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University of Minnesota, Department
of Art:
- The University of Minnesota Sculpture
Foundry is a part of the sculpture area of the
Department of Art. There are four sculptors on the faculty. Wayne E. Potratz
teaches all Metalcasting of Sculpture courses, directs the University of
Minnesota Sculpture Foundry, and has been casting metal for more than 35 years.
The foundry is completely equipped with a 2 ton bridge crane, a # 30 crucible
furnace, a # 40 crucible furnace, a #200 crucible furnace, a #300 capacity
cupolette for iron with 600# holding ladle, a 250 cubic foot gas kiln for
burn-out and melt-out, a molding-sand pit holding 8 tons, a 400 # capacity
muller, a ceramic shell mixer, and 3 electric melt-out kilns, as well as all
thenecessary hand tools for casting and finishing metal. The foundry occupies
5000square feet and includes areas for melting and pouring, molding, wax work,
and ceramic shell work.
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Annual Minnesota Iron Pour attracts artists from around the region and
around the country.
University of Cincinnati- College of Design, Architecture, Art and
Planning - School of Art Faculty,
Sculpture
- Sculpture
Facilities The Sculpture area at the University of Cincinnati is
committed to fostering a diverse range of conceptual and technical approaches to
the creation of three-dimensional art. The undergraduate Sculpture program
offers instruction in a variety of media: metal casting, metal fabrication,
forging, plaster work, wood, found objects, fibers, clay, wax, etc. The
Sculpture faculty encourage students to build a strong technical and conceptual
basis and working knowledge of contemporary art and issues to support their
work.
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The 9,574 square foot facility offers a metal foundry with a car
kiln and two Speedy Melt furnaces, an extensive M.I.G. and T.I.G. welding area,
plasma cutter, wax area, grinding room, fiberglas room, pneumatic, power, and
hand tools, separate introductory and advanced studio work areas and an outdoor
work court. Sculpture majors are assigned a workstation for studio work and
storage while in the program. In addition, the Sculpture/Foundry area is
conveniently located next to the College Shop which has extensive plastic,
metal, and wood working capabilities and full-time staff.
Tulane University - Newcomb Art Department - Sculpture
- The Newcomb Sculpture Foundry was initiated in the late 1950's by Jules
Struppeck, who authored one of the first sculpture textbooks illustrating bronze
casting. During the 60's this foundry was one of the pioneers of the university
foundry experience. Simple, low technology, inexpensive foundry practice is of
the utmost importance for the survival of sculptors who need to cast.
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Metal
Casting - Ceramic shell, sand molding, and traditional investment processes
are regularly taught for the casting of aluminum, bronze and iron.
Texas Tech University - Art Department - Jewelry
Design & Metal Smithing Facilities
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The studio facilities in metals at Texas Tech are excellent. The
undergraduate classroom includes twenty individual workstations each equipped
with natural gas torches. Major pieces of equipment include: two rolling mills
(one with 4 3/4" roller), sandblaster, band saw, jig saw, disc sanders and belt
sanders (four 6" x 42" and three 1" x 24"), drill presses, flexshafts,
oxy/acetylene torch, buffing machines, two die-forming presses, aluminum
anodizing set ups (two portable, one permanent), 36" metal shear, draw bench,
plasma/air cutting system, six Prestolite acetylene torches (portable), two
Smith torches, one mini torch and a large selection of steel stakes and hammers
for forming metal. The casting set up includes; a large vulcanizer and wax
injector, two centrifugal and three vacuum casting machines (one computerized,
two standard), and three kilns.
Eastern Michigan University -
Art Department -
Sculpture
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Students are introduced to a variety of technical approaches which
include modeling, plaster mold making, flexible mold making, wood and stone
carving, welding, and fabrication of all materials. Bronze casting is also
taught, based on demand. The studio facility is approximately 5000 sq. ft., and
contains a wood shop, plaster and clay room, welding and bronze casting area, as
well as a stone carving space. Some graduate space is also
available.
