【金沢体験】Co-Design Challenge サインスタンドを本格砂型製作

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Step inside a long-established foundry in Kanazawa and experience traditional sand casting through a hands-on workshop inspired by the Osaka-Kansai Expo Co-Desi...

Duration: 2 Hours · Tour type: Shared · Activity level: Moderate · Accommodation: Not included · Transport: Not included · Wheelchair access: Not applicable · City: Kanazawa · Languages: English

Know before you go: ■Experience Day: Every Friday or set date; ■Start time: 10:00, 13:00, 15:00; ■Time required: about 90 minutes; ■Access: Kanamori Alloy Co., Ltd. (6-100 Matsumura, Kanazawa-shi)

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Day 01

Experience making sign stand at a foundry

■Experience Day: Every Friday or set date ■Start time: 10:00, 13:00, 15:00 ■Time required: about 90 minutes ■Access: Kanamori Alloy Co., Ltd. (6-100 Matsumura, Kanazawa-shi) [Sign stand making experience] Kanamori Alloy is a supplier for the Osaka-Kansai Expo Future Society Showcase Project and has installed a sign stand (information board) at the Future Life Village that utilizes and memorizes waste wood from the Noto Peninsula Earthquake disaster. In this workshop, we offer two production plans. 1, Production of a miniature sign stand that expresses the texture of the sign stand installed at the venue 2, Production of a cast magnet (a magnet that reproduces the part of a hot water outlet where metal is poured into a casting mold) utilized at the venue ■Select the product design you want to manufacture. Miniature sign stand with clear card case: W50 x D50 x H28 mm Cast magnet: approx. W50 x D30 x H20 mm ■Under the guidance of a craftsman in the foundry, we will experience sand mold making together. ■We will observe the process of casting aluminum alloy melted at approximately 800°C. You can take the products home on the same day.