Sculpture
Jun 03, 2013 - Jun 14, 2013
Del Harrow
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Digital Clay: computer-aided design
Clay is a solid form, but design is a fluid process. This workshop explores strategies and techniques for integrating computer design into the process of creating forms with clay. Del teaches us how to incorporate computer-aided design, machining and prototyping into our studio practices. These methods are tools for artists and for educators interested in building technology into ceramics or sculpture curriculums. While our focus is on specific strategies, we also investigate the wide range of practices within the broader field of digital fabrication. ...more
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Jun 03, 2013 - Jun 07, 2013
John Lloyd
Ralph Scala
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Concrete Sculpture
Come together to grow in skill and artistry in this workshop that explores creative hollow and lightweight concrete forms. After experimenting with a spectrum of recipes, we generate quick sketches, weld steel armatures, cover the armatures with lath or wire, then envelope our forms in thin layers of cement-based recipes. Bases and pedestals are addressed by various simple casting methods. ...more
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Jun 10, 2013 - Jun 14, 2013
Robin Hill
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Sense & Memory: building a sculptural inventory
Sculpture has the power to render symbolic adaptations of inner and outer worlds. In this workshop we explore our sensory inventories in order to create a parallel iconography as the basis for a series of sculptural works. Our perception of the world through touch, sight, hearing, taste and smell have elemental, and often visual, links to our past, sense-oriented life experiences. Sculptures range from representational to abstract, from wall relief to free-standing forms, and from miniature to large scale. Openness to experimentation leads to surprising works of art that nurture our artistic practices for years to come. ...more
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Jun 17, 2013 - Jun 21, 2013
Evan Blackstock
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Welding for Artists
Welding is both an instrument of assembly and a means of artistic expression. In this workshop we explore the fundamentals of metal fabrication and their impact on a multitude of studio practices. Whether using steel as a medium or in conjunction with other materials, we learn the proper tools and techniques for achieving our sculptural objectives. We create several small projects utilizing new skills to build a final project of our own choosing. ...more
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Jun 17, 2013 - Jun 21, 2013
Elisabeth O'Connor
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Fabric & Physicality
There's often splendor in the ordinary and magic in the discarded. From inspiration, preparatory sketches and maquettes to construction and final presentations, we build sculptural objects from layers of found and repurposed materials. Beginning with simple wooden or wire mesh armatures, we sew, patch, bind, stiffen, wrap and layer varieties of materials as a means to shape narrative and assemble works with convincing physicality. ...more
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Jun 24, 2013 - Jul 05, 2013
Michael Sherrill
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Structure in Nature through Metal & Clay
In this workshop, we focus on conceptualizing and creating sculpture using metal as a supporting structure with ceramic components. We spend the first week in the metal studio, making structures and observing patterns in nature that can inform our work in realistic and abstract sculpture. We spend the second week in the clay studio, making objects that complete our concepts. Finally, we turn our attention to the mechanics of assembly and installation. Working in this structured process creates opportunities to expand our artistic expression. This promises to be a full and exciting workshop - in other words, we will be BUSY! ...more
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Jun 24, 2013 - Jun 28, 2013
Sarah Gjertson
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Threads & Strings: conceptual craft and soft sculpture
The nature of fabric allows its freedom to float, contour or delineate form. This course examines the contemporary resurgence of traditional craft to explore 3-D forms and sculptural interventions. Recently re-envisioned histories of hand work and conceptual craft are introduced as we observe form and material inspired by the political, satirical and social influences embraced by current practitioners. Driven by individual interests and skill levels, possibilities include inflatables, stuffed soft-sculptures and installations, and armatures with stretched, skin-like surfaces. ...more
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Jul 01, 2013 - Jul 05, 2013
Anne Ellegood
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Advanced Critique Seminar
This advanced critique seminar draws on Anne's extensive experience as curator, professor and connoisseur of contemporary art. Together we look at a variety of recent artistic practices to investigate interests, preoccupations and working methodologies embraced by artists over the past several decades. Our conversations cover a range of media-including sculpture, painting, photography and film-with particular attention to the overlap between performance, dance and contemporary art. ...more
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Jul 08, 2013 - Jul 12, 2013
Evan Blackstock
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Welding for Artists - NEW SECTION ADDED!
