Workshops

NEW! IMAGE TRANSFERS

Lisa Forman 19U WKS174: Tuesday, Jun 11, 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM 1 session $150 Material fee $5 Material list: tasoc.org No senior discount or membership fee All levels Come and learn the fun of image transfers! Image transfer techniques can be used in just about any form of mixed media art to create artistic visual imagery. All you need are the right tools. In this workshop, we will learn the basic techniques of photo transfers using laser photos or images as well as magazines and newspapers. We will learn and practice these techniques on paper, plaster, and canvas. You will leave with a bag of new tricks to enhance your mixed media art.

NEW! DOUBLE IT UP! MULTIPLE-WALL THROWING TECHNIQUES

Lisa Forman, faculty

Michal Niv 19U WKS381: Tuesday, Jun 11, 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM 1 session $150 Material fee – Firing fee: see chart on pg 8 No senior discount or membership fee Intermediate and advanced This one-day workshop will show you how to throw and pull multiple walled pots on the wheel to make a variety of functional objects. Demos will take you step by step into the process of making a chip & dip bowl, a decorated doublewalled flower pot/vase, a unique salt shaker, and a donut vase. This is a hands-on workshop. Students will need to bring their own throwing and carving tools.

NEW! PORTRAITURE IN PASTEL

Ellen Eagle 19U WKS575: Michal Niv, faculty Tuesday, Jun 11, 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM 1 session $160 Material list: tasoc.org Live model No senior discount or membership fee Intermediate and advanced This pastel workshop will focus on the observation of a model’s unique structure, color, and value relationships. The goal is to distill this complex information into a simply expressed, harmonious construction. Students will engage in the intense color analysis intrinsic to working in pastel.

NEW! SPINNER RINGS

Elizabeth Tokoly 19U WKS839: Tuesday, Jun 11, 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM 1 session $150 Material list: tasoc.org No senior discount or membership fee Intermediate and advanced Spinner rings are great everyday pieces of jewelry, that can be both entertaining as well as meditative. Learn to texture and form concave rings and then learn how to use twisted wire rings or thin band rings to spin around your concave rings. The focus will be on hammering, stamping, and flexing shaft textures.

Elizabeth Tokoly, faculty

BEGINNING COLLAGE

Harriet Finck 19U WKS155: Wednesday, Jun 12, 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM 1 session $150 Material list: tasoc.org No senior discount or membership fee All levels Have you ever had the pleasure of putting together a collage? Whether you are trained or untrained in visual art, you’re invited to join our workshop to get started. We will go through the simple steps required to achieve technical ability. By late morning, you’ll begin your first piece; by late afternoon, you’ll be an initiate. Come prepared to cut, tear, and glue away!

NEW! LET US SPRAY: BRINGING LIFE, SUBTLETY AND DEPTH TO YOUR GLAZE SURFACES

Richard Aerni 19U WKS382: Wednesday, Jun 12, 1:00 PM to 4:00 PM; Thursday,

Jun 13, 10:00 AM to 4 PM; Saturday, Jun 15, 10:00 AM to 1:00 PM 3 sessions $275 Material fee – Firing fee: see chart pg 8 No senior discount or membership fee Intermediate and advanced Bring your bisque and learn the magic of the sprayed glaze! Over the course of three days, you will learn the basics of spraying and layering glazes, choosing the right spray gun, how to fix up your own spray booth, and try out glazes which have proven to be “keepers.” Bring in a cup or two (and a fired test) of some of your favorite glazes and see how different they manifest in sprayed form. Day 1: Become familiar with the spray booth, guns, and glazes, and try them out on a piece or two. Day 2: We will spray our hearts out, sampling the glazes and trying different combinations, and then load the kilns and get them firing. Day 3: We unload, analyze the results, and answer questions.

NEW! CONTEMPORARY BATIK RESIST DYEING

Vicki Lederman 19U WKS660: Wednesday, Jun 12, 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM 1 session $150 Material fee $40 Material list: tasoc.org No senior discount or membership fee All levels Come learn the ancient art of batik resist dyeing and add a contemporary twist! Apply molten wax to selected areas of fabric to repel dye, while the remaining areas take on color. By using a slightly brittle wax, waxed areas will crackle and allow dye to penetrate, creating beautiful patterns. The wax and dyeing process can be repeated multiple times to add more colors and create elaborate and colorful designs. After the final dye application, the wax is removed and the fabric can then be made into clothing, home textiles, or wall art. We will experiment with traditional and contemporary waxing and dyeing techniques, and perhaps develop a few of our own! Come to class with drawings to translate into batik.

Robert Dancik, faculty

CREATING PASTE PAPERS

Dorothy Cochran 19U WKS120: Thursday, Jun 13, 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM 1 session $150 Material fee $30 Material list: tasoc.org No senior discount or membership fee All levels The art of paste painting involves putting acrylic pigment in a starch medium, applying it to wet paper with a brush, and creating color, texture, and lively patterns on the surface with various tools. While similar to reductive monotypes, the finished works are colorful, decorative papers that can be used for artist books, collage, and many other craft projects. Paste papers are easy and fun to make - all artists are welcome!

ADVENTURES IN FAUX BONE

Robert Dancik 19U WKS402: Thursday, Jun 13, 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM 1 session $150 Material fee $20 Material list: tasoc.org No senior discount or membership fee All levels Join us in this hands-on workshop as we explore an exciting new material called Faux Bone. Tremendously versatile, Faux Bone can be cut, carved, sawn, sanded, filed, hammered, polished, drilled, stamped, inlayed, dyed, or painted. It can look like ivory, have the patina of aged ceramics, or be polished to a pure white. You can rivet on it, die form into it, or hammer metal around it - it’s nearly unbreakable. Perfect for forming tools, tool handles, and jigs (and easily embossed to make texture plates for PMC), it’s great for artwork as varied as bookmaking, sculpture, printmaking and jewelry. Join us to explore these possibilities and more! Students can expect to leave with at least one finished piece of Faux Bone jewelry and several samples.

NEW! NATURAL DYES FOR BASKETRY

Sandra Kehoe 19U WKS661: Wednesday, Jun 12, 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM 1 session $150 Material fee $45 No senior discount or membership fee All levels In this workshop, we will explore the application of natural dyes on basketry reed. You will learn everything you need to start processing natural plant material into beautiful color dye for cellulous fibers. We will experiment with mordants and overdyes to accomplish color variations. Each student will take home a selection of basketry reed they will dye with colors including Red Cabbage, Black Walnut, Osage Orange, Madder, and Sandalwood. THE ART SCHOOL at OLD CHURCH • 5