Weekend Workshops | March 15-16 Blacksmithing | Clay | Fibers | Glass | Metals | Wood | Water Media Saturday & Sunday, 9am-4pm
BLACKSMITHING	CLAY
Make the Tool / Forge the Piece $230 Jack Wheeler Create a variety of decorative and functional hand-forged items. Forge/fabricate many of the small tools used during class. Work on personally designed projects (within the limits of studio time). Beginning-Intermediate Jack Wheeler has been a blacksmith for 20 years and teaches blacksmithing regionally. Contact: jwheelx2@aol.com	Figurative Sculpting in Clay $230 Cindy Billingsley Explore the technical approach to handbuilding a unique figure in clay. Learn to simplify anatomy, hollow-out a solid sculpture, and create figures with and without armatures. Intermediate-Advanced; Materials Fee $15-$20 (optional), payble to instructor Cindy Billingsley is known for her wildlife and figurative sculptures; she exhibits nationally. Contact: cindybillingsley@mac.com; www.cindybillingsley.com
FIBERS	GLASS
White Oak Baskets: Round & Market Style $230 Bobby Edwards Start with a tree and end with a basket. Learn to identify and select a white oak tree, split a tree to make parts for a basket, and create a market or round basket. All skill levels; Instructor will provide a white oak log Bobby Edwards has been making white oak baskets for 10 years and learned traditional basket making from Scott Gilbert, Beth Hester and Josi Jones. Contact: www.whiteoakbaskets.com	Glass Paperweights & More! $330 Michael Hernandez Spend Saturday in the hot shop creating paperweights or small sculpture while learning to gather, shape, and apply color to molten glass. On Sunday, refine/enhance your work in the cold shop while learning to grind, polish, and glue. Beginning; All materials included Michael Hernandez, BFA/Emporia State University, exhibits his work nationally. He is the Artist in Residence in glass at the Appalachian Center for Craft. Contact: mhernandez@tntech.edu
METALS	GLASS
Earrings $230 Sarah McClary Create unique earrings using a variety of metalsmithing techniques. Styles include: wires, hoops, posts, studs, and clips. Earrings may be large, small simple or complex. Beginning-Intermediate Award winning metals artist Sarah McClary, BFA/Tennessee Tech University, is the Artist in Residence in exhibitions at the Appalachian Center for Craft. Contact: samcclary@hotmail.com	Hollow & Sculptural Glass Beads $300 Teresa Brittain Move beyond the basics of glass beadmaking and create hollow beads, shape them into amphora, make hollow and core-wound vessels, and explore other sculptural shapes over the torch. Intermediate; Materials Fee $25, payable to instructor Brittain’s work is featured in galleries throughout the southeast and in several beadmaking books. She is a member of the Southern Highland Craft Guild, Piedmont Craftsmen, TACA, and Foothills Craft Guild. Contact: brittaintk@comcast.net; www.brittainbeads.com
WOOD	WATER MEDIA
Turning Gallery-Quality Platters $240 Frank Penta Learn to produce gallery-quality, multi-axis and three-footed turned wood platters. Cover a variety of design elements, detailing methods, and coloring techniques. Intermediate; Materials Fee $50, payable to instructor Frank Penta teaches workshops and demonstrates at numerous woodturning clubs and symposia. He is a featured writer in American Woodturner and co-author of Woodturning: Tools, Techniques and Projects. Contact:  fpenta1@nc.rr.com; www.woodspritewoodturnings.com	Approaches to Experimental Water Media $230 Pam Pate Broaden your painting skills. Learn to do an acrylic pour, use materials creatively, and dye tissue collage paper. Create and work on various textured surfaces, including YUPO. Experiment with Murphy's Oil Soap, Jet Dry, and foil papers. Beginning (with some painting experience)-Intermediate; Materials Fee $17, payable to instructor Pam Pate is a member of the Tennessee Watertcolor Society. Her paintings are featured in both public and private collections. Contact: ppate@multipro.com