Peters Valley School of Craft 2018 Workshops

Immerse Yourself in Craft & Explore Your Creative Potential 2 0 18 Wo r k s h o p s

Explore your creative potential at Peters Valley School of Craft Peters Valley School of Craft is located within the picturesque Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area. This setting creates a unique opportunity for immersion learning. Nestled in the midst of the beauty are state of the art studios with workshops run by professional artists from around the globe. Each studio is managed by a Department Head or Studio Manager assisted by a Studio Assistant. We are an inclusive creative community and welcome you to come explore your potential.

A typical 5-day workshop session begins on Friday at 9:00am with check-in between 8:15 and 8:45am at the office. Participants may arrive the evening before if staying on campus and dinner is available for purchase in the Dining Hall. Classes continue through Tuesday, running 9am to 5pm each day. Studios are generally open at night until about 10pm (this varies by studio) for participants to continue working. Studio clean-up takes place at 3pm on the last day of the workshop.

Participants range in age from 18 to 80, beginner through advanced, from all walks of life. All studios break for meals at the same time and everyone comes together to share in their experience.

Visiting other studios in the evening is encouraged and Friday night instructor presentations give everyone an incredible insight into the process and work of all of the visiting artists. Weekly auctions are held on Mondays at 1pm and all of the money raised goes to support the Studio Assistants and towards the purchase of new equipment for the studios.

As the former hamlet of Bevans, our dormitories, studios, dining hall, office and gallery are housed in mostly historic farm houses and structures. Peters Valley is committed to being accessible to all of our students. However, the terrain at the Valley is natural and some of the historic buildings are only partially accessible. Paths and driveways are not paved. If you need special assistance, please indicate your needs with your workshop application. At least two weeks notice must be given when requesting special assistance so that we have time to accommodate your needs.

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Table of Contents Blacksmithing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 - 5 Ceramics. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 - 12 Fibers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 - 18 Fine Metals & Jewelry. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 - 25 Photography. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 - 30 Special Topics & PRINTMAKING . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 - 37 Woodworking. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 - 43 Youth programs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 - 47 campus information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 scholarships & opportunities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49 EVENTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 peters valley core values. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

“Enriching lives through the learning, appreciation and practice of the art of fine craft.�

Peters Valley is firmly committed to diversity, inclusion, and equity.

This will remain one of our most critical goals, ensuring the school supports all students, with no bias in regard to age, color, disability, gender identification, national origin, race, religion, sexual orientation, economic status or veteran status.

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Beginning Blacksmithing May 12 - 13 – Andy Upright SOLD OUT May 19 - 20 – Dan O’Sullivan SOLD OUT May 26 - 27 – Dan O’Sullivan SOLD OUT September 1 - 2 – Andy Upright Learn the basics of forging and manipulating steel using a coal forge, while gaining a working skill set and understanding in the use of blacksmithing tools and techniques. Topics covered will include; coal forge maintenance, hammering techniques, use of tongs, anvils, and vises. Hands on work will teach you to create tapers to scrolls, bending, forming, hot punching, riveting and hot cutting. Expect to leave with basic skills and an understanding of forging hot steel. If you have prior experience this class will help you refresh and refine your forging skills. Beginner Tuition: $325 Studio/Materials Fee: $70 Fitting & Forging: Wearable Bustier and Chest Pieces Ellen Durkan June 1 - 5 Come make your own super hero gear! This class will cover designing and forging elements that fit on your chest, neck and torso. It could be a bustier, necklace or chest piece. Techniques will include how to design and forge symmetrical pieces that fit the human body. We will cover the forming and shaping of sheet metal for that extra lift! Leather and riveting techniques will be shown and can be used as a form of attachment so that your piece is beautiful and functional.

Beginners are welcome but having experience is a plus! Beginner and Beyond Tuition: $605 Studio/Materials Fee: $100

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Rustic Yet Refined Forged Knives Nick Rossi June 8 - 12 This workshop will explore the art and craft of the forged blade from start to finish with an emphasis on simple tools and direct methods.

This will be great for beginner or intermediate students alike. These blades will be left with a charming forged finish and will include a hot worked and hot fit finger guard and figured wood handle. Design and execution will be stressed, working toward knives that will be rustic as well as refined. All relevant aspects of bladesmithing will be discussed. Participants can expect to complete at least one knife during this workshop. Beginner to Intermediate Tuition: $605 Studio/Materials Fee: $110 The Sword Sam Salvati June 15 - 19 Are you intrigued by the legends of the past?

THE SWORD, double edged in both reality and philosophy, has been a weapon of pride used to protect and conquer for thousands of years.

Sword making techniques are elusive and will be revealed in this specialized workshop. The focus will be on the forging, grinding, tooling and the techniques involved with making the archetypal European Single Handed Cruciform Style Sword. Information on historic techniques of hilting and mounting the handle will be covered.

Participants need to have intermediate forging skills to participate in the class.

Intermediate to Advanced Tuition: $605 Studio/Materials Fee: $145

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Toolmaking for the Blacksmith Silas Maddox June 22 - 26 This class will cover basic toolmaking for the blacksmith. Topics covered will include tool steel selection, forging and finishing hand tools and heat treatment. We will also touch on various jigs, fixtures and power-hammer tooling. Participants can expect to make several hand tools including a center punch, hot punch, and a drift. We will then make a pair of tongs and a matching kit of top tools for fullering, butchering, hot cutting and embossing. These tools will be relevant to hand forging, treadle and power hammer forging.

We also will cover the use of super quench and case hardening compound for hardening of mild steel. Accuracy and forging to completion will be emphasized. All skill levels are welcome.

Beginner to Intermediate Tuition: $605 Studio/Materials Fee: $100 Power Hammer Forging and Tooling Mark Krause July 6 - 10 This class will cover use of the power hammer.

You will learn to calculate stock requirements for making various forgings, break down stock efficiently and precisely, tapering, and the use of several top and bottom tools in the hammer.

Everyone will produce a kiss block, side set, round back flatter, and pair of tongs for power hammer work. Each tool produced will be used in the production of the next, giving you the experience in the use of that tool.

Advanced Beginner to Intermediate Tuition: $605 Studio/Materials Fee: $100

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Forging for Jewelers April Franklin July 13 - 17 There are many ways to work with metal but the direct manipulation of metal with heat and hammers is a singularly satisfying and versatile one. Forging provides not only a way of shaping the object but also the techniques and knowledge to make the tools required for more involved work. Beginning with basic blacksmithing techniques, we will make fibulas, scribes and center punches. These skills will then be applied producing a selection of repoussĂŠ and chasing tools. In addition, we will use steel to practice bracelet forming techniques that will then be translated into bronze. The remaining time will be spent working on individual projects.

Beginner and Beyond Tuition: $605 Studio/Materials Fee: $100 Organic Blacksmithing Wayne Apgar July 20 - 24 Organic blacksmithing is the process of forging metal into artistic, organic shapes such as flowers, leaves, and grasses. Participants will use flat, round, angle, and square stock to forge steel, stainless steel, and copper to fabricate natural forms. Instruction will include basic blacksmithing safety, how to manage a coal and propane forge, as well as choreographing the smithing process.

Specific patterns to be taught include roses, daisies, irises, maple, oak, and apple leaves, wild grass, vines and cat tails. Time permitting, and depending on participants’ level of expertise, an entire project could be completed utilizing the

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multiple components fabricated during the class.

Participants are encouraged to bring pictures or drawings of items that they wish to reproduce.

Beginner and Beyond Tuition: $605 Studio/Materials Fee: $100

and heat-treating of tool steels. Participants will learn the fundamental skills needed to properly operate and maintain a coal forge. Beginner Tuition: $515 Studio/Materials Fee: $90

Utensils: Wood and Steel Jacob Brown & Beth Ireland July 27 - 31 This unique cross-media workshop will teach both woodworking and blacksmithing techniques with a focus on making tools for the kitchen. You will spend one half of each day in the Wood studio, and one half at the forge. In the Wood studio, you will learn to turn, carve, shape and finish. In the Blacksmith studio, you will learn forging, casting and cold joining techniques to create beautiful usable kitchen tools.

Participants will learn to make spatulas, spoons, knives, forks and small vessels. This class is a perfect introduction to two great crafts, allowing you to make objects for home use or gifts that will last a life time. All skill levels are welcome.

Beginner and Beyond Tuition: $605 Studio/Materials Fee: $120 Basic Blacksmithing Jacob Brown August 3 - 6 This will be an intensive and in-depth introduction to basic forging techniques such as tapering, cutting, shouldering, riveting, dishing, and bending of hot steel. This will be done by forging small projects like hooks, spoons, fire pokers, knives or spatulas. We will also cover basic tool making

Copper Weather Vanes Jim Masterson August 10 - 14 The class will cover how to design and create a personal weather vane out of copper. You will learn chasing and repoussĂŠ skills to form the copper into a custom wooden die that you will design and make yourself. You will create two halves of an object in copper and join them together with a phos-copper solder. Participants will also learn how to make the chasing tools that they will use on their copper. To make a free standing base to display your weather vane at eye level in the home or making a mount to install it on top of a roof will be your choice.

Welding of the steel for the bases to support the weather vanes will be covered.

Advanced Beginner to Intermediate Tuition: $605 Studio/Materials Fee: $200 Pattern Welded Steel for Blades & Otherwise James Viste August 17 - 21 This course will provide a general overview of pattern development history and practice from beginning through advanced. In it, we will cover the re-purposing of materials for billets as well as processing of commonly used contemporary raw materials. Participants can plan on producing 4

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a pattern welded blade as well as material for future projects. Those interested in patterned steel for objects other than blades (i.e. jewelry, hardware etc.) are certainly welcome. There will be fire, there will be fun, and there will be sparks from the hammer and anvil and the grinder too. Participants should have some forging experience.

Advanced Beginner to Intermediate Tuition: $605 Studio/Materials Fee: $110 The Bowie Knife Mace Vitale August 24 - 28 The Bowie knife is one steeped in legend and lore. In this intensive five day class participants will create their own version of this iconic American knife. Forging, grinding/filing, heat treating, and handles/guards will be covered. You need to have basic forging skills, no beginners please. Advanced Beginner to Intermediate Tuition: $605 Studio/Materials Fee: $110 Open Studio Wayne Apgar September 8 - 9 This weekend is designed to guide you through the completion of projects you may have started in the past and to guide your current work to the next level. Come access Peters Valley’s vast selection of tools and equipment while getting individualized technical assistance

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from the instructor. This class will be complete with on-the-spot demos specific to your needs and great tips to guide participants through projects with success. Basic blacksmithing experience is required. Intermediate Tuition: $200 Studio/Materials Fee: $70 Introduction to Forged Blades Mace Vitale September 15 - 16 Learn the basics of forging, grinding, heat treating, and the sharpening of a small utility knife.

The instructor will discuss fit and finish, overall knife design, how to sharpen and care for knives, and how to begin making knives on your own.

Participants should expect to forge several blades over the weekend, and get at least one to the point of a usable knife.

Beginner to Intermediate Tuition: $325 Studio/Materials Fee: $80 The Chopper Knife Mace Vitale October 6 - 8 At home, in the kitchen, garden, yard or the deep woods‌ from chopping herbs to the zombie apocalypse, THIS is the knife you want by your side! Participants will forge, grind and heat treat a blade, then design and fit the handle with a steel ferrule.

