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Photo of the Week: Soft Ground

Printmaker Phil Sanders teaching at Penland

Instructor Phil Sanders explaining the wonders of soft-ground etching, a technique that allows you to put a sheet of paper over a prepared copper plate and then draw with the lightest touch of a pencil or even with your finger. These marks are recorded by the coating on the plate and can then be etched and printed. It’s kind of magical.

 

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Penland at SOFA Expo 2015

visitors looking at art on display

Come visit Penland at this year’s SOFA Expo in Chicago November 5-8! The event is an annual art fair that celebrates sculpture and functional art, complete with gallery exhibits, lectures, and special displays.

 

Penland staff will be part of two SOFA educational lectures:

The Penland School of Crafts Gallery & Visitors Center 2016 Expansion
Friday, November 5, 9:00am
Penland gallery director Kathryn Gremley and Penland executive director Jean McLaughlin will give a talk about the new Penland Gallery & Visitors Center. The discussion will feature artists Stoney Lamar and Kate Vogel and will cover the new programming possible in the gallery’s expanded space.

Art Quilts: A Contemporary Conversation
Friday, November 5, 10:30am
Penland’s Jean McLaughlin will be part of a panel discussion on trends in contemporary quilt making put on by the friends of Fiber Art International.

 

In addition to these lectures, we will have Penland friends staffing a Penland table to tell you about upcoming workshops and events on campus. We will also be represented alongside Arrowmont, Haystack, Pilchuck, and Peters Valley at a table for the Craft School Experience. Stop by to say hi!

 

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Core Show Slideshow

Left to right: Tyler Stoll, Meghan Martin, Joshua Kovarik, Elmar Fujita, Daniel Garver, Jamie Karolich, Bryan Parnham, Emily Rogstad, Morgan Hill
Left to right: Tyler Stoll, Meghan Martin, Joshua Kovarik, Elmar Fujita, Daniel Garver, Jamie Karolich, Bryan Parnham, Emily Rogstad, Morgan Hill

 

The annual October Core Show is a much-anticipated highlight of fall at Penland, and this year was no exception. Our nine core fellows came together to put on a stunning show of pieces from their workshops across the Penland studios. Titled Personal Effects, the show featured furniture, prints, photographs, weaving, ceramics, sculpture, jewelry, and much more. It was a great opportunity to see the cumulative talent of this group of young artists, and also to show our appreciation for these people who do so much at the very heart of the Penland community.

View lots more images in the Personal Effects slideshow.

 

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Guests admiring work at the opening reception. The table in the front is by Elmar Fujita.