! BROOKFIELD CRAFT CENTER COURSE CATALOG: APRIL – JUNE, 2011 Updated March 31, 2011 Brookfield Craft Center Course Catalog SPRING 2011, March 31, 2011 Edition ! ! CERAMICS: High Fire All Levels CERAMICS 101 [CL1111] Sarah Bernhardt 7 Monday evenings, April 11-May 23, 6p - 9p Tuition: $405 Clay and you…the creative possibilities are endless. The ceramic medium is known and admired for it’s great versatility. Join us in exploring the myriad of processes and techniques available to you. As a participant in this class, you’ll enjoy weekly demonstrations, hands on studio time, and historical references, as we learn about clay bodies, kiln temperature, hand building, wheel work, glazing and more. Topics of study will be tailored to individual student interests, within a loosely structured curriculum. Whether this is your first creative step with clay, or you’ve been at it for a while, this class offers students a wide and wonderful sampling of ceramic techniques, a sure match for every type of artistic interest and expression. Students can expect to go home with a collection of work, including suggested assignments designed to teach specific skill sets; and independent works of art. A materials fee of $15 payable to the instructor at the beginning of class will cover the cost of 25# of clay; there is a firing fee of $.05 per cubic inch. CERAMICS: High Fire All Levels HIGH FIRE THROWING [CL1211] CERAMICS Sarah Bernhardt CERAMICS: Low Fire 7 Wednesday morniQgs, April 13-May 25, 10a-1p All Levels Tuition: $405 COLORFUL CLAY [CL1011] Get ready to turn up the heat in this high fire ceramics Lisa Scroggins class. Your creativity will soar in this exploratory class, where 7 Tuesday mornings, March 29 - May 17 (no class Apr 19), you’ll benefit from equal parts instructor demonstration and Tuition: $405 supported open studio time. Students working at all levels are invited to participate in this class, in which the individual Are you crazy about color? So are we—look no further, pace and interests of each participant will be honored. We’ll you’ve found your tribe. Join us to explore brilliant, vibrant, explore a wide range of techniques, including pottery on the gorgeous, color-drenched glazes and under glazes in wheel, hand building, functional and non-functional works, unparalled and highly unexpected combinations. You’ll be underglaze and glaze decoration. Following construction of encouraged to mix and match surface decorations that suit our art works, we’ll expose our clay creations to temperatures your fancy, from matte to shiny, patterned to plain, textured reaching up to 2000 degrees Fahrenheit utilizing Brookfield to traditional, no surface will be left untouched. This class, Craft Center’s amazing Gas Kiln, an ideal environment for designed to support each individual through weekly high temperature techniques like stoneware and porcelain. instruction and demonstrations, will allow for a very open These ceramic works are brought to life through exposure to studio feeling, in which students will pursue the creation of intense heat, a compelling metaphor that we’ll muse about wheel thrown and/or hand built pieces. Assistance with hand while following our bliss in the clay studio…please do join us! building and throwing will be provided as needed. Following A materials fee of $15 payable to the instructor at the the bisque firing of work, the real fun will begin, as students beginning of class covers the cost of 25 lbs. of clay; there is a delve into the world of color, applying surface decoration firing fee of $.05 per cubic inch. using both under glaze and glazes. By the end of this 7-week course, participants can expect to have prepared a small collection of colorful ceramic pieces poised for firing in the electric kiln. A materials fee of $45, payable by cash or check, will be collected by the instructor at the beginning of the class. This fee covers the cost of 25lbs. of clay, a range of underglaze and colorful low fire glazes, and the final electric firing. Brookfield Craft Center | 286 Whisconier Road (Rte 25 at 202) | PO Box 122 | Brookfield, CT | 203.775.4526 | www.brookfieldcraft.org | "! [email protected] For updates, and images of the fine craft objects you can make in these classes, please visit our website. ! Brookfield Craft Center Course Catalog SPRING 2011, March 31, 2011 Edition ! ! FIBER: WEAVING Beginners WEAVING FOR KNITTERS AND SPINNERS [FW0111] Christine Aulicino Saturday/Sunday, April 30 - May 1, 10a - 4p Tuition: $240 Take your passion for yarns, textures and colors to a new level. A portable rigid heddle loom (bring your own or purchase one from us), will allow you to create scarves, runners, small handbags and much more using the fibers that you love. You can incorporate your left over stash from knitting projects with