Welding is both an instrument of assembly and a means of artistic expression. In this workshop we explore the fundamentals of metal fabrication and their impact on a multitude of studio practices. Whether using steel as a medium or in conjunction with other materials, we learn the proper tools and techniques for achieving our sculptural objectives. We create several small projects utilizing new skills to build a final project of our own choosing. ...more
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Jul 15, 2013 - Jul 19, 2013
Robert Jackson
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The Eloquent Nail: fabrication with steel
This workshop introduces the fabrication of steel and iron with non-ferrous metals. Basic silver soldering of steel is our focus as we explore the use of 100-year-old hand-forged iron nails and other found steel objects in a jewelry format. We begin by exposing the rich textures that lay hidden underneath these surfaces, rusted over time by use and exposure to the elements. Students learn strategies for soldering steel with silver solders as they examine various jewelry designs from the basic ring to wearable sculpture. ...more
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Jul 22, 2013 - Jul 26, 2013
Yuriko Yamaguchi
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Web of Life
We explore our interconnected world in this workshop through making sculptures and installation art. We investigate avenues of connectivity between art, science, history and society as a whole. Flexibility and holistic concepts are nurtured in learning contemporary methods of mold making and casting resin. "The Web of Life" by Fritjof Capra is our reference book for core concepts, as we produce at least two projects over the course of this week. ...more
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Jul 29, 2013 - Aug 02, 2013
Lynn Richardson
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Soft Sculpture: building with fabric and plastic
From concept development to production and presentation, this workshop explores various forms of contemporary soft sculpture. Starting with a small found object, we begin creating a narrative through basic silicon mold making and plastic casting applications. Building basic, welded armatures to support these cast objects, we investigate different ways to use fabric, including sewing, stacking and wrapping forms to construct a large-scale sculptural object. ...more
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Jul 29, 2013 - Aug 02, 2013
Paul McMullan
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Image on Form
A singular image has the power to alter the tone and appearance of artistic work. This workshop explores various methods of transferring images onto form. We examine image transfer, silk screening, projection, stencil and tracing techniques. Employing gold leaf, flocking and other unconventional materials, we apply images to constructed 3-D forms of cardboard, fabric and found objects. ...more
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Aug 05, 2013 - Aug 09, 2013
Brenda Mallory
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Repeats, Rhythms & Rifts
Repetition, rhythm and multiples are the themes we explore as we create assemblage pieces in 2- and 3-D forms. We construct from elements we make, find or repurpose. The techniques we use to connect and fasten these elements-sewing, nailing, braiding, gluing, fusing and more-are just as important as the elements themselves. Our aesthetic choices may be formal, organic, sloppy, or tightly wound, but always personal as we consider visual language. The goal is to explore materials and processes, then respond to those explorations. ...more
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Aug 05, 2013 - Aug 09, 2013
Rick Parsons
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Four Materials, Five Days
Wood fabrication, metal fabrication, mixed media and plaster abstraction: these are four processes used today to make 3-D forms. Students are introduced to sculptural materials, basic design principles, idea development and studio tools in this fast-moving class. Together we create a strong foundation for establishing a sculpture studio practice. ...more
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Aug 12, 2013 - Aug 16, 2013
Julie Moon
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Ceramic Jewelry
Focusing on ceramic materials and processes, we create adornments-not for pots, but for bodies. Students in this class produce a number of wearable items through a range of form and surface techniques. Our objective is to explore the possibilities of decoration while thinking about concepts related to scale, sentiment and symbols. Julie encourages us to use this workshop as a means of expanding our vocabularies of decoration in personal studio practices. ...more
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Aug 12, 2013 - Aug 16, 2013
Rick Parsons
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Sound & Form: the fourth dimension
Historically the visual arts have been devoid of sound. This class breaks the trend, introducing students to sound-capturing devices and sound-editing software within a conceptual context where sound meets form. Via computers and mp3 players, sound has crept into the world of contemporary sculpture, adding a fourth dimension to this art form. We focus on the capturing process while integrating sound into our artistic practice. Students work in the medium of their choice. ...more
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Aug 19, 2013 - Aug 23, 2013
Jim Cotter
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Contemporary Cement Jewelry
This workshop is designed to challenge common notions of value, preciousness and jewelry. Concrete is cast into sculptural ring-forms with precious stones embedded directly into the concrete. In other cases, concrete is set into place where a gem might normally be. We address various materials, including steel, styrofoam, cement, rock, diamonds and different industrial materials to make jewelry-even fine jewelry. Students are encouraged to bring found materials, industrial materials and recyclable jewelry. There may be a surprise guest artist and time to deal with galleries, art and social issues in the contemporary field of metals. ...more
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Aug 26, 2013 - Aug 30, 2013
John Lloyd
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Tools as a Way
Tools and machinery are springboards into the narrative of sculptural design. This is a basic fabrication class to introduce tool and machinery applications. We use tools as metaphors and icons to make art, but they also build our own sculptural vocabulary. Students are encouraged to build either functional or metaphorical tools, using every device and piece of equipment available in the studio. Basic woodworking, welding, metal forming and hand tools are our focus, but we may also examine and develop specialty tools as well. ...more
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Sep 09, 2013 - Sep 27, 2013
Vivian Beer
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The Industrial Menagerie
Furniture is site-specific to the body in an intimate way. Our relationship to industrial processes and materials is both personal and daunting. The emotive impact of mixing these relationships to create one-of-a-kind works imparts a complicated power. This class takes us through Vivian's techniques and her thought processes around merging these two culturally-charged worlds. We delve into the ideas of personal and private, intimacy and performance, ergonomics and play. Together we explore how we can affect materials and how furniture and materials can affect us. ...more
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Doug, director since 1985, teaches, lectures, builds kilns and exhibits his art worldwide. He has served as ceramics program consultant to the United Nations, is a board member for the Carbondale Clay Center, and was invited, along with Takashi Nakazato, as guest artist to the Shigaraki Ceramics Research Institute. He received his B.F.A. and M.F.A. degrees in ceramics from Wichita State University and Alfred University in New York, respectively.
Call Doug at 970-923-3181 x238 or email him at dcasebeer@andersonranch.org.
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