Tokyo Geidai

By Giles J Corby, on 25 April 2013

Research visit to Tokyo Geidai (Tokyo Geijutsu Daigaku)

Images from research trip by Edward Allington in April 2013 to Tokyo: looking at other foundries.

The photos below are of Rokusan ‘Onna’ plaster casts (one of six ‘original’ casts) that have been digitally scanned from the plaster originals and then 3D printed into three bronze sections. Each of these sections have been welded together

In the detailed images, this display copy shows the print deposits lines on the surface of the metal made during the printing process.

Manegata Casting

By Giles J Corby, on 25 April 2013

View of Tokyo Gedai Workshop

The following images show the Japanese Manegata Casting technique, a traditional form of sand casting.

(Taken during the research visit to Tokyo Geidai)

The final cast.

Opening the mould

Pour hole for metal

Slade School of Fine Art website

By Giles J Corby, on 13 March 2013

http://www.ucl.ac.uk/slade/research/student/current-research/other-projects/curr-other-project-3

Patination

By Giles J Corby, on 6 March 2013

Patination Complete

Sculpture before patination

Application of Copper nitrate

Heating copper nitrate onto bronze 

Patination area aka the forge

BronzeLab 1 Second Pour

By Giles J Corby, on 27 February 2013

Mould preheat

Pouring the final moulds

Pouring the final moulds

Pot lift out

CNC moulds

By Giles J Corby, on 27 February 2013

Test: Pouring bronze into CNC aluminium mould

Breaking open moulds

By Giles J Corby, on 18 February 2013

Ceramic shell moulds – Breaking moulds apart

 Bronze casts fresh from the moulds

BronzeLab 1 First Pour

By Giles J Corby, on 18 February 2013

Bronze pour day

Pre-heating the moulds

Pre-heating the moulds

Pre-heating the moulds

Pre-heating the moulds

Pre-heating the moulds

Pre-heating the moulds

Pre-heating the moulds

Pre-heating the moulds

Putting the moulds into sand

opening the furnace

Poured Bronze moulds

Poured Bronze moulds

Poured Bronze moulds

BronzeLab 1 test pour

By Giles J Corby, on 18 February 2013

Pre-heating the ceramic shell moulds

Pre-heating the ceramic shell moulds

Pre-heating the ceramic shell moulds

Digging the sand pit

Bronze pot lift out

Bronze pot lift out

Pouring Bronze

Digging the sand pit

Schedule Notice

By Giles J Corby, on 15 February 2013

The BronzeLab will continue on Monday 18th and Tuesday 19th February.
We will be back with more updates once we start pouring on Monday morning.