Introduction to Glass Casting

Kunsthandwerk Workshops

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This fun, in-depth 7 day workshop that takes place over seven weeks covers the basics of glass casting from beginning to end (see below for full schedule). It will enable you to cast simple forms in glass on your own.  All of our forms for this class will be cast in clear glass so the focus becomes on understanding the process.  We will begin by working with wax and end with cutting and finishing your glass into the final form. Classes are on Fridays from 10:00 to 14:00.
This class will specifically cover:
Working with wax, investing your wax into a mold, steaming your wax out, choosing, cutting, and measuring your glass, setting up a kiln, firing the kiln from ramping up to annealing, programming a kiln, devesting molds, and finally, cold working!   
At the end of this course, you will have all the skills necessary to be able to begin a journey of glass casting on your own. 
You will want to bring your own notebook for sketching and talking through ideas and a place for important handouts.  Wear clothes you do not care about because we will make a mess of them in the beginning.  Be on time and be ready to work.  Prepare to take notes because it's no surprise what kind of technical information the brain will forget in a month’s time.  There are no makeup classes or cancelations.  If you know you will miss a class, have a classmate take really good notes for you. 
This unique class is limited to 4 participants only, giving the feeling of a private lesson. There is a size limit of no more than 8cm in any direction. The limit is due to the fact that the thicker the glass, the longer it needs to cool in the kiln. And since this course is meant to teach the principles of casting, we need to limit the size to be able to cast on a 5-day schedule.

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Hints: Duration: 1440 minutes

Please bring:
Day 1: Lecture. Artist Casting. Casting Basics! Bullseye Tech sheet 8! Begin with showing the studio of Berlin Glass.  How to set up the wax pots and how to recycle and cast wax into shapes to work with. Show different aspects of how to work with wax. Wax to take home and make into any type of form.  

Day 2:  Talk about the waxes the student brought in. Learn how to create a feeder in clay or wax and talk about air-out solutions.  Learn how to make your own air-out wax parts and connect them.  Measuring your wax-to-glass volume before you seal down to invest! Mold-making demo. How to estimate the volume of plaster for casting the mold.  Measure and calculate volume based on basic shapes.   -- VERY IMPORTANT CLASS! DO NOT MISS THIS ONE!  --  Take Notes!  Homework: Remake the wax thingy if you want to. Decide the best casting method. Pour casting or hand building. 

Day 3:  Attach your wax to your feeder (attached or pot cast) Invest your mold. Homework: bring a measuring cup and scale to measure glass. 

Day 4:  Set Up Waxes to Steam Out. Talk again about different ways to measure your glass.  Always more and never exact.  Talk about how to set up a kiln and firing schedules.  Where they are the same and where they are different.  Learn how to program the kilns... and how to mind them.  Air out peak temp watching, and never open again. Annealing principles.

All work must be in the kiln at the End of Day 4! 

-- CASTING days --

Day 5:  Devest molds and Introduction to Cold working.  Begin Cold working,  Tools: Big Saw, Grinding Wheel, Belt Sander, and no polishing finish. 

Day 6:  Extra cold work? Review class.  Suppliers list.  How to do it on your own.  Preparing to cast for yourself.  Time to load.  Kiln sitting.

Day 7: Need an extra day for cold-working? You are invited to spend the day in the cold-shop!

Price: €1000 (Standard)

Please note:
If you wish to cancel your booking, please send an email to at least one week before the start of the course. Your booking will be converted into a voucher that you can use for a future reservation.

A cash refund is only possible for cancellations made at least 6 weeks before the start of the course. Please note that the booking fees will be deducted from any refund.
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