metal, glass, wood and stone art workshops

  Soldering Success
Instructor: Lisa Cook
Date: Sat Mar 29, 2008 - Sun Mar 30, 2008
Have you tried soldering on your own, want to learn how, or need some supportive advice for trickier projects? Then set the world on fire (but not your studio) as you work out the kinks in your soldering repertoire.

  Working with Wire
Instructor: Keith Lo Bue
Date: Tue Apr 15, 2008 - Wed Apr 16, 2008
In this special workshop, you will learn to harness the possibilities of wire. From structural forms to chains, clasps and rivets, this valuable set of skills will enhance whatever you create, be it assemblage, jewelry or fixing something around the house!

  Plaster Architecture - An Exploration in Sculpting with Plaster
Instructor: Stephanie Lee
Date: Sat Apr 26, 2008 - Sun Apr 27, 2008
In this exploration of translating plaster into three dimensional forms, learn plaster sculpture construction and armature, carving and shaping sculptural forms with plaster and plaster-like products. Finishing and textural effects using paint, carving, sanding, incorporating paper ephemera and found objects and plaster casting will be explored in depth.

  Attachment and Devotion
Instructor: Linda and Opie O'Brien
Date: Sat Jun 7, 2008 - Sun Jun 8, 2008
Learn the art of attachment, the solution to creatively join objects to one another. In this program, you will construct a devotional/shine from raw wood and learn myriad techniques to ensure secure and flawless attachments.

  Captured! Bezel Setting for Found Object Jewelry
Instructor: Jane Wynn
Date: Sat Jun 14, 2008 - Sun Jun 15, 2008
Learn how to bezel set a small found object like a pencil, a small toy, or a simple stone into a simple setting. Of course, this is not limited to just jewelry, you can embellish an altered book cover with an interesting found object, or adorn a shrine with a devotion.

  Weird Wonderful Windows
Instructor: Michael DeMeng
Date: Wed Jul 23, 2008 - Thu Jul 24, 2008
Create weird and wonderful windows by transforming simple wooden boxes into mixed media lightboxes/electrical assemblage. Your windows will be constructed with multiple layers of glass, photo transparencies, paint and bits of assemblage.

  a. We Each Have Our Charms; b. Knot Now, Nina
Instructor: Nina Bagley
Date: Fri Aug 8, 2008 - Sun Aug 10, 2008
This extensive, technique-filled workshop takes an elemental approach to creating the more formal, elegant and finished look of fine silver using precious metal clay applicable to everything from jewelry to book art and beyond.

  Metalsmithing Basics
Instructor: Thomas Mann
Date: Wed Oct 8, 2008 - Fri Oct 10, 2008
Advance your metalsmithing skills in this introduction to Metalsmithing 101 course. This three-day program will give you an intense exposure to the 12 basic tools and the five primary techniques any metalsmith needs to know.

  The Found Object Sandwich: The Photo Assemblage Brooch
Instructor: Thomas Mann
Date: Sat Oct 11, 2008 - Sun Oct 12, 2008
Explore the design concepts and fabrication techniques important to an assemblage approach to jewelry making.

  Bone Tool Making
Instructor: Shanna Leino
Date: Fri Oct 17, 2008 - Sun Oct 19, 2008
Smooth, polished to a shine and fitting perfectly in your hand, there is nothing like the feel of a bone folder made with your own hands. During this three-day workshop, you will be introduced to the tools and techniques needed to form and finish bone folders of your own design.

 

 
  Nina Bagley  
     
  Lisa Cook  
     
  Michael DeMeng  
     
  Daniel Essig  
     
  Stephanie Lee  
     
  Shanna Leino  
     
  Keith Lo Bue  
     
  Thomas Mann  
     
  Linda and Opie O'Brien  
     
  Jane Wynn  
     
         
 

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Judy Anderson


Where Do I Go From Here?

I was looking for direction when I attended the two Michael DeMeng workshops last summer at Valley Ridge. I had been using metal and mechanical parts and re-purposing them in collage for a number of years when something inside said, where do I go from here?
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