Ceramic workshop

Instructions and contacts (Aalto Inside, in Finnnish)

Ceramics workshop is a learning environment focused on ceramic art, design and small series production.  We work with 3D-printing of suitable materials and techniques, as well as model and mould making.

Opportunities

• Material research of ceramic raw materials, ceramic laboratory
• Manufacture of ceramic body and glazes
• Model and mould making in plaster studio
• Testing of prototypes and small series production, casting, molding and hand-building techniques take artistic work
• Firing of ceramic products and works

Glass workshop

Instructions and contacts (Aalto Inside, in Finnnish)

The studio consists of hot and cold workshops. Hot workshop is intended for glass-blowing and working with molten glass. The workshop can be used in burning or heating in order to make a variety of experiments. Cold workshop is intended for glass polishing, finishing the objects made during glass blowing as well as cutting and drilling window glass.

Metal and Jewellery Workshop

Instructions and contacts (Aalto Inside, in Finnnish)

Workshop complex also includes a plastic workshop, as well as precious metal workshop. The precious metal workshop activity lie on the metal art tradition and serves as product design, industrial art and arts and crafts sectors.

Opportunities

• welding: MIG, TIG and gas welding
• metal processing: cutting, bending and moulding
• milling, lathe and drilling
• grinding and polishing
• laser cutting of plastic materials, wood and other soft materials
• vacuum forming plastics
• grinding and polishing of plastics
• painting and surface treatment

Wood Workshop

Instructions and contacts (Aalto Inside, in Finnnish)

The workshop has all the basic of woodworking machinery and technologies. Materials are used in various types of wood, laminated wood composites and wood-based panels.

Opportunities

• cutting: circular saw and band saw
• planing: planer
• grinding: surface grinding
• milling
• turning
• various hand tools
• painting and surface treatment
• mold lamination
• grinding and surface finishes
• tapping, lamello- and domino-joints