new fibers. This class introduces you to the basics of loom set-up, weave structures, and design using various fibers. Bring your favorite yarns to incorporate in your projects. A materials fee of $25 is payable to the instructor by cash or check to the at the beginning of the class. If you'd like to purchase a 20" rigid heddle loom for $135.50, or a 24" loom for $167.00, please place your order with us before April 8th. FIBER: WEAVING Beginners WEAVING BASICS [FW0211] Christine Aulicino FIBER 4 Tuesday Evenings, May 3-24, 6p - 9p FIBER: FIBER ARTS Tuition: $240 Intro and Up HAND FELTED WOOL PURSES [FA0811] This workshop is an introduction to the basics of weaving. Jeannie Thomma Using a portable 2-heddle loom (bring your own or purchase Saturday, April 10, 10a - 4p one from us), you will learn how to set up a loom with the Tuition: $120 warp and how to make a plain weave piece in mixed textures or colors. The first project will be a scarf and you will Design a colorful and textured felt wool purse, embellished probably be able to complete two scarves. The workshop will with details of personal significance. In this workshop, examine fibers best for weaving, different weaving structures, students will explore the process of 3-dimensional felting, and the elements of designing your own unique creations. A using a variety of resist techniques. Attention will be given to materials fee of $25, payable by cash or check, will be creating handbag(s) which are expressive of each students collected by the instructor at the beginning of the class. If personality and vision! Throughout the weekend, we will play you'd like to purchase a 20" rigid heddle loom for $135.50, or with form, function, color, surface, texture, and adornment! a 24" loom for $167.00, please place your order with us Students will take home at least one finished purse. Open to before April 8th. artists of all levels working in all media. A materials fee of $20 will be payable to the instructor at the beginning of class. FIBER: FIBER ARTS FIBER: FIBER ARTS All Levels and Teens All Levels and Teens WIRE RIBBON GARDEN [FA0411] QUILTING: "WHAT GOES AROUND COMES Mayann Weinberg AROUND (NO MACHINE NECESSARY) [FA0511] Saturday, April 16, 10a - 4p Mayann Weinberg Tuition: $120 Saturday/Sunday, May 14 - 15, 10a - 4p Tuition: $240 Embellish your work with beautiful wire ribbon flowers and leaves. Wire ribbon flowers and leaves are a beautiful Use wool accented with beads and colorful pearl cotton to addition to any piece and can be used in quilts, jewelry and create an original design appliqué wall hanging. The garments. We will create a variety of blooms and leaves and techniques taught with the unique combination of cotton, discuss color, size, shape and embellishment of these wool and beads adds texture and dimension to the piece. beauties. They are easy, fast and very versatile. We will use This class is appropriate for all levels including beginners these colorful flowers to create a stylish nametag or brooch. who have never quilted. A materials fee of $0 will be A materials fee of $10 will be payable to the instructor at the payable to the instructor at the beginning of class. beginning of class. Brookfield Craft Center | 286 Whisconier Road (Rte 25 at 202) | PO Box 122 | Brookfield, CT | 203.775.4526 | www.brookfieldcraft.org | #! [email protected] For updates, and images of the fine craft objects you can make in these classes, please visit our website. ! Brookfield Craft Center Course Catalog SPRING 2011, March 31, 2011 Edition ! ! FIBER: FIBER ARTS Beginner and up FELTED WOOL BERET [FA0611] Robin McCahill Sunday, May 22, 10a - 4p Tuition: $120 Learn a seamless felting technique as you design and form a colorful Beret over a resist that when removed reveals a wonderful wearable and unique Beret. Every fiber artist should have a special artistic version of the classic "Artists Beret"! A materials fee of $15 will be payable to the instructor at the beginning of class. FIBER: FIBER ARTS Intro and Up PAINTING WITH WOOL: AN ADVENTURE [FA0911] Jeannie Thomma Saturday, June 12, 10a - 4p Tuition: $120 Painting with Wool - An adventure in color! Discover the magical process of felting! The perfect introduction to the art of felting, this ancient alchemical art is 1 part joy and 1 part imagination…so get ready for an incredible art adventure! In this workshop, students will be introduced to the process of two-dimensional felting. A variety of "wet-felting" techniques will be explored. Also to be discussed: color, design, materials, sourcing, books, tools, etc. Students may choose to create a variety of felted "swatches" for future reference, or spend their time on a larger, singular piece….the sky is the limit! A materials fee of $20 will be payable to the instructor at the beginning of class.