Southern Illinois University (SIU) - School of Art and Design
(SoAD)
- SoAD -
Sculpture Foundry - Foundry Complex. The complex is an
arrangement of two large metal buildings: one former agricultural facility and
the other remodeled in 1979 with a matching fund grant from the Kresge
Foundation.
- The complex is located on the fringe of campus (approximately three miles
from the Allyn Building). It houses facilities for all ferrous and non-ferrous
metal-casting techniques, graduate student studios, undergraduate programming in
sculpture/foundry, and one faculty studio. There is also a large metal forging
facility with a trip happer for pounding metal which is located in a separate
building and also serves as a faculty studio. There is an overhead lift for
managing large heavy sculpture and equipment. Surrounding the Foundry are
outdoor concrete pads and an adjacent grass and wooded area which provide ample
space for outside work and the display of large sculptures.
East Carolina University - School of Art - Facilities
- Irwin Belk
Foundry Irwin Belk, longtime friend and support of East
Carolina University, has endowed the School of Art sculpture foundry with a
$100,000 gift. As a result of the pledge, the foundry has been named the Irwin
Belk Foundry.
- The foundry, in the Jenkins Fine Arts Center, consists of a
foundry room, work spaces, a moldmaking room and a kiln yard where artists can
cast piece molds, flexible molds, waste molds and sand molds in a range of
materials. Carl Billingsley, associate professor in the School of Art and
coordinator of sculpture, said the Belk endowment will allow the university to
make physical improvements to the foundry that will make it "one of the finest
in our region and most significant in our state."
Indiana State University Terre Haute,
IN - Department of Art - Sculpture Program
(Primarily Metals Fabrication)
- The sculpture studio occupies 4,600 square feet in the Fine Arts West
building. It is divided into stations for welding, fabrication and mixed
construction, as well as assigned graduate studios. The entire sculpture area is
serviced by an overhead bridge crane system. In addition, the student is
furnished with an assortment of electrical and pneumatic hand tools plus a full
complement of welders. The foundry is equipped with a large walk-in kiln, car
kiln, two Speedy-Melt furnaces and steaming facilities, as well as M.I.G. and
T.I.G. welders, stick welders, plasma cutter, shears, breaks and other power
equipment which provide an exciting, professional workplace for motivated
graduate students.
Wayne State University - Department of Art and Art
History - Sculpture
Home
- No details available on foundry facilities
Rider University, Lawrenceville, NJ
- Fine Arts Dept
- The Studio Faculty offer couses in drawing and painting at levels from
beginning to advanced, as well as courses in printmaking and 2D Design.
Threedimensional work may be done in 3D Design and also in a sculpture
course offered through the University by the nearby sculpture foundry, the Johnson Atelier.
Bucks County Community College Newtown,
PA - The Arts - Sculpture Courses
- Basic foundry procedures will be studied such as furnace operation, burnout
procedures, investment procedures, fluxing and pouring of molten metal, finish
and treatment of metal casting. All initial work will be done in foundry wax or
styrofoam and progress through investment, burnout, casting in metal, finishing,
and application of patina
Northeast Louisiana University - Art Department - Sculpture
University of California - Santa Cruz - Art Department
Lycoming College - Art Department - Fine Arts Center
University of Colorado at Boulder - Sculpture Division
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University of Houston in Houston, Texas - ART Degree
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Pittsburg State University - Art Department - Server
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Binghamton University - Art Home
Page Sculpture Foundry class - Provides participants with
training through presentation and practice of art foundry procedures. Emphasis
on lost wax or cire perdue method, with sand mold casting also available. All
work cast in bronze. Each student can expect to complete three or four pieces of
moderate dimension. All steps necessary to cast a piece discussed and practiced;
conceptual work and criticism, wax work, mold making, metallurgy, the burnout
and pour, repair, chasing, patina, and bases.
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