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Sculpture / Ceramics

$ 260 per class plus $45 materials fee.

• Sculpture Studio / SC100

Individual student projects are emphasized and can include portrait, figure, bas-relief, or abstraction. Lessons include building proper armatures, clay application and the use of tools. All levels are welcome.

• Mold Making And Casting Techniques / SC101

In this intensive and practical seminar, students will learn the beginning basics of mold making and casting.  Each student will work with plaster and flexible materials, creating two or more part molds, box molds and mother molds.  This class will also cast from life, prepare wax molds for metal casting, and learn the importance of precision and trouble-shooting.

• Body Casting / SC102

This class will focus on the process of plaster body casting.  Working with plaster to create both negative and positive casts, students will pair off and explore the medium of figurative casting.  How does the body relate to found objects?  How will they then be cast and assembled?  Examples - a cast of a face while eating an apple or an arm holding a balloon.  Artists discussed will include George Segal and Duane Hanson.

• Carving: Subtractive Sculpture / SC103

The class will focus on the abstract aspects of anthropomorphic sculptural form.  Plaster will be employed - as a material to be used like stone, which will then be carved, smoothed and rounded into three-dimensional forms.  “Essence of Form”  as developed in the works of Henry Moore, Constane Brancusi and Jean Arp will be explored. 

• Figure And Portrait Sculpture

Part A: Figure Sculpture / SC300

This class will use a live model to investigate human form. The approach of using the model as a subject will enhance the student’s knowledge of sculptural design. Special attention is given to anatomy, concepts of volume, proportion, structure and composition. Lessons include armature construction, clay application and use of tools.  No prior experience necessary.

Part B: Self Portrait Sculpture / SC301

Students sculpt from a live model in clay. Likeness and character are achieved through the use of perception points and measurement. Students learn to recognize three-dimensional planes and forms that make up the construction of the life size model. Students are instructed to develop their own interpretation of the model by surface treatment, gesture of the head and facial expression.

• Environmental Sculpture / SC400

Explore the outdoors to find natural elements to inspire and create sculptural forms.  Learn about artists who incorporate earth materials into their work. Each student will use minimal tools and adhesives while experimenting with found objects, concepts and ideas. This class provides a unique opportunity for artists interested in working with nature. Critiques will be an integral part of class.

• Garden Sculpture (Spring and Summer) / SC401

The idea of a sculpture garden has a rich background in French art and architecture of the seventeenth century. Working outside, this course utilizes inspiration from the great outdoors and the history of the sculpture gardens. Sculpted construction, use of tools and design will be the strengths of this course.

Ceramics

• Introductory Ceramics / CR100

Students will explore and develop the properties of terra cotta. Instruction will be given in the development of coil and slab techniques, surface development, texture  and the various methods of glaze application. The projects will include but not be limited to functional / utilitarian objects, plates, cups, bowls, and more.

• Advanced Ceramics / CR101

Students will explore and develop the figure as sculptural form. Working with terra cotta, the components of scale, proportion, and volume necessary in the sculptural realization of the figure will be covered. Instruction will be given to develop realism as it may be defined through surface textures / methods, and techniques of glaze application. The culmination of the class will be the creation of a life size, glazed self-portrait.