Wednesdays
This course is a self-directed fused glass class. Bring in your own unique project ideas ranging from dishes and bowls to glass art (free standing or wall). Individual instruction on idea development, troubleshooting problems, and the final execution will be covered in class. Instruction on the glass grinders, saws, and…
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Get in touch with your inner wild side and create an animal bust in this handbuilding sculpture class! Using handbuilding techniques such as coil and pinch methods, students will build an animal of their choice (either imagined or real) that is unique and expressive. Students will coil, attach, and smooth…
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Have a fun, relaxing Wednesday with a glass of wine and a jewelry-making experience! Bring your friends and learn how to size, texture, and solder a sterling silver ring. All materials are included. At the end of the workshop, once you finish your beautiful rings, Corrin will offer to “Zap”…
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Explore the art of jewelry and metal working! During this course, we will discover how to construct earrings, a cuff bracelet, and (if time permits) a pendant using silver or gold wire and strip. Using the element of line as the focus of our design, students will create their own…
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Whether it is a display for a big fossil, a decorative element for your garden, a way to showcase your new glass piece, or something you’d like to add to your clay sculpture, we will achieve working with lines in space using thick (1-10 gauge) copper or brass wire/rod. Everyone…
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Experience the calming effects and therapeutic benefits of watercolor painting while experimenting with the abstract, unpredictable and playful nature of watercolor. Investigate the process with unique methods and materials. Learn pouring, flowing, dripping, and texturizing techniques across varied papers. Explore controlled mark-making on top of washes with various inks, pencils,…
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Design a geometric look with glass stringers! Students will create a sheet of glass using a specific layout of glass stringers. Once fused and out of the kiln, the glass will be cut up into pieces and cold worked (polished). From this point, demonstrations will also include arranging these pieces…
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“I found I could say things with color and shape that I couldn’t say any other way…” -Georgia O’Keefe Here’s your chance to simplify painting using the inventive and expressive power of color and shape. We will examine how great painters of the past use color and shape in such…
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