Advanced Beginner to Intermediate Tuition: $425 Studio/Materials Fee: $95

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Intro to Wheel Throwing Andrea Marquis May 12 - 13 Have you always wanted to try your hand at the potter’s wheel? We will begin with centering and then move into forming techniques to create the two basic pottery forms – the cylinder and the bowl. We will also cover making handles and maybe even break a few rules. Finishing up our work we will trim and decorate our pieces but firing of the work is not possible in two days.

Come join us for two glorious days of clay – no previous experience needed!

Beginner to Intermediate Tuition: $325 Studio/Materials Fee: $50

emotion. We will explore surface, and discuss the numerous ways one can use texture and color to take an organic object beyond the realms of our imagination. Lastly, we will discuss various installation methods, and talk about how to use multiples to construct large scale sculptures. Please bring in at least one provocative object from nature as a starting point for inspiration. Intermediate Tuition: $325 Studio/Materials Fee: $25

Botanical Abstractions: Exploring the Organic Object Leigh Taylor Mickelson May 19 - 20 Nature repeats itself – in minute and simple ways as well as grand and complex ways. In this hands-on workshop, we will look to natural forms as inspiration for our personal expression.

Using several hand building methods including pinching, coil and soft slab construction, extruding or even throwing, we will create simple organic forms for the wall or table. We will consider how these botanical abstractions take on a life of their own to tell a story or evoke an 7

Chinese Blue on White: Ancient Method, Contemporary Masterstroke Hu Jun May 26 - 27 Any student of ceramics or watercolor painting who would like to hone their skills in brushwork or decorating will deeply appreciate this workshop. Taught by a well-known ceramicist from Jingdezhen, China, there will be demonstrations of this exquisite method from the ground up.

Starting with brush-making, students will learn how various types of brushes are applicable to which techniques. From that fundamental starting point, there will be discussions and demonstrations on creating imagery on a vessel.

Patterning and narrative imagery will be covered. For the student of the history of Chinese ceramics, techniques that were invented as early as the late Yuan-dynasty will be discussed and demonstrated with an emphasis on the

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modern application of this ancient practice. This is a hands-on workshop so come prepared to practice these techniques under the guidance of a master artist! Beginner and Beyond Tuition: $325 Studio/Materials Fee: $50 Pictorial Storytelling and the Power of Image Embellishment Fred Johnston June 1 - 5 This workshop is about the power of image and pattern. We will deal with all things related to developing and creating images that echo the form of the pot, embellish the surface and or tell a story, be it metaphorical, literal or mysterious.

A good storyteller can transform our perceptions and understanding. How can a pot tell a story? Participants should expect to learn and understand how to bend the line of a drawing or pattern to fit a particular form and begin to develop their own images and patterns. How to embellish an image or pattern using tissue decals and water vapor salt glazing techniques will also be explored. Beginner and Beyond Tuition: $605 Studio/Materials Fee: $85 Slab Construction: Inventive Strategies Kenneth Baskin June 8 - 12 Our primary focus in this fast paced workshop will be on hand-building techniques and inventive construction strategies as we address methods of manipulating, measuring and building with soft and stiff slabs of clay. We will explore forms and surface textures in the creation of singular

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or multiple component sculptural objects. Some of the many practices we will employ include custom template production, darting techniques, extruded form alteration and the fabrication of bracing forms using simple materials. Plan on bringing a selection of bisque fired stoneware work to class. We will expand your glazing vocabulary by introducing crater glazes and slips fired in an atmospheric firing. There will also be a bisque firing. Beginner and Beyond Tuition: $605 Studio/Materials Fee: $75 Focusing on Soda Firing Cathi Jefferson June 15 - 19 This workshop offers a wonderful opportunity to experience Soda firing your own work. You will need to bring your own bisque fired pots made from cone 10 clay, preferably white clay bodies. Together we will glaze, load, and fire the kiln learning Soda firing specifics through each stage of the process. While the kiln is cooling we will make pieces with throwing exercises and altering; exploring new ways to work focusing on Soda fired forms. Intermediate to Advanced Tuition: $605 Studio/Materials Fee: $65 Firing up the Noborigama John Dix June 22 - 26 This immersive workshop offers participants the opportunity to learn how to fire The Peters Valley Noborigama two chambered wood kiln and also teaches the practical skills and techniques for glazing, loading, and firing a wood kiln.You

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will need to bring your own bisque pots made from Cone10+ clay for glazing which will then be loaded into the either the wood or salt chambers of the kiln and then fired. John, a potter from Japan, will share his experience in developing gorgeous wood fired surfaces, his glazing techniques, loading aesthetics, and wood firing methods.

Come prepared to collaborate and experiment while learning to get the most out of this type of atmospheric firing. Beginner and Beyond Tuition: $605 Studio/Materials Fee: $80 Ceramic Science and Glaze Calculation for the Artist Dr. William Carty June 29 - July 3 Come spend five days learning how to formulate those glazes you have, until now, only imagined in your mind’s eye. This intensive course will focus on discussions, calculations, interactions, and putting to test in kilns, information shared by one of the world’s leading ceramic engineers. Through lectures and demonstrations, Dr. Carty, who is known for leading work in ceramic engineering and for his witty give-and-take with studio ceramicists, will lead participants on a tour of the amazing and complex world of materials science and glaze calculation. We will invent formulas, mix, and test fire glazes. Additionally, there will be time to discuss applications, cross share information, and solve some of those stubborn glaze defect problems. So prepare to come armed with notebooks, pencils, calculator, and dust mask!

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Altered Forms and Textured Surfaces Jen Allen July 6 - 10 This workshop will focus on ways to alter forms and incorporate textures into your wheel thrown or hand-built pots. We will start by creating a handful of texture tools (with both clay and craft foam). Then utilizing stamps, mats and basic pottery tools, we will work on altering a series of wheel thrown and/or slab-built forms.

You will leave the course with various types of texture tools, bisque ware and with the confidence to modify your pots in a handful of new ways! Some wheel experience is helpful but not necessary. Beginner and Beyond Tuition: $605 Studio/Materials Fee: $75 Form Development & Soda Firing Dan Molyneux July 13 - 17 Beginning with morning slide talks and demos focusing on how we relate to form, highlighting examples of perceiving form in novel, crossdisciplinary ways we will progress with strategies to accentuate form through the glazing and firing process. You will share images before the workshop with Dan, and then with participants.

Dan will explain and demonstrate his own strategy to generate a series of pots or sculptures, and encourage the group to think of their own strategies to evolve forms. Dan will work with each person on a one-on-one basis and will share his approach to surface and glazing, stressing surfaces that highlight the intention of the work. Then we will load and fire the soda kiln

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with 2-3+ pieces of bisque from each participant and discuss the results. This workshop is meant to meet each participant wherever they are in their clay work, all levels of experience are welcome. Beginner and Beyond Tuition: $605 Studio/Materials Fee: $65 Making Work for the Anagama Ashwini Bhat & Heidi Kreitchet July 20 - 23 Why do we make what we make? How do we relate to what we make, and how do we surprise ourselves while using the same material in ways that our studio practice will continue to be challenging and fun? These are just a few of the questions we will explore during this dynamic and busy workshop as we prepare for the annual wood firing of Peters Valley’s historic anagama kiln. There will be demonstrations, lectures, experimenting with a variety of claybodies, and a generous amount of time for independent exploration and production of work. Both wheel-throwing and hand-building approaches are welcome, and this year’s workshop is special

because for the first time, there will be two instructors who utilize many different approaches to materials and technique.

Intermediate to Advanced Tuition: $515 Studio/Materials Fee: $125 Firing the Anagama: Where there is Smoke, there is Fire!

Ashwini Bhat & Heidi Kreitchet July 24 - 31, Unloading August 5 Come be part of a historic firing experience in this famous kiln. For the first time in its history, the firing workshop will be led by two women artists who hail from India and California. Bringing their unique approaches to firing, Ashwini and Heidi will share their many experiences with glazing, wadding, loading and firing. Participants will learn together as a group to “listen” to the kiln and respond as we make our way towards temperature and surface. Emphasis in this workshop is on participation and collectively working to achieve results that only this kiln can provide. This year’s firing promises to be special.

Intermediate to Advanced Tuition: $885 Studio/Materials Fee: $125

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The Big Burn Bruce Dehnert & Steve Cook August 10 - 14 This exciting workshop offers artists the opportunity to participate in different types of firings, achieving many results in a short time. You will learn how to prepare and fire your works in a variety of kilns and atmospheres, from soda to wood, gas reduction, raku and pit firing. A broad range of firing temperatures will be explored.

This popular workshop focuses on fired results and never disappoints. Emphasis is placed on preparation and firing techniques through demonstrations, lectures, and hands-on participation.

Beginner and Beyond Tuition: $605 Studio/Materials Fee: $110 Learning Your Way Around the Potter’s Wheel Chris Archer August 17 - 21 There are few things in life as satisfying as sitting at a potter’s wheel and creating a vessel using your hands and a little clay. As many people are discovering, making pottery can open up a world of experiences, help to re-center in these busy times, or even provide an interesting kind of solitude. Every person experiences this craft differently. During this workshop led by one of the Northeast’s best teachers of the technique,

you will be introduced to wheel-throwing from start to finish. From preparation techniques to throwing and on to finishing-off a ‘foot,’ every basic aspect will be covered. There will be exercises, demonstrations and one-on-one instruction, conversations and lectures, and to conclude this five-day intensive, there will be firing.

Come be part of the fun! Beginner Tuition: $605 Studio/Materials Fee: $45 Design Methods for Unique Functional Pottery Cheyenne Rudolph August 24 - 28 This dynamic workshop will focus on making special use objects for historical and strange functions. Designing for specific and unique interaction, Cheyenne will demonstrate her method for making, explore techniques for idea development, and discuss possibilities for presentation with functional pottery. This course is great for those looking for the space and time to refine elaborate, special-use pots, and will also be helpful to anyone hoping to enhance their work with cleverly engineered details. Daily demonstrations will involve building with textured and decorated slabs, using maquettes and templates to create complex and simple forms, building and using bisque molds, and integrating surface, function, and form.

Discussions will revolve around the cultural

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significance and impact of personal influences, with brainstorming exercises that focus on sourcing content for creative expression. You should expect a balance of exploring your personal research, daily demonstrations of techniques, and time to experiment with a variety of building and decorating techniques at the greenware stage. You will leave with a wealth of information to take back to your home studio.

Beginner and Beyond Tuition: $605 Studio/Materials Fee: $70 Shaping with Tools Kristin Muller September 1 - 2 Do you have a collection of tools (ribs, knives, wires, trimming tools, etc.) that you aren’t using to their full potential? This workshop will help you explore those tools in ways that you may not have previously imagined. Working through a series of exercises you will learn how to properly utilize tools to improve your throwing and shaping. We will also cover trimming skills.

Learn how to make gorgeous curves and control your forms in this fun exploration.

We will have a number of tools in the studio for you to experiment with in addition to the ones you bring. Participants should be able to center and open a mound of clay evenly.

Advanced Beginner and Beyond Tuition: $325 Studio/Materials Fee: $35

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Raku Round-up Ann Tsubota September 8 - 9 This hands-on workshop will teach the basics of glazing and firing raku ceramics. You will learn how to use various methods of glaze and stain application and firing such as reduction copper matte, use of silver nitrate, use of colorful low fire glazes, crackle glaze effects, halo effect, and other low fire reduction techniques. Everyone will participate in firing their work and the final effects of post-firing reduction. Students will learn about Raku and the Japanese tea ceremony. Tea will be made and served after the firing on Sunday.

