S T U D I O
C R A F T
W O R K S H O P S
THE NEW ENGLAND CRAFT PROGRAM
Intergenerational Weekends
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All two-day weekends are open to students ages 13 and older. Have a family reunion
at Snow Farm! Bring the grandchildren, or make it a special parent/child outing.
Teens who stay Overnight must be accompanied by an adult. For days only, teens are
welcome to participate on their own.
January 17–18 Martin Luther King Day Weekend
February 14–15 Valentine’s & Presidents’ Day Weekend
March 14–15
April 11–12
May 9–10 Mother’s Day
October 17–18
October 24–25
WO R K S H O P OV E RV I E W
⊲ Workshops have a maximum of 6 - 12 students,
depending on medium.
⊲ Both beginners and more experienced students are
welcome in most workshops. If there is a prerequisite, the
description will say so explicitly.
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⊲ Two price options are available for most workshops:
Days Only (includes tuition, lunch and basic materials)
or Overnight (includes tuition, all meals and a double
occupancy room with shared bath). A single room upgrade
can usually be added.
⊲ Snow Farm is an approved Massachusetts Department of
Education Professional Development Provider (PDP).
At Snow Farm, novice and experienced artists alike find rejuvenation
and comfort by learning and living in a creative community.
⊲ Most studios are open around the clock for student
use (minimum 2 people); however, some studios i.e.
glassblowing and flameworking, require supervision and
may have a more limited schedule.
Nestled in the foothills of the
Berkshire Mountains, Snow Farm’s
professionally equipped studios
and modern living spaces blend
into the historic buildings and
landscape of a 1700s farm that once
belonged to the Snow family. Four
dorm buildings include simple
double rooms and shared, singlesex bathrooms. The dining room
serves up three hearty, homemade
meals each day featuring fresh local
produce, a vegetarian option, and a
decadent dessert.
N E W I N S T R U C TO R S (with page numbers for where their classes can be found)
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Ceramics
Elaine Buss: 19
Kyle Carpenter: 21
Grace Sheese: 22
Sarah Jaeger: 28
Val Gilman: 34
Glassblowing
Sandy Dukeshire: 17
Aaron Leaman: 23
Ian Silvia: 39
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Kiln Glass & Stained Glass
Lynn Haust: 38
Dan Maher: 16, 40
Glass Beads & Flameworking
Libby Leuchtman: 18
Sally LaGrand: 29
Amy Waldman-Smith: 31
Jennifer Geldard: 32
Jeremy Sinkus: 38
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See page 45 – 46 for more information on how to register,
or visit us online at www.snowfarm.org.
Textile Arts
Jennifer Field: 34
Gail Callahan: 42
Scott Norris: 18
Woodworking
Alexandra Forbes: 16
Peter Dellert: 30
Andrew Jack: 34
Drawing & Painting
Dorothy Cochran: 33
Robert Masla: 34
Chandra DeBuse: 40
Welding
Justin Fermann: 38
Metalsmithing & Jewelry
Angela Gerhard: 17
Brice Garrett: 20, 28
Dan Cormier: 26
Digital Arts
Jason & Aya Brown: 9
Mixed Arts
Jill Helms: 24
BZ Reily: 39
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W O R K S H O P C A L E N D A R : J A N UA RY – J U N E
KILN GLASS &
STAINED GLASS
GLASS BEADS &
FLAMEWORKING
Pottery: Check It Off
the Bucket List
Stained Glass:
A Luminous Art
Hollow Forms
Throwing with
Purpose
Kiln Glass: Bowls,
Plates, Vessels, and
Jewelry
Find Your Voice in
Borosilicate Glass
Smoke & Fire: Raku
and Pit Firing
Stained Glass: A
Luminous Art
Adorn Yourself
with Glass Beads &
Buttons
Glassblowing
Kiln Glass: Bowls,
Plates, Vessels, and
Jewelry
Flameworking with
Sally
Introduction to
Venetian Cane
Kiln Glass: Bowls,
Plates, Vessels, and
Jewelry
Comprehensive
Flameworking
CERAMICS
JANUARY 17–18
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FEBRUARY 14–15
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MARCH 14–15
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APRIL 11–12
GLASSBLOWING
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APRIL 24–26
Dynamic
3-Dimensional
Surfaces in Clay
APRIL 26–MAY 2
Spectacular Ceramic
Surfaces
MAY 3–9
The Multi-Faceted
World of Clay
Glassblowing
Kiln Glass: Bowls,
Plates, Vessels, and
Jewelry
Glass Beadmaking: Fun With Hollows
MAY 9–10
The Two-Day Teapot
Glassblowing:
Beginning and
Beyond
Stained Glass 101
Murrine & More
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Stained Glass: A
Luminous Art
MAY 17–23
Serendipitous
Surfaces
MAY 23–25
The Seasoned Surface: Enhancing the
Surface with Soda
MAY 31–JUNE 6
Storytelling
with Pottery
JUNE 7–13
Painting With Fire: Native American Firing
Techniques & More
Hot Glass
Exploration
Stained Glass: A
Luminous Art
JUNE 19–21
Tricks of the Trade
Glassblowing
Introduction to
Fused Glass
TEXTILE ARTS
DRAWING
& PAINTING
Woodturning
Encaustic Painting: Layers on Layers
METALSMITHING
& JEWELRY
WELDING
Collage: The
Imaginative Use of
Materials
Using Fiber Reactive
Dyes on Plant-Based
Fabric
Watercolor Monotypes/
Work Small: Mixed Media
& Encaustic Paint
Artful Knitting: A
Sculptural Approach /
Indigo Fabric Collage
Rustic Furniture
Japanese Wood
Block Printing
PMC® Flex: The Next
Generation Clay for
Jewelry Designers
Textile Paint
Extravaganza
Chip Carving
Figure Drawing
One-of-a-Kind Metal
Containers
Woodblock Printing /
Welding for the
Collage: The Imaginative Home and Garden
Use of Materials
Woodcarving: Spoon, Ladle, or
Spatula
Woodturning
Beginning Welding
Diary of Mad
Watercolorist
Metals & Jewelry
Twined Baskets:
New Uses of an Old
Technique
Mosaics: A Smashing
Good Time
Encaustic Painting
Welding for the
Home and Garden
Steel Fabrication
Kiln Glass: Bowls,
Plates, Vessels, and
Jewelry
All About Glass
Beads!
Machine Embroidery: Painting With Thread
Inspirational
Landscapes
Welding for the
Home and Garden
Kinetic Jewelry:
Moveable Elements
& Cold Connections
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Design with Color
in Glass
Alternative Printing
Techniques for
Digital Images
Boxes for Every Season
and Occasion
7 Bamboo Scarves: Shibori and Painting
The Delight of
Watercolor Painting
Mosaics: A Smashing
Good Time
Introduction to
Enameling
Surface Design on
Glass Beads with
Powder Dichroic Glass
Box Making
with Wood
Hand-Drawn
Animation
Decorative Painting
on Furniture
Kiln Glass: Bowls,
Plates, Vessels, and
Jewelry
Painting on Silk
MIXED ARTS
Soldering: Tips and Tricks
Woodturning
Whimsical Felting
DIGITAL ARTS
Twist and Turn: Wireworking for
Jewelry and More
Lend Me Your Ears
The Wonder of Glass: Off-Loom Weaving
Hot and Cold
Techniques from
Around the World
Intermediate
Glassblowing
WOODWORKING
Polymer Alphabet
Soup
Welded Sculpture
Lost Wax Casting
with Found Materials
Hexagonal Weave:
Paper Weavings / Metal
Mosaics: Yes You CAN! /
White Line Woodcut
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W O R K S H O P C A L E N D A R : J U LY – O C TO B E R
CERAMICS
GLASSBLOWING
GLASS BEADS/
FLAMEWORKING
JULY 30–AUGUST 2
Alternative Firing
Glassblowing
Kiln Glass: Bowls,
Plates, Vessels, and
Jewelry
AUGUST 2–8
Surfaces that Sing
Glassblowing for
Everyone
Kiln Glass: Bowls,
Plates, Vessels, and
Jewelry
AUGUST 9–15
Ceramic Tiles
AUGUST 16–22
The Multi-Faceted
World of Clay
Break Some Rules,
See What Happens
SEPTEMBER 5–7
Ceramics: Work the
Hard Places, Enjoy
the Easy Ones
Intermediate
Glassblowing
SEPTEMBER 27–
OCTOBER 3
Paper Clay Sculpture
OCTOBER 4–10
Stained Glass: A
Luminous Art
Comprehensive
Flameworking
Skins & Skeletons: 3-D
Textile Constructions
& Illuminated Forms
Creativity and the
Foundations of
Wearable Glass
Wood Inlay
Welding and Mixed
Media Sculpture
Stone Carving
Collage: The Imaginative
Use of Materials
Cutting Edge
Polymer Clay
Alternative Casting
Welding for the
Home and Garden
The Art of Play
with Glass
Silk Screen Printing
on Fabric
Woodturning
& Carving
Printmaking:
What a Relief
Welded Sculpture
One-of-a-Kind Chain
with Found Materials Necklaces — Flameworking & Kilnforming Unite —
Fabulous Felted
Sculpture
Heirloom
Windsor Stool
Painting Methods
of the Masters
Welding for the
Home and Garden
Int/Adv Glassblowing Working Thicker in
Advanced
Kiln Glass: Sculptural Beadmaking: Tips
or Functional
and Tricks
Felting for Fall: Hats & Scarves
Natural Forms
in Glass
OCTOBER 17–18
Smoke & Fire: Raku
and Pit Firing
Glassblowing
Kiln Fired Glass
Pendants
Sea Life Under Glass
OCTOBER 18–24
Springboard: Sketch, Beginner
Form & Surface
Glassblowing
Stained Glass with
Fused Elements
OCTOBER 24–25
Pots that Pour
Kiln Glass: Bowls,
Plates, Vessels and
Jewelry
Find Your Voice in
Borosilicate Glass
Become a Color
Whisperer
Kiln Glass: Bowls,
Plates, Vessels, and
Jewelry
Flameworking
with Casting
Monoprinting
on Fabric
Roman Glass
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Collage: The
Imaginative Use of
Materials
How to Successfully
Marble Fabrics
Mosaics: A Smashing
Good Time / The Art of
Looking Sideways
Colorful Additions to
Metal Clay Jewelry
Intermediate
Welding
Foldforming &
Anticlastic Raising
Creative Invention
with Found Materials
Fire & Iron: Beginning Blacksmithing
for the Home
Three Ring Circus
Assemblage Memory
Boxes / Altered Books
Unconventional
Stone Settings
Baskets & Surfaces /
Paper Marbling
Encaustic Painting:
Layers on Layers
Metal as Line: Forge, Fuse, Taper
& Fabricate
Mosaics: A Smashing
Good Time
Collage: The
Imaginative Use of
Materials
Metals & Jewelry
Rustic Furniture
Free Motion
Embroidery
Woodturning
Alternative Printing
Techniques for
Digital Images
Hang It All: Making a
Metal Clay Pendant
Locket and Chain
One of A Kind Monoprinting / Minding
Your Beeswax
Woodturning
Painting on Silk
MIXED ARTS
Introduction
to Jewelry &
Connections
Plein Air Painting:
The Elements of
Success
Kiln Glass: Bowls,
Plates, Vessels, and
Jewelry
DIGITAL ARTS
FOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS
Table Manners Table Matters
Stained Glass: A
Luminous Art
Painting With Fire: Native American Firing
Techniques & More
METALSMITHING/
JEWELRY
WELDING
African Batik
Intermediate
Glassblowing
OCTOBER 25–31
PAINTING/
DRAWING
Creating Detail in
Beadwork: Dots,
Raking & Shaping
If You Hand-Build It,
They Will Come
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WOODWORKING
The Zen Nature of
Japanese Watercolor
Painting
OCTOBER 10–12
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TEXTILE ARTS
SNOW FARM SUMMER
JUNE 28 – JULY 25
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KILN GLASS/
STAINED GLASS
, Intergenerational Weekend
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J A N UA RY 1 7 – 1 8
(Snow Date: January 24 – 25)
F E B R UA RY 1 4 – 1 5
, Intergenerational
(Snow Date: February 21 – 22)
, Intergenerational
Hand-Drawn Animation
NEW
JASON & AYA BROWN
STUDENT WORK
Stained Glass: A Luminous Art
TIFFANY HILTON
JANINE NORTON
JASON & AYA BROWN
Encaustic Painting:
Layers On Layers
Throwing with Purpose
TIFFANY HILTON
JANINE NORTON
For absolute beginners - try the potter’s
wheel for the first time! With clear demonstrations and patient instruction, learn to
make bowls and cups. Focus on the experience of trying something new. Glazing and
firing will be discussed but students will not
take home finished work. For an additional
fee, the instructor can glaze and ship a few of
your pieces.
