GLASS CLASSES AT LEITRIM SCULPTURE CENTRE

Glassblowing for Beginners Workshop

Dates:  Saturday 15th & Sunday 16th September 2012/Monday 17th & Tuesday 18th September 2012
Trainers: Louise Rice & Graham Reid
Course Fees: €240 (two days) – 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Maximum Participants:   4 (no experience required)
In this two-day workshop you will explore the extraordinary medium of hot glass. You will learn how to gather glass out of the furnace, to control and shape the hot glass, to blow a bubble and make a simple vessel. Working in two small teams, the emphasis of this course is hands-on experience, with demos and support from an experienced glassblower.

Louise Rice is based at the Sculpture Centre in Manorhamilton and studied glass at Edinburgh College of Art and the Rietveld Acadamie in Amsterdam. Rice has work in the Ulster Museum and in the National Glass Museum, Netherlands. Graham Reid received a Bachelors degree in Sculptural Glass from Massachusetts College of Art. He built Knockbeg Studios where he taught glassblowing, and now works as a sculptor in glass, wood and metal from his studio in Sligo.

Sand Casting with Hot Glass Workshop

Date: Friday 21st September 
Trainer: Keith Seybert
Course Fees: €140 (one day) – 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Maximum Participants: 6 (no experience required)

This course will introduce you to the potential of molten glass as a creative material through the process of hot casting into sand moulds. You will have the opportunity to ladle glass straight from the furnace and pour into prepared open-faced sand moulds made with found and sculpted objects. This is the most direct method to create your own solid sculptural forms in glass. No previous glass working experience is required and all materials will be provided. Feel free to bring in your own objects to press in the sand. Appropriate footwear is a must; leather boots are preferred, leather shoes are acceptable, no open-toed shoes or sandals!
 
Hot Glass-casting into Zircar Moulds Workshop

Dates: Monday 24th - Wednesday 26th September 2012
Trainer: Keith Seybert
Course Fees: €395 (three days) – 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Maximum Participants: 6 (no experience required)

This three-day course will introduce you to the potential of Zicar. This 'space-age' mould material exhibits excellent surface reproduction with an optical finish. Molten glass can be poured directly into light-weight porous moulds with no need for gating or venting. You will have the opportunity to ladle glass straight from the furnace and pour into preheated sculptural moulds. This is the most cutting edge mould method for hot-casting your own solid sculptural forms in glass. No previous glass working experience is required and Zircar will be provided.

Participants must bring in wax objects to use in the moulding process. Appropriate footwear is a must; leather boots are preferred, leather shoes are acceptable, no open-toed shoes or sandals!

Keith Alan Seybert received MA qulifications in Sculpture, and Glass and Ceramics from Washington University, St. Louis in 1987 and 1995. He has led numerous workshops in a variety of glass and sculpture techniques in the US, Europe and beyond. From 1999 to 2001 he was a Senior Researcher at the Royal College of Art, London, where he headed an in-depth examination of investment type refractory moulds for casting glass and bronze; a topic he has lectured on at many international venues including 2002 and 2009 at the annual Glass Art Society conference. He currently lives in Ireland and works from his studio in Blarney, Co. Cork.

B&B rates start from €20/ night.

E: info@leitrimsculpturecentre.ie
W: www.leitrimsculpturecentre.ie
T: 071 985 5098

DUBLIN CRAFT WRITERS GROUP

The next meeting of the Dublin Craft Writers Group is on Monday 30th July from 7-9pm in the Design Tower on Pearse Street. Please feel welcome to come (even if this is the only one that you can make all year). People are very welcome on an occasional and one-off basis as well as the regular gang.

Reading: We will look at the ways that one writer is written about and for this session will focus on Scottish potter Jennifer Lee, mainly because she has several essays accessible on her website http://www.jenniferlee.co.uk/essays/index.html. Choose two of these, print out, and bring it to the group. Interesting to see if we all choose the same ones... The selection is part of the reading process!