Advanced Beginner to Intermediate Tuition: $325 Studio/Materials Fee: $50 Put a Lid on It Ryan J. Greenheck September 15 - 16 This dynamic workshop will explore the making, altering, and ideas behind lidded wares. An emphasis will be placed upon the relationships between vessels and their accompanying lids and other appendages. Open to anyone who wants to make pots that are more complex within their function, this weekend workshop will provide an opportunity for participants to learn varying techniques of making and forming while being guided through an understanding of how to analyze and act upon their own practice.

There will be demonstrations, one-on-one instruction, group discussion, and presentations.

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Paper Marbling Leslie A. Grossman May 12 - 13 Join us for a comprehensive introduction to the centuries-old process of floating paint onto a water-based bath, creating traditional and unique marbled patterns in the paints with special tools you will make, and permanently transferring the design onto paper. You will take home finished papers ready to use for whatever you wish – book covers and endpapers, collages, jewelry, origami... Participants do not need any prior painting or other art-making experience.

All you need is an interest in creating beautiful, decorative paper using a fun and magical process. Beginner Tuition: $325 Studio/Materials Fee: $65 Indigo Dyeing Natalie Stopka May 19 - 20 Focusing on plant derived natural indigo, participants in this intensive workshop will prepare two organic indigo vats for dyeing both protein and cellulose fibers. We will create an array of swatches and explore resist dyeing techniques reliant on the particular working qualities of indigo. Fabric will be provided, but you may bring along materials you wish to experiment with in the dye pot! No previous experience required.

Beginner Tuition: $325 Studio/Materials Fee: $25

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Cherokee Style Picnic Baskets Pamela Wilson May 26 - 27 Come spend the weekend making a beautiful Cherokee style picnic basket. This basket, made from reed, has oak handles and a lid which can also be used as a tray. Participants will learn how to measure and cut reed, create a solid bottom basket, shape the basket, twine, bring the sides in and make a lid to fit. This picnic basket measures 15” l x 8” w x 11” h. There will be a selection of accent colors to choose from and all supplies for making the baskets are covered in the materials fee including sharp basket scissors that you will take home. Beginner to Intermediate Tuition: $325 Studio/Materials Fee: $65 Conjuring the Narrative with Textiles Karen Hampton June 1 - 5 This creatively designed class blends together the art of narrative storytelling with textile design techniques. Karen believes everyone has a story and that the act of sharing stories is extremely healing for both the storyteller and the audience. We will explore surface design techniques that include natural dyeing, printing, painting, discharge and stitching on both new and repurposed cloth. Each participant will create both a banner and a repurposed garment.

Beginner and Beyond Tuition: $605 Studio/Materials Fee: $55

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Introduction to Weaving Daryl Lancaster June 9 - 10 Explore this time honored craft on a 4-shaft loom that allows patterning and play. Designed for beginners, and using pre-wound colorful carpet warp, this workshop will take participants through the warping process and teach them to understand patterning, reading a draft, color interaction, and how to weave good cloth. Plain weave, twills, rib and basket structures, and ‘color and weave’ will be covered. All materials will be provided and participants will take home a sampler. Beginner Tuition: $325 Studio/Materials Fee: $30 Here Comes the Sun: Dimensional Paper & Fabric Paintings Leisa Rich June 22 - 26 Join this exploratory paper and textiles-based intensive and learn solar 2-D processes and fiber techniques that can be applied to a variety of materials. Explore a myriad of ways to use nature as method and inspiration for solar dying, and embellishing methods such as mono-printing, oil pastels, image transfers, heat, and hand stitching to create elements of dimensional texture. In-studio sewing machines will provide opportunities to do free motion machine embroidery on pieces. Work with solar film transparencies, found objects and items from your collections to create patterns that will resist natural light and sun to print on surfaces.

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Your projects and ideas can include representational: landscape compositions, portraits, or defined solar printed objects, and the conceptual: abstract compositions, collages and more.

This class is suitable for artists and fiber artists, designers and crafters who want to expand their repertoire.

Advanced Beginner to Intermediate Tuition: $605 Studio/Materials Fee: $35 Native Wildflowers in Pop-Ups Shawn Sheehy June 22 - 26 Celebrate summer with flowers! Nearly all pop-ups are built from just two simple structures. Learning how and when to use these two structures – and to see the broad range of what they can do – can open the door to a lifetime of exploration. In this workshop, you will use these two structures to create a set of wildflowers native to the eastern US, and use a pop-up-specific technique to bind the set into a finished volume. You will learn about the tools and materials of the craft, and have the opportunity to explore your own ideas.

No experience is necessary, but previous experience in fiber arts and/or paper craft will speed your progress. This content readily accommodates beginners and advanced makers alike. You will leave the class with a completed popup book and a good understanding of the basics of popup engineering.

Beginner and Beyond Tuition: $605 Studio/Materials Fee: $65

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4 Inset-Handle Twined Basket Peeta Tinay June 29 - July 3 Come deepen and improve your fundamental skills of weaving while building upon them with new techniques. The Four Inset-Handle Basket is made using the technique of twining and has a substantial rolled border. Multiple sizes of round reed are used throughout the basket with a focus on attention to hand placement, tension and shaping. Each step of the basket will be demonstrated with ample hands on instruction given to each participant. Topics covered include; selection and preparation of materials, the reed dye process, and a multiple step finishing process on the completed baskets. The finished work will be approximately 20” diameter by 6” tall. This is a rewarding and challenging class suitable for experienced weavers who possess hand strength and twining experience.

Intermediate to Advanced Tuition: $605 Studio/Materials Fee: $165 The Art of Navajo Weaving Marilou Schultz July 13 - 17 This class will introduce the participant to an appreciation of Navajo (Dine) weaving by creating a small rug on a traditional upright loom. Dine weavings are internationally known for their unique designs and techniques using vegetal, natural and aniline dyed handspun wool.

Traditional preparations of wool – carding, spinning and dyeing – will be discussed. Participants will learn how to warp an upright loom and

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learn basic weaving techniques, using 100% wool weft that will be provided. A traditional handmade loom will be provided, which you will keep. No prior weaving experience is necessary.

Beginner to Intermediate Tuition: $605 Studio/Materials Fee: $80 Skins & Skeletons: 3D Textile Constructions Mo Kelman July 20 - 24 In this experimental workshop you will learn methods for building skeletal structures with rigid and semi-rigid materials like reed, rattan, bamboo, wood, wire, found materials and recycled frameworks. Methods will include lashing techniques, formal and chaotic plaiting, wire construction and netting. To build skins onto these structures, techniques for working with gut, rice papers, elastic fabrics, wax, and stiffeners will be presented. Exercises, brainstorming sessions, and problem-solving challenges will lead to a focused personal project. Beginner and Beyond Tuition: $605 Studio/Materials Fee: $85 Woven Lace Structures: Networks of Holes & Spaces Crystal Gregory July 27 - 31 Delicate lace structures create translucency and serve as a filter of light and negative space.

In woven cloth, warp threads are anchored at both ends then crossed in straight lines by weft threads creating right angles at the intersections.

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manipulate those right angles, allowing threads to bend and curve once removed from the tension of the loom. Participants will be introduced to processes including open weave, leno lace, and huck lace. You will have the opportunity to make a sample of each process as well as complete one project of your choosing.

Beginner to Intermediate Tuition: $605 Studio/Materials Fee: $50 Weaving 101 Daryl Lancaster August 3 - 7 Start from the beginning. No experience necessary! You will learn to plan a project, wind a warp, sley, thread, and beam that warp onto a multi shaft floor loom. Then learn to read a draft, understand pattern, explore color interaction and sample, sample, sample! Participants will then be able to weave off two cotton dishtowels to take home. Beginner Tuition: $605 Studio/Materials Fee: $50 Bamboo & Glass Vessels: The Light and the Shadow Charissa Brock August 10 - 14 Bamboo is a wonderfully complex art material that can be used in a variety of ways to create form. It can be split into narrow strips, bent, crosscut, woven, sewn, and drilled. It can be used to make small scale objects or architectural structures. We will explore using small bamboo and glass elements to create vessel forms that play with light and shadow. Come learn how to cut, heat bend, drill, weave, and sew bamboo together. Basic tool skills will be covered and how to incorporate small pre-made glass elements using creative stitching techniques. Examples of various bamboo techniques will be shown and participants will see through slide lecture the variety of ways bamboo can be used as an art material. Everyone will walk away with bamboo knowledge to create more at home.

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Creating the Illusion of Depth in Art Quilts Deborah Fell August 17 - 21 This technique-based workshop will use mixed media materials along with fabric to create the illusion of depth in a two-dimensional plane; in our case, a quilt. Through use of these materials along with principles of design, you will create small studies using these techniques. Specifically, overlapping, placement, size, value, and focus, will be areas of concentration using the collage approach. Participants will walk away with a better sense of command over creating the illusion of depth on a two-dimensional plane.

Beginner and Beyond Tuition: $605 Studio/Materials Fee: $10 Linoleum Relief Carving & Printing on Fabric Jeanne Brady August 24 - 28 This workshop is a fresh approach to the art of traditional relief block carving and printing on fabric. Demonstrations and specific exercises will teach skills in working from ideas to designs to cutting linoleum blocks and printing on fabric using non-toxic, water-based, high quality textile pigments. From these basics, we will explore the many interesting variations in registration, color overlays, and additional detailing to create multilayered hand printed fabrics for future projects.

Textile pigments are permanent once heat set, and extremely versatile – the perfect medium for creative printing on fabric!

Beginner to Intermediate Tuition: $605 Studio/Materials Fee: $65 Paper Marbling Leslie A. Grossman September 1 - 2 Join us for a comprehensive introduction to the centuries-old process of floating paint onto a water-based bath, creating patterns in the paints with special tools, and permanently transferring the design onto paper. You will learn all the

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fundamentals of marbling, from mixing the bath, prepping the paper, and making your own tools, to learning traditional patterns and creating your own. You will take home finished papers ready to use for whatever you wish – book covers and endpapers, collages, jewelry, origami...

Participants do not need any prior painting or other art-making experience. All you need is an interest in creating beautiful, decorative paper using a fun and magical process. Beginner Tuition: $325 Studio/Materials Fee: $65 Penny Rugs Liz Alpert Fay September 8 - 9 Explore the endless possibilities of playing with color and design while creating a unique and one of a kind penny rug. The technique involves cutting simple shapes from felted wool and stitching them to a dark wool background with a decorative blanket stitch. We will use this traditional stitching technique as well as a variety of other decorative stitches to further enhance the designs. Topics covered will include: stencil making, the use of different textures, patterns and wools, and the addition of beads, buttons and other embellishments. The history of penny rugs will be discussed and examples of both contemporary and traditional pieces will be shown. For those who have already taken this workshop with Liz, this is an opportunity to work on a larger, more intricate design in a great studio setting. Beginner and Beyond Tuition: $325 Studio/Materials Fee: $65

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Introduction to Natural Dyes Natalie Stopka September 15 - 16 Participants in this weekend intensive will be introduced to the world of beautiful, accessible, and sustainable botanical dyes. Learn the basics of selecting and preparing fibers, extracting color from a variety of plant materials, and fixing natural dyes to fabric. We’ll discuss the history of natural dye use, and explore some contemporary applications of pattern. You may bring along natural fiber materials you wish to experiment with in the dye pot. Beginner Tuition: $325 Studio/Materials Fee: $30 A Weekend of Baskets Pamela Wilson October 6 - 7 Come spend the weekend learning to weave both a storage and laundry basket! Weaving the laundry basket, you will learn how to measure and cut reed, shape a basket, create inserted handles, and do continuous weaving. Weaving the storage basket, you will learn how to twine, insert overlays, and will have a choice of doing straight weave or a twill and inserting the fancy decoration on the side or not as you wish.

