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Brookfield Craft Center Current course list Monday, August 30, 2021 Group discounts and private lessons are available. Tuition discounts are available for Members. Scholarships are available for many classes. For more information and additional Classes go to our website www.brookfieldcraft.org. 286 Whisconier Road Brookfield, CT 06804 Call for more information: Brookfield Craft Center (203) 775-4526 ; [email protected] Page 1 of 40 Adult On Site Classses Basketry, Fiber Beginner Wicker Basketry Tuition: $240.00 Additional Fees: 24.00 Beginner Instructor(s): Katie DiGiacinto Location: LTB Fiber-Weaving Studio Meets 4Saturdays Date(s) 9/11/2021 Through: 10/2/2021 From 10:00 AM To: 1:00 PM Construct 2 small trinket baskets using simple over under weaves in this 4-week introduction to basket weaving. Students will be introduced to traditional wicker basket weaving methods such as twining and Japanese weaves. Skills learned in this class will be the foundation for future classes where students will use color in intricate and more advanced techniques. **Registration closes August 28th. For ages 16 and up. Clay Handbuilding Cups Tuition: $306.00 Additional Fees: 22.00 All Levels Instructor(s): Dana Lofink Location: Barn-Pottery Studio (First Floor) Meets 6Tuesdays Date(s) 9/14/2021 Through: 10/19/2021 From 6:00 PM To: 9:00 PM Take your ceramic creations to the next level! Learn about constructing cups without a wheel and give them the finishing touches that will impress. In this class we will discuss the basic hand-building techniques (coil and slab) and then explore a variety of methods in which to finish your piece - whether that be with a handle or an exciting surface. When you leave this class, you'll have an array of techniques to draw from to bring your future clay endeavors to life. *Students are encouraged to make whatever pieces excite them (sculpture included!), but if you are new to clay and need guidance, cups are a great entry project. *This class will work with white stoneware and work will be fired in an electric kiln to cone 6. Thursday Pottery Tuition: $288.00 Additional Fees: 22.00 All Levels (ages 17 and over) Instructor(s): Karen Dries Location: Barn-Pottery Studio (First Floor) Meets 6Thursdays Date(s) 9/30/2021 Through: 11/4/2021 From 1:00 PM To: 4:00 PM Enjoy a relaxing afternoon with a hands-on pottery class! Learn all the basics of making cups, bowls, and mugs on the wheel. In the final class, we will glaze finished pieces to be picked up at a later date. Whether you are a beginner or intermediate potter you will enjoy improving your skills in this class. Open to ages 17 and older. Raku Workshop Tuition: $130.00 Additional Fees: 4.00 Intermediate Instructor(s): Matt Denning Location: Barn-Pottery Studio (First Floor) Meets Saturday Date(s) 10/16/2021 Through: 10/16/2021 From 10:00 AM To: 4:00 PM This is a hands-on workshop where students will bring lots of bisqueware to be glazed and loaded into the 2 newly converted Raku kilns at the Craft Center. The kilns will be gas fired to a temperature of approximately 1800 degrees at which time the pieces are removed with tongs and placed in a post fire reduction atmosphere until cooled enough to remove. Each firing cycle takes about I hour. Safety glasses, long sleeves, pants as well as closed toed shoes are recommended for safety. Brookfield Craft Center (203) 775-4526 ; [email protected] Page 2 of 40 Clay, Special Interest Wood Fire Workshop Tuition: $272.00 Additional Fees: 4.00 All Levels Instructor(s): Matt Denning Location: - Meets Weekend Date(s) 10/23/2021 Through: 10/24/2021 From 1:00 PM To: 8:00 PM This is a 2-day workshop at instructor Matt Denning’s Red Mill Pottery studio in Bridgewater in which students will bring their high fire **bisque ware. Day 1 Involves glazing, wadding, stacking, and bricking up the wood kiln. Day 2. The wood firing starts early morning and continues until cone 10 is reached. Salt/ Soda is introduced into the kiln to produce a vapor which reacts to the silica in the clay body to produce a glaze. Depending on the flow of vapor within the kiln many different affects can be achieved. All by chance, true serendipity. The workshop includes detailed information about the firing process and the history and science behind salt/soda glazing. * Because the salt is actually the glaze the pieces don’t need to be glazed like in a gas or electric firing. * Each Student can potentially have two 12x24 inch shelves and possibly more depending on the size of the pieces. Safety glasses, long sleeves, pants as well as closed