Writing: Looking at book reviews this month - so please bring a 300 word piece on a craft-related book that you feel strongly about (positive or negative). Alternatively, bring a piece of writing that you are already working on if you want feedback. Short extracts (300-500 words) are ideal.

E: eleanorflegg@gmail.com

CONTINUING EDUCATION IN ART AND DESIGN 2012 SUMMER COURSES SCHEDULES ANNOUNCED, NATIONAL COLLEGE OF ART AND DESIGN

The National College of Art and Design provides an extensive range of part-time courses including non-credit and award bearing courses offering progression. Short(3 and 5 day) summer courses being offered for 2012 include:  Painting Practice, Drawing / Painting / Looking, Colour Theory Workshop, Drawing and Research in Notebooks, Introduction to Watercolour, Etching and Dry Point Technique, Photography, Printed Textiles, Artist Books, Jewellery and Stone Setting, Jewellery Casting and Ceramics. This year we are also offering several Masterclasses including Kiln Formed Glass with Karl Harron and Letterpress Printing with Mary Plunkett.

For further information and a complete listing please visit the CEAD link on NCAD's website www.ncad.ie where you can download a brochure and application form.

Dates: 25^th June – 20^th July 2012

Contact: Seliena Coyle

E: cead@ncad.ie 

T: 01 636 4214

INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL OF GLASS MASTERCLASSES, STOURBRIDGE, UK

A number of influential glass artists will host various masterclasses in the week leading up to the International Festival of Glass at Stourbridge, UK in August 2012. Those teaching will include Ian Hankey (UK), Richard Marquis (USA), Bandhu Scott Dunham (USA), Fritz Dreisbach (USA), John Lewis (USA), Shelley Doolan (UK), Antoine Leperlier (FRA), Diana East and Sean Taylor (UK), Vanessa Cutler (UK), Tanya Veit (USA), Allister Malcolm (UK), and Alison Kinnaird (UK). Full course descriptions and programmes are available on the International Festival of Glass website.

W: http://www.ifg.org.uk/all-classes.html

INTRODUCING TECHNOLOGY TO STAINED GLASS, THE ART HAND, WATERFORD

Sean Corcoran will lead this very intensive full six day course at The Art Hand, Bunmahon, Co. Waterford. While it is a challenging programme no real experience in either glass or computers is required.

Sean will be introducing simple ways that today’s technology can help to create designs, templates and visualizations. Participants will be drawing (yes with pencils!) scanning, photographing, image editing, enlarging and printing. A digital image can be printed on special DeCal Paper and baked permanently onto the surface of a piece of glass in our kiln. A small pencil drawing can be enlarged and printed to any specific size using a simple piece of software called Rapid Resizer, handy for full size templates.

The course is six full days from 2nd to 7th April 2012. Arrival and registration is on Sunday 1st April 2012. The cost for this course is €595. Booking available now, places are limited. Accommodation is not included but can be arranged. Evening meals for six days are included in the price.

E: info@thearthand.com
W: http://thearthand.wordpress.com/courses/introducing-technology-to-stained-glass-with-sean-corcoran/

GLASS AND BRONZE WORKSHOPS AT LEITRIM SCULPTURE CENTRE, MANORHAMILTON

Glassblowing for Beginners Workshop
15th & 16th October / 19th & 20th October 2011
Trainer: Louise Rice & Graham Reid. Course Fees: €240 (two days) 10am – 5pm
Participants: 6. Experience: No experience required.

In this two-day workshop you will explore the extraordinary medium of hot glass. You will learn how to gather glass out of the furnace, to control and shape the hot glass, to blow a bubble and make a simple vessel. Working in two small teams, the emphasis of this course is hands-on experience, with demos and support from an experienced glassblower. Louise Rice is based at the Sculpture Centre in Manorhamilton and studied glass at Edinburgh College of Art and the Rietveld Acadamie in Amsterdam.