Laundry basket measures 22” l x 18” w x 14” h, and storage basket is 12” l x 10” w x 8” h. Inclass demonstrations will show each step taken and complete written instructions with pictures will be given to participants for each basket.

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Basic Enameling: Lucky Charms Amelia Toelke May 12 - 13 Learn the basics of enameling and create your own colorful charms and pocket amulets. We will experiment with a variety of enameling techniques such as limoges, sgraffito, stenciling, and wet-packing. We will also work with introductory metalsmithing techniques such as sawing, filing, and piercing so that completely unique pieces can be created and will explore methods for setting enamels in metal. You will have a chance to practice design and planning processes but will also find plenty of room to work intuitively and experimentally.

Beginner and Beyond Tuition: $325 Studio/Materials Fee: $65 Fundamentals of Die Forming: 3D Pendants Ashley Ernest May 19 - 20 Come learn the fundamentals of Die-Forming utilizing the hydraulic press to create a handmade pendant in silver or copper. Learn the history of die-forming, modern practices, how to create your own handmade silhouette/nonconforming dies out of plexi-glass, while applying basic metalsmithing skills such as: measuring, sawing, and filing. We will create perfectly crafted dies and dynamic 3D forms utilizing our custom designs as well as dedicating time to annealing, hammering, and soldering techniques.

Ashley will demonstrate roll printing, piercing techniques, polishing and patinas. The opportunity to incorporate alternative materials into final pieces will be an option. Everyone will go home with compelling finished pendant necklaces!

Advanced Beginner to Intermediate Tuition: $325 Studio/Materials Fee: $75 Design and Concept in Three-Dimension with Titanium E. Douglas Wunder May 26 - 27 Learn how a design is transformed into art by creating an object on paper that incorporates

scale, balance, perspective and contrast. These concepts will then be developed into metal objects using the techniques of piercing, sawing and cold connecting with rivets. We will create wearable art pieces based on discussion and hands on experience. The project will focus on making jewelry from hand-sawed pieces of titanium sheet, then layered and connected with titanium wire. Basic coloring techniques of titanium will also be explored. Participants are encouraged to come with an imaginative, experimental approach to jewelry making.

Beginner and Beyond Tuition: $325 Studio/Materials Fee: $35 Rings 360° Timothy Lazure June 1 - 5 Rings are loaded with historical meaning and tradition. They can symbolize love/marriage, evoke nostalgia, embody authority or status and portray accomplishments or affiliations.

Rings can be made for everyday use, for special events, can be understated or fancifully flamboyant. This workshop will explore jewelry design, fabrication, basic stone setting and assembling techniques that are related to the ring concept.

We will fashion rings of personal importance, expression, and adornment. There will be lecture and demonstration with plenty of time for hands on work and for individual attention. We will attempt to create rings that are unpredictable, honest, visually complex, bold, confident, simple and beautiful. Beginner to Intermediate Tuition: $605 Studio/Materials Fee: $25 Introduction to Stonesetting Paul Nielsen June 8 - 12 Come learn the proper techniques, terminology and “tricks of the trade� in the most popular styles of setting gemstones including prongs, bezels, flush setting, burnishing and channel setting.

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have particular stones you want to use bring them. Additional mountings in sterling silver will also be available for purchase at a nominal cost if desired. This class is suitable for artisans with basic jewelry knowledge and seasoned professionals looking to build upon their stone setting skills. Advanced Beginner to Intermediate Tuition: $605 Studio/Materials Fee: $120

with a lid. You are encouraged to add content.

Bring any items you may want to incorporate into your box such as a found object or build other components to incorporate into the design. You will learn fabrication, forming, soldering, scoring and bending.

Advanced Beginner to Intermediate Tuition: $605 Studio/Materials Fee: $75

Diminished Diameter Forging Linda Van Hart June 15 - 17 Learn techniques to create dramatic designs from heavy gauge sterling or copper wire.

Hammers, rolling mill, draw plates, upright sander, files, sand paper and buffers are only some of the tools used to coordinate what you design with what you make. Change of plane and direction forging will also be covered. With patience, beginners will amaze themselves with at least one graceful piece of jewelry. Intermediate to advanced metalsmiths will develop new vocabulary to add to their lexicon of design and construction skills in addition to creating several pieces of forged jewelry. Beginner and Beyond Tuition: $425 Studio/Materials Fee: $25

Toolmaking for Jewelers Ian Henderson June 29 - July 3 Put down those commercial tools – we’re metalsmiths and we can make our own! In this workshop we will start by making a matching scribe and center punch set while we learn the remarkable properties that make steel so useful.

We will then make a riveting hammer and, with any time that remains, chasing tools, burnishers, and more! Demonstrations will include shaping and forging, decorative filing, hardening and tempering, and handling of our hammers. Previous metalsmithing experience will be helpful but not completely necessary. Beginner and Beyond Tuition: $605 Studio/Materials Fee: $55

Containers with Content Elizabeth Tokoly June 22 - 26 Why are tiny boxes and containers so attractive to us? What draws us in? Is it our desire to know what’s on the inside or to put our treasures in a protective case? In this workshop, you will learn how to make a basic rectangular box 21

Forming Dynamics:Vessels Plus Tedd R. McDonah July 6 - 10 We will be exploring, and exploiting the range of dynamics which copper offers. Participants will learn angle raising using a variety of hand and vice tools, from tradition to alternative.

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vessel-related components to and help ‘fill-out’ your metalsmithing repertoire. Intermediate Tuition: $605 Studio/Materials Fee: $100 Cloisonné Enameling Harlan W. Butt July 13 - 17 Cloisonné enameling is essentially drawing with wires and filling in around them with glass.

Several processes will be discussed but cloisonné will be the primary technique covered. It can be simple or complex. Everyone will learn how to use Harlan’s special jig for forming repetitive shapes in cloisonné. The design focus will be on ‘mandala-like’ patterns on a jewelry scale.

Instruction on enameling on a 3D form will be discussed for those interested. Basic metalsmithing/jewelry skills and some enameling experience would be helpful but beginners are welcome.

Beginner and Beyond Tuition: $605 Studio/Materials Fee: $125 Forging for Jewelers April Franklin July 13 - 17 There are many ways to work with metal but the direct manipulation of metal with heat and hammers is a singularly satisfying and versatile one.

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Forging provides not only a way of shaping the object but also the techniques and knowledge to make the tools required for more involved work.

Beginning with basic blacksmithing techniques, we will make fibulas, scribes and center punches.

These skills will then be applied producing a selection of repoussé and chasing tools. In addition, we will use steel to practice bracelet forming techniques that will then be translated into bronze. The remaining time will be spent working on individual projects. Beginner and Beyond Tuition: $605 Studio/Materials Fee: $100 Heirloom Flatware Darren Fisher July 20 - 24 This workshop will investigate the utensils commonly found on the dining table, and in the home kitchen, ranging from forks, spoons, and knives in personal place settings, to larger serving tools suitable for casseroles and pie pans. We will use aluminum, stainless steel, or sterling silver as material for the utensils. Each participant will design their own tools, and through demonstrations in forging and fabrication, be able to walk away with multiple pieces by the end of the workshop.

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Carving and Casting MJ Tyson July 27 - 31 This course offers a chance to explore the ancient technique of lost wax casting on a jewelry scale. We will begin with an introduction to wax working, including additive and subtractive techniques. After completing wax models, participants will sprue, invest, and cast in bronze or sterling silver. Once the waxes have been transformed into metal, we will cover finishing methods to “clean up” surfaces and turn the castings into finished jewelry pieces. Participants with metalworking experience will learn skills they can bring back to the bench, but no previous experience is necessary for successful casting. Beginner and Beyond Tuition: $605 Studio/Materials Fee: $65 Forming a Pouring Vessel Reed Fagan August 3 - 7 The goal of this course is to introduce intermediate level metalsmiths to the world of forming metal.

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Participants will learn to raise/sink metal and cold forge metal stock. The project will focus on the forming of flat sheet through raising and sinking all the way to a finished pouring vessel form. The participants will then learn how to forge stock into handles or other decorative elements to complete the vessel form. Experience with sawing/ piercing metal is required, and any experience with silver soldering will be beneficial.

Advanced Beginner to Intermediate Tuition: $605 Studio/Materials Fee: $60 Silver Start to Finish Nash Quinn August 10 - 14 Silver is one of the most beautiful and versatile materials used in jewelry production. In this workshop, you’ll experience every step involved in transforming raw, unprocessed silver into beautiful finished jewelry. You’ll learn to mix small amounts of copper with fine silver grain and scrap, then melt and pour solid ingots of durable sterling silver alloy that can be forged, rolled, and drawn into sheet and wire.

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Your sterling silver stock can then be used to create a variety of finished jewelry, from simple to complex. Great for beginners, or those looking to put their collections of silver scrap to good use! Beginner and Beyond Tuition: $605 Studio/Materials Fee: $35 Traditional Turkish Coppersmithing Martin Moon August 17 - 21 The art of Turkish Coppersmithing has been passed down through generations of master coppersmiths for thousands of years. Martin Moon had the opportunity to learn under some of those masters and has brought the skills back to the U.S. to continue the tradition. Using small chisels and a lightweight hammer, learn how to carve deep lines into copper to create designs. You will learn about traditional patterns and have the opportunity to fashion your own.

Learn and hone your new skills on a variety of objects – starting with keychains and medallions, moving towards coasters and plates, and for those who advance quickly, the difficult project of a cup. Turkish chiseling is easy to learn and simply takes practice to master. It is very possible to become proficient in a short amount of time, and having experience with a hammer will help you progress even faster. The process requires patience, and is not for those who are unable to focus on one piece for multiple hours.

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Chain Making 101 Missy Graff Ballone August 24 - 26 This workshop will introduce you to new and innovative concepts that relate to the chain.

Each participant will learn a variety of chainmaking techniques using both wire and sheet metal and non-traditional materials. Everyone will make several samples and walk away with a minimum of two finished pieces. This course will challenge participants to make works that push the boundaries of traditional chains by manipulating line, repetition, pattern, and negative space.

There will be daily demonstrations, projects, and one-on-one time. Beginner and Beyond Tuition: $425 Studio/Materials Fee: $45 Metal Clay Hardware or “Tracition de Coffret Par Vous” Christopher C. Darway September 1 - 2 Hand wrought furniture hardware is usually found on the most expensive and finely made furniture.

Techniques like lost wax casting, sand casting, forging and lathe turning are generally used to produce these accoutrements. This two-day workshop will introduce you to Fast Fire Bronze and how to make your own “designer hardware”. We will cover working with and firing bronze clay along with making high and low-tech molds out of materials like cardboard, plaster of Paris, Plexiglas, plasticine clay and RTV rubber. Bring a notebook and camera as we will cover an amazing amount of information in just two days! Beginner to Intermediate Tuition: $325 Studio/Materials Fee: $50

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Pavé Stonesetting Paul Nielsen September 8 - 9 The Pavé setting, (pronounced “pa-vay”), comes from the French word “to pave,” as in paved with diamonds. By closely setting small diamonds together with minimal visibility of the tiny metal beads or prongs holding the stones in place, the effect is one of continuous sparkle.