Explore the irresistible processes of encaustic
painting and the many layers that contribute
to an expressive piece of art. Learn to prepare
a substrate, and then build layers with wax
and pigment, graphics, templates, textures,
papers, fibers, graphite paper, imprints, mark
making, xerox transfers - whatever your
imagination suggests! Equipment and safe
studio practices will also be covered
Make your pots come alive with clarity and
purpose! Focus on taking risks, exploring
new techniques, and having fun while
tackling some of the technical challenges
that all potters face. Bring your questions,
your curiosity, a sense of humor, and an open
mind! Students will leave with new skills
and finished pieces. Depending on interest, a
glaze firing may be arranged after the course. All welcome!
DAYS ONLY: $250
DAYS ONLY: $265
Work with glass, ceramic tile, pottery, stone,
and found objects to create a wall panel
or tabletop mosaic. Cutting, color, shape,
pattern, design, and personal expression will
all be explored during the workshop. Work
in either direct or indirect method. Christine
will discuss how to set up your own mosaics
studio at home to continue creating. For all
levels.
DAYS ONLY: $250
DAYS ONLY: $250
RICK ANGUS
Hollow Forms
Lend Me Your Ears
In this fast paced class, students focus on
the cross-grain technique of woodturning to
make bowls from local hardwoods. The class
will use a bowl gouge for shaping, a scraper
for refining the surface, and then finish the
bowls to a lustrous surface with simple oil
coatings. No experience necessary – give
woodturning a try and you will be delighted
with the results.
Twist & Turn: Wireworking
for Jewelry & More
Students will work one-on-one with Sally
Prasch to find personal expression through
ideas, form, and color. A blend of artistic and
scientific glassblowing techniques will be
used to learn about hollow forms in both soft
and borosilicate glass. Incorporating other
materials will be encouraged. Bring sketches
and ideas. Open to all levels.
JOY RASKIN
Kiln Glass: Bowls, Plates,
Vessels, and Jewelry
DAYS ONLY: $245
DAYS ONLY: $310
Explore the vast topic of earring design
and making. Demos and techniques will
include French wires and other findings,
hoop earrings and variations, bezel set posts,
foldformed earrings, wire wrapping with
beads, and much more. Work with wire and
sheet metal; use cold connections and soldering. Bring failures that need help, pieces
in progress, all your ideas, and any questions! Discussions will center on efficient design
and execution. All levels welcome. DAVE ZALTZBERG
Grace your home with a handmade glass
panel of your own design. Choose symbols
and colors with personal meaning and use
them in abstract or figurative patterns. Learn to cut straight edges and rounded glass
shapes; then, use a soldering iron to join the
glass pieces into a finished project. No experience necessary. Advanced students will be
guided in more complex projects. DAYS ONLY: $265
Woodturning
Pottery: Check It Off the Bucket List
SALLY PRASCH
With a wire cutter, pliers, a Sharpie marker,
some masking tape and a ruler, you can be
on your way to making rings, necklaces, decorative sculpture, or home accessories such
as baskets and bowls. You will learn to twist,
turn, coil, wrap, tinker, weave, twine, braid,
crotchet, knit, and more. Students will work
with colored copper wire, brass, bronze, and
nickel. Silver will be available for purchase. DAYS ONLY: $255
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STEVE THEBERGE
PAULETTE WERGER
DAYS ONLY: $265
Both beginning and experienced animators
will explore the expertise and techniques of
Overture Animation. Beginning with basic
principles of hand drawn animation with
pens and pencils, students will design a simple character and edit the frames to create
looping GIFs. More experienced students will
focus on using watercolors on character and
backgrounds while exploring animism, a
grounding theme in Overture’s work.
DAYS ONLY: $250
Mosaics: A Smashing Good Time
CHRISTINE KENNEALLY
NANCY TOBEY
Find Your Voice in
Borosilicate Glass
PAULA WILLIAMS KOCHANEK
NANCY TOBEY
Learn to use the heat of the kiln to achieve
vibrant and original glass designs in functional and sculptural pieces. Full fuse, tack
fuse, slumping, painting with glass, chemical
color reactions, and pattern bars are among
the many techniques that may be covered. Beginners in kiln glass will benefit from stepby-step instruction; experienced students
will be challenged by Paula’s endless ideas. For students with solid bead-making skills
in soft glass or borosilicate, Nancy will share
her secrets for creating depth and vivid color
in glass beads. Students will use Northstar
glass and experiment with altering color
through bead shape, oxidizing, reducing,
striking and changing the kiln temperature.
Students will step outside their comfort zone
to expand their artistic vocabulary.
DAYS ONLY: $275
DAYS ONLY: $310
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MARCH 14 – 15
(Snow Date: March 21 – 22)
Soldering: Tips & Tricks
LILIANA GLENN
Adorn Yourself with Glass
Beads & Buttons
LILIANA GLENN
Students will create an array of designs and
forms, including small and large beads,
and one- or two-holed buttons, by melting soda-lime glass rods in the flame of a
stationary torch. Beginners will learn the
fundamentals of flameworking, while more
experienced students will expand their
understanding of advanced techniques.
Decorate a bag, a hat, or yourself!
DAYS ONLY: $310
Using Fiber Reactive Dyes
on Plant-Based Fabric
DAVE ZALTZBERG
Bring all your soldering questions and Joy
will have the answers! Review the basics
from classic butt joints to stick soldering, and
explore advanced topics such as multiple
joints on a single piece, how to reach difficult
spots using jigs, and more. Students will gain
confidence and a deeper understanding of
this fundamental technique. Basic metalsmithing experience required.
Grace your home with a handmade glass
panel of your own design. Choose symbols
and colors with personal meaning and use
them in abstract or figurative patterns. Learn to cut straight edges and rounded glass
shapes; then, use a soldering iron to join the
glass pieces into a finished project. No experience necessary. Advanced students will be
guided in more complex projects. DAYS ONLY: $265
DAYS ONLY: $265
Smoke & Fire: Raku and Pit Firing Collage: The Imaginative
BOB GREEN
Use of Materials
Bring your white stoneware bisque fired to
cone 06 and experience Raku firing, a process
with roots in the Japanese tea ceremony and
Zen Buddhism. For pit firing, bring some
unfired bone-dry or leather hard white
stoneware or porcelain to burnish and fire
like Native American and Greek pottery of
the 4th and 5th century BC. Explore the
versatility of terra sigillata slip for burnishing
and firing in wood. All firing materials are
recycled scrap wood. Complete beginners or experienced artists
who need a tune up will find inspiration by
exploring color, texture, composition, light,
movement, space, and story. Students will
make materials from scratch by painting in
a variety of colors and styles, printmaking,
making transfers using magazine images,
and other techniques. The emphasis will be
on having fun together in a creative, joyous,
and supportive space.
DAYS ONLY: $245
DAYS ONLY: $235
Explore techniques for dyeing plant-based
fibers (silk, cotton, rayon, linen) including
immersion dyeing, over dyeing, and tie-dyeing using basic shibori methods of folding,
clamping, and pole wrapping. The simple
process uses premixed dye colors that do
not require steaming and can batch out in as
little as an hour! Perfect for any nuno-felter
who wants to start dyeing silk - or any fiber
enthusiast.
DAYS ONLY: $245
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(Snow Date: April 18 – 19)
, Intergenerational
Stained Glass: A Luminous Art
JOY RASKIN
CHERYL REZENDES
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APRIL 11 – 12
, Intergenerational
ALEXANDRA SHELDON
KATE JENKINS
Watercolor Monotypes
JORDANA KORSEN
NEW
KATE JENKINS
Combine watercolors with printmaking for
luminous one-of-a-kind artwork. First, learn
to paint with fluid watercolors on a non-porous surface. Then, print the painted image
onto paper. Topics covered will include
watercolor secrets, printing techniques,
color theory, composition, and creativity. Non-painters will be amazed at the ease of
this process. Experienced artists will learn a
new set of skills.
Kiln Glass: Bowls, Plates,
Vessels, and Jewelry
PAULA WILLIAMS KOCHANEK
Learn to use the heat of the kiln to achieve
vibrant and original glass designs in functional and sculptural pieces. Full fuse, tack
fuse, slumping, painting with glass, chemical
color reactions, and pattern bars are among
the many techniques that may be covered. Beginners in kiln glass will benefit from stepby-step instruction; experienced students
will be challenged by Paula’s endless ideas. Glassblowing
JORDANA KORSEN
Experience the powerful process of
working with glass, a material that is both
enduring and fragile, strong and easily
shattered. Enjoy the communal nature of
creating objects through teamwork and
communication. Learn in an empowering
and fun environment as students of all levels
work together. Beginners welcome!
DAYS ONLY: $355
DAYS ONLY: $235
DAYS ONLY: $275
Work Small: Mixed Media
& Encaustic Paint
Flameworking with Sally
Woodturning
SALLY PRASCH
RICK ANGUS
NANCY TOBEY
Working small, with repetition and variation,
is an excellent way to try a new medium
or to perfect your technique. Students will
learn basic encaustic techniques and use an
assortment of textiles, papers, oil sticks, inks,
images and more to create greeting-cardsized pieces for notecards or a wall hanging. All levels welcome.
Work one-on-one with Sally Prasch to find
personal expression through ideas, form
and color. Both soft and borosilicate glass
will be used to create projects from beads to
sculpture. With lots of individual attention,
students are encouraged to bring sketches
and ideas. Emphasis will be on exploration,
spontaneity, investigation and fun. Open to
all levels.
In this fast paced class, students focus on
the cross-grain technique of woodturning to
make bowls from local hardwoods. The class
will use a bowl gouge for shaping, a scraper
for refining the surface, and then finish the
bowls to a lustrous surface with simple oil
coatings. No experience necessary – give
woodturning a try and you will be delighted
with the results.
DAYS ONLY: $265
DAYS ONLY: $310
DAYS ONLY: $245
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APRIL 24 – 26
Indigo Fabric Collage
NICOLE ST. PIERRE
Produce a variety of hand-dyed and
patterned fabrics using techniques of
traditional Japanese Shibori and Indigo
dyeing. Then, cut and paste your fabrics,
playing with shape, color, pattern, and
placement to create an original composition
– not a quilt and not a painting, but
something new and completely original. All
welcome.
OVERNIGHT: $525 / DAYS ONLY: $350
Comprehensive Flameworking
MARK RAGONESE
Rustic Furniture
CHRISTY KNOX
Dynamic 3-Dimensional Surfaces in Clay
MARK RAGONESE
CHRISTY KNOX
A sense of discovery is at the heart of this workshop as students
transform natural materials into functional, durable furniture and
objects for the porch and garden. With a keen eye for what natural
forms suggest, Mark guides students to see possibility in branches
and saplings, the textures of bark, unique curves, and woody knobs. Benches, trellises, tables, and fences are popular projects. No previous woodworking experience is necessary.
Explore ways to texture ceramic surfaces by combining embossing,
impressing, and inlay on handbuilt forms. An array of found objects
will be used to create your own tools. Demonstrations will include
handbuilding using darting and soft slab forming techniques, and
tool making; discussion will focus on form and function. Learn
how to make cups, vases, handles, spouts and more with inspiring
surfaces. Firing will not be included in this workshop. Some
experience with clay is suggested.
OVERNIGHT: $500 / DAYS ONLY: $325
PAULA WILLIAMS KOCHANEK
Learn to use the heat of the kiln to achieve vibrant and original glass
designs in functional and sculptural pieces. Full fuse, tack fuse,
slumping, painting with glass, chemical color reactions, and pattern
bars are among the many techniques that may be covered. Beginners
in kiln glass will benefit from step-by-step instruction; experienced
students will be challenged by Paula’s endless ideas. OVERNIGHT: $570 / DAYS ONLY: $395
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An in depth introduction to the flameworking studio, this class covers a variety of
projects including marble making, jewelry
and sculptural glass work. Use an oxygen
and propane burner to melt soft glass and
borosilicate. Beginning with a clear marble
and accelerating quickly, students will cover
pendants, beads, and sculptural critters. No
experience necessary, but intermediate and
advanced students welcome.
OVERNIGHT: $605 / DAYS ONLY: $430
Japanese Wood Block Printing
JESSE RASID
ADRIENNE SLOANE
Introduction to Venetian Cane
JESSE RASID
Explore a new and exciting addition to the metal clay family: a
highly malleable silver clay that stays flexible for longer than any
other—making it easier for anyone to carve, texture, and manipulate.
Work on a project over multiple days and perfect your designs for
pendants, earrings, bangle bracelets, and more. Learn advanced
draping and elaborate spiral patterns. Make snake coils without any
cracking problems. Combine PMC Flex with other PMC materials.
Hands-on instruction for all skill levels.
Inspired by classic Venetian glass designs
from Venini, Martinuzzi, Scarpa, and others,
MATT BROWN
novice glassblowers will learn to pull and use
The Japanese woodblock printing tradition
glass cane. Instruction will include pulling
(hanga) uses water without a press. The
course is organized to offer an introduction to clear and color core cane, and then, preparing
the range of wonderful tools, techniques, and kiln shelf and ferretti for cane pick-ups using
the Pasturelli. From there, students will
materials involved in the process. Everyone
learn to pick up cane on a bubble, then on a
completes a multi-color print and engages
with aspects of design, carving, and printing. collar, and then learn how to make and use
murrine using a plunger pick up. One year of
There is an emphasis on sharing tricks that
glassblowing experience or three previous
can enrich other printmaking and painting
classes required. Take your work to the next
approaches. All experience levels are
welcome in this lively and colorful workshop. level!