Advanced Refractory Mouldmaking for Kiln Cast Glass & Bronze Casting Workshop
Friday 21st – Sunday 23rd October 2011
Trainer: Keith Seybert. Course Fees: €200 (three days) 10am – 5pm
Participants: 8. Experience: Some basic experience required.

This workshop will cover how to make a successful investment type refractory mould for casting Bronze or Glass. You come with a vision, a wax and a will to work, and you’ll leave with a mould ready to “burn out” and pour in the next bronze workshop. Mould construction, “Gating & venting”, investment refractories, and ceramic based mould materials will be discussed with an aim towards enabling participants to “customise” their approach to fit their vision. Both poured “block” moulds and Roman/Italian “hand built” moulds will be demonstrated.

Bronze Casting Using Solid Investment Workshop
Thursday 3rd - Sunday 6th November 2011
Trainer: Tim Morris. Course Fees: €370 (four days) -10am to 5pm
Participants: 8. Experience: No experience required

Participants will make a piece of sculpture working directly with wax, vent and sprew, make an investment mould and cast their own piece on the final day to make a finished bronze. On this course, you will get to make probably two moulds, depending upon their size and complexity. One of which you will have time to melt out and pour in the bronze. Generally, a beginner will come away with a minimum of one rough bronze (for example a 6" statue or axe head). You may not have time to file and clean it, but this can be done in your own time. Finished bronzes can then be patinated on the Patination Workshop. Extra moulds can be poured at another time. Your work will be weighed on the last day and anything over 10lbs will be charged at €5 / lb. For example, two 6" statues will generally be less than 10lbs, so for most people, no extra payment will be necessary.

E: info@leitrimsculpturecentre.ie
W: www.leitrimsculpturecentre.ie
T: 071 985 5098

MOULDMAKING FOR ARTISTS AND ARCHITECTS WORKSHOP, LEITRIM SCULPTURE CENTRE

Keith Seybert will lead this workshop on Saturday 8^th and Sunday 9^th October 2011. The workshop will cover a variety of mould making techniques, including: multi-part, plaster bandage, dental alginate, and silicone. There will be a discussion of ‘separators’, fillers, coddling approaches and best practice. These primary moulds will then be used to make multiple positives including some waxes. The resultant waxes will be used to facilitate an investigation of refractory mould making techniques and materials that have proven valuable in casting both metal and glass via the lost wax process. The information shared in this workshop has applications in art as well as architectural restoration. The course costs €130 for two days.

E: info@leitrimsculpturecentre.ie

W: www.leitrimsculpturecentre.ie

T: 071 985 5098

CEAD EASTER AND SUMMER COURSES, NCAD

CEAD - Continuing Education in Art and Design - offer a wide range of Easter and summer courses in NCAD, Dublin. For more information, visit:

W: http://www.ncad.ie/faculties/education/cead.shtml

CRAFT WORKSHOPS AT WORKHOUSE STUDIOS, CO WATERFORD

Running from 15 to 23 April workshop participants can expect to learn technical skills in the discipline of their choice (ceramics, textiles, jewellery, paper making or glass) while working creatively and expressively with new materials and a new way or working.

There are workshops for all ages and abilities, from parent and child felt making, to adult jewellery casting workshops. Each workshop runs for up to two hours and is taught at a beginner level.

Workshop places are limited and booking is essential. Prices include everything you will require to do the workshop.
For more information contact Claire on:

T: 085 7741388
E: info@workhousestudios.com

WORKSHOPS AT LEITRIM SCULPTURE CENTRE

Throughout 2011 Leitrim Sculpture Centre will be running a wide range of two- and three-day workshops in photography, film, wood and stone carving and more. In particular, they are running workshops in hot glass, glass casting and mould-making for glass and bronze casting with Irish-based glass artists Louise Rice, Graham Reid and Keith Seybert. For more information and to book your place, visit:

W: http://www.leitrimsculpturecentre.ie/programme/workshops.html

OXBOW SUMMER PROGRAMME: REGISTRATION NOW OPEN

Oxbow art school in Michigan runs a wide range of summer art programmes, including glassmaking. For more information and to register, visit:

