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Spring Eight-Week Classes Classes are open to serious students of all levels unless specified in course description; beginners welcome. BOOKS 
Amy Jacobs Amy Jacobs - Surface & Structure- Paper & Book This jam-packed, action-filled papermaking and book arts class will cover a wide variety of materials and techniques. Papermaking materials will include cotton, abaca, flax, and Asian fibers as we cover pigmenting, pulp painting, watermarking, embossing, and unusual surface treatments. This paper can be used for two- and three-dimensional artwork as well as books. A variety of binding structures will be covered—including nonadhesive and multisectioned book structures as well as portfolio and box making—as we create traditional and nontraditional artist’s books. You will leave with new skills and knowledge of all things related to handmade paper and books. Studio artist: teaching: University of Georgia Cortona Italy Program, Columbia College Chicago, Center for Book and Paper Arts, Bookworks (NC); work exhibited nationally and internationally and included in the 2010 edition of Hand Papermaking’s “Handmade Paper in Motion” portfolio; former Penland core fellowship student. Clay Janice Farley & Jane Peiser - Festive & Functional Colored Porcelain We will offer a dazzling array of techniques for working with colored porcelain, including millefiore, appliqué, and neriage. Using a palette of premixed clay, students will construct works that may be patterned, graduated, and/or assembled into sculptural or functional pieces. Instruction will also include moldmaking, china painting, and lusters. We will explore the entire range of oxidation firing, from high to low. All levels. Code S00CA Janice: professor at Kingsborough Community College of the City University of New York; exhibitions: Pelham Art Center (NY), KCC Art Gallery (NYC), Ceres Gallery (NYC); work published in Confrontational Clay by Judith Schwartz. 
Janice Farley 
Jane Peiser Glass 
Devin Burgess Devin Burgess - Through Thick & Thin This class will explore multiple methods of blowing glass to articulate form and function. Focusing on design and technical skills, we will push ideas from the sketchbook onto the blowpipe. Then we will alter them in the cold shop to achieve the visual qualities that make this material truly unique. Experimentation will be encouraged so that ideas will progress beyond the instant gratification of the hot shop. The class will include discussions, demonstrations, visiting artists, and teamwork. Hard work and open minds will keep things fun and exciting.A All levels. Code S00G Penland resident artist; teaching: Penland; exhibitions: Mint Museum of Craft + Design (NC), Philadelphia Museum of Art Craft Show, Smithsonian Craft Show (DC), Blue Heron Gallery (ME), Pamil Fine Art (Puerto Rico). IRON 
Elizabeth Brim Elizabeth Brim - Miss Betty’s Red Hot Variety Show This class will focus on traditional techniques and innovative processes. Assignments will ensure each student’s understanding of basic forging before moving on to the design of original sculpture. Emphasis will be on giving students the skills they need to express their ideas in iron. Processes will include forging, fabrication, inflation and vacuum forming, pattern welding, and unusual finishing techniques. Bring your steel-toed boots and we’ll have a big time in the iron studio. Applications must include a short statement explaining your interest in the class. All levels. Code S00I Studio artist; former Penland studio coordinator; McColl Center (NC) residency, retrospective show at the Gregg Museum of Art & Design (NC), recent public art commission for the town of Spruce Pine. Metals 
Lola Brooks Lola Brooks - All You Can Eat This class is a smorgasbord of technical and conceptual investigation in the metals studio. Working independently on individual projects in jewelry and small objects, students will have the opportunity to explore a wide variety of techniques while working toward a deeper understanding of their own interests. Focusing on fabrication, we will cover all the basic aspects of hollow construction, wire construction, and building form using repetitive elements over an investment core. We will also sample forming, stonesetting, casting, fast and dirty mold-making, and anything else that might spark our appetites. Expect to work, think, and play hard. All levels. Code S00MA Studio artist; teaching: Rhode Island School of Design, University of the Arts (Philadelphia), State University of New York/New Paltz, Haystack (ME), 92nd St. Y (NYC); exhibitions: National Ornamental Metals Museum (Memphis), solo show at Sienna Gallery (MA); collections: Metropolitan Museum of Art (NYC), Museum of Arts and Design (NYC), Samuel Dorsky Museum (NY). Textiles 
Lisa Klakulak Lisa Klakulak - Felt Technical/Felt Innovative Approaching a medium with technical understanding, creativity, and commitment provides the foundation for innovation. Students in this comprehensive felting class will find inspiration through learning new processes and expressing them through wall works, sculpture, jewelry, wearables, installations, mixed-media, etc. In addition to the basics, techniques will include patterning, building form, color theory, shrinkage, thickness for function, variety and control of lines and shapes, textural fusion with other fabrics, realistic imagery, object inclusion, stiffening, needle felting, stitching details, and free-motion machine-embroidered surface manipulation. I will supply plenty of information, you bring your commitment to create, and together we will bring masterful innovations to felt. All levels. Code S00TA Studio artist; teaching: Arrowmont (TN), Society of Contemporary Craft (PA), Pacific Northwest Art School (WA), Felter’s Fling (MA), Surface Design Association Conference (KS); work published in Surface Design Journal and FiberArts; exhibits at galleries and fairs nationally. Wood Jacque Allen & Gail Fredell - Multiple Choice Expand your design and woodworking skills and multiply your career opportunities in this class devoted to limited-edition production wood objects. Students will explore production methods, tools, and jigs by building a collection of wood accessories for the context/use of their choice. We will then apply production concepts to the design and fabrication of a prototype for limited-edition furniture production. Weekly seminars (including contributions from area craftspeople) will address design concepts, professional and accounting practices, photographing work, and sales venues. Basic woodworking hand- and machine-tool skills required. Code S00W Jacque: studio artist; teaching: Arrowmont (TN); Center for Furniture Craftsmanship fellowship (ME); work published in 500 Cabinets, 500 Chairs, and 500 Tables (Lark Books). Gail: studio artist; director of programs and development for the Furniture Society; teaching: Penland, Haystack (ME), Anderson Ranch (CO); collections: Museum of Modern Art (San Francisco), Oakland Museum (CA). jdallenstudio.com 
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