BRONZE CASTING STUDIO

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Kootenay Studio Arts at Selkirk College
606 Victoria Street
Nelson, BC VILL 4K9

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are handled with care. KSA does not accept
responsibility for any loss or damage to submitted
materials. All portfolios that the school has not been
able to return to applicants by November 15 will be
recycled.

Application Information

Download the Metal Casting Studio Application
Package at http://selkirk.ca/program/
bronze-casting/application-information

BEFORE YOU START

— Please make sure you meet all admission
requirements, including the general admission
requirements for the college and the specific
admission requirements for your chosen program
(these are listed in each program area).

— International Students (students who are
applying to Selkirk College from locations outside
of Canada) should follow the application steps
required by Selkirk International.

Program Courses

CAST 122 - DRAWING AND DESIGN
FOR METAL CASTING

This course provides students with a basic
understanding of Design and Visual Communication
skills required to develop and present concepts that
may be realized in Cast Molten Metal. Students will
gain the ability to integrate 2D/3D concepts and to
combine aesthetics with function when articulating
their creative visions ‘on paper’ as an adjunct to
working with Cast Metal.

CAST 124 - HOW TO CAST BRONZE

Students will design, sculpt, mold and then cast

their own unique creations in bronze. In this 5 week
intensive course through various assignments,
students will learn how to design and sculpt their
ideas in clay, mold them in rubber, wax, ceramic shell
and then bronze. Various bronze finishing techniques
will be taught as well as some marketing.

CAST 126 - EXPLORATION OF BRONZE

Students will learn to explore their ideas in clay with
more involved processes. In this 5-week intensive

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course, students will learn more advanced molding
techniques and so can create more involved and
intricate sculptures. At the end of this course
students will visit foundries and working artists in
their studios. Students will leave this course with
basic casting and marketing skills to further their
own explorations.

CAST 128 - SCULPTURAL MODELING IN CLAY

This is a 7.5 week course designed to give students
skills in working with oil based clay. Through in class
exercises, demos and assignments, students will
learn to use various tools and techniques to Develop
an understanding of three dimensional form through
modeling in clay.

DA 141 - 3D MODELING

Focuses on the concepts and practices used in 3D
computer modeling for a variety of applications.
Specific modeling techniques for 3d printing, organic,
architectural will be covered. The primary application
for this course will be Lightwave 3D although

some time may be spent in other “Open Source”
applications specific to 3d printing.

Contacts

CAROL RIDGE
Enrolment Officer

Phone: 250.365.7292

ext 21324

Direct: 250.365.1324
Email: cridge@selkirk.ca

KOOTENAY STUDIO ARTS CONTACT
Program Contact

Phone: 877.552.2821

Email: arts@selkirk.ca

JASON TAYLOR

School Chair

Phone: 250.352.6601

ext 11305

Direct: 250.505.1305
Email: jtaylor@selkirk.ca

LAURA WHITE

Jewelry Instructor/Coordinator
Phone: 250.352.2821

ext 13296

Email: lwhite@selkirk.ca

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