National Casting Center Foundry: February 2014

Wednesday, February 12, 2014

Grinding the wind belt of the Alzheimer's Glass and Iron furnace

Richard V. Bergren Jr. Student Innovation Award at Alfred University

Founder and director of the Alzheimer’s Glass and Iron project, Rosemarie Oakman is recipient of the 2014 Richard V. Bergren Jr. Student Innovation Award at Alfred University. A generous donation of $500 dollars has been put towards the project! This honor would not be made possible without all of the Alfred University, faculty, staff and students who support the Alzheimer’s Glass and Iron project. THANK YOU!

Sunday, February 2, 2014

The Queen of Hearts

T-Shirt design for the upcoming POUR YOUR HEART OUT!!

Sizes XS-XXL available!

Fe Fi Fo Fum, I smell the blood of an English one.

About

The National Casting Center comprises of two comprehensive facilities specializing in Metal and Glass Casting.

Directed by Professor of Sculpture, Coral Lambert in Metals and Associate Professor of Sculpture, Karen Donnellan in Glass.

As a part of the Sculpture Dimensional Studies Division, Sophomore through Graduate Level students can overlap disciplines, concepts and techniques.

Students are encouraged to push their practice into new territories whilst learning about the historical context of materials and process. They study ancient techniques alongside environmental practices and current digital processes. They gain experience in running the facilities providing them with valuable working knowledge upon graduation.

The Foundry comprises of furnaces to melt iron, bronze and aluminum. Processes include Sand Molding, Ceramic Shell, Centrifugal Casting, Wax and Plasticine pattern making. There is an adjoining Metal Fabrication Shop including a walk in sand blaster and patina booth.

The Glass Casting area includes heat recovery glory holes with a full range of state of the art kilns and finishing tools.

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