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Saturday, September 18, 2010 Quick Earrings
Join in on this beginner’s workshop in the art of earring making. Students will learn how to design and make unique earrings that they can easily make at home! Students will be exposed to wire bending techniques (using sterling silver), cold connections, hammering effects, beading compositions, al more...
Monday, September 20, 2010 Puppet Making
In this class you will create hand puppets, rod puppets, finger puppets and string puppets. Design and construct animals, monsters or any character than you can imagine. Learn about puppet history while making your one of a kind creation. Write a script and put on a show. If you have a vivid imagin more...
Fusion Glass Pendant Passion
Warm Fusion Glass classes provide an introduction to the glass fusing process. In glass fusing, pieces of colorful glass are cut, assembled and then fired. As glass melts and flows at high temperatures, firing causes the glass to fuse into a single multicolor piece. You’ll use your creativity in ch more...
Weaving
Off the Grid: Sculptural Weaving on a 4-harness Loom. Tired of the same old, flat, 2-dimensinional weavings you create on your floor loom? Break away from the grid by learning how to weave in three dimensions! This class is designed to explore the multi-dimensional possibilities that a weaver can a more...
Tuesday, September 21, 2010 Stained Glass - Mornings
This program focuses on stained glass creation using the copper foil method which is done in five principal steps.
1) Designing on paper and transferring the design to glass
2) Cutting glass and grinding down the edges
3) Wrapping glass pieces with copper foil
4) Soldering the pieces
5) Apply more...
Stained Glass - Evenings
This program focuses on stained glass creation using the copper foil method which is done in five principal steps.
1) Designing on paper and transferring the design to glass
2) Cutting glass and grinding down the edges
3) Wrapping glass pieces with copper foil
4) Soldering the pieces
5) Apply more...
Watercolour - Intermediate to Advanced Level
Here`s an individualized approach to subject matter and technique in watercolour.The challenge will be the exploration of your favourite subjects. What will your subject be? How will you present it? Join Patsy as she leads you through watercolour techniques, and beyond, to find mood and story wi more...
Gorgeous Garbage - Reuse, Recycle, Recreate
Reuse, recycle, recreate! In this class plastic bottles, cardboard, candy wrappers, paint, paper and other throw always will be used to create stunning jewelry worthy of any fashion magazine. more...
Wednesday, September 22, 2010 Oil Painting
Classes will include instruction in basic drawing, painting skills, and colour. The instructor will help students to see as an artist, to interpret what they see, feel and want to express, to understand shape, colour, form, space, balance, line...all the aspects of the elements of design. A materia more...
Jewellery Design and Construction - Intermediate Level
Intermediate jewellery is a program for students with knowledge of basic skills such as soldering, sawing, filing and finishing silver jewellery. Sweat soldering, fusing, making findings and creating surface texture are some of the skills to be taught. Tuition fees include the use of all tools and more...
Jewellery - Intermediate to Advanced Level Open Studio
Intermediate to Advanced Jewellery allows studio time for people who have intermediate jewellery skills to work at their own pace creating jewellery from their own designs. Students will work independently with the instructor available for one on one instruction and problem solving. Tuition more...
Pottery
Designed for students who are interested in a focused introduction to wheel-throwing, this course will stress the fundamentals of proper pot-throwing techniques. Whether you are new to pottery, a beginner brushing up on the basics, or an intermediate student wishing to build your skills more...
Thursday, September 23, 2010 Introduction to Jewellery
Introduction to jewellery is a program where students will learn about basic materials, proper use of tools, techniques and soldering of silver while designing and creating their own one of a kind jewellery pieces. Examples can include earrings, findings, bangles and band rings. Tu more...
Portfolio Presentation
This course focuses on improving the overall quality of portfolios required for application to first-year credit visual arts study. Topics are based on NSCAD and other national art school requirements and include critiquing and selecting work, producing images of work, and writing an essay. Studio more...
The Artists Way - Creativity Group
In this program one explores past messages and future hopes and their affect on your artistic development and creativity. This workshop is based on personal reflection and discussion. Participants will complete a set number of writing exercises each week, exploring different aspects of your growth. more...
Saturday, September 25, 2010 Pottery for Children
This class is intended to introduce students ages 9-14 to working with clay and pottery. Classes will centre on various hand building techniques. Students will learn how to create pinch pots, coil pots, as well as create individual clay forms. Students should bring a regular HB pencil, eraser and w more...
Gyotaku - Fish Printing
GYOTAKU, Fish Printing is a Japanese technique first created by fishermen who wanted to brag about the size of the fish they caught! In this workshop, you will learn how to create beautiful prints of real fish. We will work with Japanese rice papers, India ink, bamboo brushes & of course, whole fis more...
Wednesday, September 29, 2010 Designer Headbands
Inspire, Create, Embellish: For this four-week course, students ages 10 and up will create their very own designer headbands. Beginning with a class to develop a theme and design concept for each student’s very own headband, this course will help the students learn the necessary steps to follow in more...
Saturday, October 02, 2010 Encaustic Painting
Encaustic, an ancient technique of painting, dates back 4,000 years to the Greeks who used it to caulk and decorate their boats. A thousand years later, the Romans used the medium to create portraits of their patrons. It’s so durable that some of these are still in existence. Simply put, encaustic more...
Lost Wax Casting
A popular method that jewellers use to mold pieces is called lost wax casting. In a nutshell, this involves making a wax model, surrounding that in a plaster like substance called investment, and then melting the wax out of the investment to create the mold. Molten metal is then poured into the cav more...
Thursday, October 14, 2010 Painting & Drawing Figures from Life
An opportunity for experienced visual artists to paint or draw a performing musician -- Live! Musician model Ryan J. MacNeil has mastered his instruments (highland bagpipe, border pipes, and whistles) and brings a unique personal flavour to the music he plays. Ryan J. and easels will be on hand in more...
Friday, October 15, 2010 The History of Knitting in Canada - Lecture
Share an evening with the well known Shirley Scott (a.k.a. Shirl the Purl), as she discusses how knitting winds its way through our history and our literature, as well as having a strong presence in our material culture. In this entertaining talk, of interest to both knitters and non-knitters, Shir more...
Saturday, October 16, 2010 For the Love of Knitting
Join in this unique course and learn the method of knitting lace, considered to be the pinnacle of all knitting methods, not to mention a hot item in the fashion world. Learn and execute with Shirl, as she shares her love and expansive knowledge of knitting with you. For the Love of Knitting will i more...
Thursday, October 28, 2010 Writing for and About Your Art, Design or Craft
This class will help you generate ideas for your work and to write convincingly about your work. You will use writing to explore ideas, to gain greater focus and direction in ideas, in order to generate or resolve a direction in your art work. This part of the workshop is about play and discovery f more...
Saturday, October 30, 2010 Prong Setting for Jewellers
In this one day class, participants will make a sterling silver ring with a prong set stone. Silver and stones will be available for sale from the instructor. Students must have a basic familiarity with soldering techniques. Bring a more...
Saturday, November 06, 2010 Wood Finishing
All wood workers seek the perfect finish for their work and top quality wood work deserves a great finish. This workshop will be an interactive session for experienced and beginning wood workers alike. Topics and ideas will be presented for discussion by the participants. Participants are encourage more...
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