Lost Wax and Casting Techniques

For people with knowledge of jewelry techniques with the aim of increasing his/her skills.

Introduction to the casting process that goes from building a metal model, obtaining the mold and its reproduction. How to cast any organic object into metal, such as leaves, branches, shells, etc. Learn to make molds of plastic and metallic objects for their subsequent casting into metal.

Create pieces in bronze or silver using the lost wax technique on a small scale. Learn about the properties of metals, the most commonly used alloys, types of fluxes and purifiers, pickling and annealing processes, casting techniques and the use of different molds. Metal care and recovery.

Obtaining the vulcanized mold, wax injection, tree assembly, calculation of necessary metal weight, preparation of cylinder investment, casting and metal injection for subsequent finishing and polishing. Models are made in wax, in organic materials that carbonize well, or using plastic objects. This model will be the base for producing from a small number of pieces to a large quantity with the highest possible fidelity. Casting with Delft clay, cuttlefish bone, refractory investments and polyurethane modeling.

• Teacher:
  Jaime Díaz

• Duration:
  56 hours course (14 classes of 4h.)
  From 1 to 6 classes per week. The last 2 classes must be on consecutive days.
  An appointment with the teacher is required prior to inscription.

• Schedule:
  Monday to Thursday from 10am to 2pm.
  Monday & Wednesday from 4pm to 8pm.
  You can start at any time of the year from September to July.
  Limited places, check availability of dates and times.

  Christmas Holidays (from December 19th to January 11th), Easter week (from March 27th to April 6th) and Summer Holidays (from July 24th to September 13th) the school is closed.

• Price:
  850€*
  *material not included.

• How to pay:
  50% at the time of enrollment.
  50% at the start of the course.