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BOOKS Eileen Wallace - The Whole Book
This class will focus on the whole book—from printing to binding.
We will begin by developing solid bookbinding skills in a range of structures
from simple chapbooks to multi-signature books. Then we will investigate
several printing options, including letterpress and basic printmaking,
allowing each student to find their own area of interest. The goal will
be to integrate printing and binding to create individual artist’s
books or small limited editions. To complete the package, we will make
boxes and slipcases to give our work a professional finish. All
levels.
Proprietor of Mile Wide Press, specializing in limited-edition and
commission bookbinding and box making; teaching: Columbus College of
Art & Design (OH), University of GA Cortona Italy Program, Washington
University (St. Louis); exhibitions: American Academy (Rome), Craft
Alliance (St. Louis); former Penland resident artist.
CLAY Terry Gess - Slip & Salt
Making pottery involves challenge and reward. In between lies the fun.
In this extended workshop, we will join together as a community of potters
to investigate form, learn new skills, hone each individual’s
hand and eye, and collaborate with clay and fire. Our major focus will
be wheelthrowing and handbuilding with stoneware, exploring and using
slips and glazes in the salt kiln and other atmospheric kilns. For inspiration,
we will use the enduring precedents of historic pottery along with contemporary
sources and the possibilities of each individual’s imagination.
We will also work on literary skills with the aim of producing strong,
coherent artist statements. All levels.
Studio potter; exhibits and teaches nationally; NC Arts Council
residency in LaNapoule (France); participated in the first annual Yixing
Teapot Symposium for Western Potters (China); former Penland resident.
DRAWING
& PAINTING Virginia Wright-Frierson - Watercolor Inside and
Out
We will explore drawing and watercolor in the studio and the outdoors
using different papers, techniques, and sizes—from postage stamp
to life-size. We will work from the figure, still life, our imagination,
natural objects, and the fall landscape, including rivers, rocks, orchards,
architecture, flora, and fauna. We will learn from our own paintings
and those of other artists in an encouraging and inspiring environment.
All levels.
Studio artist; workshop teaching in NC, ME, Italy, France; illustrator
of 9 children’s books; public commissions: Columbine High School
(CO), Savannah College of Art & Design (GA); Minnie Evans Memorial
Garden (NC).
METALS Raïssa Bump - From the Beginning
In this introductory class, students will learn about jewelry made throughout
history, jewelry being made today, and how jewelry is made. With the
history of adornment in mind, students will make their own work—starting
with sawing, filing, drilling, and soldering, and then exploring forming,
the rolling mill, the hydraulic press, bezel stone setting, and more.
We will also learn how to incorporate nontraditional materials into
jewelry. Beginning level.
Jewelry and knitwear artist; recent exhibitions: Fuller Craft Museum
(MA), SOFA New York and Chicago, SNAG conference (Chicago), University
of OR; work published in 1000 Rings and 500 Brooches (Lark Books).
GLASS David Smith & David Wilson - Pushing the Neon
Envelope
This class will go all out with neon. With the entire Penland glass
shop at our disposal we will explore conventional and unconventional
neon techniques, with an emphasis on sculpture. In the hot shop we will
cover blowing vessels, pulling tubing, and more. In the neon studio,
we will fill these tubes and vessels with electrified gases to create
both still and animated lights. An array of techniques and a small parade
of guest artists will help take us to the neon frontier. The eight-week
format will allow us to pursue ideas from concept to completion. All
levels.
David Smith: owner/operator of Underground Neon
(NC); teaching assistant for glass instructors nationally; neon exhibitions:
Atlanta International Museum, Grovewood Gallery (CA).
David Wilson: studio artist specializing in neon/hot
glass hybrids; frequent Penland instructor; neon exhibitions: Museum
of Neon Art (Los Angeles), four GAS conferences, University of California/San
Diego.
IRON Joseph Burwell - Sculptural Connections
This class will focus on sculpture that includes metal connections.
The function and engineering of the joints will be considered essential
content, whether these joints are connecting metal forms or forms made
of other materials. Your repertoire of connections will include welding,
riveting, hinges, hooks, brackets, collars, pins, screws, wheels, pulleys,
and more. We will embrace basic forging and metalworking techniques,
but students will be encouraged to join a variety of materials. All
levels.
Studio artist; teaching: Tulane University (New Orleans), Loyola
University (New Orleans), recent exhibitions: Vanderbilt University
(TN), PS 122 (NYC),
Exit Art (NYC).
TEXTILES Amy Putansu - Voice, Concept, & Collection in
Weaving
This class will help you develop a solid foundation for a personal body
of work. Whether this work is functional or decorative, for the marketplace
or the gallery wall, the intent is to develop concept, find voice, and
express these as cloth. We will experiment boldly with technique and
material on and off the loom. Students should come with a concept, application,
or area of interest, and together we will find your personal direction
toward discovery in cloth. Presentations will include multilayer weaves,
color exercises, and yarn properties. All levels. Second
floor walkup studio.
Studio artist and manager of Archipelago Gallery (ME); teaching:
Haystack (ME), Peter’s Valley (NJ), Penland; Blue Ribbon of Excellence
and Collectors’ Awards at ACC craft shows; collections: Renwick
Gallery (DC), Martha Stewart, Jack Lenoir Larsen.
