![]() ![]() ![]() We’ll also address how metal behaves when we use it for eating. In this workshop, we’ll make eating utensils they might be utilitarian pieces and/or symbolic objects. To Break the Fast: Utensils for OccasionsĮating is a ritual: the morning meal, for instance, is a moment to collect your thoughts and prepare for a new day. Studio artist teaching: Columbus State University (GA), Western Michigan University, East Carolina University (NC) collections: Yale Museum of Art (CT), The Museum of Arts and Design (NYC), Racine Art Museum (WI), Museum of Fine Arts Boston, Enamel Foundation (CA), Houston Museum of Fine Art representation: Charon Kransen Arts (NYC), Mora Jewelry (NC), Form & Concept (NM), Penland Gallery. Note: the studio fee for this workshop is estimated at $200-225 per student. Enamel techniques will include sifting, spraying, dipping, underglaze pigments, and finishing. Metal techniques will include hand fabrication, silver soldering, hydraulic press, sinking, scoring and bending, and using a micro welder. Using basic forming and fabrication methods in copper and steel, each student will make a series (3+ pieces depending on scale and complexity) that focuses on the enameled surface. We’ll focus on construction techniques that will allow us to make and fire larger and more dynamic objects. In this workshop students will make enamelware and/or enamel to wear. Studio artist teaching: Sacramento City College (CA), California State University-Sacramento American Craft Council Searchlight Fellow exhibitions: Shibumi Gallery (CA), The Studio Gallery (San Francisco), Petaluma Art Center (CA), Facèré Jewelry Gallery (Seattle), Velvet da Vinci (San Francisco), Galerie Louis Smit (Amsterdam), Society of Arts and Crafts (Boston) publications: CAST (Schiffer), 500 Wedding Rings (Lark), 500 Enameled Objects (Lark). Techniques will include centrifugal and vacuum casting, basic metal alloying, embedding gemstones, alginate molds, simple press molds, casting metal onto or into existing metal objects, and combining casting with fabrication to further hybridize our forms. By combining wax with organic objects, plastic parts, and other combustible, small-scale found objects, we’ll create metal pieces that bring disparate elements together. We’ll look at families of objects and discuss their histories and how to alter their narrative and function by interfering with their form. This workshop will explore the idea of the hybrid through the medium of lost-wax casting. ![]() Studio artist, instructor at Western Michigan University other teaching: Kendall College of Art and Design (MI), Kalamazoo Institute of Art (MI), Touchstone (PA) exhibitions: Museum of Arts and Design (NYC), Rhode Island I.M.A.G.I.N.E.s Peace, Metalwerx (MA), Lowell Arts Gallery (MI), Peninsula School of Art (WI), South Bend Museum of Art (IN) collection: Museum of Arts and Design (NYC) publications: Jewelry and Metals Survey, New Bracelets (Promopress). We’ll also cover sawing, soldering, the basics of jewelry-making, and other processes as we explore and create unique designs. ![]() We’ll use traditional and advanced mold-making techniques with 3D-printed materials. Students will learn to use color dyes in conjunction with concrete to create colorful pieces. We’ll explore the use of alternative materials-particularly concrete/cement-in jewelry and small metal objects. ![]()
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