Metal, Wood and Glass
Upcoming Programs
Wooden Altered Book Cover
Date: July 12 - 12, 2012Instructor: Daniel Essig
New for 2012, this workshop is the optional Part One of the Hand Bound Altered Book program, and guides you through the process of creating a wooden cover for your Hand Bound Altered Book. Part Two, Hand Bound Altered Book explores the pleasures of creating and filling a hand bound book, and is held on [...]
Workshop DetailsHand Bound Altered Book
Date: July 13 - 15, 2012Instructor: Daniel Essig
New for 2012, this workshop is Part Two of the Hand Bound Altered Book workshop. In it, we explore the pleasures of creating and filling a hand bound book. The optional Part One, Wooden Altered Book Cover is held prior to this workshop. Utilizing a binding that has withstood the test of time with its [...]
Workshop DetailsSouthwest Style Rings
Date: July 19 - 19, 2012Instructor: Richard Salley
Learn to make a fabulous silver and turquoise ring in the Southwest Style.
Workshop DetailsAlchemy & Relics
Date: July 20 - 20, 2012Instructor: Richard Salley
Learn how to get the classic look of silver without paying the current price.
Workshop DetailsThe Steely Chatelaine: Utility and Ornament Conjoined
Date: August 24 - 26, 2012Instructor: Brenda Schweder
Learn steel wire techniques and mix the results with found materials of your choice to create your own chatelaine, either useful or decorative (or both!)!
Workshop DetailsBack On The Chain Gang
Date: October 1 - 2, 2012Instructor: Keith Lo Bue
Whether you’re making jewelry, assemblage or a journal, often the need arises to add a chain or clasp for that finishing touch.
Workshop DetailsBotanica Exotica
Date: October 5 - 5, 2012Instructor: Melissa Manley
Spend a day making wild and exotic sculptural flowers out of iron wire and sausage casings. The casings make luminous, transparent, taunt coverings over the wire that can be painted, inked, stitched, and written on.
Workshop DetailsGut Instincts
Date: October 6 - 7, 2012Instructor: Melissa Manley
I have collected dolls and made dolls my whole life. But in later years I have become increasingly interested in spirit dolls and santos, or cage dolls. Come spend two days with me as we explore combining found objects, wire, metal and an ancient material used by hunter/gatherer cultures the world over, hog gut or [...]
Workshop DetailsCompleted Programs
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