OVERNIGHT: $570 / DAYS ONLY: $395
OVERNIGHT: $495 / DAYS ONLY: $320
OVERNIGHT: $525 / DAYS ONLY: $350
Kiln Glass: Bowls, Plates, Vessels, and Jewelry
DAN BATTAT
PMC® Flex: The Next Generation Clay
for Jewelry Designers
TERRY KOVALCIK
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OVERNIGHT: $675 / DAYS ONLY: $500
Artful Knitting: A Sculptural Approach
ADRIENNE SLOANE
Learn to think about knitting in a whole
new way and gain a greater appreciation of
knitting as an art form. Explore the use of
non-traditional materials and techniques to
create shape and stability when knitting in
three dimensions. Develop a personal language of forms that can be applied to sculptural or wearable creations. This is a process-oriented workshop devoted to making
samples and experiments. Participants must
be proficient in basic knitting techniques;
knowledge of crochet is also helpful.
OVERNIGHT: $500 / DAYS ONLY: $325
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A P R I L 2 6 – M AY 2
M AY 3 – 9
Stained Glass: A Luminous Art
ANDY WELLS
SALLY DUBACK
RYAN BUNK
Watch molten glass change from a glowing
honey-like substance to a glittering solid
as you learn the use of tools, gathering
techniques, and how to blow basic forms
such as cups, bowls, and paperweights. Develop your skills in attaching handles
and bases. With one-on-one instruction,
this class can accommodate both new and
experienced glassblowers. Transform common household items by
learning about color, pattern, texture and
various decorative painting techniques. Using colored pencils and paints, create a
unique pieces of art to display in your home
such as painted bowls, frames, mirrors and
more. No previous painting experiences is
required.
OVERNIGHT: $995 / DAYS ONLY: $810
OVERNIGHT: $775 / DAYS ONLY: $590
Figure Drawing
Textile Paint Extravaganza
SALLY DUBACK
CHERYL REZENDES
Explore decorative woodcarving using
simple tools and techniques. First, practice
on sample boards, then learn about pattern
design and transfer. Carve grids, rosettes,
and borders to transform boxes, frames, and
other objects, all provided. Carve your own
patterns or choose from an extensive library. No woodworking or carving experience
needed.
Starting with a live model drawing session
each morning, students will depict the
human figure from quick gesture sketches
to more detailed drawings from long
poses. Afternoons will focus on creating
innovative compositions based on the
human figure and the morning’s work along
with using pastels, graphite, charcoal, inks
and washes, collage elements, and pigments. For all ability levels. Skip the mess of fabric dyes, and learn to
use textile paints for complex and layered
hand-designed cloth. Start with direct painting on stretched and unstretched fabric, and
then use basic tools such as stamps and small
silk screens. Topics will include inspiration,
design concepts, color, mark making, pattern,
texture, and composition. Students’ projects
will include fat quarters and yardage. No experience necessary; easy to replicate at home.
OVERNIGHT: $775 / DAYS ONLY: $590
OVERNIGHT: $770 / DAYS ONLY: $585
Spectacular Ceramic Surfaces
STUDENT WORK
OVERNIGHT: $790 / DAYS ONLY: $605
ANDY WELLS
Alternative Printing
Techniques for Digital Images
One-of-a-Kind Metal Containers
Glass Beadmaking: Fun With Hollows
Create whimsical artwork from metal that
will surprise and delight both the maker and
viewer. Using found objects, cut steel, basic
welding tools, and great imagination, join
Bill in the ultimate game of Mr. Potato Head. Learn technical welding and artistic design in
a joyous and fast-paced class.
ALEXANDRA SHELDON
LILIANA GLENN
Complete beginners or experienced artists
who need a tune up will find inspiration by
exploring color, texture, composition, light,
movement, space, and story. Students will
make materials from scratch by painting in
a variety of colors and styles, printmaking,
making transfers using magazine images,
and other techniques. The emphasis will be
on having fun together in a creative, joyous,
and supportive space.
Journey into flameworked glass by learning
several ways to make discs and build them
into hollow beads and vessels. Create rich
glass surfaces with simple stringers and
complex filigrana, colorful enamels and
frit, metals, and glass shards which you will
blow yourself. Hone your flameworking skills
and take them to the next level. Experience
suggested but not required.
OVERNIGHT: $790 / DAYS ONLY: $605
The Multi-Faceted
World of Clay
BOB GREEN
OVERNIGHT: $780 / DAYS ONLY: $595
Woodblock Printing
JANINE NORTON
MOLLY HATCH
Bring your digital images and knowledge
of Photoshop to expand your artistic vision
of a digital print. Explore how to prepare
art papers, fabric, sheet metal, and other
penny thin materials for printing. Build thin
stucco-like surfaces. Experiment with transferring digital images to thicker surfaces such
as bark or stone. Combine these processes
with traditional art materials before or after
printing for stunning results.
Start by making forms and quickly immerse
in many surface techniques including
mishima (Japanese slip inlay), sgraffito (slip
carving), shellac resist, rubber stamping, and
more. While using underglazes on midrange porcelain fired in an electric kiln, learn
techniques that apply to many firing processes. Leave with finished work and bisque, plus
lots of new recipes. A basic knowledge of
form making and glazing is required.
Explore traditional and imaginative box
making techniques using copper and brass
sheet metal (Silver available for purchase.)
By cutting, forming, and soldering, students
will experiment with forms, shapes, closures,
and hinges. Add color with liver of sulfur
or heat patina. Discuss the aesthetic and
effectiveness of moving parts. Use personal
design ideas to learn and strengthen many
metalsmithing techniques. For all levels.
OVERNIGHT: $810 / DAYS ONLY: $625
OVERNIGHT: $775 / DAYS ONLY: $590
OVERNIGHT: $775 / DAYS ONLY: $590
OVERNIGHT: $775 / DAYS ONLY: $590
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CHIHIRO MAKIO
LINDA JACQUE
Welding for the Home & Garden Collage: The Imaginative
BILL RHODES
Use of Materials
Both beginner and advanced pottery
students will explore firing techniques of different cultures. Raku is a sixteenth century
Japanese glaze firing process, and burnishing or polishing the clay surface is closely
associated with many cultures from Native
American to early Greek and Roman. Students will make hand built or wheel thrown
pieces at the beginning of the week in order
to experience these exciting ancient pottery
firing processes which produce colorful and
textured surfaces.
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Decorative Painting
on Furniture
Grace your home with a handmade glass
panel of your own design. Choose symbols
and colors with personal meaning and use
them in abstract or figurative patterns. Learn to cut straight edges and rounded glass
shapes; then, use a soldering iron to join the
glass pieces into a finished project. No experience necessary. Advanced students will be
guided in more complex projects. Chip Carving
OVERNIGHT: $780 / DAYS ONLY: $595
Glassblowing
DAVE ZALTZBERG
OVERNIGHT: $800 / DAYS ONLY: $615
Kiln Glass: Bowls, Plates,
Vessels, and Jewelry
THEO FADEL
PAULA WILLIAMS KOCHANEK
Explore the ancient craft of carving a wooden
relief block and printing it onto paper and
textile without a press. You’ll work from
your own designs whether abstract or
representational, talk about the decisions
that turn a drawing into a beautiful woodcut,
and learn how to use the various tools and
materials of western block printing. All levels
of experience are welcome.
Learn to use the heat of the kiln to achieve
vibrant and original glass designs in functional and sculptural pieces. Full fuse, tack
fuse, slumping, painting with glass, chemical
color reactions, and pattern bars are among
the many techniques that may be covered. Beginners in kiln glass will benefit from stepby-step instruction; experienced students
will be challenged by Paula’s endless ideas. OVERNIGHT: $770 / DAYS ONLY: $605
OVERNIGHT: $810 / DAYS ONLY: $625
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M AY 9 – 1 0
, Intergenerational
ANGELA GERHARD
Introduction to Enameling
NEW
ANGELA GERHARD
DAN MAHER
ALEXANDRA FORBES
Woodcarving: Spoon, Ladle, or Spatula
NEW
Stained Glass 101
NEW
ALEXANDRA FORBES
DAN MAHER
Create your own cooking/serving spoon out of cherry, maple, mahogany or other hardwood. Start with learning about design, based on
how a utensil is used for cooking or eating. Then choose a wood to
carve and shape, using tools including a bandsaw, gouges, spokeshaves, and rasps. Add a personal flourish to the handle and finish
your piece to a fine polish. No previous woodcarving experience is
necessary; students at all levels are welcome.
Establish sound fundamental skills in cutting class and assembling
stained glass panels using the copper foil method. Learn panel
design, pattern making, layout, types of glass, and types of framing while constructing a stained glass window of your own design. Explore Dan’s signature style of combining handblown and fused
elements in stained glass pieces.
Learn the art of fusing colorful glass to copper in the heat of a 1500
degree kiln. Topics will include: metal preparation and fabrication
for enameling, tools and supplies used, properties of enamel, and
both wet and dry application methods using opaque enamels.
Handouts with resources will be provided. No metalworking or
jewelry experience needed.
OVERNIGHT: $390 / DAYS ONLY: $265
Glassblowing: Beginning & Beyond
Murrine & More
SANDY DUKESHIRE
SALLY PRASCH
Boxes for Every Season & Occasion
The Two-Day Teapot
Murrine is a technique of making patterns in glass rods that are
then cut in cross sections and used as decorative elements in glass
artwork. Students will explore making and using glass murrine
in both soft and borosilicate glass. The history of murrine making
will also be covered. With lots of individual attention, students are
encouraged to bring sketches and ideas. Open to all levels.
REGINA & DAN ST. JOHN
TIFFANY HILTON
OVERNIGHT: $435 / DAYS ONLY: $310
Using simple tools and purchased or recycled cardboard, paper, and
cloth, students will learn how to design, then make and decorate
boxes and containers of all shapes and sizes. Learn about folding,
scoring, creasing, and cutting, along with powerful templates, jigs,
and approaches to accurate measurement without rulers. Cover
the surfaces of the containers with various decorative materials and
produce a unique 3-D work of art. For all skill levels.
For many potters, making a teapot is the ultimate challenge. In this
two day workshop, you can give full attention to making this complex
form; throwing the body, fitting various styles of lids, hand-building
or throwing spouts, pulling handles and discussing the positioning
of all of these parts and their effect on form and function. Numerous
demonstrations and images will encourage and inspire. Some wheel
experience required. Each student will make several teapots using
Cone 6-10 stoneware. Students should bring packing materials to
transport their greenware pieces home safely. OVERNIGHT: $390 / DAYS ONLY: $265
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OVERNIGHT: $375 / DAYS ONLY: $250
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SANDY DUKESHIRE
NEW
Watch molten glass change from a glowing honey-like substance to
a glittering solid as you learn the basic foundation of glassblowing
techniques including gathering, marvering, and how to correctly use
appropriate tools. Teamwork, safety and studio etiquette will be
stressed. Ample practice time provides all students the opportunity
to make successful blown shapes. Students with experience will be
encouraged to work at their level. All welcome.
OVERNIGHT: $480 / DAYS ONLY: $355
Whimsical Felting
Beginning Welding
LESLEY HANSARD
PAT BENNETT
Learn the basics of welding, cutting, and bending steel. Integrate
sheet metal with steel rods, and parts of found objects to create
a simple outdoor sculpture or decorative object for your home. The possibilities are endless and well within the grasp of the total
beginner. You will never fear fire or power tools again after becoming
a welder. The wet felting process creates a material that is both strong and
flexible and can be sculpted, shaped, sewn, layered and formed
in many ways. From hats and scarves to booties and playful nonfunctional pieces, felted projects come together in a day or afternoon
and can easily be reproduced at home. Learn this fun technique, and
with Leslie’s inspiration, make something fantastic! No experience
necessary.
OVERNIGHT: $405 / DAYS ONLY: $280
OVERNIGHT: $375 / DAYS ONLY: $250
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M AY 1 7 – 2 3
Metals & Jewelry
JOY RASKIN
Make your own jewelry by learning to solder, file, shape and texture
sheet metal, hammer wire, and much more. Incorporate polished
stones into your rings and pendants with bezel settings. Make your
own earwires for earrings. Simple chainmaking such as Viking knit
and Egyptian spiral will also be covered. Brass, bronze, copper will be
included; silver will be available for purchase. Bring your own stones
or beads to incorporate. All levels welcome. OVERNIGHT: $775 / DAYS ONLY: $590
Woodturning
LYN HORAN
Diary of a Mad Watercolorist
LIBBY LEUCHTMAN
The Wonder of Glass: Hot & Cold
NEW
LIBBY LEUCHTMAN
From making cane and murrine, to working off-mandrel and end-ofmandrel, to using a flat lap and a variety of disks to grind and polish
a bead – students will be immersed in Libby’s signature techniques.
