Workshops

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
   

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 in’s 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.
   

Supported Processes

• Welding booth
  
  • MIG welding in steel, bronze and aluminum
    
  • Plasma cutting
• Bending, folding, cutting and drilling floor equipment as well as numerous hand tools to work with metal.
  
• Sandblasting / Grinding room provides students with a dedicated space for use of sandblaster, ceramics shelling mold-making, grinding aluminum, and ceramic shell removal.
• Waxing work for lost-wax casting process
• Ceramics shell process for metal casting
• Metal Casting in bronze, aluminum and pewter
• Patina
  

Shop equipment also includes:

• Manual power floor shear
  
• Manual press brake bending machine
  
• Drill press
• Vertical band saw
• Pedestal grinder
• Sandblaster
• Gas melting furnace
• Burnout kiln