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Scott Lankton | Sutton Hoo Sword (reproduction/detail)
Betty Helen Longhi | Cuffs |
Pattern-Welded Steel
Scott Lankton
$420
Learn billet construction and preparation, forge welding, pattern manipulation, composite blades, and finishing. Explore uses for pattern-welded steel including: blades, jewelry and sculpture. Plan to work hard and have fun! Beginning (with basic blacksmithing skills)-Advanced; Materials Fee $80, payable to instructor
Scott Lankton reproduced the Sutton Hoo Sword for the British Museum in London. He enjoys making composite patterns and larger blades.
Contact: slankton33@comcast.net
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Figurative Sculpture
Donna Polseno
$400
Explore the figure motif as a source of personal expression. Address the symbolic use of the figure in various cultures, ancient and contemporary. Use various handbuilding techniques to create forms, with a concentration on the coil method. Also, carve on the leather-hard clay surface. All skill levels
Donna Polseno studied ceramics at the Kansas City Art Institute with Ken Ferguson and at the Rhode Island School of Design. A studio artist in Floyd, VA, she has received several grants, honors, and has taught classes in the U.S., Europe and China.
Contact: dpolseno@yahoo.com |
Cuffs & Collars
Betty Helen Longhi
$420
Create a series of bracelets and collars from sheet metal (nugold, silver or copper). Experiment with ways to add texture and change the form of a metal pattern with the rolling mill. Transform the patterns into bracelets and collars with synclastic, anticlastic, and other forming techniques. Intermediate; Materials Fee $70, payable to instructor
Betty Helen Longhi is a studio artist working extensively with forming metal for jewelry and sculpture. She exhibits nationally and has been featured in national journals.
Contact: bhl@fluidformsinmetal.com; www.fluidformsinmetal.com |
Donna Polseno | Ceramic Figure
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Something from Nothing: Sculpture from Sticks
John McQueen
$400
Use simple materials including: cardboard, staples, glue, willow sticks, and string to create unbelievably intricate sculptures. All skill levels
John McQueen is an award-winning studio artist whose willow stick sculptures appear in numerous public and private collections, periodicals and books. He is represented in galleries across the U.S.
Contact: 518.583.8635 |
After the Lathe
Betty Scarpino
$460
Explore the limitless possibilities of working with lathe-turned forms to create functional and non-functional objects. Turn a variety of forms, texture surfaces, cut forms apart, and sample several coloring techniques. Intermediate-Advanced; wood included in workshop fee
Betty Scarpino is an internationally-known artist whose work is in the permanent collections of numerous museums.
Contact: bscarpino@juno.com; www.bettyscarpino.com |
Glass
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Michael Hernandez | Glass
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Mold Your Mind
Michael Hernandez
$550
Explore mold making techniques as a vehicle to create glass objects. Use found objects, clay and wax modeling to create molds for kiln casting, slumping, and mold blowing. Experimentation with technique and process are encouraged. All skill levels; glass included in workshop fee
Michael Hernandez, BFA/Emporia State University in Kansas, is the Artist in Residence in Glass at the Appalachian Center for Craft.
Contact: mhernandez@tntech.edu |