toed shoes are recommended for safety. Wood Fire Workshop Tuition: $272.00 Additional Fees: 4.00 All Levels Instructor(s): Matt Denning Location: - Meets Weekend Date(s) 12/4/2021 Through: 12/5/2021 From 1:00 PM To: 8:00 PM This is a 2-day workshop at instructor Matt Denning’s Red Mill Pottery studio in Bridgewater in which students will bring their high fire **bisque ware. Day 1 Involves glazing, wadding, stacking, and bricking up the wood kiln. Day 2. The wood firing starts early morning and continues until cone 10 is reached. Salt/ Soda is introduced into the kiln to produce a vapor which reacts to the silica in the clay body to produce a glaze. Depending on the flow of vapor within the kiln many different affects can be achieved. All by chance, true serendipity. The workshop includes detailed information about the firing process and the history and science behind salt/soda glazing. * Because the salt is actually the glaze the pieces don’t need to be glazed like in a gas or electric firing. * Each Student can potentially have two 12x24 inch shelves and possibly more depending on the size of the pieces. Safety glasses, long sleeves, pants as well as closed toed shoes are recommended for safety. Brookfield Craft Center (203) 775-4526 ; [email protected] Page 3 of 40 Digital Arts, Photography, Special Interes The Art of Seeing Tuition: $40.00 Additional Fees: 4.00 All Levels, Ages 16 and Up Instructor(s): Colin Harrison Location: Barn-Ctr. for Modern Craft (2nd floor Meets 1Saturday Date(s) 10/9/2021 Through: 10/9/2021 From 2:00 AM To: 4:00 PM Colin Harrison will present four classes on successive weekends that cover the end-to-end processes of digital photography from shot to print. Each class will be 2 hours long and they may be taken individually or all together as a course, according to the student's needs. Students will learn to develop skills in noticing and understanding interesting subjects, capturing subjects effectively and creatively with a Digital Single Lens Reflex (DSLR) camera, and processing and printing such images with Adobe Photoshop. This course is the beginning of an enormous, indeed lifetime, learning experience and in eight hours students will not become experts. The aim is simply to learn some of the many entry points into deeper learning. The Art of Seeing Eighty percent or more of the impact of a photograph comes from where you chose to stand, where you pointed the camera, how you framed and lit the scene, and when and how you made the exposure. This class introduces ways to recognize striking subjects and to choose how to capture them based on methods of composition employed by visual artists of all kinds. The class is a mixture of theory and practice, reviewing and analyzing photographs and paintings and using a Cardboard Camera to apply these methods in your own backyard. All materials are provided. No prior experience is required. The Digital Camera Tuition: $40.00 Additional Fees: 9.00 Intermediate, Ages 16 and Up Instructor(s): Colin Harrison Location: Barn-Ctr. for Modern Craft (2nd floor Meets 1Saturday Date(s) 10/16/2021 Through: 10/16/2021 From 2:00 PM To: 4:00 PM The Digital Camera This class is for students with some experience of DSLR or Mirrorless cameras who wish to develop their skill in using a camera to capture their own experience of the subject. It will cover: 1. Principles of Optics, 2. Light, 3. Camera Technology and Settings, 4. Planning the Shoot Students do not need to bring a DSLR camera, but may do so if they wish. An option to purchase a Resource Guide created by Colin will be available for $5.00 on the day of class. Ages 14 and over. Introduction to Adobe Photoshop Tuition: $40.00 Additional Fees: 4.00 All Levels, Ages 16 and Up Instructor(s): Colin Harrison Location: Barn-Ctr. for Modern Craft (2nd floor Meets Saturday Date(s) 10/23/2021 Through: 10/23/2021 From 2:00 PM To: 4:00 PM Introduction To Adobe Photoshop This class is for students with little or no experience of Adobe Photoshop (PS) who wish to apply their creativity in any form of photography. It will cover: •Basic concepts of image processing •The Photoshop main components and their user interfaces, •Basic workflow and image management, Basic image adjustments, eding and prinng, Students do not need to bring a laptop or camera, but may bring a few images on a USB drive. Ages 14 and over. No prior experience is required. Brookfield Craft Center (203) 775-4526 ; [email protected] Page 4 of 40 Intermediate Adobe Photoshop Tuition: $40.00 Additional Fees: 4.00 Intermediate, Ages 16 and Up Instructor(s): Colin Harrison Location: Barn-Ctr.