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This is information on our workshops in Venice, Florida
USA for Bronze Casting Sculpture, teaching "Direct wax
sculpting" with the Lost-Wax
Shellspen Ceramic Shell process.
With sculptor and teacher "Shellspen Sean" (Sean
Colson).
Sean Colson, has been a sculptor since the mid 1960’s,
and begin bronze casting with his father in 1974, at
Colson School of Art. The first art casting sculpture
foundry in Sarasota. Sean has run Shellspen Int. Inc. a
sculpture supply business for artists casting bronze
sculpture, to teaching bronze casting, since 1979.
Sean’s experience in Bronze casting has been for the
last 36 years.
Sean is teaching classes & workshops on Bronze casting,
and will share his years of professional experience with
students on techniques, tips, and styles of Sculpture
casting. Students will work hands on, and learn how to
sculpt a direct wax, attach feeding gates to the wax.
Coat the wax with the Shellspen ceramic shell process,
watch the bronze poured into their own sculpture. Then
the castings will be devested, and the feeding gates cut
off, sandblasted to remove the ceramic shell mold,
leaving the students with their own bronze casting in
the rough for the "basic workshop". At this point if the
student would like the "extended workshop", the bronze
casting will be refined and a patina finish will be put
on. Leaving the student a finished bronze.
Students will be limited in size to a bronze casting
weighing no more than 7 lb. / 3.2 Kilos, with most
castings being about the size of your hand. The limits
on the size of the bronze castings, are due to our
one-man bronze foundry (which is also portable to come
to your location), and when beginning sculpture casting,
it is always recommended to start small, where you can
easily control the results, plus learn the complete
lost-wax ceramic shell process easily.
With this class / workshop students will be
knowledgeable in Bronze casting (and all metal casting),
and with time, education and experience the sculptor
will progress from simple designs to complex works of
sculpture, that they can use these learned techniques to
build from. Below are some examples of castings you can
make:
Sculpture, figurines, plaques, abstracts, jewelry,
animal sculptures from horses, cats & dogs & more,
antique auto parts reproductions, motorcycle parts and
sculpture accessories, machine parts, and just about
anything you can imagine from sculpture, to machine
parts.
Materials & bronze costs are included. There will be an
extra cost, if your casting is above 7 lb. / 3.2 Kilos.
At the completion of the workshop, the student will be
given a signed Certificate of Completion from Sean
Colson & Shellspen International, stating they are
trained & knowledgeable in this process, which they can
use for employment in foundries. We will also work with
the students school to negotiate credit hours for this
workshop.
WORKSHOPS:
Are you from out of town? We offer a 5 day individual
workshop in Venice, Florida USA for $ 1500.00 (for one person).
This workshop
teaches you Direct wax sculpting, and takes you through
the steps of the Shellspen lost-wax, ceramic shell
process of casting your sculpture up to 7 lb. / 3.2
Kilos to a rough finish "basic workshop" (feeding gates
cut off & sandblasted)! Plus watch how the one-man
bronze art casting set-up is done, which you can see how
to build your own Metal casting set up.
If you desire for your sculpture to be refined after
casting to a finer detail and patina "extended
workshop", this can take 1 to 3 days or
longer if your sculpture is a "High polish" at $ 300.00
extra a day. You will learn all the steps of this
process.
An added feature to this mini-sculpture workshop
vacation, you have free access to the Ferry boat taking
you to the Private Beach in Venice, Florida. So it's a
great opportunity to learn and expand your art, plus
visit a beautiful private beach!
Interested? Contact us and we will send you more info.,
schedule and discuss a date for your workshop. All
applicants are screened for eligibility.
Do you have a School, Art Center, or group that would
like to learn this process? We teach from Jewelry to
Monumental size of bronze casting with the Shellspen
lost-wax, ceramic shell process. Besides our workshops
in Venice, Florida USA and the local Art Centers &
schools, we can come to you in the USA or
Internationally with our portable set-up! We can custom
make a class to fit your needs, as well as lectures and
demo's on the process.
Workshop includes lunches and one dinner.
Lodging & accommodations are close by.
If you are driving by car there is a nice
Motel within walking distance to
Manasota Beach. Rates are $ 75 a night to $
307 a week *.
If you are arriving by airplane (without a
car) we will pick you up & drop you off at
Sarasota International Airport. Lodging &
accommodations are at the Day's Inn in Venice,
which is within walking distance to local
restaurants. Rates are $ 70.00 a night to $ 400
a week *. We will pick you up & drop you off at
the Day's Inn for each day of the workshop. We
also will be happy to find any hotel you are
interested in the Venice area, and give you
current rates and info. * Rates are quoted from
the motels, however rates can change and be more
or less than listed above.
Any classes or workshops that are more than just direct
wax sculpting, and involve working around a metal art
casting set-up and/or power tools. A disclaimer has to
signed first by the student stating they will follow all
safety precautions, wear all safety gear and work at
their own risk.
If two students take the
workshop, the price is $ 1900.00. Each student can cast a piece up to 7 lb. /
3.2 Kilos to a rough finish "basic
workshop" (feeding gates cut off &
sandblasted)!
If you desire for your sculptures to be refined after
casting to a finer detail and patina "extended
workshop", this can take 1 to 3 days or
longer if your sculptures are "High polish" at $ 380.00
extra a day. You will learn all the steps of this
process.
All of our students who have taken our workshops didn't
want to leave when the workshop was completed! After
learning the process and seeing their castings poured
first hand and enjoying our Hungarian chef's cooking, as
well as visiting the beach it was hard for them to go
home.
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