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Students will design and build their own clay totems two to five feet tall. The designs will combine symbols, animals, and personal imagery to tell a story. Use of clay armatures, slab construction, and mold making techniques will be explored. Introduction to presentation and installation.
*** Bronze pour date to be announced at the workshop. ***
In this demo of small metal projects, observe a blacksmithing process. Learn about the tools, the techniques, and the applications of metal working as an art form and as a craft. Be inspired to try blacksmithing as a sculpture in a future class.
***This is a two-day workshop, Saturday 2/28 and Sunday 3/1***
Cast aluminum using experimental techniques. Try alternative model making resources to create small aluminum sculptures with materials that can be burned: plastics, wax, shells, cardboard, wood, etc. Sand casting will also be demonstrated using styrofoam shapes. Metal pour date will be announced at the workshop
***This Two-Day Workshop will meet on Saturday, March 21 and Sunday, March 22.***
Professional sculptor David Cumbie guides students as they create life-size busts. Learn techniques for capturing accurate proportions of the head and a variety of facial features.
Build a mold from and make copies of your existing or new artwork. Rubber latex, silicon, and plaster molds will be used to duplicate your work in hydro stone, cement, and casting plastics or to make wax copies for bronze casting. Most materials are included in the class cost. Students who make silicon molds will need to purchase mold making kits. Contact the instructor for specific details concerning personal projects.
Create a kinetic sculpture from found objects. Design artwork that hangs from the ceiling and sculptures that are mounted on stands for the yard. Fishing swivels, bearings, hinges, wheels and other forms will be used to make art move with the wind. Materials will be supplied but students are welcome to bring their own parts.
Explore the potter’s wheel and create animated pots by altering thrown forms beyond round. Dart, pleat, fold and facet! Just because it’s made on a wheel doesn’t mean it has to be round.
Prerequisite Beginning Wheel Throwing or similar experience Course is not suitable for beginners.
Always wanted to experience the magic of forming clay vessels on the potter’s wheel? Learn to center, open and pull up clay walls. This class may be repeated until confidence is gained.