FOUNDRY & MOULDMAKING
Foundry Overview
Foundry (Room 152) offers students a facility dedicated to the casting of work in bronze and aluminum utilizing the "lost wax" process. This process involves:
- Creation of wax originals
- Construction of gating systems
- Building ceramic shell and sand moulds
- Mould preparation and pouring of molten metals
- Removal of gating system
- Finishing work on rough cast
- Patination through chemical processes
Foundry Schedule
The Foundry is now closed.
Foundry Materials
Consumable materials can be purchased from technicians or class assistants during open studio hours. Please check studio and shop schedules in order to ensure you are not interrupting a class when you go to buy materials. Materials can only be bought using OCAD University tickets. Tickets can be purchased from the Cashier, Monday to Thursday, from 8:30 a.m. to 7 p.m., Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. The Cashier is located in the Rosalie Sharp Pavilion, 115 McCaul Street, Level 1.
The following items are readily available for students to purchase:
Various micro-crystalline waxes
Ceramic shell moulding material
Bronze
Aluminum
Facilities & Equipment
Stationary: Sand blaster, band saw, sanders, grinding wheel, polisher, tig welder, wax melter, drill press
Portable: Angle grinders, drills, pneumatic tools, wax working tools, chisels
Mouldmaking Overview
The Mouldmaking Studio (Room 154) offers students the materials and equipment required for the reproduction of 3D objects. For example, the reproduction of soft clay or plasticine models to harder, more permanent materials like plasters, cements, plastics and acrylics, along with metals. Processes commonly undertaken in the Mouldmaking Studio include:
- Waste moulds
- Piece moulds
- Flexible rubber moulds
- Life casting
- Direct modelling of plaster
- Armature building
Mouldmaking Schedule
The Mouldmaking Studio is now closed. Please check back soon for Spring/Summer 2013 schedule.
Mouldmaking Materials
Consumable materials can be purchased from technicians or class assistants during open studio hours. Please check studio and shop schedules in order to ensure you are not interrupting a class when you go to buy materials. Materials can only be bought using OCAD U tickets. Tickets can be purchased from the Cashier, Monday to Thursday, from 8:30 a.m. to 7 p.m., Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. The Cashier is located in the Rosalie Sharp Pavilion, 115 McCaul Street, Level 1.
The following materials are readily available for students to purchase:
Various platers, gypsums and cement products
Silicones, alginates, latex and rubber mouldmaking materials
Facilities & Equipment
Marble bench tops, clay slab roller, vacuum pump, triple beam balance scales, electronic scales
Various mouldmaking hand tools are available for use, but students are encouraged to develop their own personal tool kit consisting of: chisels, scrapers, modeling tools and measuring tapes.
Contact
George Farmer
Technician
416-977-6000, Ext. 282 (Foundry)
416-977-6000, Ext. 238 (Mouldmaking)
Office: 152a (Foundry)
154a (Mouldmaking)
gfarmer@faculty.ocadu.ca
Colleen Brzezicki
Technician
416-977-6000, Ext. 282 (Foundry)
416-977-6000, Ext. 238 (Mouldmaking)
Office: 152a (Foundry)
154a (Mouldmaking)
cbrzezicki@faculty.ocadu.ca
Sean Kosonic
Technician
416-977-6000, Ext. 282 (Foundry)
416-977-6000, Ext. 238 (Mouldmaking)
Office: 152a (Foundry)
154a (Mouldmaking)
skosonic@faculty.ocadu.ca
UPDATES
Welcome all spring/summer 2013 students! Only those students enrolled in studio courses have access to the shops and studios during the summer months.
Please check individual studio pages for updated schedules.
WHAT'S NEW?
Thank you to all who participated in TOOLBOX 2012!
A celebration of studio based education
Wednesday, November 7 & Thursday, November 8