The goal of this workshop is to study the figurative form and moving forward to create a work that takes the sculptor beyond striving for the perfect likeness but instead creating a free and spontaneous form.  We will look at going beyond the obvious and instead work towards uncovering the human form in a more abstract approach.

How we visualize form and how we interpret that vision will be the base for this workshop.  Students will be introduced to various tools and techniques through basic principles and we will cover various techniques of hand building.

The search for movement balance and contrast within shape, will be emphasized along with exploring the many different approaches to creating a three dimensional sculpture.  There will be a group critique at the end of each session.  This workshop is to inspire and awaken your creative core.

This is a three day workshop that will focus on hand building sculptural techniques with the students studying the model and learning the process of abstraction with the primary concentration on viewing the three dimensional form and seeing another vision that can be transcribed into a form from clay.  Students will work in water-base clay and build a hollow sculptural form, pressing pushing, using hands and manipulating the clay to create forms that will bring the clay to life.

Encaustic wax was used over 2500 years ago by the Greeks, and is composed of beeswax, tree resin, and pigment, applied hot and fused to create a beautiful, translucent, sensuous quality that can’t be achieved using paints alone.

You will learn how to combine encaustic with other mediums such as printmaking and collage. Fall in love with the smell and feel of beeswax, explore the textures and lustrous depths of encaustic and re-discover this fascinating medium. What will be covered in this workshop? Safety, preparing surface, supports, melting wax and pigment, mixing colors, creating smooth or textured surfaces, collaging materials, xerox transfers, dipping lines and edges, embedding objects.

Lynn Kishiyama will guide the student in the techniques of brushing, scraping, layering, adding lines, edges, dipping and pouring wax on a variety of supports.

This is a two day workshop that will focus on hand building sculptural techniques with the students studying the model and learning the process of abstraction. The primary task will be viewing the three dimensional form and extracting an alternative vision that can be transcribed into a form from clay.  Students will work in water-based clay and build a hollow sculptural form, pressing pushing, using hands and manipulating the clay to create shapes that will bring the clay to life.

Clay can be purchases on site. Each student will use between 25 to 50 lbs (cost $20 per $25lbs). Students may make arrangements with the instructor to have larger pieces fired after the workshop.