Dog Rock Studio
sculpture
Short Courses
3 Introduction to Welding
Weekend and
short courses
This dynamic workshop will introduce various welding
techniques including the preparation and finishing of
steel and the techniques for bending and forming steel.
Take the steps to make good design decisions and
consider poetry and music to inform the aesthetic in
your sculpture.
WITH
INGRID MORLEY
Work with an entry-level welding method (manual arc
welding) or stick welding. Consider the engineering
requirements of your work, weights and balances, space
and structure as you weld your steel elements together
and create small-scale 3D sculptures.
Central Tablelands of New South Wales
(2.5 hours from Sydney)
ABOUT THE TEACHER
Ingrid Morley is a practicing sculptor and has worked
from her Sydney Studio for the past 20 years – recently
relocating to the Central Tablelands of NSW. Her broad
teaching experience over the past 15 years as Director of
her successful Ingrid Morley Sculpture School in Sydney
includes 11 years teaching studio based Sculpture under
the umbrella of The Centre for Continuing Education at
Sydney University.
In her work, Ingrid seeks to match her growing repertoire
of forms and ideas for sculpture with the most telling
and memorable of means. Much of Ingrid’s current work
employs unused and abandoned industrial equipment and
related materials, collaborating with the mysteries they
have left behind and retelling their stories in a thought
provoking contemporary language.
Ingrid is an exhibiting sculptor both nationally and
internationally and this background, together with her
teaching experience forms the basis of all course content.
All courses are run in a suppor tive, encouraging and
friendly environment,
Ingrid Morley working on Lacie Lorrie
(Plasma cutting – part of the Introduction to Welding short course)
Ingrid Morley Sculpture
Central Tablelands of NSW (2.5hrs from Sydney)
T 0414 369 440 E [email protected]
W www.morleysculptor.com
Please do not hesitate to call Ingrid to inquire about
any aspect of the course material or for more info at
www.morleysculptor.com
Ingrid is represented by Defiance Gallery in Sydney.
See separate insert or website for current
course dates, times and costs.
Lacie Lorrie Ingrid Morley
International Lace Exhibition, Powerhouse Museum, Sydney
SHORT Courses
1 Sculpture in Clay – Bas Relief (low relief)
A bas-relief could be described as a combination
of painting and sculpture as
the third dimension is suggested. Sharpen your skills
of observation, learn how
to use space and work creatively with light in the manner of the early Masters.
Working in clay you can
choose to make a mould
and cast your work in
plaster (indoor) or reconstituted stone (outdoor*) and
take your small scale work
home.
Bas Relief Michelle Sierra
Student work
Work with your own ideas or
use examples from the old
masters as a starting point. (A choice of resource material is
supplied). If you have no experience of sculpture or working
with clay this is a good place to begin!
*Requires extra time plus costs.
(Mould making and casting your work in plaster is included
in the course cost.)
2 Life Class Intensive
Experience the most complex of abstract shapes and design
in nature whilst learning how the body works. Working with a
life model, this short course offers an in-depth study of the
human form. Observe the gestural activity of the body as a
whole and consider the proportions and arrangement of the
body’s large structures in space.
Gain technical knowledge in the making of classical
sculpture with armature construction (internal
framework) and progress to modelling in clay.
Studying the figure from life provides a personal
library of creative possibilities to be used
figuratively or to open the visual
artist up to more abstract design
possibilities.
Student work
Life Class
WEEKEND Courses
1 Draw the Big Picture
4 Rhythm and the Figure
A stimulating weekend of drawing
for sculpture. Observing the life
model, demystify the complexity of
the human form.
The essence of the figure in motion is fleeting. Learn to
capture this moment by observing a live model and exploring
the delicate relationship between gesture and structure.
Be guided through a series of simple
exercises on paper and in clay.
Working in wax capture the spirit of the figure while learning
how to employ the body’s simple structures in space.
Take a small sculpture in wax or clay home.
With a sculptor’s eye observe the
natural rhythms and big building
blocks of the body, develop works on
paper in charcoal and a small sketch
in clay to take home.
Life Drawing Ingrid Morley Charcoal
2 Portrait Head in Clay
In this hands-on course discover
what makes a portrait unique and
personal.
Working with a life model, observe
and understand form as you go
beyond a physical likeness to develop
a portrait head which expresses the
nuances of personality and subject.
Time and Tide Wait For No Man Ingrid Morley Bronze
5 Abstract Structures – making a 3D sculpture
Prepare your work for kiln firing to
take home. A pit firing is an option at
certain times of the year.
Make a piece of sculpture in plywood. Sets of shapes
will be available for
students to work with
or create your own.
Portrait Head Anna Harpley
Student work
3 Beyond the Limits with Figurative Sculpture
in Wax
A stimulating weekend creating a figurative work in wax.
Ingrid takes you on a search to find an
imaginative narrative into which the
figure and the “landscape”
combine.
See negative space,
everyday objects and
the nude integrate
into a rich weave of
sculptural shapes.
Carbon Trader
Ingrid Morley Bronze
Ingrid will guide you
through the stages
of drawing on paper
through to the development of a small 3D
Sculpture.
Learn how to work
with space and the
power of suggestion
in design.
Take your design
ideas on paper and
a small three dimensional work home.
Doubt Ingrid Morley Steel