Week 4 Lab Summary: Metal Casting for Brooches

Introduction: In this lab we were tasked with creating two different types of metal brooches using two methods: casting and fabrication. We were separated into three groups; each group would make one casting in historical form using a 3D printed resin model. Each individual made one fabricated brooch from copper sheet metal. This lab was…

Week 3 Lab Summary: Loom Weight Formation

Elliot Stork, Hali’a Buchal, Phoebe Ward Intro The purpose of our experiment was to turn raw materials (clay, grog, water) into loom weights, by fashioning the materials into the desired shape (a doughnut). We conducted the experiment in the ceramics studio under the guidance of Kelly Connole, who helped us with preparing, handling, and marking…

Weight Forming: Group A Lab Data

Data Gathered Note: Two different scales were used, for the sake of consistency data reporter dropped everything after the decimal for the scale that did display that data. Note: For holes, a T denotes holes that were pushed all the way through the clay, N denotes holes that were not. Person/Attempt Weight of Dry Stoneware…