New British Art

Contact Name: Caroline Taylor

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Address:
Cilyrynys
Porthyrhyd
Carmarthenshire
SA32 8PX

New British Art

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New British Art's Courses

Bronze Cast by Post

Bronze Cast by Post

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...

Bronze casting weekend

Bronze casting weekend

In-person course

Carmarthenshire

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...