recent grad looking for foundry job

erika tenjack - Tuesday, June 19, 2007 - 5:28pm

To whom it may concern,

I am a recent graduate of the Bachelor of Fine Arts program in
Sculpture at the University of Minnesota. I have experience working with both resin-bonded sand and ceramic shell molds. I am also trained in plaster and rubber-mold casting and have a thorough understanding of
sprueing/venting and draftability. I also have done some fabrication including oxyacetylene, TIG and MIG welding. Other skills that I have include grinding and patina.

As a Metal Caster, I primarily use wax patterns. I believe that I am very proficient with soldering, sculpting and finishing this material. The foundry environment is very comfortable for me. I believe that this is due to my ability to take orders as well as teach and lead when necessary. Organization and attention to detail are two of my greatest qualifications. These two traits, I believe, allow for a safe working environment and a better outcome for each individual casting. Another aspect that I enjoy about the foundry is working in a community with people who share a common love of metal, fire, and art. Please let me know if you have any further questions. I am looking forward to your reply. Please contact me for a copy of my resume.

Thank you so much,

Erika R. Johannsen
Minotaur by Erika JohannsenSelf PortriatDiana by Erika Johannsen

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Welcome to ArtMetal!

webminster - Tuesday, June 19, 2007 - 7:42pm

Erika,

Congratulations on getting your art degree and concentrating your creativity in the metal arts! Also, I want to welcome you to the ArtMetal community. I hope you will find some interesting content and new friends. We are a diverse bunch with a bend to metal.

I enjoyed viewing your cast sculptures and only wish you could have added some text to the photos so that we can get an idea of the "artists view" of their creation. You know that if you do decide to add some text, you can edit the individual image posts without having to start over.

Thanks again for sharing your art and for joining our community...

QuiQue

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Hello

erika tenjack - Thursday, June 21, 2007 - 11:53am

QuiQue,

Thank you so much for the wonderful site. I was told to take a look at it by John Dach at Maiden Metals. About the text, I will try to add some info about content. I'm still learning the ropes though. I wanted to thank you also for the video tutorial for adding pics!

Best,

Erika

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U of Minn

B.J. Severtson - Thursday, June 21, 2007 - 7:03pm

Erika,
Which campus of U of Minn? Who is the professor? Are you free to move anywhere in the country? Would you consider teaching? Are you certified to teach in Minn? The Ren festival south of the cities is a good place to network, later this summer. It would seem possible for somone to put together a portable foundry and do the ren festival. Secondly a curriculum developed to introduce foundry in high schools just might be well recieved? When I get to missing my Minnesota roots I have another margarita, dig my toes in the sand, adjust my hat to the sun, get a whiff of all those Canadians covered in oil and laugh. Florida sure is not Minnesota. Best of luck Brad

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Foundry WORK !!!

visitor - Thursday, July 26, 2007 - 10:32pm

Hey I work in a small foundry in michigan and from what I here is alot of the foundry work is moving to china, I'm trying to come up with and idea to start makin some money. All I need is a good idea and my foundry I work at is willing to make it. Any idea's let me know. DERRICK

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casting in aluminum

visitor - Tuesday, November 17, 2009 - 12:15pm

Dear Erika,

I am painter who lives in rural Texas, but I have an idea to cast sections of
paper bags in aluminum, to somehow retain and mimic the texture and creases of paper bags, and then paint on that surface. So if you looked at the result at first you would think it was a painted paper, but then would see it was a very thin metal cast. I don't know whether or not this is possible, at all, how one would start– making a rubber mold of the bag, etc. Totally green. Do you have any ideas?
Any leads would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks a lot!

nick

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Erika Congrates on the

the patina guy - Thursday, November 19, 2009 - 1:55am

Erika
Congrates on the degree. Now foundry work is not like college. I've worked in a foundry for 16 years now and one bit of advise is take what you learned then through most of it out. To make money in the art foundry business it's all about speed or how many pieces of art can you finish in 3 hours not 3 days. The other thing you must realize is you are not going to get paid much at first because school does not = expirience. Average starting wage is $12 per hour. It sucks but that's the truth. In my opinion, stick with your art and have it cast and sell it. Your work is very good and you shouldn't have to hard of a time selling it.

GOOD LUCK
Matt Hart

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