Casting with Silver - One Day Course
In this one day class, we explore simple casting that you can do with minimal equipment in a home or small jewellery studio.
Water, or drop casting is a fun and experimental way to create irregular abstract forms from molten silver.
Sand (also known as Delft Clay) casting is a way to cast more specific forms using a master / model to create a mould within packed sand to pour your molten metal into.
I usually recommend that students have some basic silver jewellery making skills before registering for this course, such as one of my Beginners Silver Jewellery Days or similar.
Small group size - just 2 students per group to ensure each student gets plenty of practice pouring their silver.
Develop your jewellery making skills in this experimental one day course. Water / drop casting creates abstract forms that can then be developed, joined and adapted to create unique, organic designs, depending on the individual forms that your pours have created for you....
We will also work with sand casting for creating more specific, planned forms such as rings or charms.
This course runs from 10am to 5pm and allows students to spend time experimenting with informal casting techniques, and then to transform their favourite pieces into finished jewellery if desired.
We will work through one or two projects and participants will learn; -
- Melting silver using a hand held torch and crucible
- Melting silver in an electric furnace
- Drop casting into water
- Drop casting into other substances
- Sand (Delft Clay) casting process using a pre-made model
- What to do with the cast metal to get it ready to wear
- We will also briefly discuss other casting options
Great for anyone who has already tried silver jewellery making, and would like to experiment with a different way of working and creating forms.
Class held in person, in my studio in Camden, London NW1 - near Camden Town tube station.
**Workshop is downstairs and therefore not suitable if stairs are a problem for you - sorry!**
Can also be arranged as private 1-1 tuition at a day / time to suit you, or if you have a group of friends that would like to come together!
Maximum class size of just 2 students so that there will be plenty of individual support and advice throughout the day and plenty of chances to pour.
Course cost includes a generous amount of silver offcuts and casting grain to melt. Part way through, students will select their favourite piece/s to continue working to clean up and turn into wearable finished piece/s. Less successful castings will be re-melted.
If you choose to keep more casts than are included in the course allowance, then the additional silver can be purchased at cost on the day.