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TRAINING

CLAUDIO BOTTERO’S COURSES 2012

27  February- 2 maRCH

DRAWING COURSE

class of notions with descriptions and basic supports, in the approach to forging

19-24 marCH                

TOOLS COURSe

26-31MARCH                       

HOT-WORKING TECHNIQUE COURSE

 
23-27 aPRIL                       

EMBOSSED WORK COURSE-       

17-21 september                 

DRAWING COURSE

class of notions with descriptions and basic supports, in the approach to forging

 
1-5-oCTOBER                    

TOOLS COURSE

8-12   oCTOBER                  

HOT-WORKING TECHNIQUE COURSE

15-19  OCTOBER             

class of notions with descriptions and basic supports, in the approach to forging

12-16 novemBER

COMMISSIONED PROJECT COURSE

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TRAINING – GENERAL PROGRAMME

BASIC COURSES

 DRAWING COURSE

-          Study of the styles of wrought iron art in architecture

-          Free hand drawing (copying from life and ornaments)

-          Drawings applied to every single style

class of notions with descriptions and basic supports, in the approach to forging

-          Study for the understanding of basic techniques

-          Hot-working

-          Theory and practical

 TOOLS COURSE

-          Knowledge of the specific manual materials to be used for hot-working

-          and for cold-working

-          Knowledge of thermal treatments

-          Basic study of the tools: hammers, pincers, anvil stakes

-          Tools and techniques applied to the welding system at the forge

 HOT-WORKING TECHNIQUE COURSE

-          Study of structural construction based on different projects

-          Execution of classical techniques

 EMBOSSED WORK COURSE

-          Study and drawing of an (embossed work)

-          Working technique

-          Making tools needed for embossing

-          Embossed execution on an iron plate

-          Presentation of the drawing and the work

COMMISSIONED PROJECT COURSE

-          Stages of proposal (selected exposure and possible alternatives to the solution)

-          Quantity and quality of material to adopt and supply to the study of the project

-          Necessity of the insertion of the sample

-          Figurative development

-          Practical execution

-          Presentation of the project with sample

ADVANCED TRAINING

FORMATIVE COURSE OF PREPARATION AND APPLICATION OF GOLD LEAF

 WORKING IN GOTHIC RENAISSANCE STYLE COURSE

-          Study and drawing of (project of work in style) with details and particulars

-          Study and making of tools needed for the execution

-          Practical execution of the project either in part or in its’ detail

-          Presentation of drawing and work

 LIBERTY STYLE COURSE

-          Study and drawing in (liberty style) of an object or detail of a work

-          Study and making of tools needed for the execution

-          Practical execution of the project

-          Presentation of drawing and work

 WORKING IN MODERN STYLE COURSE

-          Study and drawing on technical systems to be adopted for (project of a work in modern style)

-          Making of the tools needed

-          Project execution

-          Presentation of drawing and work

 RESTORATION COURSE

-          How to plan an restoration intervention and how to restore

-          Individualization and making of original tools used  during the period for the reconstruction of the same

-          Reversible products

-          Conservation of restored goods

-          Practical execution of restoration

-          Presentation in detail of all the documentation of the interventions done and of the materials used

-          Presentation of the restored work

SPECIFIC ADVANCED COURSES 

PLASTIC WORK COURSE

-          Study and drawing on plastic work

-          Techniques and systems used (old and new)

-          Practical execution

-          Presentation of drawing and work

 FORMATIVE COURSE (FIGURATIVE SCULPTURE)

-          Study and drawing of sculpture applied to anatomical shapes

-          Drawing and research study of each single anatomical part

-          Creation of movement

-          Stylization

-          Construction techniques

-          Practical execution

-          Presentation of drawing and work

APPLIED TECHNICAL CONSTRUCTION OF DAMASCUS

-          Study of the various techniques, of composition and applied decoration to (Damascus work)

-          Project of a Damascus applied to an object

-          Cleaning Damascus

-          Chemical rilevators to use

-          Project execution

-          Presentation of the project documentation constructed in all its’ details

-          Presentation of the executed object

TIPOLOGIA CONSTRUCTIVE OF LOCKS

-          Study and planning technical-mechanical of movements to build

-          Typologies constructive

-          Elaboration of the mechanisms

-          Project execution

-          Presentation of the project drawing and the finished work

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