W: http://www.ox-bow.org/

METAL FABRICATION WORKSHOP, LEITRIM SCULPTURE CENTRE

Dates: 22nd & 23rd May
Trainer: Michael O’Hara
Course Times: 10.00am - 5.00pm
Course Fees: €120 (two days)
Participants: 6
Experience: No experience required

An intensive two day tuition in metalwork with a particular focus on welding, cutting and metal fabrication (Arc, gas & TIG). The intent of the workshop is to tailor it to the specific needs and requirements of the participant and to show the versatility and application of the materials to practice. All relevant health & safety issues will also be covered. No previous experience is required.

Michael O’Hara is an artist and a part time lecturer in sculpture at Dublin Institute of Technology. O’Hara has shown extensively within Ireland and is a well known expert in metal fabrication techniques.

If you are interested in this course contact:
Leitrim Sculpture Centre
New Line
Manorhamilton
Co Leitrim

info@leitrimsculpturecentre.ie
www.leitrimsculpturecentre.ie
Telephone: 071 985 5098

FELTMAKING WORKSHOPS, CO WICKLOW

Introduction to Feltmaking: Saturday 8 May, 9.30am to 1pm at 35 euro. Learn the process of wet felting and experiment with inclusions such as silk fibres, vegetable fibres and snippets of thread to create surface interest and texture.
Felt Vessel/Bowl Making: Saturday 29 May, 9.30 to 1pm at 35 euro. In this workshop, we’ll look at 3d shapes using wet felting and make a vessel, exploring the decorative surface using various fibres and threads. Eight places are available on each course and all materials are provided. Workshops are suitable for both complete beginners and those with past experience.

18 Avondale Park, Bray, Wicklow.
Telephone:
+353 1 2869697
+353 87 2377613
Email:
 joannakidney@eircom.net

ART THERAPY WORKSHOPS AND CREATIVE THERAPY COURSE

This is an ongoing series of workshops, with a mission to introduce art therapy to a wider public. Workshops are held in fortnightly intervals in Blanchardstown. Upcoming weekend dates: 8 & 9 May, 22 & 23 May, 19 & 20 June, 10 & 11 July. 11.30am to 5pm each day. 80 euro for two days. Eight places in each workshop.
The principle is active participation in a process of self-discovery, and the experience and celebration of a creative moment in each individual. We will use fine art materials, mainly water colour or clay to communicate our feelings and ideas, in line with given themes. It is hoped a first hand insight can be gained on the manifold applications of art therapy and its healing potential. No special ability or artistic training required for this workshop.
Also running is a creative therapy foundation course. This course is eight weekends long, 15 May to 24 October and costs 800 euro. This is a course for professionals or those interested in the field of human relations, wanting to develop their skills through a basic understanding of creative therapies. This course includes art history (as seen through the eyes of therapy), colour theory, art therapy techniques and approaches, in depth observation of image and form, basic concepts and techniques of gestalt therapy and psychodrama.

Email Klaus Klier (art therapist) for a comprehensive course program and application form.
Telephone:
086 373 4662
Email:
a.space.forsoul@gmail.com

TEXTILE PRINTING WORKSHOPS, DUBLIN

Sat/Sun 17th/18th April
These workshops will teach various approaches to creating multi-layer surface designs on fabrics using different printing techniques. Participants will have the opportunity to combine their own graphics and photographic images with cloth to create highly individual fabrics. The resulting fabric can be a finished artefact or the basis for embroidery or other embellishments .
Multiple processes, combining different types of fabrics and papers will be used, including, Photo Transfers – using photocopies, acrylic medium, silkscreens, thermofax screens, rollers and brushes.
Transfer Paints – designs monoprinted or painted onto paper then ironed onto fabric to create the design. Water Soluble crayons – used with rubbing plates [e.g. involving card, string, pva] silk screens and acrylic medium.
All specialised equipment will be provided.
Cost of Workshop: 120 euros
Location: 15 Neville Road, Rathgar, Dublin 6
To book a place contact Ann or Mary at:
E: annfturpin@hotmail.com
T: 086 3761425

JANUARY SPECIAL: 2-DAY BRONZE CASTING WORKSHOP, H2STUDIO

A 2-day Bronze Casting Workshop will take place at h2studio in Ballinaspittle/Kinsale, Co. Cork. This introductory workshop will cover wax work, mould making, casting techniques and self made equipment. All work small scale. January special reduced price: E200. The workshop is suitable for all levels. Small groups.

