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Foundry: Patternmaking for Metal Casting

Create a pattern to cast metal and begin your casting journey! Pattern-making is one of three distinct classes in the Foundry series.

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Foundry: Patternmaking for Metal Casting

Foundry: Patternmaking for Metal Casting

Create a pattern to cast metal and begin your casting journey! Pattern-making is one of three distinct classes in the Foundry series.

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    $ 125.00
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    $ 151.00
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About

Learn one of several ways to create the pattern you'll use on the path to casting the bronze you envision. The instructor will guide and help you with all the intricacies of creating what is needed to produce a working mold for your casting.  

This is the first of a three-class series that takes you though the process of creating your own bronze masterpiece. 

  • Bronze Casting: Patternmaking (this class): Begin your casting journey by creating your pattern that will be used to make the mold into which molten bronze will be poured.
  • Bronze Casting: Casting in the Foundry: Make the mold from your own pattern (or use one of BARN's) and see molten bronze being poured into your mold in this introduction to metal casting.
  • Bronze Casting: Finishing Your Casting: Learn to transform your raw casting into your vision. Cut and grind the unwanted parts away, file and polish, then complete with a lustrous patina that makes bronze art such a delight to see and hold. This is the third and final class in the series.

After completing these three classes, the Bronze Casting: Guided Open Studio in the Foundry is where advanced casting skills are perfected. This series is self-paced with separate registration for each class. 

Details

A $20 materials fee, included in the cost of the class, covers the supplies you'll need.

Class Policies

Ages 14 and up are welcome. 

Instructor
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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