Hello! Hey, OK so, nanopod: Hybrid Studio is moving to a new host- please bare with us during what we hope to be a painless transition or at least, relatively so. The reason behind this move (we love you WP, honest!) is Square integration and ditching Paypal. As well as eventually ditching Etsy. Yep, you read that here first!
Buh bye, Etsy.
Meanwhile, we are still up and running wild over at WP while the DNS goddesses help us move it on over.
Here is what's going on at nanoHQ in downtown TO
Pate de Verre • Lost wax casting with glass • Intensive metal + glass courses! Please scroll down for workshop options.
Ars Vitraria Experimentalis : Glass casting course
4 Sessions: Saturday afternoons noon – 5:30/6pm, May 30th start-up or Fall course starts September 26– 5 Student max., 3 student min. $585 includes all materials. This course is perfect for people looking to turn non-glass items into glass. Using the lost wax casting process and Pate de Verre, this course covers various mould making techniques. Adding metal and clay inclusions. Packing moulds with glass, casting and annealing cycles, working with alginate and silicone moulds to replicate pieces. Participants will learn how to hand finish pieces; to grind, sand, and cut glass. Participants in this class will create beautiful and original sculptures, while learning the infinite possibilities of casting and Pate de Verre. All materials included. No experience necessary!
Metal 2: Casting-Etching-Hollow forms
Tuesday & Thursday evenings starting September 15th
6:30-10pm – 5 wks, 2 evenings per week
$430pp 3 student minimum, 6 student max. Deposit of half down required to hold space & secure materials*
This series of workshops covers various methods of adding image and color to metal, as well as lost wax casting
Etching(& deep etching): apply images to copper & Sterling silver
Using pens & computer printed imagery participants etch metals with ferric solutions and salts to nitric baths. Create contrast with Liver of Sulphur.
Deep etch copper and inlay with silver. Participants will deep etch copper pieces and fill the impressions with silver, through sanding/filing create a uniform surface.
Casting: Learn how to cast your own designs using the Lost Wax Casting process with centrifugal casting equipment. Participants set up their own moulds and are lead through the entire process. Cast stones in place! A small selection of cubic zirconia and sapphires will be available for participants to incorporate into their wax models.
Fold forming: Learn how to fold form copper. Working with Charles Lewton-Brain’s techniques and research participants will learn via hands-on hammering (!!) various fold-forming methods.
No experience necessary!
ALL materials included: Copper & Sterling for etching, etching/plating solutions, wax for sculpting items to be cast, sterling silver for casting, etching resists.
Buh bye, Etsy.
Meanwhile, we are still up and running wild over at WP while the DNS goddesses help us move it on over.
Here is what's going on at nanoHQ in downtown TO
Pate de Verre • Lost wax casting with glass • Intensive metal + glass courses! Please scroll down for workshop options.
Ars Vitraria Experimentalis : Glass casting course
4 Sessions: Saturday afternoons noon – 5:30/6pm, May 30th start-up or Fall course starts September 26– 5 Student max., 3 student min. $585 includes all materials. This course is perfect for people looking to turn non-glass items into glass. Using the lost wax casting process and Pate de Verre, this course covers various mould making techniques. Adding metal and clay inclusions. Packing moulds with glass, casting and annealing cycles, working with alginate and silicone moulds to replicate pieces. Participants will learn how to hand finish pieces; to grind, sand, and cut glass. Participants in this class will create beautiful and original sculptures, while learning the infinite possibilities of casting and Pate de Verre. All materials included. No experience necessary!
Metal 2: Casting-Etching-Hollow forms
Tuesday & Thursday evenings starting September 15th
6:30-10pm – 5 wks, 2 evenings per week
$430pp 3 student minimum, 6 student max. Deposit of half down required to hold space & secure materials*
This series of workshops covers various methods of adding image and color to metal, as well as lost wax casting
Etching(& deep etching): apply images to copper & Sterling silver
Using pens & computer printed imagery participants etch metals with ferric solutions and salts to nitric baths. Create contrast with Liver of Sulphur.
Deep etch copper and inlay with silver. Participants will deep etch copper pieces and fill the impressions with silver, through sanding/filing create a uniform surface.
Casting: Learn how to cast your own designs using the Lost Wax Casting process with centrifugal casting equipment. Participants set up their own moulds and are lead through the entire process. Cast stones in place! A small selection of cubic zirconia and sapphires will be available for participants to incorporate into their wax models.
Fold forming: Learn how to fold form copper. Working with Charles Lewton-Brain’s techniques and research participants will learn via hands-on hammering (!!) various fold-forming methods.
No experience necessary!
ALL materials included: Copper & Sterling for etching, etching/plating solutions, wax for sculpting items to be cast, sterling silver for casting, etching resists.