Iron – Spring Concentration
March 2 – April 25, 2025 (8 Weeks)
Erica Moody
Balancing the Spoon: Metal Craft and Studio Practice
With utensil making as the framework, students will learn the foundations of mid-sized metalsmithing and will exploring how our craft can foster play and awareness of our surroundings. Through demonstrations and experimentation (with optional prompts), students will design and realize their own eating and/or serving utensils, which may be entirely practical or purely sculptural. We will work with raw materials and repurposed utensils, consider individual as well as batch production, collaborate, and discuss balancing life and a craft business. Technical instruction will include cold and hot forming (hand hammering only), cold and hot connections, finishing, and combining different materials. The workshop aims to use this nice, long time period to both upset and balance our practices as we inspire and support each other. All levels.
Studio artist crafting serving utensils and custom hardware; teaching: Peters Valley (NJ), Haystack (ME), Center for Metal Arts (PA), Pocosin (NC), Center for Furniture Craftsmanship (ME), Massachusetts College of Art & Design, Harvard Graduate School of Design (MA); 2023 Maine Arts Fellowship; short-term residencies: Penland, Haystack.
Scholarship application deadline is August 15
Regular enrollment begins October 2.
