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lee arts
center Workshops:
Join Liz Wolf as she demonstrates a variety of methods used in transferring text and photo imagery onto paper. This two day hands-on workshop will give printmakers and book artists a palette of technical possibilities to create visual depth and interest in their artworks. Students will explore a variety of transfer techniques including Xerox transfer, a simple single image printing of a Xerox copy on paper; gum transfer, printing several color copies of an image; use of Pronto Plates to create a multiple layer color lithograph that will incorporate photo images and drawing; and a silkscreen and sugar lift etching process. Most of these techniques are safe and non-toxic. Some printmaking experience is required. Liz Wolf is a printmaker and teacher with a Masters in Fine Arts and graduate work in printmaking. She founded the North Carolina Printmakers Guild, a juried group of fine art printmakers and has shown her works widely in the South. Working in the print studio at the Lee Arts Center in Arlington, she creates silkscreen and lithographic prints. She also teaches workshops and classes in book arts and marbleizing.
Pots/Possibilities With Nick Joerling
"As work departs from thrown forms that
typically refer to pots and pottery, it gains the ability to describe forms
in nature, suggest the vulnerability of the figure, and express the
asymmetry found in human experience." This observation of artist, Tom Spleth,
describes the focus of Nick’s two-day, hands on exploration of utilitarian
forms. Beginning with round pots coming from the wheel, students will push,
cut, coax, and stretch those forms, taking some liberties with the notion of
utilitarian pots. Students will also explore various ways of making handles,
lids, and spouts. Nick Joerling is a full-time studio potter who has maintained a studio in Penland, North Carolina since the mid-1980's. He received a B.A. in History from the University of Dayton, Ohio, and an M.F.A. in Ceramics from Louisiana State University in 1986. He has taught in craft programs in the United States and abroad, been widely reviewed and exhibited, and is represented in public and private collections. In his studio he hopes for pots that have qualities of sensuality, compassion, humor, and risk. More of Nick’s work can bee found at www.theartistsshowcase.com.
Back to top Image Transfer Techniques for Clay
With Paul Wandless This workshop will
introduce students to various images transfer techniques for hand built and
thrown work. Using a variety of commercial underglazes, slips and other low
temperature finishes students will explore monoprinting and screening onto
plaster and clay slabs, stenciling, stamping, embossing and relief printing
of textures, colors, and images. Paul Wandless lives and works in the Philadelphia, PA area. His current body of work uses the figure/torso as a point of departure. Wall mounted and freestanding clay sculpture, mixed media sculpture, oil painting and printmaking are all mediums through which Wandless can create abstract expressive self-portraits that reflect concerns, beliefs and musings about his surroundings and day-to-day experiences. To see more of Paul’s work go to his website www.studio3artcompany.com. In addition to regularly contributing articles to Pottery Making Illustrated magazine, Wandless authored Image Transfer On Clay (Lark Books, 2006) and co-authored Alternative Kilns & Firing Techniques (Lark Books, 2004). As an independent curator he specializes in multi-cultural exhibitions and also artists using image transfer processes. Wandless gives workshops regarding his art and techniques around the country, teaches ceramics at the university level and curates exhibitions.
Back to top Encaustic Collage With Katie Dell
Kaufman During this two-day workshop students will learn about materials and practice techniques specific to encaustic collage. Using bees wax as an adhesive students will learn basic collage layering processes, layering translucent and opaque papers and lightweight found materials as a base for over painting with oil and encaustic paint. Students will also explore sculptural effects that can be created with the wax using stencils, stamps and incising. In addition, students will learn techniques to enhance collage with encaustic paint, as well as principles of layering wax and wax based paint over absorbent surfaces such as wood, cloth, canvas and watercolor paper. Katie Dell Kaufman has taught at the Corcoran College of Art and Design since 1989. She received her B.A. in sculpture from Bard College and her M.A. in Art Education from the University of Maryland with additional studies at Virginia Commonwealth University and the Corcoran College of Art and Design. Her drawings, collages and assemblages have been exhibited in solo shows in Maryland, New York and Washington DC and in group shows in galleries and museum shows in New York, Washington and in many other cities around the country. For more information about the artist’s work check out www.katiedellkaufman.com.
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Teapot, A 3-D Jigsaw Puzzle With Melanie Brown
Saturday June 21 10:00 am – 4:00 pm
Sunday, June 22 10:00 am – 4:00 pm
Fee: $ 185.00
Explore the dimensional jigsaw puzzle of teapot making during this two-day, hands on workshop with Welsh potter, Melanie Brown. In addition to learning new tricks and devices for making spouts, handles bodies and lids, students will explore the proportional challenge of making a successful teapot. Whether functional or decorative, it is all about proportion: puzzling out the marriage of individual components. Students will also have an opportunity to discuss and compare glazes from across the ocean.
Melanie Brown is a teapot maker from Wales, UK. She works with porcelain and specializes in traditional Chinese glazes. Melanie exhibits widely in Europe and the United States. Recent shows include SOFA Chicago and “Hot Tea” Del Mano Gallery, Los Angeles. She will be a resident artist at the Lee Art Center for the month of June. To learn more about the artist and her work visit her website at www.melaniebrownporcelain.com.
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