Foundry: Patternmaking for Metal Casting

Metal Fabrication

Patternmaking for Casting in the Foundry

Create a pattern you can cast into metal and begin your casting journey!

 

Tuition Assistance and Other Policies

Meeting Times
  1. Wed, 12/6/2023 6:30 PM - 8:00 PM
  2. Wed, 12/13/2023 6:30 PM - 8:00 PM

Wed, 12/6/2023 - Wed, 12/13/2023

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Type:
Class, No Prerequisite

Location:
Small Classroom and Metal Fabrication Studio

Interests:
Foundry, Casting

About

Learn one of many ways to create a pattern of the casting you envision. Once completed, you can use the pattern in our Metal Casting in the Foundry class to create a mold for molten bronze or aluminum to produce your casting.

Making a pattern is the first of three basic steps of the foundry arts, followed by forming the mold and pouring metal to create the casting, and then by finishing the casting. This class completes the first step as you learn how to make patterns used to produce working molds.

The second step involves taking Metal Casting in the Foundry, which can be repeated as desired and qualifies you for guided studio time in the foundry, and where you learn to make molds from patterns and pour molten metal into the mold for the casting.

Finishing a Metal Casting class is also recommended and can be repeated as desired. Guided studio in the foundry is where advanced casting skills are built.

Class Policies

Ages 14 and up are welcome. 

BARN Policies

Instructors or Guides

Jeff Oens

Jeff Oens is a widely renowned sculptor with bronze artwork exhibited in prominent art collections and public displays across the United States and Canada. He is best known for his outstanding wildlife sculptures, but his portfolio also includes human figures, mythical creatures, and other diverse subjects, ranging in size from miniature to monumental. Many of Jeff’s sculptures can be seen around the industrial park on Three Tree Lane.

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