Penland Spring 2014 One-Week Session 1

Workshops are open to serious students of all levels unless specified in course description; beginners welcome.

Sarah Holden, Balls (brooch),

mild steel, nylon stockings,

3-1/2 x 2-1/2 x 1-1/2 inches

Students in this workshop will explore steel at the scale of jewelry. We’ll start by welding or soldering wire together to make sheets of patterned steel that will then be formed into spheres, cones, cubes, or your own unique voluminous shapes. We’ll cover pattern development and material behavior as well as patinas, preservation, and incorporating steel into jewelry designs. All levels. Code S01MB

Studio artist; teaching: University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Evanston Art Center (IL), Virginia Museum of Fine Arts; exhibitions: Velvet da Vinci (CA), Brooklyn Metal Works (NY), Kohler Arts Center (WI), Society for Contemporary Craft (PA).

Emily Arthur, Water Moccasin (with Shot), etching,

aquatint, chine collé, 15 x 20 inches

his intaglio intensive will introduce beginning printmakers to the major acid-etching techniques of line etch and aquatint. Experienced printmakers will be able to work with more advanced methods such as sugar lift, pochoir, chine collé, spit bite, water bite, and multiple-plate color printing. Bring your curiosity, energy, and ideas along with drawings, found imagery, and/or previous plates and prints of any kind. All levels. Code S03X

Associate professor at University of North Florida; residencies: Venice Print Studio (Italy), Vermont Studio Center, A.I.R. Vallauris (France); lead printer for Penland winter print residency; work in collections in Russia, Estonia, Japan, New Zealand, U.K., Italy, and France.

Leigh Magar, Zelda, straw, hand-dyed feathers,

organdy, 16 x 12 x 18 inches

This workshop will explore the sculptural possibilities of the cocktail hat: the small extravagant headpiece. We’ll use classic millinery techniques such as hat blocking (with straw and felt on wooden forms), fabric application, and whimsical embellishments. We’ll also explore draping, feather and bead work, and ribbons. Students will be encouraged to create shapes and trims. There will be a strong emphasis on creativity and passion. All levels. Code S01TA

Millinery designer; teaching: South Carolina Museum of Art; Women’s Entrepreneur of the Year award from Country Living, Made in the South award from Garden and Gun; exhibitions: Ogden Museum of Southern Art, South Carolina Arts Commission, Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art (NC); collection: South Carolina Museum of Art.