Metal arts class is new to our school and we will use a very broad brush in defining what it is. WE will be using metal techniques that are as old as the bronze age or new as todays CNC plasma table machines and almost everything in between.
To create a syllabus now would be premature at this point because I want the students to provide what their motivation, experiences and goals will be for this class.
These are the things that I hope to explore with my students.
-foundry skills
- lost wax method
-CNC work using CAD/ CAM programs specifically torchmate and Aspire,
- Torchmate CNC plasm table and firmware.
-Wrought art metal work
- Simple welding techniques.
- Metal break skills
- design concepts using positive and negative space in a 3/D space.