Juego de Sapo - Toad in the Hole

One of our returning students brought in plans for this Peruvian bar game–Juego de Sapo, or Toad in the Hole. The idea is to toss coins or brass tokens into the various holes, each worth different point values. Players take turns tossing the coins until one team reaches the predetermined point total. Extra points are awarded for sinking a token in the mouth of the brass frog at the center. Using CIADC’s Casting & Woodworking departments, you could build your own! 

Learn more about the history of Juego de Sapo here.

Just another night in the metals shop. #forging #welding #grinding (at Chicago Industrial Arts and Design Center)

Works in progress. #casting #converse #ciadc (at Chicago Industrial Arts and Design Center)

Workin' on the #SawStop. #woodworking #chicagoarts

Forever Rocking Horse says “Build More Things.”

Rocking horse built by CIADC student Marco Aiello, Spring 2015.

Thanks again to @baileigh_industrial for donating equipment. #baileigharmy #bandsaw

Jumping right in with the scroll saw & band saw. #woodworking #ciadc

Back at it for our second semester. #forging #steel #metalwork #fabrication #ciadc #sickbeats

Percussive sculpture performance by Howard Sandroff & Ben Sutherland. #makeityours2015 #ciadc #parformance #sculpture #percussion

Intro to Forging cleaning up the pieces they cast last week. #grinding #sanding #filing #bandsaw #casting #aluminum #ciadc

One of our woodworking students putting the finishing touches on a standing desk prototype. #ingenuity #woodworking #buildityourself #creativity #ciadc

And some welding action. #ciadc #welding #metalwork

Hot metal happening in the forge. #ciadc #forgedsteel #metalworking

Intro to Foundry poured their first aluminum last night. Mighty impressive. Class registration for Summer 2015 is open. Sign up for a foundry class and pour your own molten metal!

Aluminum pour into a mold filled with bamboo. The bamboo burns out, and who knows what's left? Gotta love experiments. #bamboo #aluminum #casting #artexperiment #ciadc

Metal! It's just like Terminator in here. #metal #casting #aluminumcasting #t3

Applying mold wash to prevent pitting. #science #casting #aluminumcasting #hotdamn