Explore how she makes the Clio Pod and Seashell and then put your
own fingerprints on the process. Learn how to use beautiful Double
Helix silver glass. For student with flameworking experience, add
some new tricks to your toolbox. OVERNIGHT: $800 / DAYS ONLY: $615
ELAINE BUSS
Serendipitous Surfaces
NEW
LYN HORAN
ELAINE BUSS
Using conventional and non-conventional techniques, students will
create their own visual “watercolor diary” of samples and processes which will serve as a personal reference book to keep. Creating
intimate small works during the process will allow beginners to
jump right into painting and more advanced watercolorists push
themselves and experiment. A class for everyone who loves watercolors to benefit from Lyn’s 35 years of experience and knowledge in a
supportive and fun environment. Learn to layer techniques and achieve surprising surfaces in an electric kiln. Explore how to apply information to the clay at every step
of the process using techniques and materials such as simple carving
and sgraffito, monoprinting, underglaze pencils, oxides, slips, and
underglaze. Consider how surface can serve to augment your ideas
and interests, and bring a whole new life to your ceramic practice. Participants will take home some fired work, some bisque, and a
whole new bag of tricks to play with later.
OVERNIGHT: $775 / DAYS ONLY: $590
OVERNIGHT: $775 / DAYS ONLY: $590
Off-Loom Weaving Techniques from
Around the World
NEW
SCOTT NORRIS
Off-loom weaving is easy-to-learn, fun, often colorful and requires
little to no specialized equipment. Based on the classic book
Byways in Handweaving by Mary Meigs Atwater, students will learn 5
techniques (card weaving, plaiting, twining, braiding, and knotting),
and complete one project each day using a variety of natural fibers. Projects can include belts, bands, throws, placemats and scarves. No
experience necessary.
RICK ANGUS
Using five fundamental cutting techniques in woodturning, discover the range of possibilities to make spindle and bowl forms with a
wood lathe. Using beautiful local hardwoods, the class starts with
learning techniques and later uses them to create elegant wooden
utensils, bowls, and decorative art. Finish them to a luster with simple oil coatings. Bring ideas of objects with round symmetry, and let’s
make them reality.
OVERNIGHT: $780 / DAYS ONLY: $595
Twined Baskets: New Uses of an Old Technique
LOIS RUSSELL
Today’s artists are using age-old techniques to create sculptural pieces that challenge the definition of “basket.” This class will focus on the
technique of twining, using colorful waxed linen thread to learn the
basics including making a base and rim and to explore the possibilities of pattern, shape, and texture. Students can expect to leave with
one small finished project and the beginnings of a second. All skill
levels are welcome.
OVERNIGHT: $775 / DAYS ONLY: $590
OVERNIGHT: $775 / DAYS ONLY: $595
LOIS RUSSELL
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M AY 2 3 – 2 5
Mosaics: A Smashing Good Time
CHRISTINE KENNEALLY
Work with glass, ceramic tile, pottery, stone, and found objects to
create a wall panel or tabletop mosaic. Cutting, color, shape, pattern,
design, and personal expression will all be explored during the workshop. Work in either direct or indirect method. Christine will discuss
how to set up your own mosaics studio at home to continue creating.
For all levels.
OVERNIGHT: $520 / DAYS ONLY: $345
Kiln Glass: Bowls, Plates, Vessels, and Jewelry
PAULA WILLIAMS KOCHANEK
BRONWEN HEILMAN
BRICE GARRETT
Steel Fabrication
NEW
BRICE GARRETT
With different properties than non-ferrous metals, steel offers an
affordable and attractive alternative for jewelry makers. Explore sawing, forming, soldering, pickling, and finishing techniques with steel.
On its own, or combined with gold, silver and other materials, create
larger and lighter forms through various projects. For beginning or
intermediate students wanting to explore materials, techniques, and
personal growth.
OVERNIGHT: $540 / DAYS ONLY: $365
7 Bamboo Scarves: Shibori & Painting
MO KELMAN
Students will learn shibori and dye painting methods while
producing seven bamboo scarves; bamboo drapes like silk, dyes
vibrantly, and is easy on the environment. To start, explore Japanese
itajime shibori, a folding and clamping method, to produce boldly
dyed geometric patterns. Next, use arashi pole-wrapping to make
diagonal patterns that suggest wind-driven rain. Lastly, handpainting
techniques will add nuance to patterns with a layer of imagery and
washes of color. Go home with a stunning collection of scarves!
OVERNIGHT: $525 / DAYS ONLY: $350
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Surface Design on Glass Beads
with Powder Dichroic Glass
BRONWEN HEILMAN
Dichroic Extract - dichroic glass without the glass - is a brand new
product that will add BLING to your work like never before. Join
Bronwen on the frontier and learn her brand new techniques for
applying this product to glass beads. Explore and experiment with
vitreous enamels and powder dichroic for exciting imagery, surface
design, and shimmer in your work. Learn how to work safely with
these materials and how to fire them so the finished work comes
alive. For experienced flameworkers. OVERNIGHT: $615 / DAYS ONLY: $440
Intermediate Glassblowing
JORDANA KORSEN
Experience the powerful process of working with glass, a material
that is both enduring and fragile, strong and easily shattered. Enjoy
the communal nature of creating objects through teamwork and
communication. Jordana creates everyday objects in a simple,
purposeful, and humorous manner; her classes are empowering and
supportive as students at all levels work together. Some previous
glassblowing experience required.
OVERNIGHT: $675 / DAYS ONLY: $500
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Learn to use the heat of the kiln to achieve vibrant and original glass
designs in functional and sculptural pieces. Full fuse, tack fuse,
slumping, painting with glass, chemical color reactions, and pattern
bars are among the many techniques that may be covered. Beginners
in kiln glass will benefit from step-by-step instruction; experienced
students will be challenged by Paula’s endless ideas. OVERNIGHT: $570 / DAYS ONLY: $395
KYLE CARPENTER
The Seasoned Surface: Enhancing the Surface with Soda
NEW
KYLE CARPENTER
Encaustic Painting
DEBBIE NATHAN
NOTE: Due to the nature of the firing process, this is a 4 day class and will
run through May 26.
Painting with hot wax is an ancient practice with limitless modern
possibilities. Learn safe practices, surface preparation, mixing colors,
tools and techniques for fusing, transparencies and glazes, layering,
scraping, and scribing, line and edge, collage, assemblage, monotype,
image transfer, and much more. Participants will have the opportunity to complete several small encaustic paintings during the weekend. Add depth to the surface of your pots by taking advantage of
responsive clays, slips, and glazes formulated for the soda kiln.
Students are encouraged to bring 10-15 bisque pots (various size and
shape) made with cone 10 stoneware or porcelain. During the firing
and cooling of the kiln, there will be demonstrations focusing on
throwing and painting pots. OVERNIGHT: $585 / DAYS ONLY: $410
OVERNIGHT: $690 / DAYS ONLY: $465
Welding for Home & Garden
PAT BENNETT
Create artwork from metal that can weather the seasons and grace
your garden and home for years to come. Trellises, plant stands,
gates, tables, and sculptures can be fabricated with steel and a range
of techniques – endless possibilities. No previous experience is necessary. Welding equipment includes MIG, arc and oxy-acetylene. OVERNIGHT: $585 / DAYS ONLY: $410
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M AY 3 1 – J U N E 6
JUNE 7 – 13
All About Glass Beads!
Welding for the Home & Garden
Polymer Alphabet Soup
Hot Glass Exploration
NANCY TOBEY
MICHAEL MARTINDELL
LORETTA LAM
AARON LEAMAN
Whether you are a beginner or have experience, make dozens of beads and build your
flameworking skills. Explore shapes (round,
bicone and tabular), surface decoration
(dots, lines, flowers), metal leaf and foils,
glass enamels, and tools for texture. If you
are experienced, increase your color palette
and learn to create an organic look. Don’t
just ask what if. . . come to this class and try! Create artwork from metal that can weather
the seasons and grace your garden and home
for years to come. Trellises, plant stands,
gates, tables, and sculptures can be fabricated with steel and a range of techniques –
endless possibilities. No previous experience
is necessary. Welding equipment includes
MIG, arc and oxy-acetylene. A is for Art, B is for Beads, C is for Caning,
and D for Design! Students will experiment,
explore, and play with surface techniques
and textures, millefiori, personalized color
palettes, hollow-forming, and more. This
class provides all the tools you need –including inspiration – to create art jewelry that is
truly your own. All welcome!
OVERNIGHT: $790 / DAYS ONLY: $605
OVERNIGHT: $775 / DAYS ONLY: $590
Through demonstrations, instruction, exploration, and teamwork, students will learn
and build knowledge of how glass moves,
cools, and is shaped. Starting with solid
glass, students will pull, poke, turn, and get
a feel for creating small sculptures and paperweights. Next, experiment with blowing
bubbles to make beautiful small vessels and
cups. Beginners welcome.
OVERNIGHT: $800 / DAYS ONLY: $615
Inspirational Landscapes
MARCIA REED
GRACE SHEESE
Storytelling with Pottery
NEW
GRACE SHEESE
Explore how form and surface in pottery can
be used to tell stories about human connection. Instruction will include how to throw
pots and add sculptural elements to a basic
form; use non-ceramic materials on various
clay surfaces; use collage elements and easily
available materials to best advantage; create
and apply decals; and generate new ideas.
Discuss the pros and cons of down-firing. For
all levels.
OVERNIGHT: $775 / DAYS ONLY: $590
Kiln Glass: Bowls, Plates,
Vessels, and Jewelry
PAULA WILLIAMS KOCHANEK
Snow Farm is rich with pastoral scenery to
provide inspiring shapes, color, and form.
Use watercolors, oils, or water-based acrylics
to let go, push your artistic boundaries, take
risks, and find joy in expressing yourself in
color. Group and individual exercises will
build confidence and help you recognize
what makes a painting strong and dynamic. For the intermediate painter.
Learn to use the heat of the kiln to achieve
vibrant and original glass designs in functional and sculptural pieces. Full fuse, tack
fuse, slumping, painting with glass, chemical
color reactions, and pattern bars are among
the many techniques that may be covered. Beginners in kiln glass will benefit from stepby-step instruction; experienced students
will be challenged by Paula’s endless ideas. OVERNIGHT: $775 / DAYS ONLY: $590
OVERNIGHT: $810 / DAYS ONLY: $625
Machine Embroidery: Painting With Thread
Kinetic Jewelry: Moveable
Elements & Cold Connections
SUSAN LEVI-GORELICH
TERRY KOVALCIK
With your own non-computerized sewing
machine, and basic sewing skills, learn to
paint with thread. Blend and mix colors by
layering threads and create painterly effects
using only straight stitch and zig-zag. Experiment with numerous techniques, including
bobbin embroidery and dissolvable fabric. All steps in the process, from stretching the
fabric to finishing, will be explored.
Create metal clay jewelry— pendant,
earrings, bracelet, or ring with parts that
move, dangle, or wiggle when worn. Explore
techniques such as rolling, molding, carving,
texturing, firing, and finishing – alone or in
a variety of metal clay combinations. Other
topics will include pattern templates, surface
treatments, dry construction, cold connections, mechanisms, and more. For all skill
levels in a fun and creative atmosphere.
OVERNIGHT: $775 / DAYS ONLY: $590
OVERNIGHT: $855 / DAYS ONLY: $670
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OVERNIGHT: $995 / DAYS ONLY: $810
Painting on Silk
SALLY DILLON
Painting with dyes on silk is similar to using
watercolors – but easier! Create realistic or
abstract designs in any colors you can imagine for scarves, wall hangings, or yardage. Learn to use a variety of resists including
soy wax, gutta resist, and potato dextrin. Experiment with rusting and rubbing with
textile crayons. Learn to layer and combine
techniques for amazing results. No experience necessary.
OVERNIGHT: $770 / DAYS ONLY: $585
PAULA GOTTLIEB
Stained Glass: A Luminous Art
DAVE ZALTZBERG
Grace your home with a handmade glass
panel of your own design. Choose symbols
and colors with personal meaning and use
them in abstract or figurative patterns. Learn to cut straight edges and rounded
glass shapes; then, use a soldering iron to
join the glass pieces into a finished project. No experience necessary. Advanced students
will be guided in more complex projects. OVERNIGHT: $790 / DAYS ONLY: $605
PAULA GOTTLIEB
Experience watercolor paint as a transparent
medium that is luminous and alive, full
of movement and joy. Paula’s teaching
embraces the elusive balance between
control of paint and knowing when to step
back and let the paint make its own mark.
Topics will include ways of using the brush,
color theory, transparent layering, soft and
hard edges, and the sequence of building a
painting. For all levels.
OVERNIGHT: $775 / DAYS ONLY: $590
Painting With Fire: Native American Firing Techniques & More
Box Making with Wood
BOB GREEN
Beginning and advanced pottery students will experience two exciting and colorful firing techniques. Raku, a sixteenth century Japanese
firing technique, is a fast glaze process that produces a rainbow of
colors and effects. Burnishing or polishing and saggar firing is an
unglazed pottery surface which is fired in wood. The smoke and
fumes produce beautiful pinks, oranges, and earth tones - a technique closely associated with Native American pueblo pottery. Both
of these magical firing methods are like painting with fire!
