Foraged Plant Fibre Basket Weaving

Instructor: Ralph Simpson

Saturday March 21st

9:00am – 4:00pm
Max students: 10
Materials included

Description

This is a one-day workshop, where each participant will create a basket woven with locally foraged plant fibres. Experience level is beginner, but intermediate students can be challenged with advanced weaving techniques.

Part of the experience will be learning about the plant fibres in use, their names, how to collect them, process, store, and prepare them for weaving as well as important aspects of environmentally sustainable collection methods. All materials necessary for this workshop are provided; however, students are asked to bring scissors, measuring tape, spray bottle if you have one, and a tea towel. Although not necessary, students are invited to bring any plant fibres or other textiles to incorporate into your basket.

Please bring your own lunch.

Course Fee: $150

Drawing and Process

Instructor: Stephen Hutchings

First Session: April 11th – 12th, 9:30 AM – 4:30 PM
Second Session April 25th,
Third Session: May 9th – 10th, 9:30 AM – 4:30 PM
Max students: 10

This workshop consists of three sessions over a month. The goal is to integrate drawing, as both a creative act as well as a discipline, into one’s life. Over the course of four weeks, you will dramatically improve your drawing skills as well as achieve, unique, and important insights into you as a person as well as an artist.

First Session: April 11th – 12th, 9:30 AM – 4:30 PM

During the first day you will draw from photographs and objects, using both pencil (graphite) and charcoal. There will be a full discussion on the nature of these two dry media as well as mark-making, erasing, types of paper, composition, and so on. The second day of the first session will focus on identifying each participants particular interest in drawing, as well as the goals, plans, aspirations, and expectations they associate with their drawing practice. After that, a personalized program will be developed for each participant which they will execute over the next four weeks.

Second Session: April 25th, Remote Check-in

After two weeks, you will meet one-on-one with the workshop leader, Stephen Hutchings, via Zoom (or telephone if Zoom is unavailable) to go over the work that you have done to date and to set up the next two weeks of drawing activity.

Final Session: May 9th – 10th, 9:30 AM – 4:30 PM

During the first day of the final session, each participant will present the work that they have done from the previous month, along with their observations and comments vis à vis what day had hoped to accomplish. The second day we broaden those discussions into larger applications to art and into life in general. And, oh yes, there will be more hands-on drawing on second day as well!

Please bring your own lunch.

Course Fee: $400

Materials List:

• Printed photographs and images based on their interests and suitable for drawings*
• paper suitable for graphite or charcoal (minimum size, 16 x 20)
  • such as paper: Strathmore drawing
• Pencils (B, 2B, 4B, 6B)**
• Charcoal (willow, conte, and compressed sticks**
• white plastic eraser and a kneadable eraer.

*If you don’t have access to a printer, you may also be sent to info@sunburyshores.org to be printed for the class. Please use the subject line, Drawing & Process photos – Name
**Some drawing materials will be available, but we recommend bringing these to ensure everyone will have some basics.

Stained Glass

Instructor: April Beach

Sunday February 15th, March 22nd, April 19th, May 17th

10am – 4pm
Max students: 9
Materials included

Description

This is a one-day workshop that will be offered on four different dates.  Please select the date you wish to attend and proceed to the checkout to register.

This is an introductory workshop with participants learning how to make stained glass objects such as sun-catchers using the copper foil method.  Participants will create a piece using glass of their choice.  They will practice tracing the pattern on to glass, cutting the glass, working with a wet grinder and applying tacking copper foil.  Pieces will then be cleaned and polished.  participants will leave with their own creations, likely one or two pieces.

Please bring your own lunch.

Course fee: $85