For booking and further information please contact Helle Helsner on:
T: 021 4708950 or 086 3256689
E: hellehelsner@gmail.com

FELTING WORKSHOPS, CO. CARLOW

January felting workshops with Nicola Brown will take place at Clasheen, Ballybrack, Borris, Co. Carlow on 16 and 23 January.

1. Fingerless Mittens, Saturday 16 January 2010, 10.30am to 12.30pm. Cost: E25
Keep your hands warm this winter and felt a pair of fingerless mittens with Icelandic wool by learning to felt around a plastic resist, a method also used to create bags, sculptures and other 3D work.

2. Nuno Felting, Saturday 23 January 2010, 10.30am to 12.30pm. Cost: E25
Nuno felting is a technique that incorporates fabric and fibre and is used to create drapeable felt. Students will experiment with different types of natural fabrics and learn how to create texture using light wool.

Workshops include materials. Nicola can also facilitate groups of min. 4 people who would like to determine their own felting agenda at Clasheen any Saturday from 2 to 4pm during January. Unless any special material requirements are necessary (e.g. silk fabric as well as fibre) these sessions will also cost E25 per person including materials.

To book contact Nicola at:
T: 087 2789740
E: clasheen@gmail.com
W: www.clasheen.wordpress.com
www.clasheen.etsy.com

8-WEEK JEWELLERY CLASS, IRISH DESIGN SHOP

An 8-week Jewellery Class will begin on Tuesday 2 February 2010 from 6.30 to 9pm at the Irish Design Shop in Dublin 2. Cost: E280. The course will cover basic jewellery skills in metal, such as ring and broach making, starting in copper and then working in silver. Techniques will include piercing, soldering and riveting. Extra charge for working in silver: approx. E30. Small class numbers.

For further information and booking please contact Clare or Laura on:
T: 01 4752222
E: admin@irishdesignshop.com

'UNDERSTANDING CREATIVITY' COURSE, DUBLIN

Artist Carol Kavanagh is currently enrolling for places on the following 'Understanding Creativity' course that will take place at North Merrion Community Centre, North Avenue, Mount Merrion, Co. Dublin on Wednesday evenings from 7 to 9pm from early January 2010. The course aims to guide participants through the different stages of creativity from inspiration to expression in a relaxed environment that will nurture playful instinct, facilitate the emergence of ideas, develop self confidence and foster unique individuality. Media will incorporate drawing, mixed media, painting, three dimensional and self expressive forms. No previous art experience necessary. Course fee: E160.

For more information on course content and bookings please contact Carol Kavanagh at:
T: 01 2889798 or 087 6407561
E: carolkavanaghequ@gmail.com

CERAMICS CLASSES, DUBLIN 2

Ceramics Classes will start on 5 January 2010 on Baggot Street, Dublin 2. All levels of experience welcome. Classes will meet once a week for 8 weeks at one of the following times: Tues 7 to 9pm, Wed 7 to 9pm, Thurs 2 to 4pm, Thurs 7 to 9pm. Up to 2 missed classes can be made up at a later date. Students will learn handbuilding skills including pinching, coiling, molding, modelling, throwing on the wheel, as well as slip and glaze decoration. Course fee: E165, incl. all materials.

Christmas gift voucher special: E95 for 4-week Intro to Clay evening course, flexible start date, must be booked during the month of December 2009.

For more information on courses and bookings please contact:
E: rhymeswithgray@gmail.com
W: www.rhymeswithgray.blogspot.com