Top 10 Best Casting classes, courses, learnings kits and gifts in the UK

This is an ideal follow on class from the plaster mould making workshop. Although students with their own plaster moulds are welcome to attend. I also have some moulds that student's are welcome to use. You will have an opportunity to press mould pieces in your moulds as well as to slip cast in both earthenware and porcelain. I will demonstrate cleaning and joining techniques on your casts. Students will be given the opportunity to practice various surface decoration techniques on their casts - such as slip trailing, the use of latex as resist and under-glazing. All produced pieces will be glazed in a transparent glaze and fired before collection.

Learn to take body impressions and cast in plaster or tactile silicone rubber. Experience how to make life-size body mouldings and embellish artistically. We run workshops on body casting. Being a manufacturer of world-class impression materials, we have developed techniques to handle artistically taking care of the technical aspect of these worldwide used materials. Interested candidates can learn a great deal to kick start their hobby professionally.

Mould making today is used to cast pieces for among others the fine artist, sculptor, designer and ceramic artist. You can even create moulds for glass fashion. This particular course looks at the making of plaster moulds for slip-casting, including the creation of single-part or multi-part moulds for the ceramic artist. And yes we can explore the special mould making considerations for those work with glass. Some experience of clay and kiln firing is desirable for this course but is not essential. On day one, we’ll demonstrate different casting processes through a series of exercises, to build confidence in working with plaster and creating moulds. No prior experience of mould making is required – just a desire to cast simple objects. Prior to the workshop we’ll advise on suitable objects to perfect a mould from. There will also be studio objects available on the day for you to choose from. You will leave this course with a strong understanding of what constitutes excellent mould-making together with confidence to design and create you own moulds. Over the two days you will have made several moulds to take home create future casts. NB. You’re own moulds will need to be dried out before use so we’ll practice slip casting techniques using studio moulds. You will however be able to take home any moulds that you make over the 2 days. We’ll include the bisque firing of 2 slip-cast samples in the price of the course. All materials are included in the price of the workshop.

Amazing mandala mosaic ball planters workshops. Based at Creative Nature HQ at Thames-side Studios in Woolwich. This workshop lasts for 4 sessions over 4 Sundays in November. You need to attend all of them to get the finished product. (Adults) Starting on the 6th November. Session one will be focused on casting your ball shape and designing your mosaic. You will have the option to hollow out the centre so that you can add a plant to the centre of your work. Sessions 2/3 will be focused on the creation of and applying the mosaics to your cast concrete ball shape. Session 4 will be adding the grout and finish to your masterpiece !! session dates : 6/11, 13/11, 20/11, 27/11.