OVERNIGHT: $775 / DAYS ONLY: $590
The Delight of Watercolor
Painting
SHARON MEHRMAN
Whether you’re a seasoned woodworker or a beginner, there’s a lot
to discover while making a box. Experienced students can hone
skills, challenge creativity, and learn techniques that apply to many
other woodworking projects. Beginners will learn to use the table
saw, jointer, chop saw, and router for the first time, build wood shop
confidence, and complete a project. All are welcome, no experience
necessary!
OVERNIGHT: $780 / DAYS ONLY: $595
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JUNE 19 – 21
Welded Sculpture with Found Materials
JAMES KITCHEN
Create artwork from metal that can weather the seasons and grace
your home for years to come. Trellises, plant stands, gates, tables, and
sculptures can be fabricated with steel and found materials. Learn to
see what shape and form suggests. No previous experience is necessary. Welding equipment includes MIG, arc and oxy-acetylene.
OVERNIGHT: $585 / DAYS ONLY: $410
Glassblowing
RYAN BRUNK
Watch molten glass change from a glowing honey-like substance to
a glittering solid as you learn the use of tools, gathering techniques,
and how to blow basic forms such as cups, bowls, and paperweights. Develop your skills in attaching handles and bases. With one-on-one
instruction, this class can accommodate both new and experienced
glassblowers.
JILL HELMS
Metal Mosaics: Yes You CAN!
NEW
OVERNIGHT: $675 / DAYS ONLY: $500
Introduction to Fused Glass
JILL HELMS
ALICE GEBHART
Using recycled aluminum cans as the medium, students will learn
how to design and create a decorative mosaic or mirror. Learn how to
clean and cut the cans with an eye to design details and color balance
that will give the piece a personal touch. Learn how to prepare the
wood surface, how to assemble the mosaic, and how to finish a piece.
You will never look at a soda can the same way again!
Students will learn the basics of glass fusing and slumping which
include the properties of glass, glass cutting, grinding, and firing in
a kiln. In addition, glass powder stenciling and the sgraffito glass
painting technique will be demonstrated and discussed. No previous
experience is required; students will go home with at least one flat
panel and one beautiful plate!
OVERNIGHT: $520 / DAYS ONLY: $345
OVERNIGHT: $570 / DAYS ONLY: $395
Lost Wax Casting
Collage: The Imaginative Use of Materials
DEBORAH SCHWARTZKOPF
Tricks of the Trade
Hexagonal Weave: Paper Weavings
DEBORAH SCHWARTZKOPF
JACKIE ABRAMS
Explore your ability to build complex forms with simple parts. Start
with basic pattern making and bisque molds to shape slabs, then
move through a series of playful, technique-based exercises to hone
skills in altering, attachments, and making non-round forms. Discussion about surface will round out your toolbox of new techniques. Students will bring home a fresh focus on expressive shapes and
lots of new ideas to enliven studio practice. Basic hand building and
wheel throwing skills would be helpful. Create baskets inspired by the ancient Asian technique of openwork
hexagonal weave. Students will paint cotton papers and use them
in the first layer of the weave, similar to Shaker cheese baskets.
Then, using the first layer as a framework, interlace second and
third layers or layers of random weave and color. Experiment with
the possibilities of form, size, and color design. Previous basket
experience is helpful, but not required
Design with Color in Glass
White Line Woodcut
LILIANA GLENN
LISA HOUCK
ALAN BURTON THOMSPON
ALEXANDRA SHELDON
Complete beginners or experienced artists who need a tune up will
find inspiration by exploring color, texture, composition, light, movement, space, and story. Materials for the collages will be made from
scratch using a variety of techniques: painting papers in a variety of
colors, printmaking on papers, and making transfers using magazine
images. The emphasis will be on having fun together in a creative,
joyous and supportive space.
White Line Woodcut is a technique developed in Provincetown in
the 1920’s. Inspired by European modernism and American crafts
techniques, Blanche Lazell and others developed this simple method
which combines printmaking and watercolor painting. Students will
start by carving linear drawings into a woodblock and will then learn
the process of printing multiple colors from this block. With a few
simple tools, students can continue working with this technique at
home. All levels of ability are welcome.
OVERNIGHT: $530 / DAYS ONLY: $355
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OVERNIGHT: $530 / DAYS ONLY: $355
Experience the ancient, hot process of lost wax casting (no relation
to lost youth, lost boys, or the lost continent). Carve, pinch, and mold
the wax, then transform it with baking fire, hissing water, and elbow
grease into the eternal material of metal. Our facilities are limited to
the making of objects under 2 inches. Beginners are welcome; some
metals experience suggested.
OVERNIGHT: $540 / DAYS ONLY: $365
JACKIE ABRAMS
Bring your passion for color, textiles, fashion and design to this new
workshop. Build on your personal style and develop one comprehensive piece (small sculpture, canvas, jewelry) that reflects what YOU
love. Explore your voice, and expand your vocabulary of techniques
at the torch by creating your own filigrana & murrine, blowing your
own glass shards, using enamels and metals, and working on and off
mandrel. Find and lose yourself in a journey with colorful glass! For
experienced flameworkers. OVERNIGHT: $605 / DAYS ONLY: $430
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J U LY 3 0 – AU G U S T 2
Cutting Edge Polymer Clay
NEW
DAN CORMIER
Explore one of polymer clay’s best qualities:
its double identity as both a structural
and decorative medium. Learn all of Dan’s
signature ‘Cutting Edge’ techniques to
exploit a full spectrum of color and pattern
possibilities and build a collection of
swatches to take home. Then, work on a
finished object using Dan’s adaptation of
silhouette dieforming in metal and other
innovative techniques. Provocative for
advanced artists and accessible to novices. DAN CORMIER
Alternative Firing
NORMAN ED
BOB GREEN
Steel, wood, glass, and found objects lend themselves to a variety of
techniques for “working in the round” on both large and small scale
sculptures. Norm will emphasize discovering and exploring the
materials and techniques that best suit each person. With access to
the full power of the welding studio – anything goes! Be amazed and
astonished by what you can make. All experience levels welcome. Explore a variety of alternative firing techniques including two
complete saggar firings, raku with glaze and horsehair, naked raku,
pit firing. Students will need to bring white stoneware bisque fired to
cone 06 and some unfired bone-dry or leather hard white stoneware
or porcelain for burnishing with terra sigillata. Enjoy the beauty and
magic of these ancient techniques in this hands-on opportunity.
OVERNIGHT: $775 / DAYS ONLY: $590
OVERNIGHT: $690 / DAYS ONLY: $465
How to Successfully Marble Fabrics
Alternative Printing Techniques
for Digital Images
Students will learn how to properly prepare fabrics, paints, and a
carrageenan bath for successful marbling. Start with tanks that
accommodate 18” x 20” size pieces of fabric and learn how to apply
paints and patterns with a stylus and combs. Progress to full-size
marbling tanks for making scarves or larger pieces of fabric. Explore
many different traditional marbling patterns using a variety of combs
to create beautifully intricate patterns. Experiment with the process
to invent your own patterns! For all skill levels. OVERNIGHT: $755 / DAYS ONLY: $530
MO KELMAN
Comprehensive Flameworking
Through experimentation and improvisation, students will learn
methods for building skeletal structures with rigid and semi-rigFrom handmade beads to blown shapes, this class will cover many
id materials like reed, rattan, bamboo, wood, and wire. Methods
techniques in both soft and borosilicate glass. Large and small
will include various lashing techniques and chaotic plaiting. Next,
sculpture, murrini and glass chains are among the many possibilities. students will explore various approaches to building skins onto these
A blend of artistic and scientific glassblowing techniques will be
structures using gut, rice papers, elastic fabrics, nets, and wax. Stuused to form glass pieces. With lots of individual attention, students dents may produce purely sculptural structures and vessels, protoare encouraged to bring sketches and ideas. Emphasis will be on
types for future studio work, or take the option to wire and illuminate
exploration, spontaneity, investigation and fun. Open to all levels.
one of the forms.
SALLY PRASCH
OVERNIGHT: $765 / DAYS ONLY: $540
OVERNIGHT: $660 / DAYS ONLY: $435
Kiln Glass: Bowls, Plates,
Vessels, and Jewelry
Wood Inlay
Glassblowing
SHARON MEHRMAN
RYAN BRUNK
JANINE NORTON
PAULA WILLIAMS KOCHANEK
Bring your digital images and knowledge of Photoshop to expand
your artistic vision of a digital print. Explore how to prepare smooth
art papers, fabric, non-woven fabric, or other penny thin materials
such as sheet-metal with Ink-aid pre-coatings. Build thin stucco or
plaster like surfaces for printing. Experiment with transferring digital images to unusual surfaces, thicker art papers, or wood. Students
can combine these processes with traditional art materials before or
after printing for stunning results.
Learn to use the heat of the kiln to achieve
vibrant and original glass designs in functional and sculptural pieces. Full fuse, tack
fuse, slumping, painting with glass, chemical
color reactions, and pattern bars are among
the many techniques that may be covered. Beginners in kiln glass will benefit from stepby-step instruction; experienced students
will be challenged by Paula’s endless ideas. Create with wood! Wood inlay is the process of cutting out shapes in wood veneer,
creating a recess in a wood background,
and gluing the veneer into the recess. Learn
to inlay lines and geometric designs with
stringing, and to make complex designs with
sheet veneer. Explore wood colors and exotic
grain patterns with a huge variety of veneers
available. All are welcome; no experience
necessary.
Watch molten glass change from a glowing
honey-like substance to a glittering solid as
you learn the use of tools, gathering techniques, and how to blow basic forms such
as cups, bowls, and paperweights. Develop
your skills in attaching handles and bases. With one-on-one instruction, this class can
accommodate both new and experienced
glassblowers.
OVERNIGHT: $740 / DAYS ONLY: $515
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Skins & Skeletons: 3-D Textile
Constructions and Illuminated Forms
OVERNIGHT: $690 / DAYS ONLY: $465
Welding & Mixed Media Sculpture
REGINA & DAN ST. JOHN
MO KELMAN
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AU G U S T 2 – 8
AU G U S T 9 – 1 5
Alternative Casting
NEW
BRICE GARRETT
Casting is an ideal technique to create a
collection of multiples and advance a jewelry
maker’s practice. Students can bring small
objects and jewelry to be molded and replicated using various silicones and alginate. Techniques will include basic metal fabrication, mold making, casting, and safety. Students will cast new pieces using alternative materials such as resin, cement, and wax. Open to all levels.
OVERNIGHT: $775 / DAYS ONLY: $590
SARAH JAEGER
Surfaces that Sing
NEW
Stained Glass: A Luminous Art
PAULA WILLIAMS KOCHANEK
Grace your home with a handmade glass
panel of your own design. Choose symbols
and colors with personal meaning and use
them in abstract or figurative patterns. Learn to cut straight edges and rounded
glass shapes; then, use a soldering iron to
join the glass pieces into a finished project. No experience necessary. Advanced students
will be guided in more complex projects. Learn to use the heat of the kiln to achieve
vibrant and original glass designs in functional and sculptural pieces. Full fuse, tack
fuse, slumping, painting with glass, chemical
color reactions, and pattern bars are among
the many techniques that may be covered. Beginners in kiln glass will benefit from stepby-step instruction; experienced students
will be challenged by Paula’s endless ideas. OVERNIGHT: $810 / DAYS ONLY: $625
DAVE ZALTZBERG
SALLY LAGRAND
The Art of Looking Sideways
LISA GREY
SALLY LAGRAND
CHRISTINE KENNEALLY
Work with glass, ceramic tile, pottery, stone,
and found objects to create a wall panel
or tabletop mosaic. Cutting, color, shape,
pattern, design, and personal expression will
all be explored during the workshop. Work
in either direct or indirect method. Christine
will discuss how to set up your own mosaics
studio at home to continue creating. All levels.
An exercise in creativity and play starts with
the familiar, then ventures sideways into
unexplored territory. Combine and create
simple tools, techniques, and materials in unexpected ways. Playful design exercises will
guide a series of small compositions. Print,
pattern, cut, tear, reassemble, layer, stitch,
and more! Students will leave with multiple
samples and many new plans for future work.
OVERNIGHT: $770 / DAYS ONLY: $585
OVERNIGHT: $770 / DAYS ONLY: $585
Use your artistic voice and techniques developed by Sally to become a problem solver
of your own work. Explore foundations for
creating wearable glass items from corsages
to necklaces and bracelets. Consider adding
personal photographs to your creative endeavors with Sally’s methods. Learn ways to
bring your visions to fruition and unlock your
own inner artist. Flameworking experience
necessary.
Glassblowing for Everyone
DON FRIEL & NORMAN ED
Good decoration can make a pot sing, and a
beautiful surface can lend extravagance to
simple pots in everyday use. Learn new techniques for glaze decoration and explore how
form and surface respond to each other. Students will glaze and fire bisque pots (cone 10
clay) they bring with them as well as make
new work on the wheel. Sara will include
slide talks and share historical examples.
Students with different levels of experience
will come together in class to work together.
