Teen Metal Casting Camp

In this exciting week-long intensive, students will learn the limitless process of lost-wax (cire perdue) aluminum metal casting. Students will explore the history of metal casting and create unique, symbolic aluminum metal cast masks. Students will make a plaster copy of their faces, create a wax positive from the mold, manipulate the wax by adding various symbolic elements, create a ceramic shell mold, burn out the wax from the mold, and replace the wax with 1000 degrees of aluminum, hence creating the lost wax (cire perdue) metal casting process. Your imagination is your only limitation in this week of casting fun! 

Ages 13-18; limited to 12 participants.

Aug 5-9, 2024
9 AM – 12 PM
Andrews Hall, William & Mary