Metal artist Tristan Colafrancesco introduces metal prototyping used in design, architecture and art. From the drawing containing the key points of a study to its implementation, trainees will be able to harmoniously carry out their project in the campus metal workshop.

At the end of the training, the trainee will have assimilated:

• The recognition of the different metal elements used for manufacturing.
• The evaluation of their most coherent assemblies.
• Initiation to the use of appropriate manufacturing tools according to the achievement.
• The preparation of a scale drawing in advance.

Metal, in all its forms, has been used in architecture, art and design since its invention.

This training proposes to implement the design and creation of small furniture (coffee table, console, light fixture, sculpture, etc.) through an introduction to the different techniques of metalwork with the trainer Tristan Colafrancesco, metalworker, in the metal workshop of the MaNa Campus.

Participants will be led to create their own object while integrating specifications relating to simple techniques of metalwork assembly.

They will learn to master simple assembly techniques, with a coherent view of feasibility according to the material, to harmonize creation and manufacturing.

Day 1
Presentation of the group and the metal workshop
Presentation of the different metal trades
Presentation of the project
Research on the design and feasibility of the project

Days 2, 3 and 4
Implementation of the design of the creation
Research on its feasibility
Project completion

Day 5
Finishing the project
Presentation of the project
Tidying up the workshop

Tristan Colafrancesco, metalwork artist

Tristan COLAFRANCESCO studied metal and obtained a CAP Métallier at the Compagnons du Devoir (Maison de Rennes) and in the company Metafer (Entreprise du Patrimoine Vivant) from 2011 to 2013. He then obtained a second certificate in artistic ironwork in Nièvre in 2014 at the Montchatelet high school in Varzy.

He gained experience in various heritage restoration companies, artistic, industrial and contemporary metalwork [add dates]. Trained in all metalwork processes, he has a panoramic approach to production projects of different types.

In 2017 he created the Ateliers Cola (in Montreal, near Avallon, at the gateway to Morvan) and has since worked with various designers, producing furniture, fittings and custom-made objects.

• Metal workshop equipped with professional machines, classroom, multipurpose room
• Supply of materials
• Technical acquisition including an introduction to how the tools work, an introduction to their maintenance and safe use
• Technical and theoretical content and professional approach to metalwork
• Personalized monitoring of your work at Campus MaNa, regular updates, and collective feedback at the end of the training
• The work can be individual or collective
• Pedagogical distribution: 70% practice, 30% theoretical contributions
• Active participation and experimentation of participants are favored
• Practical exercises, analysis tools
• Summary sheets on the basics of metalwork will be provided at the start of the course
• Steps and reflection on the creation of a designer object
• Creation of an object designed by you

• Collective and personalized monitoring of work, regular points
• Individual and collective work
• Workshop work
• Acquisition of knowledge transmitted in metalwork (materials and assemblies)
• Quality of production during the workshop
• Collective restitution: experience report at the end of the training (precision and clarity of the oral presentation)
• Sign-in sheet per half-day
• The training is validated by a Campus MaNa certificate