All registration for our classes is rolling which means you can join whenever you want and get the same step-by-step personal instruction that we provide to every student.

Beginning Foundry | Metal (Bronze) Casting

Instructors: Vincent Hawkins, Kristin Komorowski, & Michael Bennett
Thursday 7-10pm & Saturday TBD
$285 for 10 weeks or $400 for 16 weeks

The beginning metal foundry class is designed to familiarize students with the basics of lost wax casting process. Students will learn basic wax casting and working technique, gating and venting, ceramic shell and investment molding techniques. Students will be required to complete at least 3 finished projects to be cast in bronze, iron, aluminum, or copper.

Intermediate Foundry | Metal (Bronze) Casting

Instructors: Vincent Hawkins, Kristin Komorowski, & Michael Bennett
Wednesday 7-10pm
$285 for 10 weeks or $400 for 16 weeks

The intermediate metal foundry class is designed to give a basic understanding of foundry procedure and the techniques for doing large scale casting in iron, bronze, aluminum, and copper. The burnout kiln, wax recycling operations, and patination techniques will be covered. Students will participate in iron, bronze, aluminum and copper pours. As before, students will be required to complete at least 3 finished projects cast in bronze.

Advanced Foundry | Metal (Bronze) Casting

Instructor: Vincent Hawkins
Wednesday 7-10pm
$285 for 10 weeks or $400 for 16 weeks

The advanced metal foundry class will give students a level of mastery over the process of casting art works in bronze, iron, aluminum, and copper. We will cover kiln design and construction, ferrous and non-ferrous metallurgy and alloying. Students are required to take at least 2 intermediate metal foundry classes before being accepted for enrollment in the advance foundry class.

Beginning Mold Making

Instructors: TBD
Thursday 7-10pm
$285 for 10 weeks or $400 for 16 weeks

In the beginning mold making class students will learn basic techniques of plaster molding. We will cover how to make one piece molds, two piece molds, waste molds in plaster, and latex rubber molds. These techniques would be beneficial for any student, but particularly helpful to anyone interested in foundry work or casting in a variety of materials.

Intermediate Mold Making

Instructors: TBD
Thursday 7-10pm
$285 for 10 weeks or $400 for 16 weeks

Students in the intermediate mold making class will learn more advanced molding techniques. Making multiple piece plaster molds, urethane and silicones rubber molds, techniques for drawing out and gaging symmetrical forms in plaster using a template, as well as model building in plaster and styrofoam will be covered. These techniques will also be of help for those interested in the Fire Arts foundry classes.