Come join us in this advanced class where participants will learn the proper techniques for creating this brilliant style of diamond setting.

These include, (but are not limited to), selecting the proper tools and burrs, sharpening setting tools and basic engraving to create bright cuts and decorative elements that will enhance the stones being set. All settings provided will be sterling silver and will be set with cubic zirconia.

This is an intermediate to advanced class, so please be honest with your skill level.

Intermediate to Advanced Tuition: $325 Studio/Materials Fee: $125 Double Sided Chain Weaving Elizabeth Tokoly September 15 - 16 If you have ever wondered how beautiful double sided chains are made you will love this class. Learn how to fuse fine silver jump rings together with a torch and shape them to form links without using any solder. Then learn how to connect each fused ring using a variation of the loop n loop method to form a double sided

weave pattern to create a beautiful chain. This chain pattern is flat and flexible and appears different from each side. Beginner Tuition: $325 Studio/Materials Fee: $45 Floating Stone Setting Caryn L. Hetherston October 6 - 7 In this workshop participants will learn to set a small stone on top of a larger stone in order to give a piece of jewelry a layered look. We will be drilling through the base stone in order to attach the top stone securely to the base stone. This is a great technique to make it look as if the top stone is floating on the other stone. Participants will need to have sawing and soldering skills.

Advanced Beginner to Intermediate Tuition: $325 Studio/Materials Fee: $15 Rings for Beginners Nash Quinn October 13 - 14 Come learn to make a perfectly finished, handmade ring (or two) in only two days! This beginner-friendly workshop is an easy introduction to jewelry and fine metalwork, and will cover the complete process of ring fabrication, from sizing and soldering to bezel-setting and polishing. No experience necessary – simply arrive ready to learn, and walk away with a finished ring and an exciting new set of skills. Beginner Tuition: $325 Studio/Materials Fee: $25

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Intro to Photography & Using your DSLR Joe Guerriero June 16 - 17 This weekend workshop is designed to help you get to know your camera while following through with specific assignments that push creativity and understanding of basic photography. Participants will be given two to four assignments a day with each followed by a group review. Participants will also be introduced to basic Adobe Lightroom for photo editing.

A DSLR, MIRRORLESS or RANGEFINDER camera with MANUAL settings is required. No previous photography experience is required.

Beginner Tuition: $325 Studio/Materials Fee: $15 Spirit of Structure Tillman Crane June 22 - 26 This workshop focuses on creating photographs in the buildings and landscape of the Delaware Water Gap Recreation Area, primarily on the historic buildings within Peters Valley. We will also make side trips to some of the preserved and restored historically significant buildings such as the Van Campen Inn and Millbrook Village. Tillman’s goal for this workshop is to assist you in making the best pictures you can

make during your week together. By the end of the week you will leave the workshop with a refreshed creative self who is ready to make new work. All camera formats, film and digital, are welcome. All levels of skill are welcome but you must know the basics of working with your particular camera.

Advanced Beginner to Intermediate Tuition: $605 Studio/Materials Fee: $0 Photography and the Written Word Dale Rio July 6 - 10 Come bridge the gap between visual and verbal expression. Designed for those who wish to explore the use of photographic imagery in conjunction with the written word, this workshop will feature assignments centering around poetry, fiction, and non-fiction and encourage you to experiment with different styles of photography, as well as both literal and figurative/ abstract interpretations of text. You will be challenged to respond not only to writing of your own selection, but passages selected at random. You will also be encouraged to bring in your own existing writing to work with or allow fellow workshop participants to work with.

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Updating the Classic Landscape Timothy Jacobsen July 20 - 22 Using tried and true compositional techniques, you will be given the opportunity to create a portfolio of work that captures the beauty and wonder of the natural landscape. Workshop participants will be given instruction about the importance of light quality, leading lines and framing. Discussions on understanding DepthOf-Field, showing or stopping motion and creating High Dynamic Range images, as well as large scale panoramas will blend with a series of daily field trips to the surrounding woods, streams and meadows. Digital editing will be done with the Adobe Creative Suite of products, most specifically Adobe Photo, Adobe Bridge and Lightroom. You should have an understanding of manual camera controls and basic editing workflow techniques. A 35mm DSLR is preferred, as is a sturdy tripod.

Advanced Beginner and Beyond Tuition: $425 Studio/Materials Fee: $35 Being Authentic: Finding Your Voice inYour Photography Laurie Klein with Nicole Cudzilo July 27 - 31 Your photographs are trying to tell you something. Can you hear them? They speak to you about your passions, fears, interests, loves and so much more. They are mirrors into your soul: past, present and future. When you hear and see what they are saying you can be more

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intentional in your picture making. Intentional capture allows you opportunities to transform emotions, expressions and personal stories into your photography. We will be photographing daily with our models including the incredible Nicole Cudzilo in the Peters Valley Landscape.

Through daily conversations, exercises, meditations, poetry readings, journaling, interpretive post production techniques and image feedback you will strengthen your ability to listen to your photographs and hear what they are saying to you. Participants can plan on bonding with like minded creatives, and taking your photographic journey to new levels. This workshop is not for the faint at heart, but for those that want to commit more deeply to understanding and strengthening their visual voice.

Beginner and Beyond Tuition: $660 Studio/Materials Fee: $200 The Documentary Photo Story Joe Guerriero August 3 - 7 Explore how to build a photo story from beginning to end. As Northwest New Jersey is an area rich with compelling untold stories, course participants will develop an original photo story based on the locality (ex. a local event like the NJ State Fair, historic location, or person).

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Everyone will come away with a documentary photo project completed or (if one wishes) to be continued, of eight 8 1/2 x 11 inkjet portfolio prints. Beginner and Beyond Tuition: $605 Studio/Materials Fee: $50 Get In Shape Timothy Jacobsen August 10 - 14 Our world is full of interesting shapes, patterns and textures. Organic shapes, geometric shapes, repeating patterns, leading lines, they all have visual and photographic potential. Through a series of daily field trips, participants will learn how to use light and composition to isolate these situations in a way that creates inspiring images. You will learn to see color values and tonal qualities on a large and small scale, both

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Beginner and Beyond Tuition: $605 Studio/Materials Fee: $50 Non-Toxic Transfer Techniques: Photos on Alternative Surfaces Sandra C. Davis August 18 - 19 In this weekend workshop you will learn several easy ways to transfer your photographs or digital images onto unique surfaces. Transfer to wood, glass, tile, metal, marble, fabric, artist papers and found objects. This is different than just gluing your picture to a surface. Your images will be translucent on the surface. The end result shows the original surface color and texture right through your image. Beginner and Beyond Tuition: $325 Studio/Materials Fee: $30

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Intermediate Photoshop for Landscape Photographers Greg Miller September 8 - 9 Have you ever been frustrated because you can’t make your landscape photo look exactly right in Lightroom or Photoshop? If so, it’s time to learn more advanced techniques in Photoshop and unleash its power. Learn how to use layer masks, blending modes, adjustment layers and how to increase contrast while not increasing apparent saturation. Working in both Photoshop and Lightroom participants will become familiar with which platform handles specific adjustments more effectively. Bring your laptop and several images that you want to work on, and settle in for an enlightening weekend of learning. Intermediate to Advanced Tuition: $325 Studio/Materials Fee: $5

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Fall Foliage in the Water Gap Greg Miller October 13 - 14 This exciting Peters Valley workshop will take place at one of the most breathtaking fall foliage destinations in Tri-State Area, the Delaware Water Gap. A professional photographer will take you on a classic Water Gap experience designed to improve your photography skills while photographing the beauty of autumn at Peters Valley. Participants will get personal attention and will learn how to take your photography to a higher level, whether you are a beginner or more experienced photographer. We will meet for classroom instruction, but we will spend most of the time shooting in the field at unique locations. During these two days you will have the opportunity to visit and photograph the beautiful landscape of Peters Valley, including ponds, swamps, streams, flora and fauna. We will photograph bridges, architecture, breathtaking foliage, and enjoy the truly amazing scenery of the Delaware Water Gap. The schedule will be flexible so participants have some ability to make the workshop unique. Beginner Tuition: $325 Studio/Materials Fee: $0

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Paint and Play with Alcohol Inks!

Jane Brennan May 19 - 20 Come experience the thrill of the bloom and the blend of alcohol ink, as these vibrant colors act and react. You’ll learn techniques such as free flow and pouring, while painting images onto ceramic tiles and other surfaces. This is a low tech technique that you can continue to work on your own. Beginner to Intermediate Tuition: $325 Studio/Materials Fee: $75 Moldmaking for Small Objects Mark Melonas May 19 - 20 Learn how to think about, plan and make molds of small objects. Using single and multi-part rubber molds we will make copies of these objects. Topics covered will include a variety of mold making materials and the steps to effectively create molds. You will be introduced to working with silicon and urethane rubber molds and plastic “mother” molds. We will then cast concrete and other materials into those prepared molds. Beginner to Intermediate Tuition: $325 Studio/Materials Fee: $100 Playing with Fire: Glass Beads Liz Mitchell June 1 - 3 Glass beads, sparkling jewelry, and playing with fire – you’ll get this and more in this fun 3-day class. If the sumptuous colors don’t get you hooked, the mesmerizing act of winding

molten glass around a metal rod will. Enter the fascinating world of glass bead making where you’ll learn how to make and shape glass beads and decorate them with dots, hearts, trapped air bubbles, and stringers. Once the beads are made everyone will be able to use them on a simple necklace and pendant provided in the class. Whether you’re a beginner or already know the basics, this class will enhance your skills and leave you with some beautiful handmade beads and jewelry.

Beginner to Intermediate Tuition: $425 Studio/Materials Fee: $85 Glass Mosaics Cynthia Fisher June 8 - 10 Glass mosaics are colorful, fun to make, and last forever. Come learn about color and the mosaic palette, how tile shape creates visual texture, how layout of patterns (opus) affect design and more. We will be learning and using the indirect method to create your mosaic on a panel. Mosaics can be made directly, by attaching mosaic pieces to a substrate, or they can be made in the indirect method, where they are first laid on contact paper and then transferred to a final substrate. The numerous benefits of working indirectly will be fully presented. This workshop is ideal for those who have some experience in mosaics OR are willing to jump right in and tackle an ambitious first project. Come with an idea – realistic, abstract, or decorative – or find inspiration in a mosaic source book.

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Monotypes: One-Offs, Full On! Leslie A. Grossman June 15 - 19 Typically, a printmaker creates an edition of prints (relief, intaglio, lithograph, etc) of a single image. Not true with monotypes! “Play” is the keyword at the press with monotype printmaking; it is truly the perfect method/medium for spontaneity and for experimentation with texture, color layering, and negative space (positively, of course). Come learn to use the printmaking press and make an amazing number of monotypes using techniques such as: ink-on-Plexi additive/subtractive imagemaking, brayer rolling tricks, stencils, “ghost prints,” “trace monotypes” and more. And for those skeptical painters out there, you’ll also learn how to make watercolor monotypes, which allows you to create layers, textures, and depth with watercolor paint in the way that is impossible when painting directly onto paper.

Beginner and Beyond Tuition: $605 Studio/Materials Fee: $75 Cake Sculpture Colette Peters June 15 - 19 Create a beautiful “dummy” cake, decorated with real icing that will amaze all of your friends!!

