Topic outline

  • General


    • Welcome to 'Metal Casting 101'-course! The course consists of six evening lectures/meetings and an intensive work week. Evening meetings contain both lecture style teaching and informal hands-on preparation for the intensive week. The first three evenings will be held remotely, as Zoom meetings, and introduces metal castings both from industrial and art viewpoints.

      Introductory material on metalcasting (metallivalu) can be found at Aalto Online Video Experiences.


    • Date

      Time

      Content

      Location

      15.9

      17.15-20.00

      Introduction to course, practicalities.

      Metalcasting in general and as an industry

      Zoom

      22.9

      17.15-20.00

      Sculpting, bronze casting with lost wax

      Foundry engineering, arts & engineering

      Finishing castings, patinas and coatings

      and other related topics

      Preparation for intensive week

      Zoom

      29.9

      17.15-20.00

      K2 Foundry, Puumiehenkuja 3

      6.10

      17.15-20.00

      K2 Foundry, Puumiehenkuja 3

      13.10

      17.15-20.00

      K2 Foundry, Puumiehenkuja 3

      20.10

      17.15-20.00

      K2 Foundry, Puumiehenkuja 3

      25.-29.10

      9.-17.00

      Intensive week

      K2 Foundry, Puumiehenkuja 3


    • Metalcasting 101 practicalities