Monumental Arts Laboratory

VAA VF ADL Monumental Arts Laboratory

Mosaic room No. 004

The room is adapted for the following activities for:

• to introduce students to the technological peculiarities of mosaic creation;
• the implementation of students' practical tasks in mosaic.

There are the working means and equipment in the room:

• Manual electric mixer (for preparation the mixture of plaster and concrete mixtures up to 15 kg);
• Manual smalt splitting machines (for splitting smalt, stoneware tiles, marble);
• Manual tile cutting machine (for cutting tiles up to 30 cm wide);
• Electric tile cutting (for cutting ceramic tiles, marble and glass up to 8 mm thick);
• Electric sharpener (for sharpening sgraffito cutting tools);
• Other small hand and power tools used in the process of creating frescoes and mosaics.

Up to 8 students can work in the Mosaic room at the same time.

Scenography workshop. Room No. 215

Students of all departments are introduced to technologies:

• small scale stage models;
• theater puppets;
• creation of the decorations and props;
• sewing of the stage costumes.

In the room, the workplaces are adapted for convenient installation of small scale stage models, cutting of details from cardboard, foam board and other materials, bending of wire, small woodworks, small decorations, creation of props and theater puppets and stage costumes - this is the preparation of clothing patterns, cutting and sewing of fabrics.

There are the equipment and working means:

• Domestic sewing machines;
• Professional sewing machine;
• Domestic sewing machine Overlock;
• Electric engraving tool;
• Soldering station, soldering iron (for soldering low current components);
• Hot glue gun;
• Hot air dryer;
• Ironing board, iron;
• Adjustable height workbench and stationary work tables;
• Female and male mannequins.

Up to 6 students can work in the Workshop of scenography at the same time.

Stained glass workshop, Jasinskio str. 16 D

Students of all departments can try out the possibilities of classic thin stained glass in the stained glass workshop. During their creative tasks, students are introduced to the technologies of glass melting, relief shaping, painting and stained glass installation. All glass melting kilns are computerized and programmed in the workshop. Only trained and responsible laboratory staff may work with this equipment.

Stained glass workshop is equipped with:

• electric melting kiln;
• glass heat treatment kilns (fused to colored glass);
• kiln (for casting metal blanks);
• mini ball mill (for grinding glazes);
• rolling machine (for rolling metal strips);
• radial drilling machine (for drilling holes in the glass);
• circular saw machine (for volumetric glass cutting);
• weighing scale;
• work tables with light equipment (for painting on glass);
• work tables and tools (for assembling stained glass in cames with metal strips).

It is possible to work for 8 students at once, workplaces are adapted to work with personal computers.

If you have any questions, please contact the responsible laboratory staff by e-mail or phone, indicated in the contacts of Stained glass workshop.

Sculpture room No. 216 Jasinskio str. 16D

In this room, students can perform the creative tasks of the sculpture study program, small-format gypsum, silicone mold casting works for the purposes of the study process.

Working means are in the room:

• woodworking bench (for small carpentry works);
• stainless steel work tables, work chairs;
• turning wheel, stands.

It is possible to work for 8 students at once, workplaces are adapted to work with personal computers

Fresco room No. 205 Jasinskio str. 16D

The room is dedicated to the implementation and creation of practical tasks for the study process of wall painting, fresco, sgraphite. There are a specially customized constructions of fresco hanging on the walls, which allows the creation of fresco in a vertical position, and for better lighting a LED lights can be attached to each work area.

The workplaces are adapted for work, there are raised work tables with chairs, there is a rack for storing materials.

It is possible to work for 8 students at once.

Preparation room No.205 A. Jasinskio str. 16D

The room is intended for the preparation of plaster and concrete mixtures, which is equipped with air extraction ventilation. Next to the room preparation there is a large sink with a container for sedimentation of solid particles.

In the preparation room there is a rack for storing materials, storing small work tools (trousers, trowels, scalpels) and electric portable work tools that are used in the process of creating fresco and sgraphite.

