(Pre-event) Mold Preparation: Pulling clay out of sand molds - DETAIL ORIENTED / NOT HARD LABOR / INDOOR / REQUIRES PATIENCE
(Pre-event) Iron and coke breaking (Requires wearing PPE, and swinging sledge hammers!)
(Pre-event) Sand Mold Making at FeLion Studios.
Pre-Event: (Trucks or Vans helpful!) Transporting molds and equipment, loading trucks / trailers in Waunakee, and / or unloading in Madison.
(Pre-event) Graphite mold wash (VERY DETAIL ORIENTED, VERY DIRTY, REQUIRES WEARING PPE).
(Pre-event) - Friday outside labor - Building pour floor, staging molds, moving pallets, hanging banners, setting furnace...etc etc.
(Event Morning): General Labor- running sand molds onto pour floor, setting up VIP table activities, starting wood fires by burn barrels, provide an extra hand to artists moving gear / molds / equipment.
(Event Morning): Artist mold check-in - (heavy lifting involved) helping artists unload their sand molds onto pallets, and arranging molds on pour floor the morning of the event.
Event Day: FOUNDRY IN A BOX station 11am-2pm - helping patrons start their sand molds at FIB,. Must be good with people, some knowledge of the mold making process is preferred.
(During Event): Pour Floor - Moving & cooling new castings from molding benches to public cleaning tables. (outdoor, public-facing, safety-minded person willing to demonstrate to public how to scrub castings with wire brushes)
(Event Night) - Night time Cleanup (outdoor)- Help pull all the hand tools, gear, cleaned up castings, electrical tools, hoses, and anything that could freeze or be stolen, into a storage shed before the Afterparty starts.
Day After Event (Sunday) - Aftermath Cleanup Crew: Involves picking up and properly disposing sand and metal from the ground, and packing up tools and equipment into bins and onto pallets. (anytime between 10am-3pm)
Week After Event: Grinding And Cleaning Finished Castings at FeLion Studios. We use a shot blaster (mechanical cleaner) for most of the castings, but sometimes they need a little extra grinding. This should be 3-5 hours tops.