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Tam has over 20 years' casting experience and personally provides the face-to-face training. Her expertise and experience is second to none. Tam covers all the basics for creating beautiful keepsakes from home with minimal equipment. She shares her extensive knowledge and expert tips for creating your own successful business that works around your family. You will leave excited to get started and confident of achieving good results.

The intensive one day London-based Baby Casting Training course runs on Sundays only from 9am-3pm at her studio shop in Kentish Town.

Course Topics

• Explanation of different moulding techniques for different ages – plastic bag or container method
• Create moulds using baby model (or doll)
• How to take a clay impression
• Tidy 3D moulds
• Pour casts and leave to set
• Lunch – questions and answers
• De-mould casts
• Tidying up techniques – Hints and tips to make perfect casts every time
• Painting the casts
• Choosing a frame
• Framing the casts
• How to photograph your work
• How to price your work
• How to set up your home work area
• Choosing your company name
• Marketing tips
• Social media tips
• Insurance
• Health & Safety
• Questions and answers

Lunch will be provided.

Free Course Materials and Equipment

Training Manual - will be included, covering topics from the training day

FREE Starter kit with frame - worth over £100 in total, to take home with you, including:

• 1 x Luxury Softwood 8x8“ White Frame
• 1 x Frame Hanger
• 900g Premium Alginate
• 1040g Premium Casting Plaster
• 1 x 65ml Bronze Paint
• 1 x 65ml Platinum Paint
• 1 x 65ml Silver Paint
• 1 x 65ml Gold Paint
• 1 x 65ml Pearl White Paint
• 1 x 65ml White Paint
• 1 x 35ml PVA Glue
• 1 x 200g Soft Air Dry Clay
• 1 x Mixing Stick
• 1 x Paint Brush
• 8 x Moulding Bags
• 2 x Cocktail Sticks
• 2 x Swann Morton Scalpel Blades
• 2 x Scalpel Handles
• 1 x Berry Pin
• 50g Filler
• 2 x Sandpaper Square
• 1 x Casting Job Sheet to Copy

Samples - You will be able to take home the casts and impressions that you make on the day.

On-going Support - Tam will personally provide support via email/phone for 1 month and then on-going support provided you are buying frames etc. from us regularly.

Payment - The cost is £550, payable at the time of booking to secure your place. A maximum of 2 people will attend each course. 

Baby Model - You are welcome to bring your own or a friend's baby as the model. The baby needs to be under 1 year, preferably under 6 months and will be needed for 90 minutes at the beginning of the training day. Someone else would need to come with the baby. Then they would need to take them off after the 90 minutes. It would be good to bring the baby you intend to practice on afterwards. And, of course, the adult you bring would also get some free training which might be useful to you. If we do not have model we use our real life baby doll instead to practice on. 

Once you have completed your course we offer a huge range of frames and materials etc. on a wholesale basis with no minimum order quantity and low delivery charges. Our frames are specifically designed for baby casts, clay impressions and 2D raised impressions. You can order any mixture of different frame quantities, styles, sizes, colours and mounts or just one frame on its own.

Schedule your Baby Casting Training Course via our online booking system today.