Some of the top sculptors using iron in the country will teach workshops on iron techniques. The public is invited to watch the spectacle of creating sculptures with hot iron. Bring sunglasses and stand back as they work with the hot, liquid, yellow metal. Resulting sculptures from the symposium will be exhibited in ARTSPARK.

REGISTRATION:

Register Friday, August 29-Friday October 3. Register before October 3 to receive a discounted participant rate - Student $45, Professional $100. After October 3: Student $55, Professional $120. Participants must be registered prior to October 9.

Visit our website www.IndplsArtCenter.org and click on the front-and-center Symposium logo on our homepage or go straight to the Symposium details at http://www.indplsartcenter.org/Register/index.cfm?fuseaction=product.display&product_id=1396

NEGATIVE SAND MOLDS

Taught by Chuck Kraus (CSWE 110)

Thursday, October 9 and Friday, October 10. 1-6pm

$100.00 per person, includes 250 lbs of sand and 75 lbs of iron.

Negative Mold Carving in Bonded Sand: There will be 3 methods taught and demonstrated in this workshop. Each participant will be able to product one or more molds using these methods presented.

Methods:

#1. Using a two-piece mold that incorporates foam elements and then carving additional areas in the sand.

#2. Using a multiple-piece mold with sand blocks encased in a mother mold. Each of the internal blocks will be carved and then enclosed in the mother mold.

#3. The third method (which Professor Kraus will be doing himself to create a sculpture during this time) is the external carving of larger sand blocks which will be poured internally, but with the sprueing/gating system removed after casting.

WELDING CAST IRON

Taught by Scott Sebree (CSWE 120)

$50, includes supplies

Thursday, October 9 and Friday, October 10, 1-6pm.

In this workshop, you will learn the fundamentals of welding cast iron for sculpture repair and fabrication. The techniques for heating, cleaning, prep and welding will be presented. Hands on experience is essential to the learning process. A handout will be distributed outlining the key elements. Materials included.

This workshop is suitable for general public not signing up for Symposium.

PATINA FOR IRON

Taught by Ron Young from Sculpt Nouveau (CSWE 130)

Friday, October 9 and Saturday, October 10, 8 a.m. - 1 p.m.

$100.00 per person

In this workshop instructor Ron Young will present patinas and finishes for Iron and Steel, both hot and cold techniques. Ron will also show the liquid metal coatings, chemical copper plating, oils, metal rubs, solvent dyes, water base dye oxides, mica powders, surface preperation, safety procedures, protective coatings, waxes, tools and everything else you can think of (about patinas) will be explained. Take home instructional written material as well as DVD. Products will be provided.

This workshop is suitable for general public not signing up for symposium.

CERAMIC SHELL FOR SMALL STUDIOS

Taught by Eric Stephenson (CSWE 140)

$100, includes 1 ceramic shell mold and 50 lbs. of iron

Thursday, October 9 and Friday, October 10, 1-6 p.m.

The purpose of this workshop is to give iron casters an introduction to the process of Ceramic Shell process and the experienced caster the opportunity to problem-solve technical issues that they have encountered in their own work. The goal is to reveal techniques that will allow sculptors to use ceramic shell in their own studios and foundries. Includes 1 ceramic shell, 50 lbs. of iron.

LARGE RESIN BONDED SAND MOLDS

Taught by William Cavanaugh (CSWE 150)

$250, includes 1,000 lbs. of sand and 300 lbs. of iron

Thursday, October 9 and Friday, October 10, 1-6 p.m.

$150.00 per person

This workshop will cover the processes used to make large scale molds and the engineering of large scale pouring systems. Various technqiues for large scale mold-working will be presented including: piece molds, vaporization, and burn outs. Hands on experience and finished molds will result from this workshop.

BONDED SAND MULTI-PIECE AND CORE MOLD WORKSHOP

Taught by Carl Billingsley (CSWE 180)

Friday, October 10 and Saturday, October 11, 8 a.m. - 1 p.m.

$100.00 per person

Unlike the low-melt or direct carve methods, a hard pattern is often the starting point for making this type of mold. Bonded Sand core and Piece molds that utilize plasticene, clay, carpet foam and other materials to create the metal void will be the focus of the workshop. Participants should bring several possible patterns for a casting between 50-75 lbs. of iron.

FURNACE BUILDING

Taught by Dan Matheson (CSWE 160)

Thursday, October 9 and Friday, October 10, 1-6 p.m.

$75

Participants will build a small cupola furnace, learn cupola-building theory, and run the furnace itself. This workshop is set up to give you the knowledge to design and build your own furnace. As sculptors, we use the furnace as a toold or a performative prop, the rules you will learn building and running the workshop cupola furnace pertain to all cupola furnaces.

This workshop is suitable for general public not signing up for symposium.

MOTIVATION AND INSPIRATION: A NEW SAND MOLD CASTING TECHNIQUE

Taught by Hanna Jubran

Thursday, October 9 and Friday, October 10, 1-6 p.m.

$100.00

In this workshop you will learn how to integrate stone, found objects and other materials combined with a core and the direct sand mold carving process. This is a complex process that produces excellent results. This workshop will encompass a new technique (that the instructor formulated) of directly carving into a block of resinbonded sand. He will show you how to cut layers in the resin-bonded sand to produce open lattice patterns that will integrate with another material already imbedded in the sand. This latticework for his work represents the crystallization of nature's elements and minerals. The power of these forms in cast iron comes from their existence in nature.

PANEL DISCUSSION WITH INVITED ARTISTS

Frank M. Basile Auditorium

Thursday, October 9, 8 p.m.

The invited artists will participate in panel discussion in the Art Center's Frank M. Basile Auditorium. It is open to the general public as well as the symposium participants and is free of charge.

PRESENTATIONS

Saturday, October 11, 8 a.m. - Noon

FREE (Open to the public without signing up for the pour):

A series of free presentations offered by invited artists and guests including Gregory Brulla, foundry technician of the John Michael Kohler Arts Center.

SYMPOSIUM COMPETITIOIN

- This juried competition is open to all Symposium participants at no additional cost.

- Only work that is produced during, and finished by the end of the symposium is eligible for the competition.

- Eligible entries must fit on a 5 ft. by 5 ft. concrete pad at the base.

- There is both a professional and a student division.

- There will be 4 pieces selected from the professional division and 6 pieces selected from the student division.

- The 10 artists selected by the jury as the winners will each receive a $300.00 award and have their work on exhibition in the Indianapolis Art Center's ARTSPARK for a period of 2 years.