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 evening will be held remotely, as a Zoom meeting, 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

      2.3.

      17.15-20.00

      Introduction to course, practicalities.

      Metalcasting in general and as an industry

      Zoom

      9.3

      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

      K2 Foundry, Puumiehenkuja 3

      16.3.

      17.15-20.00

      K2 Foundry, Puumiehenkuja 3

      23.3.

      17.15-20.00

      K2 Foundry, Puumiehenkuja 3

      30.3.

      17.15-20.00

      K2 Foundry, Puumiehenkuja 3

      6.4.

      17.15-20.00

      K2 Foundry, Puumiehenkuja 3

      8.4 and 11.-14.4

      9.-17.00

      Intensive week

      K2 Foundry, Puumiehenkuja 3


    • Access to the foundry in Konetekniikka 2, Puumiehenkuja 3