WORKSHOPS
Facilities
Our locations
Visual Arts Building
Room S-VA 116
Room S-VA 118
Room S-VA 122/23
Mould-Making Shop
Supported processes
- Body moulds using: plaster bandages, alginate and plaster bandages, skin sage silicone and plaster bandages
- Moulds of objects or clay pieces using plaster, silicone and urethane
- Casting in body moulds or object moulds using plaster, silicone, urethane rubber or resins
- Casting in Forton and creating fake marble and bronze finishes using metal powders and pigments
- Expanding or reducing objects with materials such as Expandit or Reducit
Contact the Mould-Making Shop
Monique Deschamps, Technician
514-848-2424 ext. 7946
monique.deschamps@concordia.ca
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Cutting a slab of clay with a spatula.
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Smoothing out the clay wall around a mould before making the support shell with Forton and biaxial fiberglass.
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Wood Shop
Equipment
- Table saw
- Chop saw
- Jointer
- Thickness planer
- Band saws
- A wide assortment of power and hand tools
- Tool lending service available with presentation of a Concordia student card
Availability
- Appointments recommended, walk-ins accepted depending on volume of students using the shop.
- Though we are labeled as a wood shop the technician has a respectable knowledge of other materials and methods.
- All projects must be course related.
Contact the Wood Shop
Gary Cherkas, Technician
514-848-2424 ext. 5636
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Gluing up panels for painting.
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Trimming panels on the table saw.
Foundry/Metal Shop
Supported Processes
- Lost wax casting in bronze and aluminum
- MIG welding in steel, stainless steel and bronze
- TIG welding in steel, aluminum and bronze
- Plasma cutting
- Brazing, cutting and heating with oxyacetylene
Shop equipment also includes:
- Manual floor model sheer
- Manual floor model bending brake
- Drill press
- Bandsaw
- Various small power tools and hand tools.
Contact the Foundry/Metal Shop
Kevin Andres-Teixeira, Technician
514-848-2424 ext. 5637
va.metalshop@concordia.ca
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Loading bronze pieces into melting furnace.
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Bronze preheating on the lid of the melting furnace.
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Lost-wax casting process - Ceramic shell molds before kiln flashed fired.
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Unloading fired ceramic shell molds from burnout kiln.
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Crucible with molten bronze.
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Skimming slag off.
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Pouring bronze into fired ceramic shell molds.
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Hot bronze castings.