Mould-making Workshop: Call for interest

[DarrenK]

Hi all,

I am interested in running a workshop on basic mould-making. Anyone interested in attending?

The course will involve:

• learning the basic concepts of mould-making
  
• the sculpting of clay
  
• making a 2-piece plaster mould from clay form
• making a one-off plaster cast from plaster mould
• (optional) basic patination for plaster cast

There will be a fee required to cover materials and the course will take place over a few days (TBD)

Please reply if you are interested in attending, details will follow. :)

(also, if you have any specific objects you wish to make moulds/casts of, or any similar techniques you'd like to learn, or any other suggestions please let me know here.)


DarrenK

(edit sorry for previous mis-post!)

[Duncan Thomas]

I'm interested

[Alanna Kelly]

Yep interested

[Eimear Ní Fhaoláin]

I would be interested but would only be available on weekends. Would be cool to do moulds of body parts like hands or something. Make really interesting pieces

[cei...@gmail.com]

Count me in too 

[Michael O Connor]

Ah-yup.

[Casey Cronin]

This is devinitely something I'd be interested in, thanks!

[benrules2]

Definitely interested, weekends preferred!

[Domhnall Walsh]

Okay, we now have seven people within the labs interested in this class. I assume we'd want to open this up to outside people too?

Also, we'd need an idea as to what resources are needed within the labs itself - does this stuff air dry, for example, or do we need to fire stuff? How many people can reasonably do this at a time? That sort of thing.

Thanks,
Domhnall.

[DarrenK]

Update!

Thanks for the interest guys! Looks like it's worth going ahead with after all.
For the moment I'm happy with 7 people. Any more may be a bit too crowded at the moment. Also, it would be good to practice on members first! :)

If weekends seem to suit, thats great.

So far I'm thinking 4 classes to produce your raw plaster cast, and a 5th class for finishing it with a patina.

If you are willing to put in a class on both Saturday and Sunday then I guess we can get everything done in 3 weekends.

Most of the work will be done on the first day over about 3 and a half hours.
Remaining classes will vary between about 45 mins and and hour if all goes well.

Also, I imagine materials fee will be somewhere in the region of €6 to €8, I'll post it up when I've sourced it.

How does that suit everyone?

@Domhnall: the plaster will air dry, though it may take some time. That would be the main purpose for spreading it over a few days. Though we could help it along by baking it in an oven.

[DarrenK]

How do people feel about starting on the third week of November?
How do people feel about doing classes on a Tuesday, Thursday or Friday evening around then?


Also, it may well be a possibility for me to source some lower-quality (much cheaper) clay and plaster for the workshop.

[Domhnall Walsh]

I believe Keith is interested too, and I reckon eight (including him) is getting towards the effective maximum class size for something like this???

[DarrenK]

Ok, I'd like to cap it at 8 for now.
By the way, this is my first workshop. If it's a success then I would feel more confident opening one to the public.
(Also there is some exciting talk of combining a few workshops into a focused series.)

On Sunday, October 28, 2012 2:35:53 AM UTC, DarrenK wrote:

[d...@091labs.com]

The third week of November may not be a good time for me.
Next week I'll post up the times I intend for the classes. (and maybe try to tie it into the proposed prototyping series.)

[d...@091labs.com]

On Sunday, October 28, 2012 2:35:53 AM UTC, DarrenK wrote:

[d...@091labs.com]

Workshop postponed for 2 weeks.
I need more practice with it, and to get the hardware room in a more suitable condition.
Apologies for the lateness of this post, and the previous mis-post!

Darren K