514-848-2424 ext. 7946
Workshops
Mould-Making Shop
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Cutting a slab of clay with a spatula
Smoothing out the clay wall around a mould before making the support shell with Forton and biaxial fiberglass
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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 us
Technicians:
Mark Prent & Fanny-Jane Pelletier Bastien
Opening hours
Fall/Winter Session
| Mon. | 10:00 p.m.–12:00 p.m.; 12:30 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. |
| Tue. | 10:00 p.m.–12:00 p.m.; 12:30 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. |
| Wed. | 8:00 a.m.– 12:30 p.m., 1:30 p.m. - 6:30 p.m., 7:00 p.m. - 11:00 p.m. |
| Thurs. | 8:00 a.m.– 1:00 p.m., 1:30 p.m. - 9:30 p.m. |
Fall Session: effective Sept. 10 – Dec. 7
Winter Session: effective Jan. 7 – Apr. 12
*The VA Mould-Making Shop provides some additonal technical support service in late December and in the month of May, please schedule an appointment with Mark Prent, Senior Technician, Mould-Making Shop, accordingly.
**This workshop is also a service studio with a spraybooth and is open for student use at all times.
Wood Shop
Working with hand tools
Gluing up panels for painting
Trimming panels on the table saw
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.
Opening hours
Fall/Winter Session
| Mon. | 1:30p.m.–5:30 p.m. |
| Tues. | 10 a.m.–12:30 p.m., 1:30 p.m.–5:30 p.m. |
| Wed. | 10 a.m.–12:30 p.m., 1:30 p.m.–5:30 p.m., 6:30 p.m.–8:30 p.m. |
| Thurs. | 10 a.m.–12:30 p.m., 1:30 p.m.–5:30 p.m. |
Fall Session: effective Sept. 10 – Dec. 7
Winter Session: effective Jan. 7 – Apr. 12
Foundry/Metal Shop
bronze preheating on the side of the furnace
opening the kiln to get the moulds
taking the fired moulds out from the kiln (lost wax process)
pouring the molten bronze into the ceramic shell moulds
ceramic shell moulds filled with bronze
putting the crucible back in the furnace for another pour
furnace in action
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 us
Technician:
Élyse Brodeur-Magna & Natalie Nadeau
514-848-2424 ext. 5637
Opening hours
Fall/Winter Session
| Mo. | 1:00 p.m. – 5:30 p.m. |
| Tue. | 9:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.; 1:00 p.m - 8:30 p.m. |
| Wed. | 11:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.; 1:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.; 6:00 p.m. - 8:30 p.m. |
| Thurs. |
9:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.; 1:30 - 4:30 p.m. |
Fall Session: effective Sept. 10 – Dec. 7
Winter Session: effective Jan. 7 – Apr. 12