Beginners will work on paperweights, to help
build gathering and turning skills, and also
pumpkins, using some of the pattern molds
that we have in the studio, and ornaments.
More experienced students will work in
teams on advancing their glassblowing skills.
A class for everyone who is drawn to the
magic of melting glass.
OVERNIGHT: $995 / DAYS ONLY: $810
The Zen Nature of Japanese
Watercolor Painting
BILL LAMBERT
Create the movement of grasses, mist, and
water or the mosses and rocks and changing
seasons in Japanese-influenced watercolor
compositions. Experience the spontaneous
energy of how the brush moves as Bill guides
the process from foundation to applying
washes and the proper mixing of colors. Lose
your fear of mistakes by being present with
your brush. Be inspired by the landscape,
seascapes, or up close flora and fauna. OVERNIGHT: $790 / DAYS ONLY: $605
Creativity and the Foundations Stone Carving
JOE MONTROY
of Wearable Glass
NEW
Mosaics: A Smashing Good Time
SARAH JAEGER
OVERNIGHT: $775 / DAYS ONLY: $590
Kiln Glass: Bowls, Plates,
Vessels, and Jewelry
Working in marble, beginning students will
learn and practice important techniques for
carving and creating sculpture in stone. The
use and care of traditional hand tools will
be covered, including chisel sharpening. Students will learn techniques such as layout,
modeling, roughing out, shaping, splitting,
letter carving, and finishing. All welcome to
explore this compelling craft. Introduction to Jewelry &
Connections
ALAN BURTON THOMPSON
Make pendants, pins, and rings – or little stuff
to carry around in your pockets. Learn basic
jewelry-making including how to connect
metal-to-metal and metal to other stuff. Soldering, riveting, tabs, nuts and bolts, and
even chemical bonding (yes, glue!) will be
covered in detail. All welcome in a fun and
productive environment. OVERNIGHT: $770 / DAYS ONLY: $585
OVERNIGHT: $775 / DAYS ONLY: $590
Collage: The Imaginative
Use of Materials
Welding for the
Home & Garden
ALEXANDRA SHELDON
MICHAEL MARTINDELL
Create your own set of ceramic tiles for home
décor or the garden. Use the slab roller and
experiment with under-glazes and carving.
Try painting on bisque to create a repeat
design. Make shaped tiles or use plaster
molds. Lisa will share Native American
pottery designs as well as many contemporary examples. Most of the work will be fired
during class. No experience required.
Complete beginners or experienced artists
will find inspiration by exploring color,
texture, composition, light, movement, space,
and story. Make collage materials from
scratch by painting in a variety of colors and
styles, printmaking, making transfers using
magazine images, and other techniques.
The emphasis is on having fun together in a
creative, joyous, and supportive space.
Create artwork from metal that can weather
the seasons and grace your garden and home
for years to come. Trellises, plant stands,
gates, tables, and sculptures can be fabricated with steel and a range of techniques –
endless possibilities. No previous experience
is necessary. Welding equipment includes
MIG, arc and oxy-acetylene. OVERNIGHT: $775 / DAYS ONLY: $590
OVERNIGHT: $780 / DAYS ONLY: $595
OVERNIGHT: $800 / DAYS ONLY: $615
Ceramic Tiles
LISA HOUCK
OVERNIGHT: $790 / DAYS ONLY: $605
OVERNIGHT: $775 / DAYS ONLY: $590
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AU G U S T 1 6 – 2 2
BOB GREEN
LINDA KAYE-MOSES
The Multi-Faceted World of Clay
BOB GREEN
Both beginner and advanced pottery students will explore firing
techniques of different cultures. Raku is a sixteenth century Japanese
glaze firing process, and burnishing or polishing the clay surface is
closely associated with many cultures from Native American to early
Greek and Roman. Students will make hand built or wheel thrown
pieces at the beginning of the week in order to experience these
exciting ancient pottery firing processes which produce colorful and
textured surfaces.
OVERNIGHT: $775 / DAYS ONLY: $590
GASALI ADEYEMO
Hang It All: Making a Metal Clay Pendant
Locket & Chain
LINDA KAYE-MOSES
African Batik
GASALI ADEYEMO
Explore traditional batik techniques, adire, and tie dyeing, while
learning about the arts and culture of the Yoruba people from a
native Nigerian artist. Experiment with intricate patterns and deep
indigo colors, using wax, paste resist and fiber dyes, to create beautiful scarves, t shirts and yardage. No experience necessary.
OVERNIGHT: $770 / DAYS ONLY: $585
While creating an original pendant locket, chain, and clasp, students
will explore a range of metal clay techniques (granulation, die-forming and more) using PMC3, and some traditional jewelry-making
techniques (riveting, soldering, patination, and optional stone
setting) using milled sterling silver. Demonstrations and exercises
will focus on metal clay and jewelry fabrication, with an emphasis on
individual design. Familiarity with metal clay will be helpful, but the
only true prerequisite is imagination and enthusiasm.
OVERNIGHT: $865 / DAYS ONLY: $680
Plein Air Painting: The Elements of Success
Table Manners – Table Matters
TED MATZ
PETER DELLERT
Students will look at key elements that most painters have trouble
executing: hue, value, and temperature. Learn how to make colors
more saturated and strong by pushing values for more dramatic
impact. Increase your understanding of how to control the temperature of a painting and the overall affect it has the way a painting is
interpreted. Improve these three elements and your painting will go
from OK to GREAT! This class is open to any medium.
With a little skill, a little will, and a little more time, design and construct a table using easy techniques. There are many possibilities for
beginning and intermediate students: tapered, turned or carved legs;
bridle joints or mortise and tenon; curved aprons for a round top. Topics will include stock selection & preparation, glue-ups, shaping
and profiling, laminating for curves, and designing with correct proportion and simple but elegant details.
OVERNIGHT: $775 / DAYS ONLY: $590
OVERNIGHT: $790 / DAYS ONLY: $605
NEW
Creating Detail in Beadwork:
Dots, Raking & Shaping
ED BRANSON
NEW
Break Some Rules, See What Happens
AMY WALDMAN-SMITH
ED BRANSON
Using soft glass, learn to achieve the fine details that make a bead
stand out. Demos and techniques covered will include heat control,
stringer work, dots, shaping, encasing, raking, sculptural work,
marvering, and more. Amy will break down the process of making
the finely detailed beads she is known for into small, manageable
steps. Both beginners and advanced students will open up a new
potential in their work. Some soft glass experience is recommended.
Explore ways to break out of what you already know. Generate new
ideas, experiment, do crazy things, and discover your individual style
in glass. Learn some of Ed’s personal tricks including ladling, dipping,
and pressing, and how to combine these techniques in blown and
solid work. For intermediate glassblowers - a fun and provocative
week.
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SEPTEMBER 5 – 7
JENNIFER GELDARD
The Art of Play with Glass
NEW
CHIHIRO MAKIO
One-of-a-Kind Chain Necklaces JENNIFER GELDARD
CHIHIRO MAKIO
Students will explore the three foundational elements in Jen’s
beads: surface design, form and structure, and play. Learn surface
techniques including enamels, shards, and metals that produce
unlimited possibilities when combined. Consider how form and
structure can open doors when feeling stuck or bored with your
work. Lastly, discuss the importance of play and experimentation in
the day-to-day development of a glass artist. For intermediate and
advanced students. Explore basic, traditional, and imaginative chain making using wire
and sheet metal (copper and silver) while creating your own necklace
and/or bracelet. Learn basic links by soldering and wire wrapping. Use rolling mills and hammers to add textures; experiment with sawing and different forms while discussing the aesthetic and effectiveness of working parts. Clasps, loop-and-loop chain, using beads and
gemstones, and use of tubing will round out this fast-paced jewelry
class. All welcome.
OVERNIGHT: $605 / DAYS ONLY: $430
OVERNIGHT: $575 / DAYS ONLY: $400
Woodturning & Carving
Intermediate Glassblowing
THEO FADEL
JORDANA KORSEN
From simple bowls to candlesticks or platters,
learn to shape wood on the lathe and then
embellish your pieces with carved surface
designs and textures. Carving techniques
will include traditional and free form, using
both hand and power tools. For all levels.
Experience the powerful process of working
with glass, a material that is both enduring
and fragile, strong and easily shattered. Enjoy the communal nature of creating
objects through teamwork and communication. Jordana creates everyday objects in a
simple, purposeful, and humorous manner;
her classes are empowering and supportive
as students at all levels work together. Some
previous glassblowing experience required. Learn to use the heat of the kiln to achieve
vibrant and original glass designs in functional and sculptural pieces. Full fuse, tack
fuse, slumping, painting with glass, chemical
color reactions, and pattern bars are among
the many techniques that may be covered. Beginners in kiln glass will benefit from stepby-step instruction; experienced students
will be challenged by Paula’s endless ideas. OVERNIGHT: $675 / DAYS ONLY: $500
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OVERNIGHT: $500 / DAYS ONLY: $325
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Kiln Glass: Bowls, Plates,
Vessels, and Jewelry
PAULA WILLIAMS KOCHANEK
DOROTHY COCHRAN
Printmaking: What a Relief
NEW
DOROTHY COCHRAN
From monotypes with repurposed textural materials to individually
carved soft plastic plates to using soft foam shapes as objects and
stencils, students will be challenged each day with new material to
roll and print. Using waterbased inks, the class will explore trace
monotypes, making stencils, learning transparent ink strategies
for multiple layering, and much more. Students will leave with a
portfolio of finished works and many ideas for future exploration in
printmaking, all accomplished with hand printing.
OVERNIGHT: $530 / DAYS ONLY: $355
Ceramics: Work the Hard Places, Enjoy the Easy Ones
MARK SHAPIRO
Tall and thin cylinders on the pottery wheel? Handles? Lids that
look good - and fit right? A spout that actually pours? Dig into
some technically difficult aspects of potting and learn new tricks
to overcome common stumbling blocks. Glazing and firing is not
part of this class. Bring a notebook, ideas, and throwing tools. For
intermediate and advanced potters.
OVERNIGHT: $530 / DAYS ONLY: $355
Silk Screen Printing on Fabric
Welded Sculpture with Found Materials
CHERYL REZENDES
JAMES KITCHEN
Create artwork from metal that can weather the seasons and grace
your home for years to come. Trellises, plant stands, gates, tables, and
sculptures can be fabricated with steel and found materials. Learn to
see what shape and form suggests. No previous experience is necessary. Welding equipment includes MIG, arc and oxy-acetylene.
Students will explore basic, unconventional, and chemical-free ways
to print on fabric using a silk-screen without photo emulsion. Explore
techniques including using newspaper, stencils, tape, glue, crayons,
and sewers’ interfacing with house paint as a resist! The paints are
easy to use, clean up with soap and water, and become permanent
with heat. Silkscreen demystified – all welcome!
OVERNIGHT: $585 / DAYS ONLY: $410
OVERNIGHT: $520 / DAYS ONLY: $350
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S E P T E M B E R 2 7 – O C TO B E R 3
Paper Clay Sculpture
O C TO B E R 4 – 1 0
One-of-a-Kind Monoprinting
NEW
VAL GILMAN
JOYCE SILVERSTONE
By adding paper pulp to clay, ceramic artists
discovered a material which allowed for delicate and open forms, a variety of thickness
within one piece, easy attachments, thick
forms, and less warping. Students will make
sculpture using paper clay and experiment
with how to make the material and what it
can do. Work will be bisque fired. Art educators especially welcome.
JENNIFER FIELD
Fabulous Felted Sculpture
NEW
JENNIFER FIELD
OVERNIGHT: $775 / DAYS ONLY: $590
Monotypes are one-of-a-kind prints, created
within a series. Students will learn transfer
drawing to explore simple mark making,
create masks and stencils for easy shapes,
and layer with multiple color plates and
collage elements. Discover new practices that
encourage improvisation and creative play.
These mostly printed-by-hand monotypes
use methods that are easy to recreate at
home. All inks wash up with soap and water. ANDREW JACK
Welding for the Home & Garden Heirloom Windsor Stool
NEW
MICHAEL MARTINDELL
ANDREW JACK
Explore fun and colorful felting techniques
(wet and needle) to turn wool fleece into 2
and 3 dimensional forms. Learn to create
structural armatures, blend colors, use
different tools, and integrate mixed media.
Possible subject matter could be, but is not
limited to, animals, birds, fanciful creatures,
and figurative or abstract sculpture. No
experience necessary for this fun and
dynamic medium.
Create artwork from metal that can weather
the seasons and grace your garden and home
for years to come. Trellises, plant stands,
gates, tables, and sculptures can be fabricated with steel and a range of techniques –
endless possibilities. No previous experience
is necessary. Welding equipment includes
MIG, arc and oxy-acetylene.
Students will create an heirloom quality, unfinished Windsor stool, made almost entirely
on the lathe. Explore the finer points of spindle turning and precision mortise and tenon
joinery that result in furniture that can last
a lifetime. Discuss the mysteries of working
with wood, a living material. What you learn
from a simple stool can be applied to a more
complex Windsor form.