Work means and tools are used:

• plastic containers (for the preparation of plaster and concrete mixtures up to 15 kg);
• electric mixer;
• screwdriver;
• electric sharpener (for sharpening cutting tools);
• metal stands (construction goats).

Only trained laboratory staff mix plaster and concrete mixtures in the preparation room.

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Students working in the Monumental Arts Laboratory are provided with equipment and tools for various technological processes as described in the presentation of the laboratory's capabilities.

Students working in the laboratory are provided with materials necessary to perform practical tasks during the study process, while lecturers are provided with what is necessary for their work functions, here are:

In the Mosaic room No. 004:

• coloured smalti mosaics cut (according to the presented coordinated need of the Department for the annual budget);
• tile mass stone, marble scraps;
• materials for the preparation of glue, plaster, concrete and other mixtures (according to the presented coordinated need of the Department for the annual budget);
• construction mesh, film (according to the presented coordinated need of the Department for the annual budget);
• glue (hot glue, PVA);
• pigments (basic colors);
• fastening elements (nails, wood nuts);
• tapes (painting, insulating, double-sided);
• wood scraps;
• plywood scraps;
• plastic scraps;
• small hand tools (hammers, tile cutting pliers).

In the Scenography workshop room No. 215:

• EASY-COLOR foam board (according to the presented coordinated need of the Department for the annual budget);
• scraps of EASY-COLOR foam board;
• cardboard (according to the presented coordinated need of the Department for the annual budget);
• cardboard scraps;
• vorbla, eva foam, foshape, silicone (for students of scenography study programs according to the presented coordinated need of the Department for the annual budget);
• polystyrene foam panels (according to the presented coordinated need of the Department for the annual budget);
• foam polystyrene scraps;
• fabric scraps for sewing (various types);
• leather scraps;
• small fittings and various types of ribbons;
• sewing threads and sewing supplies;
• wrapping paper, crepe paper, silk paper (according to the presented coordinated need of the Department for the annual budget);
• soldering materials (solder, flux, pastes);
• wires;
• cables;
• fastening elements (nails, wood nuts, fastening straps);
• glue (hot glue, PVA, contact);
• tape (painting, insulating, double-sided);
• sewing mannequins (male and female);
• small hand tools (model knives, pliers, chisels, screwdrivers, hammers, clamps, staplers, hole punches, tweezers, set of files, set of drills).

In the Stained glass workshop:

• stained glass and window glass (according to the presented coordinated need of the Department for the annual budget);
• glaze for glass;
• blanks for rolling metal strips;
• soldering materials (solder, flux, pastes);
• glass cleaners;
• working tools (slices, pliers, soldering station, soldering iron).

In the Sculpture room No. 216:

• clay (according to the presented coordinated need of the Department for the annual budget);
• gypsum (according to the presented coordinated need of the Department for the annual budget);
• scraps of wood and plywood;
• wires;
• fastening elements (nails, wood nuts);
• tools for preparing the frame and sculpting the sculpture (stacks, trowels, spatulas).

In the Fresco room No. 205:

• boxes for the creation of fresco and sgraphite (according to the presented coordinated need of the Department for the annual budget);
• pigments (basic colors);
• work tools (stacks, trowels, scalpels).

In the Preparation room No. 205 A materials are used for the preparation of plaster and concrete mixtures:

• sand (according to the presented coordinated need of the Department for the annual budget)
• slaked lime (according to the presented coordinated need of the Department for the annual budget);
• chalk (according to the presented coordinated need of the Department for the annual budget);
• cement (according to the presented coordinated need of the Department for the annual budget);
• construction mesh, film (according to the presented coordinated need of the Department for the annual budget);
• pigments (base colors).

Students are partially supplied with materials when carrying out their artistic experiments (according to point 7 of the "Work Rules of Monumentals Arts Laboratory" approved Rector‘s order No. VĮU-47, dated 2016-09-01).

Monumental Arts Laboratory work rules