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Summer 2011 class information available online

Cutting the Pattern by Maritza Molina, Photography Instructor, Session 3

Feeling winter’s chill? Heat things up with a look ahead to Summer 2011 at Penland, now available in loving, lush, and lavish detail on our website.

Click here for complete descriptions of all Summer 2011 classes, photographs of instructor work, and links to instructor websites.

Paper catalogs are in the mail, for those who love the scent of printers’ ink. Time to dream, time to plan. See you soon!

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Vivian Beer on USA Projects

vivian beerFormer Penland resident artist Vivian Beer is an innovative furniture designer/maker based in Massachusetts. She will be an artist in residence at the State University of New York at Purchase from mid-January through the the summer. She is using the USA Projects micro-philanthropy site to raise funds for producing new work during this residency.

The funds she’s seeking will help her buy materials such as aluminum, steel, stainless steel, architectural components, and automotive paints. She’ll also be using the money to experiment with industrial processes including laser cutting, machine rolling, hydraulic press forming, and powder coating. She feels that experimenting with these processes will allow “lateral growth” in her work.

Vivian’s project will only be funded if at least $9,000 is pledged by January 5. If you’d like to read her proposal and/or consider helping her with funding, visit her page on the USA Projects site.

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Claudio Bottero master class

 

Inquisitor by Claudio Bottero
Inquisitor by Claudio Bottero

Good heavens! This fantastic piece is by Italian blacksmith Claudio Bottero, who will be teaching an advanced class in the iron studio next summer. We are hard at work on the catalog for next summer. It will go out in the mail and hit the website around January 1. Meanwhile, you can download a semi-final schedule here.