OVERNIGHT: $770 / DAYS ONLY: $585
Flameworking &
Kilnforming Unite
Jewelry that Grows on Trees
JULIA HARRISON
OVERNIGHT: $790 / DAYS ONLY: $605
PAULA WILLIAMS KOCHANEK &
STEPHANIE SERSICH
OVERNIGHT: $820 / DAYS ONLY: $635
Painting Methods
of the Masters
NEW
ROBERT MASLA
Using simple tools and safe techniques,
students will learn to turn commercial,
scrap, and found wood into wearable
art. Projects include earrings, bracelets,
pendants, and rings. Shaping, finishing,
surface embellishments (resin inlay, pique),
attachments, and findings will be covered.
Students can also explore using small knives
and chisels to produce carved shapes and
surfaces. All welcome.
Paula and Stephanie will guide students in
making small glass components (animals,
flowers, twists) for use in decorative fused
pieces. Similarly, fused components can be
cut and flameworked to become jewelry and
sculpture. A glass bonanza for students who
want to try flameworking and kilnforming
for the first time. A special opportunity for
students with experience in either or both. Don’t miss this exciting collaboration!
Explore 500 years of painting in 5 days! Begin
with still life and conclude with plein air.
Experiment with techniques of the masters
such as Leonardo’s sfumato and chiaroscuro,
working on various toned grounds, painting
en grisaille with an imprematura, as well
as various practices of underpainting and
glazing. Students can work in oil, acrylic, or
water-soluble oils and will discover the versatility of Alkyd paint.
OVERNIGHT: $790 / DAYS ONLY: $605
OVERNIGHT: $810 / DAYS ONLY: $625
OVERNIGHT: $775 / DAYS ONLY: $590
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OVERNIGHT: $775 / DAYS ONLY: $590
Working Thicker in Kiln Glass: Sculptural or Functional
NANCY TOBEY
Minding Your Beeswax
NANCY TOBEY
Explore a variety of modern approaches to
the ancient technique of painting with hot
ALYSSA OXLEY
Use both strips and stacks of glass to explore wax. Start with basic skills such as making
and applying medium, fusing with a heat
- and exploit - the properties of opaque and
transparent glass. Try some tints as you con- gun and torch, and making lines and creating
struct flat and slumped objects, working with textures. Add an assortment of textiles,
fibers, papers, oil sticks, graphite paper,
3-4 layers of glass and fiber paper. Explore
image transfers, ink, and pastels. Find your
including a simple kilncast element, too.
Some simple ‘tricks’ in coldworking will take painterly voice in this expansive medium. No
experience necessary our projects to the next level.
OVERNIGHT: $810 / DAYS ONLY: $625
Advanced Beadmaking: Tips & Tricks
HEATHER TRIMLETT
OVERNIGHT: $810 / DAYS ONLY: $625
Intermediate/Advanced
Glassblowing
TERRY KOVALCIK
Colorful Additions to Metal
Clay Jewelry
TERRY KOVALCIK
Inspired by fall, learn how to work color into
your jewelry with combinations of metal
clays, polymer clays, alcohol inks, baked-on
ceramic paints, cubic zirconias, cabochons,
stones, found objects, and heat patinas. Topics include surface topography, texturing, dry
construction, cold connections, adhesives,
and more. Turn any project into a statement
piece using these mixed materials. For all
skill levels.
OVERNIGHT: $830 / DAYS ONLY: $645
Felting for Fall: Hats & Scarves
RYAN BRUNK
LESLEY HANSARD
Make your beadmaking more precise and
efficient - Heather’s trademarks - while also
working on how to develop a personal style
of beadmaking. Explore Big Hole beads,
discs, hollow beads, stringer work, clear
casing, twists, and much more. Learn about
the business of beads and how to work
smarter to make the most of your precious
torch time. Prior flameworking experience is
required. Take your glassblowing skills to the next
level. Improve your use of tools, gathering
techniques, and how to go beyond basic
forms. Develop your skills in attaching
handles and bases and move on to more
advanced techniques. With one-on-one
instruction, the class will offer the chance to
create more complex objects. All students
will create a variety of pieces. Previous
glassblowing experience is required.
The wet felting process creates a material
that is both strong and flexible and can be
sculpted, shaped, sewn, layered, and formed
in many ways. Projects will focus on the
warm woolies of fall: scarves, booties, and
hats in a variety of shapes, with decoration
as whimsical or elegant as you wish. Make
one-of-a-kind items for yourself or a gift. No
experience necessary. OVERNIGHT: $800 / DAYS ONLY: $615
OVERNIGHT: $995 / DAYS ONLY: $810
OVERNIGHT: $770 / DAYS ONLY: $585
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O C TO B E R 1 0 – 1 2
If You Hand-Build It,
They Will Come
HAYNE BAYLESS
JOY RASKIN
Foldforming & Anticlastic Raising
JOY RASKIN
Foldforming is like metal origami - use sheets
of metal to fold, hammer, shape, and twist
into fantastic 3-D shapes and forms. With
anticlastic raising, sheet metal can be shaped
using specialized tools to create sinuous
curves, 3-D twists, and tubular forms: think
flowers, freeform sculpture, or a curvy metal
ribbon. Student will work in copper and
nu-gold; silver will be available for purchase. Intermediate level; must have basic jewelry
making or metalsmithing skills. This is a
physical and noisy workshop with amazing
results!
ALEXANDRA SHELDON
OVERNIGHT: $540 / DAYS ONLY: $365
Collage: The Imaginative
Use of Materials
Woodturning
ALEXANDRA SHELDON
Complete beginners or experienced artists
will find inspiration by exploring color, texture, composition, light, movement, space,
and story. Make collage materials from
scratch by painting in a variety of colors and
styles, printmaking, making transfers using
magazine images, and other techniques.
The emphasis is on having fun together in a
creative, joyous, and supportive space.
In this fast paced class, students focus on
the cross-grain technique of woodturning
to make bowls from local hardwoods. The
class will use a bowl gouge for shaping, use
a scraper for refining the surface, and finish
the bowls to a lustrous surface with simple
oil coatings. Bring your bowl design ideas
and make them happen during this class. No
experience necessary – give woodturning a
try and you will be delighted with the results.
OVERNIGHT: $530 / DAYS ONLY: $355
OVERNIGHT: $500 / DAYS ONLY: $325
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RICK ANGUS
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Explore extrusion and slab techniques
in a quest to make anything-but-round
functional stoneware. The approach will be
to let the process show; if we stay out of the
way, the material will reveal its nature and
the results will be fresh and lively. You will
learn the secrets of unconventional forming
methods and unusual approaches to surface
decoration. For hand builders and throwers
who want to expand their horizons.
OVERNIGHT: $530 / DAYS ONLY: $355
Stained Glass: A Luminous Art
DAVE ZALTZBERG
Grace your home with a handmade glass
panel of your own design. Choose symbols
and colors with personal meaning and use
them in abstract or figurative patterns. Learn to cut straight edges and rounded glass
shapes; then, use a soldering iron to join the
glass pieces into a finished project. No experience necessary. Advanced students will be
guided in more complex projects. OVERNIGHT: $540 / DAYS ONLY: $365
Natural Forms in Glass
BANDHU DUNHAM
Using borosilicate glass, students will sculpt
a variety of plant and animal forms that can
be combined into larger compositions. Projects will include basic birds, mammals, fish,
human figures, trees, and flowers. An assortment of tips and tricks to make construction
easier, as well as studio safety information,
will be covered. All levels welcome. OVERNIGHT: $605 / DAYS ONLY: $430
Intermediate Glassblowing
JORDANA KORSEN
Experience the powerful process of working with glass, a material that is both enduring and
fragile, strong and easily shattered. Enjoy the communal nature of creating objects through
teamwork and communication. Jordana creates everyday objects in a simple, purposeful,
and humorous manner; her classes are empowering and supportive as students at all levels
work together. Some previous glassblowing experience required. OVERNIGHT: $675 / DAYS ONLY: $500
LISA GREY
Creative Invention
with Found Objects
LISA GREY
Using found objects and natural materials,
explore innovative techniques for transformIntermediate Welding
ing old and new textiles and papers into flat
PAT BENNETT
and/or dimensional work. Experiment with
For students who have already done some welding and would like to refine their skills or work taking apart, putting together, painting,
dyeing, cutting, printing, and stitching while
on a more advanced project, this workshop will focus on problem-solving, advanced design,
creating art objects of personal significance.
and perfecting technique. After a quick review of basic cutting and welding metal, students
will receive individual guidance and instruction. For people with a specific project in mind or The more unusual the material, the more
exciting the process. All welcome.
a particular skill that needs improvement. Weld big, weld tight, and have fun!
OVERNIGHT: $585 / DAYS ONLY: $410
OVERNIGHT: $530 / DAYS ONLY: $355
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, Intergenerational Weekend
Fire & Iron:
Beginning Blacksmithing for the Home
Assemblage Memory Boxes
NEW
BZ REILY
Playfully recycle and re-invent common items, collections, photos,
memorabilia, and found objects into a 3D sculpture or wall piece that
has personal meaning. Instruction will include the use of collage,
painting, and mixed media to create a personal assemblage that
honors a person, an animal, or a place. Discuss and practice many design principles like composition, color, texture, layering, and content. Come with an experimental spirit and leave with a sculpture that will
preserve memories and treasures.
JUSTIN FERMANN
Explore the traditional practice of shaping metal using blacksmithing techniques and tools. Practice hammer control and forge management while learning operations such as drawing
and bending. Projects can include aesthetic or functional pieces for the home such as wall
hooks, plant holders, fork and spoon, candle sticks, and more. Bring ideas and enthusiasm. No experience necessary.
JUSTIN FERMANN
SHERRILL HUNNIBELL
OVERNIGHT: $405 / DAYS ONLY: $280
Three Ring Circus
SHERRILL HUNNIBELL
ALAN BURTON THOMPSON
Books are magical. They nourish the body,
mind and spirit as few other objects can.
Explore the art of “altered books” and share
the magic found in giving discarded books a
second creative life. Be inspired by examples
of contemporary altered books and by the
ancient heritage of “palimpsests” – an altered
book structure created in the Middle Ages. Use collage, found objects, natural forms,
and your imagination to create expressive
pieces based on your personal ideas, interests, and passions. All levels.
Sharpen you soldering skills and explore
making surface texture on band rings. Learn
how to create great textures by making your
own steel texturing stamps, and utilizing
other metal texturing methods such as rollerprinting. Improve your sweat soldering and
construction abilities while making rings for
yourself or gifts for others. Some experience
with making jewelry helpful, but beginners
are welcome.
Smoke & Fire: Raku and Pit Firing
OVERNIGHT: $390 / DAYS ONLY: $265
Glassblowing
Sea Life Under Glass
Watch molten glass change from a glowing honey-like substance to a glittering solid as you
learn the use of tools, gathering techniques, and how to blow basic forms. Explore using the
bubble as the base for more sculptural objects that retain their function. With one-on-one
instruction, this class can accommodate both new and experienced glassblowers.
Kiln Fired Glass Pendants
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BZ REILY
NEW
LYNN HAUST
JEREMY SINKUS
Using clear and black Bullseye glass as a
base, design and create a collection of glass
pendants using dichroic, transparent and
opaque glass. Experiment with glass frit,
powders and other inclusions,including mica
powders. Discussion topics will include firing
schedules, coldworking techniques and wire
wrapping to create a bail. Get a jump on
handmade gifts or spice up your own jewelry
box! All welcome.
With borosilicate glass and sculptural flameworking techniques, students will learn how
to make corals, squid, octopus, fish, turtles
and other marine life. Demos and techniques
will include how to use the flame to achieve
different colors, using powders and frits for
organic and natural looks, creating texture on
the glass, and how to work with multi-component structures. For experienced flameworkers who love the ocean!
