Natural Mold Making (Intermediate to Advanced Level)

Natural Mold Making (Intermediate to Advanced Level)
Date: October 26 & 27, 2024 (Saturday & Sunday)
Time: 10 am to 5 pm (break for lunch)
Instructor: Sarah Sears
Fee: $240 plus HST(Members) | Fee: $276 plus HST (Non-Members)

This workshop will cover natural mold making processes, including alginate molds, sandcasting, and cuttle fish. All the processes learned in this workshop are natural and sustainable ways to create molds to make unique pieces of jewelry. (6-8 students)

 Course Outline

Day 1:
Morning – Learn how to make alginate molds. We will use found objects from nature to create reliefs and cast wax into the molds. We will use natural wax (beeswax) for this process. There will also be an option to pour jewellers wax and pieces can be sent away to be cast in your material of choice after the workshop.

Afternoon – The afternoon will begin with a sandcasting demonstration (bronze). Participants can take turns afterwards building their molds for sandcasting. When waiting for their turn they can continue to work on alginate molds and waxes models. If time permits, participants can begin the process of transforming/ finishing their sandcast pieces.

Day 2:
Morning – Cuttle fish casting demo. Participants spend time in the morning working on their molds. Then pouring silver into molds.

Afternoon – The afternoon can be used how you wish. Finishing cuttlefish pieces, sandcast pieces, and spending time refining alginate mold wax models with the intention to send out cast after the workshop.

Materials $50-$60 and includes:
bronze for 1 large sandcasting
silver for 1 small cuttlefish cast
cuttlefish
silver wire to convert casting into jewelry

Advance registration for members begins September 3

General registration for non-members begins September 16

(How to become a member with Cape Breton Centre for Craft & Design)

For more information on this program or to register, email tammy@capebretoncraft.com