Participants will learn all about sculpting a real cake and how to structure it so it is stable, while working on a “faux Styrofoam” cake. You will learn various decorating techniques, such

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as working with fondant, gum paste flowers, wood grain, inlay, quilting, brush embroidery, and much more!! Bring your imagination and a sense of whimsy. This is an amazing opportunity to work with one of the top cake designers in the United States! Participants should have some previous cake experience.

Advanced Beginner and Beyond Tuition: $605 Studio/Materials Fee: $120 Native Wildflowers in Pop-Ups Shawn Sheehy June 22 - 26 Celebrate summer with flowers! Nearly all popups are built from just two simple structures.

Learning how and when to use those two structures—and to see the broad range of what they can do—can open the door to a lifetime of exploration. In this workshop, you will use these two structures to create a set of wildflowers native to the eastern US, and use a pop-upspecific technique to bind the set into a finished volume. You will learn about the tools and materials of the craft, and have the opportunity to explore your own ideas. No experience is necessary, but previous experience in fiber arts and/or paper craft will speed your progress.

This content readily accommodates beginners and advanced makers alike. You will leave the class with a completed popup book and a good understanding of the basics of popup engineering.

Beginner and Beyond Tuition: $605 Studio/Materials Fee: $65

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Fragments of Life: Mobiles Sue Eyet June 29 - July 3 Inspiration comes in many forms, as do the fragments that speak to our souls. Imagine your tiny treasures and bits of personal history, encapsulated and enhanced in spiraling wire. Ordinary objects unearthed from boxes & drawers trigger memories as they are transformed into precious elements destined to become part of airborne sculptures known as mobiles. Using common steel wire, small hand tools, a vice and a drill, participants will focus on wire working techniques such as wrapped & simple loops, wire cages, spirals and cold connections while creating elements. Beginners are welcome; the learning curve may be shorter for those with some tool skills. Beginner to Intermediate Tuition: $605 Studio/Materials Fee: $45 Innovative Clay Based Art Lessons for Educators Nicole Elizabeth Thomas June 29 - July 3 Immerse yourself in this professional development experience specifically designed for Art Educators! The goal of this workshop is to give you the teaching strategies and skills you need to integrate image transfer & clay-based art lessons into your fine arts curriculum. Whether you teach 2-D, 3-D, in a classroom or on a cart,

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specific strategies that can be implemented into your teaching style + space will be introduced.

This workshop will cover art lessons that are appropriate for 4th-12th grade students. Basic hand-building techniques such as working with soft slabs and coil building and how to use paper slip transfers (a simple technique used to add imagery to the surface of a clay vessel) will be explored. Additionally, we will cover information about how to create your own damp box, unique solutions for glaze-free finishes & ideas on how you can get started on developing your own clay-based art lessons. Beginner Tuition: $605 Studio/Materials Fee: $50 Concrete Tables Mark Melonas June 29 - July 3 Come make a concrete table of your very own design while learning three different concrete casting methods and different mold making tricks to create your table. Learn about highperformance fiber reinforced concrete recipes, placement techniques, finishing steps and design.

Tables will weigh approximately 65 pounds and be in the range of 24� x 36�. Prior experience with concrete is not required but familiarity with hand and power tools is helpful for making the mold. Come prepared to get dirty and have fun!

Beginner to Intermediate Tuition: $605 Studio/Materials Fee: $110

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Bas and High Relief Substrates for Mosaics Laura Lyn Stern July 6 - 10 Designing and constructing high relief and fully three dimensional substrates using easily accessible materials is the focus of this workshop. We will begin by rethinking the relationship between substrates and covering materials, designing forms that complement their finished mosaic skin. During the workshop, two or three substrates will be constructed and mosaic work will commence. This course is open to all levels of sculptors and mosaicists. Beginner and Beyond Tuition: $605 Studio/Materials Fee: $70 Wooden Automata Ben Pranger July 13 - 17 In this unique workshop, participants will learn how to make mechanical automata that explore the potential of movement and sound in kinetic sculpture. We will use simple materials (wood, hardware and found objects) and basic woodshop skills to make visually interesting, hand-cranked contraptions. This fun, intensive class promotes creative problem solving and collaboration between art and science.

Beginner to Intermediate Tuition: $605 Studio/Materials Fee: $85

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Lampworking Stephanie Maddalena July 20 - 23 In this workshop you will learn the basics of lampworking, or glass bead making using ancient Venetian techniques. Lampworked glass beads have become very popular and this will be a great chance to learn how to manipulate and combine colorful rods of glass into beautiful shapes and beads. No experience is necessary but if you have some experience you will have the chance to work with the instructor on more advanced techniques. Beginner and Beyond Tuition: $515 Studio/Materials Fee: $100 Watercolor: Wet, Wild and Wonderful Jane Brennan July 27 - 31 Watercolor is a very versatile and in many ways a very forgiving painting medium. It allows a spontaneity that most other painting mediums do not. We will work en plein air in the picturesque environment of Peters Valley, as well as indoors, learning to react to not only our subject matter but also to the ways the medium can be manipulated and controlled to achieve desired results. Jane will share her skills and methods so that you can continue to explore subject matter, composition and all the wonders that watercolors offer at home.

Beginner to Intermediate Tuition: $605 Studio/Materials Fee: $0

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Words and Images Stuart Kestenbaum & Susan Webster August 3 - 7 We will make images that inspire writing, writing that inspires images, and create work that can combine the two. Activities will include daily writing and drawing prompts as ways to generate work. Participants will learn various low-tech printmaking techniques including gelatin-plate process, direct stencil, and monotype drawing and use a variety of tools and techniques – drawing, painting, and collage – to make image and text components. Formats may include simple book structures, one-of-a-kind pieces, and broadsides. The emphasis is on experimentation.

Beginner and Beyond Tuition: $605 Studio/Materials Fee: $75

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Encaustic on Paper Clare Murray Adams August 10 - 14 While encaustic wax and paint is most often worked on a solid surface such as wood, it also lends itself to working on a paper substrate in thin layers. It can be translucent or more transparent allowing underneath layers of color or imagery to be visible. We will focus on layering papers and imagery through collage, using stencils, transferring imagery from photocopies, and burning/branding the paper.

By working on a variety of papers from heavy weight such as printmaking papers to very thin handmade papers, participants will experience the versatility of working with wax on paper.

Participants will also experience several bookmaking structures including accordion fold, Japanese stab binding, and single/multiple signatures. Work will include experimenting with sewn paper, by hand or machine, and constructing sculptural paper forms using newly created encaustic treated papers.

Beginner to Intermediate Tuition: $605 Studio/Materials Fee: $65

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Relief Printmaking and the Book Sandra C. Fernandez August 17 - 21 Explore the potential of relief prints and then make a book to house your finished images. You do not need previous experience, but if you do have previous printmaking experience, this class will allow you to perfect your technique. In five days you will learn how to carve wood and linoleum blocks and how to make different book structures to house your finished images. We will use a printing press to transfer images to paper, but Sandra will also teach you how to print at home without a press. In preparation for the class, think about a subject matter you would like to develop. You could use previous drawings or generate new ones; you could use photographs for inspiration or you could illustrate your favorite quote or poem. The possibilities are endless!

Beginner to Intermediate Tuition: $605 Studio/Materials Fee: $75 Intro to Screenprinting: Hand-Stenciling Methods Sharon Lindenfeld August 24 - 28 In this fast-paced workshop, participants will explore the fun and quick technique of silkscreen. We will cover hand-cut stencils, hand-

painted stencils (drawing fluid and screen filler), and silkscreen monotype. Within the five days, participants can expect to make at least two fully finished editions, depending on size and ambition of projects. Registration methods (pin, mylar, and guide) and ink mixing will be explored. Silkscreen is a great way to achieve graphic, bold, and multilayered images. We will primarily be focused on printing on paper, but alternative printing surfaces will be discussed and encouraged. Please bring along any t-shirts, tote bags, fabric, wood, glass, or metal surfaces to experiment printing on if you so desire! Beginner Tuition: $605 Studio/Materials Fee: $110 Drawing the Human Form Jane Brennan September 8 - 9 This will be an intensive weekend drawing session for those interested in sketching or painting the human form. It is an opportunity for beginners to learn and for experienced artists to fine tune their drawing skills. Class will begin with quick poses, allowing the opportunity to capture the essence of our professional models with gesture drawings. Then we will move on to short poses, before settling in for the longer figure studies. Beginner to Intermediate Tuition: $325 Studio/Materials Fee: $65

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Routing Outside the Box Ken Burton May 12 - 13 With a plunge router, a few templates, and a little creativity you can make some truly amazing wooden boxes. Pattern routing is a relatively simple technique that yields terrific results. In this hands-on workshop you’ll have the opportunity to develop your own routed box design along with the templates needed to make it happen. Not only will you go home with an elegant new box, you’ll also gain the knowledge and skills necessary to design many more. Beginner Tuition: $325 Studio/Materials Fee: $55 From Tree to Lathe: Decorative Platters Dennis Fuge May 19 - 20 Learn to turn a “Decorative Platter” by learning how to identify the most common trees in the North East and the best ways to use them.

Beginning with rough logs, topics covered will include: green wood turning, grain orientation, design, proper use of tools and finishing and decorative techniques. Dennis will share his 40 years of turning experience with a focus on how to bring out the beauty in any piece of wood. Beginner to Intermediate Tuition: $325 Studio/Materials Fee: $45 39

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Creating a Timber Frame Structure T. Michael Moore June 1 - 5 Come learn about the historical and contemporary techniques of timber framed construction.

This class will teach you the ways in which timber framing evolved and how you can learn to build beautiful wood structures. Participants will work alongside a professional timber framing crew to make sample joinery and then move on to the actual joinery of a frame. Topics covered will include joinery decisions, sequencing, layout, cutting, chisel work and raising strategies. This year’s class project will be a 16’x20’ structure that will be sold to benefit Peters Valley. Participants should have basic woodworking skills.

Advanced Beginner and Beyond Tuition: $605 Studio/Materials Fee: $65 The Art of Japanese Kumiko Matt Kenney June 8 - 12 In this class, participants will learn to make kumiko panels, which in Japan are used to decorate shoji screens. We’ll start with an accurate and fast way to make the grid work, and then learn the most common pattern (asa-no-ha, or hemp leaf). Participants will then learn two more advanced patterns, and make larger panels. On the final day of class, participants will make a frame

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for one of their panels. Learning the proper way to sharpen your chisel will also be covered in this workshop. Beginner to Intermediate Tuition: $605 Studio/Materials Fee: $155 Cutting Dovetails Ellen Kaspern June 15 - 19 Hand cut dovetails are the hallmark of fine furniture. In this workshop you will learn to layout, mark and cut by hand both through dovetails and half blind dovetails. Through dovetails are seen on both faces and half blind dovetails are seen on only one face. These hand cut dovetails can be seen in drawer and case construction.

Participants will also learn how to make housed tapered dovetails using machined-cut parts.

We will discuss other uses for dovetails such as drawer dividers for table construction and vertical partitions for case construction. The workshop will conclude with making a simple but elegant hand cut half blinded dovetailed box.

Beginner and Beyond Tuition: $605 Studio/Materials Fee: $65 Live Edge Furniture Yoav Liberman June 22 - 26 Live edge furniture is among the most beautiful furniture in the world. Live edge provides a way to celebrate the organic shapes of nature through a functional object that is beautiful and unique.

In this class we will design and build a live edge piece. Participants will learn how to mill, connect, and finish natural edge furniture. We will learn

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how to work with irregular wood and overcome the challenges of cracks, pitting, and loose bark.

