Sterling rings & bezel set stones, vitreous enamel on copper and silver, silicone moulds w/polyurethane, Clay model for silicone mould making or lost wax casting in metal or glass, married metal ring of brass, nickel, copper and Sterling, flame-worked glass sculpture
Work with Metal + Glass!
Learn the basics of hand fabricating objects and wearable sculptures/jewelry, lo-tech casting, flame-working, fusing, vitreous enamels on metal, bezel-setting cabochon stones, and more!
nanopod: Hybrid Studio offers workshops in metal-smithing (gold-smithing, silver-smithing), glass flame-working, casting, fusing (lost wax, and slumping), mould-making, working with polyurethane resins in downtown Toronto!
Our next metal + glass course starts up Wednesday, January 8th and currently has 3 spaces available! Register today!
A special Plastics workshop is scheduled with guest instructor Nick Sianchuck for the weekend of January 11th- Don’t miss out – Register today!!
Open Studio starts up for 2014 on Thursday evening January 16th, and will run Saturday afternoons during January and February!
Electro-forming workshops start-up February. If you’ve always wondered how to electro-form and plate gold/brass onto organic objects- this is it!
Questions concerning dates and how to register for the upcoming Electro-forming workshops? Drop me an email or comment below!
Tosca Hidalgo y Terán is a part of Nanotopia.
She is a Toronto based multidisciplinary artist. Born in San Francisco, California, Tosca relocated to Canada in 2001. Working with metals, computer coding, and animation since the mid-eighties, Tosca was introduced to glass as an artistic medium in 2004. Through developing bodies of work incorporating metal, glass, and electronics, Tosca has been awarded scholarships at The Corning Museum of Glass, Pilchuck Glass School and The Penland School of Crafts. Her work has been featured at SOFA New York, Culture Canada, Metalsmith Magazine, The Toronto Design Exchange, and the Memphis Metal Museum. Most recently, Tosca has been awarded residencies at Gullkistan Centre for Creativity, Nes artist residency Iceland, The Association of Icelandic Visual Artists and the Ayatana SciArt Research Program in Ottawa. Tosca founded nanopod: Hybrid Studio maker space in 2005. Continually exploring new materials and tools, Tosca started collaborating artistically with Algae, Physarum polycephalum, and Mycelium in 2016, translating biodata from non-human organisms into music.
Mycelium Network Podcast, iTunes: https://goo.gl/95PdBe
Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/nanotopia/sets/midnight-mushroom-music
http://www.toscateran.com
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