Relief Sculpting for Bronze Casting

Bas Reliefs are sculptural reliefs in which the projection of the modeled form from the surrounding surface is just slight, and no part of the modeled form is undercut in any way.

Class Overview:

With the use of greensand casting methods, students will sculpt a relief in oil clay in order to cast it in bronze.

• Key Learning Objectives:
• Representational relief sculpting techniques with oil clay
• Alginate and plaster molding methods
• Basic greensand molding
• Pouring molten bronze
• Bronze finishing techniques

Students will be able to sculpt a draftable bas relief on a wood board based on a drawing or a photo. The clay relief will be copied into a hard pattern using basic plaster molding techniques. Students will make a greensand mold using the plaster pattern to cast their sculptures in bronze. In addition, we will cover metal finishing and patina as well.

Dates:

Session 1

3/13 – class 1

3/20 – class 2

3/27 – class 3

4/3 – class 4

4/10 – class 5

4/17 – class 6

4/24 – class 7

5/1 – class 8

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