Welding & Metal Fabrication with Cahir McNicholl

This two-day welding course is designed to introduce participants to different welding processes including Arc, MIG and TIG.

Taking place on Friday 22 & Saturday 23 November, it will focus on health and safety practice, basic welding joints and fabrication. Participants will work through set or designed projects, articulating responses from concept, design to realisation. The course is aimed for beginners and no experience is required.

Cahir McNicholl has worked for the past 25 years as a metalwork craftsman, specializing in high quality bronze and stainless steel fabrication within the Art and Design world. His experience includes Blacksmithing, sculpture technician with Bronze Art Foundry and creating world-class sculptural lighting with Niamh Barry Design.

To book your place on this course email artadmin[at]firestation.ie. Places are allocated on a first-come-first-served basis.

Mould Making & Casting Level 1 + 2

Level 1: Friday 27 & Saturday 28 September
Level 2: Friday 11 and Saturday 12 October
Time: 9:30am – 5:00pm
Cost: €200 per course
Places: 8

Level 1 starts with the basics including a demonstration of making a two-piece plaster mould, using silicone rubber and more advanced techniques for mould making. No experience of mould making is required. All materials will be provided.

Level 2 builds on the experience of the previous workshop over two days by focusing on the process of mould making and casting objects in various materials. More advanced mould making processes will be discussed and demonstrated. There will be an opportunity to discuss and cast in different materials such as plaster, wax, jesmonite, and various resins. All materials will be provided.

Ciaran Patterson studied Model-making and Special Effects in IADT. He has worked extensively in the bronze casting profession for more than twenty years, both in Ireland and Australia. Ciaran has experience in making large moulds in a variety of materials, including silicone rubber, plaster, fibreglass, and ceramic shell. Ciaran is Building Manager at FSAS and also works at Bronze Art Fine Art Foundry, where he specialises in mould making, wax work and patination. Ciaran is a visiting Lecturer at NCAD, teaching patination techniques in the bronze casting evening class.

Please note: spaces are limited and will be allocated on a first-come, first-served basis.

To book a place, please email: artadmin@firestation.ie

Welding and Metal Fabrication with Mick O’Hara

This two-day welding course is designed to introduce participants to different welding processes including Arc, MIG and TIG. It will focus on health and safety practice, basic welding joints and fabrication. Participants will work through set or designed projects, articulating responses from concept, design to realisation. The course is aimed for beginners and no experience is required.

Mick O’Hara is an artist and a lecturer in Fine Art at TUD. He was also the Workshop Manager of Fire Station Artists’ Studios from 2014-2021. He has spent the last two decades working as both as a technician, manager and educator across a variety of arts organisations and businesses including Bronze Art Foundry, Leitrim Sculpture Centre and National Sculpture Factory.

To book your place on this course email artadmin[at]firestation.ie. Places are allocated on a first-come-first-served basis.

Mould Making Level 1

Where: FSAS Sculpture Workshop
When: Friday 10th & Saturday 11th May
Time: 9.30am – 5.00pm
Cost: €200

Over this two-day workshop participants will be introduced to the various stages and materials used in the mould making process. The workshop will start with the basics, beginning with demonstration of making a two-piece plaster mould. Following this, participants will be introduced to using silicone rubber and more advanced techniques for mould making. No experience of mould making is required. All materials will be provided.

Please note: spaces are limited and will be allocated on a first-come, first-served basis.

To book a place, please email: artadmin@firestation.ie

Mould Making Level 2

Where: FSAS Sculpture Workshop
When: Friday 24th & Saturday 25th May
Time: 9.30am – 5.00pm
Cost: €200

This two-day course builds on the experience of the previous workshop (Level 1) by focusing on the process of mould making and casting objects in various materials. More advanced mould making processes will be discussed and demonstrated. There will be an opportunity to discuss and cast in different materials such as plaster, wax, jesmonite, and various resins. All materials will be provided.

Please note: You must have completed Level 1 to take part in the Level 2 course.

To book a place, please contact artadmin@firestation.ie

Welding Fabrication (Beginners)

Mick O’Hara is an artist and a lecturer in Fine Art at TUD. He was also the Workshop Manager of Firestation Artists Studios from 2014-2021. He has spent the last two decades working as both as a technician, manager and educator across a variety of arts organisations and businesses including Bronze Art Foundry, Leitrim Sculpture Centre and National Sculpture Factory.

To book your place on this course email artadmin@firestation.ie. Places are allocated on a first-come-first-served basis.