The furniture can be made entirely out of natural edge lumber, or be constructed as a composition piece that incorporates both natural edge elements and components that will be designed and fabricated by the participant, such as turned legs and rails. Given the time allotted for the class, an ideal project is a bench, a stool or a small coffee table. We will provide local slabs of live edge timbers for purchase, but of course, participants are very welcome to bring inspiring lumber that that they own. Advanced Beginner and Beyond Tuition: $605 Studio/Materials Fee: $35 (does not include wood which will vary by project $200-$300) Form & Surface Graeme Priddle July 6 - 10 In this class participants will be lead through the fundamentals of basic spindle and faceplate turning covering an array of designs suitable as canvases to explore a wide variety of embellishment possibilities. Participants will determine their own projects with guidance from Graeme on possibilities to suit individual skill levels, simple spindle turned forms, spheres, eggs etc for beginners to get started, or more complex bowls and vessel forms for experienced turners. Your turnings will then become canvases to explore a range of surface treatments, carving/texturing with rotary and hand tools, texturing with wood burners, coloring and finishing techniques.

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personalize your turnings as well as wood selection, preparation and drying, turning techniques, tool selection, sharpening and safety. There will be early morning and early afternoon demonstration sessions each day leaving plenty of time for you to practice what you learn.

Beginner and Beyond Tuition: $605 Studio/Materials Fee: $85 Introduction to Wood Milling Tom Horsfield & Campbell Albritton July 14 (Rain Date July 15) Learn the basics of how to use a Wood Mizer Portable Sawmill to cut logs into dimensional lumber and slabs of wood with the artist in mind.

Topics of discussion will include: safety, choosing wood, size, specific cuts, and drying techniques and the different types of effects that can be achieved with each mill. Each participant will take home a selection of lumber for their personal use. Bring your truck, van or roof rack and take advantage of this CUT-UP. Please do not bring your own wood for sawing because materials are provided with tuition.

Tuition: $275 Wooden Automata Ben Pranger July 13 - 17 In this unique workshop, participants will learn how to make mechanical automata that explore the potential of movement and sound in kinetic sculpture. We will use simple materials (wood, hardware and found objects) and basic woodshop skills to make visually interesting, hand-cranked contraptions. This fun, intensive class promotes creative problem solving and collaboration between art and science.

Beginner to Intermediate Tuition: $605 Studio/Materials Fee: $85 Finding your Voice as a Woodturner Jeff Chelf July 13 - 17 In this project based class, we will examine ways to improve your artistic and technical vocabulary

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as a woodturner. Throughout the week we will explore the use of paint, texture, and wood burning to hone your individual artistic style.

Projects will include platters, small hollow forms, boxes, and spindle work all centered around increasing your confidence as a woodturner and artist. This class is specifically designed for intermediate level turners – recent woodturning experience is necessary.

Intermediate to Advanced Tuition: $605 Studio/Materials Fee: $105 Sculptural Stringed Instrument Making Beth Ireland & Keunho Peter Park July 20 - 24 Come join us and make your own sculptural string instrument! Whether you are a musician who wants to learn woodworking to make your instrument, a woodworker who would like to learn the elements of string instrument or someone just looking for a fun week, this is the class for you. Two professional woodworker/ artists will guide you through the safe use of power tools including the band saw, drill press, router, sander and circular saw and also stationary tools such as a woodcarving gouge, rasp, file, scraper and more. You will learn sculptural wood carving, shaping and forming to create your own individualized instrument parts. You will also learn the fundamentals of the string instrument including scale length, acoustics, fretting and stringing applicable to all stringed instruments.

Beginner to Intermediate Tuition: $605 Studio/Materials Fee: $100 Utensils: Wood and Steel Beth Ireland & Jacob Brown July 27 - 31 This unique cross-media workshop will teach both woodworking and blacksmithing techniques with a focus on making tools for the kitchen.

We will spend one half of each day in the wood studio, and one half at the forge. In the wood studio you will learn to turn, carve, shape and finish. In the Blacksmith studio, you will learn forging, casting and cold joining techniques to create beautiful usable kitchen tools. Participants

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will learn to make spatulas, spoons, knives, forks and small vessels. This class is a perfect introduction to two great crafts, allowing you to make objects for home use or gifts that will last a life time. All Skill levels are welcome.

Beginner and Beyond Tuition: $605 Studio/Materials Fee: $120 Concrete Tables Mark Melonas June 29 - July 3 Come make a concrete table of your very own design while learning three different concrete casting methods and different mold making tricks to create your table. Learn about highperformance fiber reinforced concrete recipes, placement techniques, finishing steps and design.

Tables will weigh approximately 65 pounds and be in the range of 24” x 36”. Prior experience with concrete is not required but familiarity with hand and power tools is helpful for making the mold. Come prepared to get dirty and have fun!

Beginner to Intermediate Tuition: $605 Studio/Materials Fee: $110 The Rocking Chair Ken Burton August 3 - 7 Babies love ‘em, Porches need ‘em. And there’s nothing better in front of a crackling fireplace.

Yup, the Ladder Back Rocker is one of those chairs that practically begs you to sit for a spell.

In this hands-on workshop, Master Craftsman Ken Burton will guide you through the process of

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building his take on this iconic piece of furniture.

Topics include drilling angled holes, shaping curved pieces, mortise and tenon joinery, seat weaving, and more. Expect to gain some valuable woodworking experience, a lot of shop-tested advice, with a few bad jokes thrown in for good measure.

Advanced Beginner to Intermediate Tuition: $605 Studio/Materials Fee: $120 Figuring It Out Erik Wolken August 10 - 14 As a jumping off point, we will use the human figure as a source of inspiration for our designs and also explore how to incorporate your own narrative into your work to make a small cabinet. Presentations showing how sculptors and painters have represented the human form over time as well as how Erik and other artists have approached narrative as design elements will help inspire you. Woodworking skills will be taught along with techniques such as vacuum veneering and bent laminations, wood carving and gel medium image transfer, various painting and finishing solutions. The use of modeling and drawing techniques will help participants visualize the design process with critiques and suggestions to help focus and improve on design skills. You should have some experience working with handheld power tools and common stationery power tools like table saws, jointers and planers.

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Segmented Patterns: Unlocking the Process Curt Theobald August 24 - 28 There is more to segmented work than just gluing pieces of wood together into a pattern.

In actual practice, it’s a design adventure. This workshop is for turners who want to better understand how to make segmented patterns.

You will explore design concepts, learn construction tips and build patterns. During class, you will also improve your knowledge of how a segmented pattern is created and have a better understanding of the properties of wood, design and techniques necessary for precise joinery.

Intermediate to Advanced Tuition: $605 Studio/Materials Fee: $100 Fancy Turned Boxes Keith Tompkins September 1 - 2 Come create attractive turned boxes with fitted lids that are a joy to hold, as well as look at. You will learn various techniques to hollow the boxes, and methods of holding your work on the lathe. You will also discover methods to cleanly cut details, such as knobs or finials for your boxes. Design concepts that will enable participants to produce elegant boxes will be covered in detail as well.

Advanced Beginner to Intermediate Tuition: $325 Studio/Materials Fee: $25

Benchmaking Ken Burton September 15 - 16 Need some extra seats around the table? How about a place on the porch to sit and pull your garden boots on? Why not make a nice bench that serves both these purposes well and gives you some woodworking experience at the same time? In just one weekend, master craftsman Ken Burton will guide you through the process of making a great, two-seat bench using a combination of hand and power tools. By the end of the class you’ll go home with a nice new piece of furniture and an expanded skill set. Beginner Tuition: $325 Studio/Materials Fee: $55 Turning Platters Using the Shear Scraper Carl Ford October 13 - 14 In this fun-filled weekend workshop participants will learn how to turn 8” to 10” diameter platters out of poplar, cherry or maple. With a focus on using an Al Stirt style shear scraper, you will turn surfaces that require little or no sanding.

The complexity of the platter shape and design details will be adjusted to match individual skill levels. Carl will bring a copy of Mark Baker’s Woodturning Projects – A Workshop Guide to Shapes book which will be used as a source of inspiration for your designs. Participants will be encouraged to improvise and explore shapes to develop their own unique platters.

Beginner and Beyond Tuition: $325 Studio/Materials Fee: $35

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Youth programs Ages 13 - 17 Blacksmithing for Teens Mace Vitale April 28 - 29 This workshop will provide you with a wonderful introduction into the amazing world of blacksmithing. Participants will learn the basic techniques from tapers to scrolls, bending, forming, hot punching and drifting, hot cutting, basics of tool usage and selection from hammers to tongs to anvils and vises! Expect to leave with a baseline understanding of hot forging of steel, coal forge maintenance and tool use. Students with some previous experience are welcome too, there is always more to learn!

Tuition: $200 Materials Fee: $70 BEad Creative with Seed Beads (Ages 10+) Karen L. Cohen June 23 - 24 Citizens of various cultures and societies around the world have been beading for centuries.

There are multiple ways to bead, but one of the most popular is stitching, formally called Off Loom Bead Weaving, which is perfect for teens and pre-teens. Come use seed beads and more to create multiple projects using the stitching techniques of spiral rope, peyote, brick and ladder. We will make bracelets, rings and earrings, depending on the interests of the class. Karen will provide kits containing the primary tools needed for this work which students can then bring home to continue beading! No experience is necessary.

Tuition: $150 Materials Fee: $25

move into forming techniques to create different pottery forms such as cylinders, bowls, cups and more! We will trim, decorate and glaze our favorite pieces to fire in the kiln. Come explore the exciting world of pottery in this immersive, hands-on workshop!

Tuition: $275 Materials Fee: $65 Blacksmithing for Teens Dan O’Sullivan October 13 - 14 This workshop will provide you with a wonderful introduction into the amazing world of blacksmithing. Participants will learn the basic techniques from tapers to scrolls, bending, forming, hot punching and drifting, hot cutting, basics of tool usage and selection from hammers to tongs to anvils and vises! Expect to leave with a baseline understanding of hot forging of steel, coal forge maintenance and tool use. Students with some previous experience are welcome too, there is always more to learn!

Tuition: $200 Materials Fee: $70

Pottery on the Wheel Michael Porfido July 23 - 27 Have you always wanted to try your hand at the potter’s wheel? In this workshop you will be introduced to wheel-throwing from start to finish. We will begin with centering and then

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Youth programs Ages 10 - 12 Pottery on the Wheel Bonnie Hull June 2, 9, 16 ~ 9am to 12pm each day Clay, in wet form can be formed on the potter’s wheel into two basic shapes – the cylinder and the bowl. Learn how to center a mound of clay, open it and raise the walls evenly to create cylindrical shapes such as cups and vases and then explore the bowl forms with beautiful curves. We will learn to trim and then decorate our vessels with textures and handles, glaze and fire them in the kiln so that you can use them at home.

Tuition: $90 Materials Fee: $35 BEad Creative with Seed Beads (Ages 10+) Karen L. Cohen June 23 - 24 Citizens of various cultures and societies around the world have been beading for centuries.

There are multiple ways to bead, but one of the most popular is stitching, formally called Off Loom Bead Weaving, which is perfect for teens and pre-teens. Come use seed beads and more to create multiple projects using the stitching techniques of spiral rope, peyote, brick and ladder. We will make bracelets, rings and earrings, depending on the interests of the class. Karen will provide kits containing the primary tools needed for this work which students can then bring home to continue beading! No experience is necessary.

