Jewelry Workshops - Summer 2012
Mary Beth Rozkewicz: Jewelry I
July 16-20
Monday-Friday
8:30am-12:30pm
5 Sessions
Castle Hill
$395
In this intensive one week course students will learn in practice the essential processes for jewelry making – sawing, filing, soldering, surface embellishment, bezel setting stones and finishing. Materials will be sold in class.
Mary Beth Rozkewicz is a studio jeweler living and working in Brooklyn NY. She is an adjunct associate professor of Fine Arts Jewelry at the Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, and teaches workshops throughout the year at the Westchester Center for the Arts in White Plains, NY and at the 92 Street Y in Manhattan. Her work can be seen in museum stores and galleries internationally.
Mary Beth Rozkewicz: Jewelry II
July 23-27
Monday-Friday
8:30am-12:30pm
5 Sessions
Castle Hill
$395
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In Jewelry 2, begin to expand your skills with advanced techniques. Learn processes such as linkage, hollow forming, etching and tube-setting a facetted stone. Materials will be sold in class.
Mary Beth Rozkewicz is a studio jeweler living and working in Brooklyn NY. She is an adjunct associate professor of Fine Arts Jewelry at the Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, and teaches workshops throughout the year at the Westchester Center for the Arts in White Plains, NY and at the 92 Street Y in Manhattan. Her work can be seen in museum stores and galleries internationally.
Casting in Glass - Megan Biddle
July 30- August 3Monday- Friday
1-4pm
5 Sessions
Castle Hill
$380
This course provides a relatively simple and direct introduction to kilncasting glass. As a student, you will create a thick glass block featuring reverse-relief imagery. The process will involve making refractory-plaster design elements, securing them in an open-faced mold, filling the mold with pieces of glass billet, and firing the mold in the kiln until the glass flows and covers the design elements. The course will cover safety, firing schedule, mold materials, and different types of glass.
Megan Biddle received her BFA from the Rhode Island School of Design in 2000 and her MFA from the Virginia Commonwealth University School of the Arts in Richmond in 2005. She has attended residencies at The Macdowell Colony, The Jentel Foundation, The Creative Glass Center of America, Sculpture Space, The Virginia Center for Creative Arts and most recently was an emerging artist in residence at Pilchuck Glass School. In 2006 she was awarded the A.I.R. Gallery Fellowship in New York City. Biddle has exhibited nationally and internationally at various venues including the A.I.R. Gallery, XO Projects INC., Side Show, The Islip Art Museum in New York; the Reynolds Gallery Richmond, VA.; Space 1026 Philadelphia, PA.; Urban Arts Space Columbus OH.; Galerie VSUP in the Czech Republic; and the 700IS Experimental Film Festival in Iceland. Her work has been published in New Glass Review and was recently added to the American Embassy’s permanent collection in Riga, Latvia.
Textured Metal Jewelry with Found Objects – Jill Baker Gower
Aug. 6-9Monday-Thursday
1-4 pm
4 Sessions
$380
Learn to create unique textured metal jewelry incorporating interesting found objects of your choice! Demonstrations will include piercing/sawing with a jeweler’s saw and texturing of sheet metal using hammers, stamping tools, as well as acid etching techniques. Acid etching allows the artist to create intricate imagery and designs on sheet metal while using resists and the corrosive action of etching solution. Designs can be hand drawn or appropriated and transferred to the metal from found black and white high contrast imagery. Various cold connections such as riveting, tab and turtle settings will be taught to allow you to incorporate a variety of found materials into your pieces. Basic patinas and metal finishes will be demonstrated as well. No prior metals experience necessary.
Jill Baker Gower, a metalsmith originally from the Chicago area, received her bachelor’s degree in Art Education with an emphasis in metals from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and her Master’s of Fine Arts in Metals from Arizona State University. Jill’s work has been in many juried and invitational exhibitions nationwide and her work has been published in books and periodicals such as 500 Enameled Objects, 500 Plastic Jewelry Designs, and Metalsmith magazine. She is currently an Assistant Professor of Art at Rowan University in southern New Jersey where she teaches all levels of Metals and Jewelry. www.jillbakergower.com
Glass: Flameworking-Megan Biddle
August 28, 29
Tuesday, Wednesday
1 – 4pm
2 Sessions
Castle Hill
$250
This is an introductory workshop to flame working, which uses a torch to melt colored rods of glass into the desired shape. This class covers the basics of bead making, including tools, safety and studio setup. Techniques include hot glass manipulation, stringers, making basic bead shapes, marvering, dot application, and annealing. Learn to work with hot glass on this small scale.
Megan Biddle received her BFA from the Rhode Island School of Design in 2000 and her MFA from the Virginia Commonwealth University School of the Arts in Richmond in 2005. She has attended residencies at The Macdowell Colony, The Jentel Foundation, The Creative Glass Center of America, Sculpture Space, The Virginia Center for Creative Arts and most recently was an emerging artist in residence at Pilchuck Glass School. In 2006 she was awarded the A.I.R. Gallery Fellowship in New York City. Biddle has exhibited nationally and internationally at various venues including the A.I.R. Gallery, XO Projects INC., Side Show, The Islip Art Museum in New York; the Reynolds Gallery Richmond, VA.; Space 1026 Philadelphia, PA.; Urban Arts Space Columbus OH.; Galerie VSUP in the Czech Republic; and the 700IS Experimental Film Festival in Iceland. Her work has been published in New Glass Review and was recently added to the American Embassy’s permanent collection in Riga, Latvia.
Eco-Friendly Patinas on Copper and Brass – Sarah Groves
August 13-17
Monday-Friday
1-4 pm
5 sessions
Castle Hill
$380
Explore ways to use some common substances (vinegar, garlic, horseradish, aspirin, cat urine, etc.) from the kitchen, backyard and grocery store to create colorful, eco-friendly patinas on copper and brass. Workshop participants will use hand tools (instruction and tools provided) to make original pieces of jewelry or decorative objects in copper and/or brass and then experiment with applying eco-friendly patinas to these objects. (Patinas can also be applied to copper and brass objects brought from home or a thrift store.) Bring your imagination and willingness to experiment with patinas! All levels of experience in metalsmithing are welcome.
At the end of the workshop, participants will have samples of patinas on copper and brass, some finished pieces with patinas, and a manual with information on techniques and patinas based on ten years of research by the instructor. Note: Artists of all ages are welcome in the workshop. (Children under 12 should be accompanied by an adult.)
Sarah Groves is a metalsmith/jeweler who creates jewelry and sculptural objects using copper, brass, silver, gold and natural gemstones. Since 2001 she has been experimenting with eco-friendly ways to color copper and brass using over 80 substances from the kitchen, backyard and grocery store. She is a full-time studio artist and teaches introductory and intermediate jewelry techniques at Vancouver Community College in Vancouver, BC.
Website: http://blueboxdesign.ca
Workshops Summer 2012
This year over a hundred workshops are being offered in all disciplines.
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A location, nestled in the dunes of Truro and within walking distance to Cape Cod bay, provides an inspirational and meditative backdrop that enhances the workshop experience.
A distinguished faculty that consists of prominent artists in the fields of painting, photography, printmaking, sculpture, ceramics, photography, jewelry and writing.
A student body consists of both working artists and art students who hail from all over the US and Canada. Today Castle Hill celebrates its 40th year Anniversary.