Burning out moulds and pouring. Day 6: Finishing and patination. Who is the course suitable for? To day attendees have included Art students, professional artists and people...

Bronze AWARD

Bronze casting sculpture - Morley College, London

In-person course

Greater London

£475

This five day course provides an introduction to the art and techniques of lost wax bronze casting. Students will participate fully with the process, wax modelling, participate with their work being moulded and cast then learn and practice the metalwork and finishing skills to finish their bronze work. Basic materials including 1 kilo of Bronze are included in course fee but charged £25/kilo when used over this amount. Technician supported. All levels welcome including beginners. All students must follow physical distancing guidance as explained by their tutors. There will be...

Bronze AWARD

Bristol Bronze Club - 3 day lost wax bronze casting workshop

In-person course

Bristol - Next course on 2nd October 2020

£300

Bristol Bronze Club is back! This workshop involves three consecutive days where you will learn a basic introduction into lost wax bronze casting, using the ceramic shell casting technique. On the first day you will learn how to do waxwork for the lost wax process. The second day you will learn how to apply the ceramic shell. On the last day, it is the pour day. The day will begin with burning out the mold, this is the 'lost wax' part of the process. Then in the afternoon, you will...

Gold AWARD

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Bronze casting weekend

In-person course

Carmarthenshire - Next course on 26th September 2020

£275

An excellent opportunity to learn the lost wax method of bronze casting during this two day course led by experienced teacher Mark Halliday RCA. All the materials and equipment you need will be provided to enable you to make a small sculpture or object and to cast this in bronze. You will learn: - about different types of bronze casting techniques - how to manipulate modelling wax and how to use other waxes in the casting process - how to fit runners and risers (a sprue system) to your wax...

Gold AWARD

Bronze Cast by Post

Online course

£135

During the Coronavirus pandemic, we are unable to run our usual courses here at Cilyrynys. We have therefore put together a course that will allow you to model a small sculpture in wax at home which can be sent to us for casting into bronze. How does it work? We will send you a 100 grams piece of specialist modelling wax in the post which you will model into a sculpture of your own and post back to us for casting. This amount of wax will yield a finished sculpture...

Renaissance bronze casting course with Jim Racine MA(RCA)

Bronze AWARD

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Renaissance bronze casting course with Jim Racine MA(RCA)

In-person course

Suffolk

£120

Jim Racine's Renaissance bronze casting course runs over 4 to 5 days, and costs £120 per day plus materials (at cost price). Held at an established artist foundry in Suffolk. couple discount (£150 per day +materials) Take away your own first class bronze sculpture or design any scale potentially up to head sized. please contact me for more info relevant to the piece you wish to make, please prepare an image so i can advise you. The course held at Butley mills studios is designed to give an in depth...

Platinum AWARD

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Bronze Smelting and Casting

In-person course

South Yorkshire

£100

Bronze Smelting and Casting Introduction to metallurgy: Looking at the evidence for the first use of metals. It reviews the archaeological evidence and considers the problems for those wishing to reconstruct the processes. Pulling swords from Stones: The smelting of minerals: Working in groups of 2-3 this session provides you with the opportunity to transform minerals in to metal. You will reconstruct some of the earliest processes used by humans to win metal from the earth. Casting and cursing: The production of bronze artefacts: In this second practical session you...

Bronzed animal sculpture one day workshop Suffolk one-to-one

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Bronzed animal sculpture one day workshop Suffolk one-to-one

In-person course

Suffolk - Next course on 14th August 2020

£90

Welcome to my bronzed Animal Sculpting Workshops. Giacometti style animals. You will go home at the end of the day with a beautiful unique piece of art. This course is a wonderful way to relax and forget the worries of the world. Art is fantastic for ones mental health. You will unwind and time will fly. About the coronavirus : These are now 1-to-1 workshops or with a bubble buddy. All co-vid rules will be met and implimented. I will provide water and coffee gloves and sanitizer. No experience is...

Wonderful wax: the art of wax for bronze casting

In-person course

Northamptonshire

£90

This course gives you an insight into the endless possibilities of sculpting with wax to create bronze castings. Working with locally sourced natural beeswax, you will be introduced to a variety of techniques, used across the world for thousands of years. The tutor will guide you through making whatever you wish, including jewellery, trinkets, household décor, figurative sculpture, ornamental animals etc! Abigail Burt has travelled to Nepal and India to learn the traditional techniques of lost-wax casting. As a Winston Churchill fellow, Abigail is a fine art sculptor and contemporary...