Tuition: $150 Materials Fee: $25 Pottery Bonnie Hull July 9 - 13 Clay, in wet form can be formed into all sorts of shapes by pinching, coiling, connecting slabs, carving, stamping, extruding and thrown on the potter’s wheel. From bowls to animals or tiles, the sky is the limit. Learn about the properties of clay and how it can be shaped into what you

imagine then see how it is transformed by heat when fired in a kiln. Students will learn how to throw pottery forms on the wheel and decorate them in this fun filled class.

Tuition: $275 Materials Fee: $35 Quilting Made Simple (Ages 10+) Mary Butler August 6 - 10 This class starts slowly to provide confidence in the use of the sewing machine and allow projects to be completed in a timely manner. The first project is a four-patch item, batted for a hot pad or stuffed for a pillow. Students will learn to measure and cut fabric and choose their colors to reflect their personal design sense. Students will then proceed to a nine-patch tote bag and then to a strip pieced pillow or placemat. This project is a big step on the road to comfortable quilt making. The final project is a baby quilt, 36” x 36”. The techniques taught will allow for at home quilt making as the size is manageable on a home machine. Mary will encourage each individual to progress at their own pace and with their own manner of seeing.

Tuition: $275 Studio/Materials Fee: $25

More workshops may be added.

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Youth programs Ages 7 - 9 Pottery on the Wheel Bonnie Hull May 5, 12, 19 ~ 9am to 12pm each day Clay, in wet form can be formed on the potter’s wheel into two basic shapes – the cylinder and the bowl. Learn how to center a mound of clay, open it and raise the walls evenly to create cylindrical shapes such as cups and vases and then explore the bowl forms with beautiful curves. We will learn to trim and then decorate our vessels with textures and handles, glaze and fire them in the kiln so that you can use them at home.

Tuition: $90 Materials Fee: $35 Printmaking Jacklyn Scott July 16 - 20 Students will learn a variety of printmaking techniques to create finished works of art! We will explore relief printing, monoprints screenprinting, and stamping using a variety of techniques and papers. Making use of the table top presses in the printmaking studio will enable the young artists to complete numerous projects!

Tuition: $275 Studio/Materials Fee: $20

More workshops may be added.

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Exploring Polymer Clay Ailsa Stevenson July 30 - August 3 Join us on an exciting exploration of polymer clay! This fantastic material comes in a rainbow of colors and can be used to make anything from jewelry to finger puppets. In this class we will use this flexible, oven-bake clay to make many different projects, including decorating tins inside and out, making beads to make our own jewelry, figurines/dolls, animals, and puppets! We will learn how to use different objects and tools to give the clay various textures and structure, and set you up with skills to make similar projects at home. Come join us for an adventure into polymer clay and have lots of fun along the way!

Tuition: $275 Studio/Materials Fee: $20 Fun with Clay Bonnie Hull August 13 - 17 Come learn about the many ways that clay can be shaped, decorated and transformed. Have fun exploring hand building by pinching, coiling and constructing with slabs and then move on to the potter’s wheel and learning to wedge, center, open and shape forms. An assortment of projects will be completed by each student and fired in the PV kiln.

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taking Workshops at peters valley On-Campus Lodging Lodging for workshop participants is available on the Peters Valley campus in our rustic farmhouses. The accommodations are basic and “no frills�. Rooms have two twin beds, share a bathroom and are not air conditioned. The fee is $50 per night. There are a very limited number of single rooms, rooms that do have air conditioning, and two rooms that have a private bath. Additional fees are charged and reservations are made on a first-come, firstserve basis by calling the office.

Meals Freshly prepared meals are served in the Peters Valley Dining Hall during workshop sessions. Lunches are included in the tuition cost for the workshop for all participants.

Breakfast & dinner can be purchased separately as a meal plan or pay as you go at the dining hall. Dinner is available the evening before the workshop begins for an additional cost of $17 and may be paid at the door. Dinner is not served on the last day of the workshop.

Please see our website for pricing information.

Students are encouraged to bring along snacks to enjoy when the dining hall is closed.

Location We are located in the Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area along the Delaware River in Layton, NJ.

Refunds & Cancellation Policy Except for a $50 cancellation fee and the $30 registration fee, all fees are refundable if notice is given 30 days prior to start of workshop.

No refunds will be made after that date. No refunds will be given if a student withdraws after a workshop begins.

Peters Valley School of Craft reserves the right to cancel a workshop due to low enrollment or an emergency.

If a cancellation should occur, students will be notified and will have the option of taking another course or receiving a full refund.

Please review our policies and procedures on our website www.petersvalley.org. We are happy to answer your questions. Please call our office at 973-948-5200 9-5pm weekly.

Wellness for Makers with Missy Graff Ballone Mondays, 5:15pm - 6:00pm at the PV Church Open to all levels $15 per person Wellness for Makers is dedicated to motivating and empowering artists through education and mindful living. Our weekly classes at Peters Valley will offer artists and craftsmen the skills they need to improve the longevity of their hands and bodies. Each class will include a mix of background information, such as how knots develop in the body, and practical instruction, such as different ways to increase blood flow, circulation, and flexibility. Learn simple stretching and self-care techniques that can be incorporated into daily studio routines.

These techniques are designed to help boost energy levels, alleviate pain, reduce the risk of injury, and improve posture. Self-care tools will be provided for the duration of the workshop. Each participant will walk away with a trigger point ball, a handout, and new skills to apply to his/her studio practice.

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SCHOLARSHIPS

Peters vallEy opportunities

Deadline for all applications is April 1, 2018.

Summer Studio Assistants

Ferne Williams Memorial Scholarship One full tuition scholarship for a college student for a fine metals workshop.

Lodging also covered.

Lenore G. Tawney Foundation Fiber Scholarship One full tuition scholarship for a fiber workshop. Materials, lodging and meals are also covered.

New Jersey Potter’s Guild Two $500 tuition scholarships for a ceramics workshop.

Deadline March 15, 2018 A great learning experience for emerging artists. Spend the summer working alongside Peters Valley studio managers and visiting instructors. Expand your understanding of studio operations and maintenance.

Artist Residencies Rolling Deadlines Devote yourself to your work on Peters Valley’s beautiful campus in the Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area.

Available October 1 - November 29; from two to seven weeks in length.

Huber-Weyer Youth Scholarships Four full tuition scholarships for high school students.

Dorothy Youth Art Scholarships Full tuition scholarships for youth art workshops. Materials are also covered.

This catalog is available in large print upon request. info@petersvalley.org

Matriculated College Student Scholarships Ten 50% tuition scholarships. Lodging is also covered.

Peters Valley Art Educator Scholarships Four 50% tuition scholarships.

Charles Lawrence Keith & Clara Miller Foundation Art Educator Scholarships 15 full tuition scholarships for educators who teach in underserved communities. Materials, lodging and meals are also covered.

Contact our office or visit our website for an application.

Peters Valley is firmly committed to inclusion, diversity and equity.

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Peters Valley School of Craft is working together with five participating craft schools – Arrowmont, Haystack, Penland and Pilchuck – to feature the benefits of intensive studio experiences offered by our immersion workshops.

To find out more about the Craft School Experience visit www.craftschools.us where you will find videos, artists stories and more.

Make/Time our new podcast series hosted by Stuart Kestenbaum features conversations about craft, inspiration and the creative process.

Listen to leading makers and thinkers explore fine craft, inspiration and the creative process.

Make/Time is now available on iTunes or through www.craftschools.us/podcast

register online at www.petersvalley.org

events Instructor Presentations

Exhibition & Retail GallerIES

Every Friday June - August at 7pm.

Free and open to the public.

Open year-round and online www.petersvalleygallery.org

Weekly Auctions

Our Sally D. Francisco Exhibition Gallery showcases five professional exhibitions each year.

Our Retail Gallery represents work by over 200 artists. A curated selection of work from the gallery is available on our Online Store anytime.

Every Monday June - August at 1pm under the dining pavilion. Free and open to the public.

Open House & Studio Tours Sunday, May 6, 2018 Visit our campus, tour all of our studios and enjoy artist demonstrations and hands-on activities. Free and open to the public.

Creative Rush 5K

7th Annual High School Student Exhibition January 14 – February 4, 2018 Opening Reception: Sunday, January 14, 3 - 5pm

Sunday, May 6, 2018 This rural 5K race takes place on the Peters Valley campus to kick-off to the Annual Open House & Studio Tours Event.

Act 2: Art as a Career Sequel

Peters Valley Craft Fair

Making Matters: Fresh Perspectives in Fine Craft

September 29 & 30, 2018 Held at the Sussex County Fair Grounds in Augusta, NJ. 150 juried exhibiting artists, demonstrations, etc.

Benefit Event Friday, June 29, 2018 All proceeds from this event benefit our educational programming.

Craftsmen At Work Program Peters Valley brings demonstrating artists to schools and group venues year round for on-site demonstrations and mini workshops.

April 14 – May 20, 2018 Opening Reception: Saturday, April 14, 5 - 7pm Gallery Talk at 5:30

June 2 – September 3, 2018 Opening Reception: Saturday, June 2, 5 - 7pm Gallery Talk at 5:30

Emerging Voices (presented by Peters Valley and the American Craft Council) September 15 - October 28, 2018 Opening Reception & Gallery Talk: TBD Contact our office or visit our website for more information about any of these events or exhibitions.

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peters valley core values Peters Valley enriches lives through the learning, practice, and appreciation of fine crafts.

The making of fine crafts is a kind of exploration, which relies on an integration of heart, head, and hands. Peters Valley encourages and facilitates this exploration in everything we do.

We are a vibrant community, bringing together established and emerging artists from around the globe. Coming together to make things makes us better artists, able to learn from each other, and to evaluate our own efforts in a wider context.

We provide studio-based educational workshops for life-long learners who have the opportunity to benefit from working with nationally and internationally recognized artists.

We are stewards of the creative process: from preparation, to incubation, to illumination, to verification. We strive to develop the creative abilities of all of our participants through this focus on process.

We provide an inspiring natural setting, intensive instruction, the right tools, and a supportive environment to immerse oneself in making things by hand. Fresh air and respite from one’s normal routine can bring fresh insights, and for some, perhaps, opportunities for peak moments, magic, and transformation.

Our gallery shows, craft fairs, annual auctions, presentations at various festivals, community outreach efforts, and other programs allow us to both bring fine crafts to a wider audience, and to help shape future standards of excellence in fine crafts.

We honor the tradition of crafts by continuing to experiment with new techniques and materials, in pursuit of artistic, professional, and personal growth. This is our focus and joy.

We are firmly committed to inclusion, diversity and equity.

This program is made possible in par t by funds from the New Jersey State Council on the Ar ts, a Partner Agency of the National Endowment for the Ar ts and New Jersey Historic Trust.

Windgate Charitable Foundation John A. and Margaret Post Foundation

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Marie & John Zimmermann Fund

Charles Lawrence Keith & Clara Miller Foundation

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Open House & Studio Tours art in the park

Sunday, May 6, 2018 Open to the public 11am - 4pm, rain or shine Tour our studios, participate in hands-on activities, enjoy live music, great food and the beauty of the Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area!

CRAFT FAIR 2018 juried exhibition: Apply by April 1st

September 29 - 30, 2018 Sussex County Fairgrounds

150 Exhibiting Artists 10 Minutes from the Peters Valley Campus Black

19 Kuhn Road Layton, NJ 07851