Casting - Sand
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Sand Casting
Class level: Beginners welcome. No experience needed. No need to bring anything. Everything will be supplied. About: Sand casting is an ancient and widely used metal casting process where molten metal is poured into a sand mold to create a metal replica of the component. A desired object is pressed into sand to form a replica cavity of the object. Molten metal is then poured in to fill the cavity, solidifies, and then the sand mold is opened to reveal the replica casting. Tutors: Tracy Hills and Amber Hills Date: Sat, 18th October Time: 12.30 - 16.30 Price Structure: 2 Options Available Ticket option 1 - £100.00. (no silver provided. You provide your own) Ticket Option 2 - £120.00 (£20.00 of silver casting grain provided) Book here: https://www.metalandflame.co.uk/booking-info.html |
We will provide all the tools and and £20.00 worth of silver casting grain. You are welcome to bring any of your own silver scrap to melt down too. Please note - all scrap must be clean - in other words free from solder. You can also purchase silver grain from us on the day, or you can purchase your own from your preferred silver supplier. Each bench has a complete set of tools needed for this class.
Please note: We have 2 ticket options for this course.
Ticket option 1: Excluding silver. For those who have purchased their own silver or have silver to recycle
Ticket Option 2: Includes £20.00 of silver casting grain.
Silver grain will be available to purchase on the day.
Please note: We have 2 ticket options for this course.
Ticket option 1: Excluding silver. For those who have purchased their own silver or have silver to recycle
Ticket Option 2: Includes £20.00 of silver casting grain.
Silver grain will be available to purchase on the day.
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Outline:
We will begin the class with a discussion on sand casting and tools and needed for the process. We will also include a brief description of various casting methods, including the lost wax method. You can either bring your own item which you'd like to cast. This item needs to be fairly solid as you will need to push it into the clay. We have sand cast organic items such as shells, twigs, and replicated special charms. Don't worry if you don't have anything - we have loads of objects for you to cat Mould Making: You will begin by preparing your casting flask by filling 1 side of your flask with a special sand, generally known as delft clay. Then by pressing your chosen object into the sand, you will have an exact replica of your object. You will then fill the other half of the flask. We will then show you where and how to cut the pouring and air vents. Melting Then the fun begins as you melt your silver in a crucible and pour the molten silver into your flask. You will immediately be able to open the flask to see your cast item. How exciting is that? If it hasn't worked out well, you will be able to re-melt your silver and try again.There will be time to clean, file and polish your piece before turning it into a wearable piece of jewellery. |
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PLEASE NOTE!
ABSOLUTELY NO ALUMINIUM OR PEWTER TO BE USED. SILVER ONLY
ABSOLUTELY NO ALUMINIUM OR PEWTER TO BE USED. SILVER ONLY
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Tools provided:
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T&C's:
This is a workshop environment, so your well being and safety is important to us. To ensure this is a safe - but fun environment for you to learn in; we ask that you please:
Refreshments:
Any queries, or if you should want Tracy to purchase silver for you, please do not hesitate to contact Tracy at: Phone: 07814 883 443 Email: [email protected] |
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Email: [email protected] - Please note, if you email me, please include a phone number, as some of my replies land in your spam folders
Terms and conditions
Frequently asked questions
Contact
Email: [email protected] - Please note, if you email me, please include a phone number, as some of my replies land in your spam folders