Design and Build a Resin Lamp
Creating Your First Mould, Casting and Unmoulding 1
A course by Studio Nucleo - Piergiorgio Robino , Artist and Creative Director
Joined September 2020
About the video: Creating Your First Mould, Casting and Unmoulding 1
Overview
“Now that we have the design and the resin type it is time to go forward and start building the pieces of our lamp. In this lesson, we create the mould for the main piece using our corrugated cardboard model and silicone. We will then cast the resin and learn how to unmold and preserve the mould to create the rest of the pieces.”
In this video lesson Studio Nucleo - Piergiorgio Robino addresses the topic: Creating Your First Mould, Casting and Unmoulding 1, which is part of the Domestika online course: Design and Build a Resin Lamp. Discover the versatility of resin and learn how to color, cast, and mold it to create a unique lamp.
Partial transcription of the video
“Creating Your First Mould, Casting and Unmoulding Welcome to this lesson. Finally, we'll start getting dirty, and making things with our hands. So let's start with the first part of the lamp, the mold. What we need is, of course, our model the level, the try square, some papers, maybe a little bit thicker, the cutter, the vinyl, as before, silicone, and some tape, and if you have it, any kind of weight. Here. I use this because it's simple for me. But anything that weighs more than two kilos is fine. Now, we'll start to design the mold of our lamp. First, we check all the dimensions. Please...”
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Course summary for: Design and Build a Resin Lamp
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Arts & Crafts, Decoration, DIY, Furniture Design & Making, Interior Design

Studio Nucleo - Piergiorgio Robino
A course by Studio Nucleo - Piergiorgio Robino
Piergiorgio Robino is a multi-disciplinary artist from Asti, Italy. In 1997, Piergiorgio founded Studio Nucleo, where he is the creative director. The Turin-based studio is composed of artists and designers that work with new materials. Most notably, resin has become their signature material.
Studio Nucleo’s work has been exhibited in solo exhibitions in museums throughout Europe, the US, and South America. Their work has also been part of countless group exhibitions throughout the world.
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