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Fall Short Session Iron

IRON – FALL SHORT SESSION
SEPTEMBER 22 – 27, 2024 (4 STUDIO DAYS) 
Susan Madacsi
Paper to Fire: Forged Botanicals

Using paper as a design and problem-solving tool, students will learn to translate the natural world into forged steel. We will start by gathering botanical objects that carry aesthetic intrigue. Then we will make paper patterns inspired by these gatherings and use various tools to cut sheet, thin plate, and angle iron and create leaves, petals, stems, etc. We will cover the transition from a flat plane to volumetric form through folding, creasing, and rolling metal while it is in a malleable state. Forging techniques and different hammer styles will create surface texture. I will also demonstrate a variety of finishing techniques that use color. Students will return home with samples, patterns to work with in their own studios, and a finished piece. All levels. 

Studio artist; teaching: Campbell Folk School (NC), New England School of Metalwork (ME), Brookfield (CT), The Steel Yard (RI); exhibitions: Seattle Art Fair (WA), 1st International Biennale (Braga, Portugal), Bellevue Arts Museum (WA), Metal Museum (TN), Fuller Craft Museum (MA), Smithsonian Craft Show (DC), Philadelphia Museum Craft Show, David Lusk Gallery (TN); residencies: Ferro (Germany), Vermont Studio Center. 

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Susan Madacsi, Tulips for Steven, forged and fabricated steel, paints, wax, 26 x 13 x 2 inches
Susan Madacsi, Tulips for Steven, forged and fabricated steel, paints, wax, 26 x 13 x 2 inches