‘Film and TV Industry’ Focused Advanced Mouldmaking and Casting Courses
‘Specialist Materials and Processes’
Professional, Comprehensive Courses, covering many aspects of mouldmaking and casting skills, focussing on the more advanced specialist materials and processes available to the Film and TV industry professional today.
Bespoke, one to one course timetables, between 4 and 10 days, chosen and designed to student requirements.
With a focus on, practical student application throughout the duration, courses aim to build a materials and processes ‘portfolio’ of experience for future professional practice and application.
Materials and processes are fully broken down, explained and demonstrated, supported with booklets of workshop notes. Students will go on to practically operate all systems from start to finish themselves, through timetabled workshop projects throughout the course.
Full health and safety guidelines and requirements are fully covered and explained.
Courses culminate with Discussion on ‘Post Course Options’ – The ‘Commercial and Industry’ potential practical applications and options of course content / costing / budgeting / logistics and further professional development.
This is a course that will equip students with many valuable current specialist materials and processes and ‘give-an edge’ to those wishing to enter or advance their professional practice within these highly competitive industries.
Materials and Processes
(Just some of the choices and options available for bespoke course timetables)
Mouldmaking Silicones – Condensation (Tin) Cure / Addition (Platinum) Cure / Putty / Life Moulding / Prosthetic.
Mouldmaking Processes and Methods – Single and Multiple Piece / Plastishim / Clay Bed / Walled / Cored / Block / Life.
Release Agent Systems – Mouldmaking / Casting.
Jesmonite AC300 / AC730 Casting Systems – Acrylic Gypsum and Cement Systems / Stone Composites (Acid Etching) / Cold Cast Metal Composites / Solid and Hollow (Quadaxial Mat Lamination) Casting / Mould Case Making / Pigments / Post Cast Finishing and finishes
Resin Casting Systems – Polyester / Polyurethane / Epoxy / Fast Casting / Clear / Embedding / High Impact / Semi-Rigid / Low Density / Solid / Hollow (Laminating)
Resin Casting Finishes – Cold Cast Metal Composites / Stone Composites / Pigments / Solid and Hollow (G.R.P. Lamination) Casting / Mould Case Making / Post Casting Finishing, Finishes and Protection.
Cast Finishing – Tools / Abrasives / Cutting Compounds and Polishing processes / Ageing / Protective.
Polyurethane ‘Expanding’ Casting Foams – Soft / Rigid / Self Skinning / Pigments.
Synthetic Glass Casting – Glass Wax / ‘Smash! Plastic Breakaway Glass’ / ‘Rubber Glass II’/ ‘Shell Shock’ hollow casting / Clear Resins.
‘Encapso K’ – Water Clear Encapsulating Rubber.
‘Dragon Skin 10’ Casting Silicone – Fast Setting / High strength and stretch capabilities / Skin thin casting capabilities.
Silicone Rubber Casting – Systems / Pigments/ Finishes.
Life Mouldmaking and Casting from the body – Alginate / Plaster Bandage / Life Silicone.
Clay Press Moulding – From surrounding Environment.
Casting Plasters – Alpha / Beta / Solid and Hollow / Pigments / Finishes.
Wax Casting – Paraffin / Bees / Microcrystaline / Pigments.
Course Fees are at pro-rata rates plus material costs, subject to course content once decided.
Please contact me for any further information and booking options.