Looking to rent space in a glass casting, fusing, flame working and gold-smithing studio? Open Studio time resumes September 18th. Book time during the afternoon or evening Tuesday thru Saturday! Meanwhile, workshops and courses start-up with Ring Band workshops Saturday, September 20th 11-2pm
Jp & Kirsten’s engagement rings. Sterling silver. Ring Band workshop
Lost Wax Casting course starts-up Thursday evenings, September 18th thru October 16th. Register soon there’s only 2 spots left
Metal 2 – Lost Wax Casting Interested in casting your own wax models? Thursday evenings, August 28th thru September 25th. Lost wax casting runs 5 evenings at $180pp plus $130 lab fee (includes wax and 2 ounces of Sterling silver casting grain) Design, sculpt and carve a 3-dimensional ring, or pendant then, learn how to invest and cast your wax in Sterling silver. Finishing your castings through sanding, filing, and polishing.
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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