OVERNIGHT: $400 / DAYS ONLY: $275
OVERNIGHT: $435 / DAYS ONLY: $310
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BOB GREEN
Bring your white stoneware bisque fired to cone 06 and experience Raku firing, a process
with roots in the Japanese tea ceremony and Zen Buddhism. For pit firing, bring some unfired
bone-dry or leather hard white stoneware or porcelain to burnish and fire like Native American and Greek pottery of the 4th and 5th century BC. Explore the versatility of terra sigillata
slip for burnishing and firing in wood. All firing materials are recycled scrap wood. OVERNIGHT: $365 / DAYS ONLY: $245
NEW
IAN SILVIA
OVERNIGHT: $355 / DAYS ONLY: $230
LYNN HAUST
OVERNIGHT: $365 / DAYS ONLY: $240
Altered Books
NEW
NEW
OVERNIGHT: $480 / DAYS ONLY: $355
SALLY DILLON
Painting on Silk
SALLY DILLON
A sense of discovery is at the heart of this workshop as students transform natural materials
into furniture and objects for the home. With a keen eye for what natural forms suggest,
Mark guides students to see possibility in branches and saplings, the textures of bark, unique
curves, and woody knobs. Benches, trellises, tables are popular projects. No previous woodworking experience necessary. Start by making a sampler of different silk
painting techniques, and then pick and
choose from them to create a scarf or wall
hanging. Discover that painting with dyes on
silk is similar to using watercolors, but easier. Learn to use a variety of resists including soy
wax and water-based gutta resist. Learn to
layer and combine techniques for amazing
results. All welcome. OVERNIGHT: $355 / DAYS ONLY: $230
OVERNIGHT: $365 / DAYS ONLY: $240
Rustic Furniture
MARK RAGONESE
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O C TO B E R 1 8 – 2 4
STUDENT WORK
CHANDRA DEBUSE
JANET DALECKI
Paper Marbling
Springboard: Sketch, Form and Surface
REGINA & DAN ST. JOHN
CHANDRA DEBUSE
JANET DALECKI
Immerse yourself in a week of learning how to make an endless array
of exquisitely marbled papers in an astonishing complexity of color
and pattern. Each student will work on a full size marbling tank using professional tools and will learn how to prepare the paints, paper,
and carrageenan bath. Students will make a leather wrapped journal
with a marbled edge and leather to match. Learn simple bookbinding skills to transform some of the marbled papers into beautiful gifts
and keepsakes. Springboard your ideas into three-dimensional forms through handbuilding with soft clay slabs. Students will learn new ways of designing unique pottery forms using paper, craft foam and plywood. Surface techniques, such as texture, low-relief imagery, freehand
drawing, direct image transfer, inlay and sgraffito will be covered. Some prior experience in clay will be helpful. Although class will be
focused on pottery, any student striving to develop a more cohesive
relationship between form and surface in clay work is welcome.
Watch molten glass change from a glowing honey-like substance to
a glittering solid as you learn the use of tools, gathering techniques,
and how to blow basic forms such as cups, bowls, and paperweights. Develop your skills in attaching handles and bases. Finish the week
with a glassblown pumpkin to mark the season. With one-on-one
instruction, this class can accommodate both new and experienced
glassblowers. OVERNIGHT: $820 / DAYS ONLY: $635
OVERNIGHT: $775 / DAYS ONLY: $590
Stained Glass with Fused Elements
NEW
DAN MAHER
Make decorative fused elements to be included in a traditionally
constructed stained glass panel. Fused imagery can range from
representational to abstract in transparent or opalescent glasses. Explore a variety of fused techniques including how to ”paint” with
glass frit and stringer, photo image transfer on glass, and incorporating found objects. The complexity of final stained glass projects can
be adapted to all skill levels.
OVERNIGHT: $790 / DAYS ONLY: $605
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Baskets & Surfaces
JACKIE ABRAMS
What are the possibilities of woven forms? Using hand-painted
cotton paper as the basket material, explore shape, color, surface
texture, and weaving techniques. Learn bias plaiting, cathead
weaving, and their endless variations. After weaving the baskets,
cover the surfaces with applications of paper, paint and medium, and
knotless netting. Discover the connections between material and
form, and the new surface in relation to the underlying vessel. Learn
the rules that can certainly be broken.
OVERNIGHT: $770 / DAYS ONLY: $585
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Beginner Glassblowing
NEW
LEISA RICH
Free Motion Embroidery
LEISA RICH
OVERNIGHT: $995 / DAYS ONLY: $810
Unconventional Stone Settings
PAULETTE WERGER
For students with some experience in soldering and fabrication,
Turn common materials from flat to dimensional, smooth to textural, enjoy a week immersed in learning to design with stones and found
and dull to dynamic using free motion machine embroidery with
objects. Build a basket style prong, a pearl cup for a baroque pearl,
a variety of sewing threads, embroidery floss, elastics, dissolvable
or a tab setting for a large cabochon or object. Learn shortcuts in
materials, and more. Start with basic stitches, then master layering,
fabrication and explore new approaches to jewelry design. Bring
and lastly, explore needle formed pleating, tucks and more. Students your gemstones, pearls, pieces of glass, river rocks – whatever you
need basic sewing skills and a working sewing machine. can imagine! Note: Extend your workshop: Paulette is also teaching
OVERNIGHT: $775 / DAYS ONLY: $590
October 24–25! OVERNIGHT: $775 / DAYS ONLY: $590
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O C TO B E R 2 4 – 2 5
, Intergenerational Weekend
PAULETTE WERGER
Metal as Line: Forge, Fuse,
Taper and Fabricate
PAULETTE WERGER
PAULA WILLIAMS KOCHANEK
CHRISTINE KENNEALLY
STEVE THEBERGE
Kiln Glass: Bowls, Plates, Vessels, and Jewelry
Mosaics: A Smashing Good Time
PAULA WILLIAMS KOCHANEK
CHRISTINE KENNEALLY
STEVE THEBERGE
Learn to use the heat of the kiln to achieve vibrant and original glass
designs in functional and sculptural pieces. Full fuse, tack fuse,
slumping, painting with glass, chemical color reactions, and pattern
bars are among the many techniques that may be covered. Beginners
in kiln glass will benefit from step-by-step instruction; experienced
students will be challenged by Paula’s endless ideas. Work with glass, ceramic tile, pottery, stone, and found objects to
create a wall panel or tabletop mosaic. Cutting, color, shape, pattern,
design, and personal expression will all be explored during the workshop. Work in either direct or indirect method. Christine will discuss
how to set up your own mosaics studio at home to continue creating.
All levels.
OVERNIGHT: $400 / DAYS ONLY: $275
OVERNIGHT: $375 / DAYS ONLY: $250
Explore making pots that celebrate moments of connection and sustenance: teapots,
pitchers, coffee pots, batter bowls and more. Students will work carefully and look closely
at the complex elements of vessels that pour, which are a common stumbling block for
potters of all levels. What makes one teapot flow and another dribble? How can we make
pitchers that pour with a feeling of generosity? Handles, lids, spouts, and feet will all be
given attention. Participants will leave with finished work and a firm grounding in both the
technical and experiential qualities of pouring vessels. Depending on class interest, a glaze
firing may be arranged after the course. Some experience helpful.
Encaustic Painting: Layers On Layers
Become a Color Whisperer
JANINE NORTON
GAIL CALLAHAN
Explore the irresistible processes of encaustic painting and the
many layers that contribute to an expressive piece of art. Learn to
prepare a substrate, and then build layers with wax and pigment,
graphics, templates, textures, papers, fibers, graphite paper, imprints,
mark making, xerox transfers - whatever your imagination suggests! Equipment and safe studio practices will also be covered
By working on paper, silk, cotton, and yarn, students in any medium
will develop a deeper and more confident sense of color. Explore how
colors interact with each other through numerous hands-on exercises
using only the three primary colors. Students will leave with 36 samples of silk and recipes to recreate the colors – plus reference samples
on watercolor paper, and one dyed and painted silk scarf. This class
will boost creativity and skill for any artist who works in color. OVERNIGHT: $390 / DAYS ONLY: $265
OVERNIGHT: $365 / DAYS ONLY: $240
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Pots that Pour
NEW
OVERNIGHT: $375 / DAYS ONLY: $250
Use simple tools and techniques to create
jewelry pieces for the neck. Learn to forge,
taper, fuse and solder to create sinuous
linear elements that can be transformed into
elegant pieces of finished jewelry. Pendants
and collars will serve as design springboards
for forged, fused and soldered elements.
Think in line, volume and form! Knowledge
of soldering and annealing is helpful. OVERNIGHT: $390 / DAYS ONLY: $265
Find Your Voice in
Borosilicate Glass
NANCY TOBEY
After learning the basics of glassblowing - gathering glass, marvering, cooling and shaping,
and learning how to control bubble structure in a safe and controlled manner – students will
retrace the footsteps of history to create personal interpretations of classic Roman designs.
Students will start with some solid work, then move on to blowing, and lastly, embellish
their glass creations with key Roman elements. There will be books with examples of Roman
designs for inspiration. This is an introductory class for soon-to-be novice glassblowers. For students with solid bead-making skills
in soft glass or borosilicate, Nancy will share
her secrets for creating depth and vivid color
in glass beads. Students will use Northstar
glass and experiment with altering color
through bead shape, oxidizing, reducing,
striking and changing the kiln temperature.
Students will step outside their comfort zone
to expand their artistic vocabulary.
OVERNIGHT: $480 / DAYS ONLY: $355
OVERNIGHT: $435 / DAYS ONLY: $310
Roman Glass
JESSE RASID
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Metals & Jewelry
JOY RASKIN
Make your own jewelry by learning to solder,
file, shape and texture sheet metal, hammer
wire, and much more. Incorporate polished
stones into your rings and pendants with
bezel settings. Make your own earwires for
earrings. Simple chainmaking such as Viking
knit and Egyptian spiral will also be covered.
Brass, bronze, copper will be included; silver
will be available for purchase. Bring your
own stones or beads to incorporate. All levels
welcome. OVERNIGHT: $775 / DAYS ONLY: $590
Kiln Glass: Bowls, Plates,
Vessels, and Jewelry
PAULA WILLIAMS KOCHANEK
Learn to use the heat of the kiln to achieve
vibrant and original glass designs in functional and sculptural pieces. Full fuse, tack
fuse, slumping, painting with glass, chemical
color reactions, and pattern bars are among
the many techniques that may be covered. Beginners in kiln glass will benefit from stepby-step instruction; experienced students
will be challenged by Paula’s endless ideas. OVERNIGHT: $810 / DAYS ONLY: $625
RICK ANGUS
Woodturning
Monoprinting on Fabric
RICK ANGUS
CHERYL REZENDES
Collage: The Imaginative
Use of Materials
In this fast paced class, students focus on
the cross-grain technique of woodturning
to make bowls from local hardwoods. The
class will use a bowl gouge for shaping, use
a scraper for refining the surface, and finish
the bowls to a lustrous surface with simple
oil coatings. Bring your bowl design ideas
and make them happen during this class. No
experience necessary – give woodturning a
try and you will be delighted with the results.
Learn to monoprint on fabric using textile
paints that are water soluble, easy to use, and
easy to clean. Painting and drawing skills
are NOT required! Use several substrates
including gelatin, Plexiglas, and ceramic tiles
on both dry and wet fabric allows to experiment in adding or subtracting paint and
imagery – a wonderfully spontaneous and
serendipitous process with excellent results.
All welcome!
Complete beginners or experienced artists
will find inspiration by exploring color,
texture, composition, light, movement, space,
and story. Make collage materials from
scratch by painting in a variety of colors and
styles, printmaking, making transfers using
magazine images, and other techniques.
The emphasis is on having fun together in a
creative, joyous, and supportive space.
OVERNIGHT: $780 / DAYS ONLY: $595
OVERNIGHT: $770 / DAYS ONLY: $585
OVERNIGHT: $780 / DAYS ONLY: $595
Painting With Fire: Native American Firing Techniques & More
ALEXANDRA SHELDON
Cost & Fees
⊲ All workshops have two price options:
ONLINE with a credit card at
www.snowfarm.org. See more pictures
and instructor bios online.
BY PHONE with a credit card
by calling: (413) 268-3101
Monday – Friday, 9a – 5p EST
Overnight includes workshop tuition, basic materials,
room (based on double occupancy with shared bath),
and all meals. A limited number of single rooms are
available – register early.
Days Only includes workshop tuition, basic materials,
and all lunches.
⊲ A registration fee of $25 is charged once in each
calendar year.
BY MAIL with a check. Download a
registration form at www.snowfarm.org
and send it with payment to:
5 Clary Road, Williamsburg, MA 01096
⊲ Single room upgrades are available as follows:
$90 for a weeklong workshop
$55 for 3 nights / $45 for 2 nights / $35 for 1 night
⊲ Early arrival for a weekend workshop can be arranged on
an individual basis by calling the office at (413) 268-3101.
⊲ All registered participants will receive a list of what
materials are provided and what materials (if any) they
should bring.
Flameworking with Casting
BOB GREEN
SALLY PRASCH
Beginning and advanced pottery students will experience two exciting and colorful firing
techniques. Raku, a sixteenth century Japanese firing technique, is a fast glaze process that
produces a rainbow of colors and effects. Burnishing or polishing and saggar firing is an
unglazed pottery surface which is fired in wood. The smoke and fumes produce beautiful
pinks, oranges, and earth tones - a technique closely associated with Native American pueblo
pottery. Both of these magical firing methods are like painting with fire!
Using soft glass (COE96), students will make
shapes that will be cast into a mold resulting
in a 2-inch high relief. This technique offers
endless possibilities, and students will be
encouraged to find personal expression
of their own ideas. Bring a notebook and
sketches. Open to all levels.
OVERNIGHT: $775 / DAYS ONLY: $590
How to Register
OVERNIGHT: $800 / DAYS ONLY: $615
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Nearly 30 years ago,
Snow Farm Summer opened its
doors as one of the few places
young people could be taken
seriously as artists.
Arrival & Schedule
Weeklong Workshops
⊲ Instructional time ends at 4:30p on each day, except the last
day when it ends at 4:00p.
In professionally equipped studios
and under the direction of highly
skilled teachers, students expand
both their technical skills and their
ability to fully express their creative
vision with confidence.
With 6 hours of instructional studio
time and up to 5 hours of open
studio, many students spend 8 – 9
hours a day creating. Individual
classes sometimes take short field
trips to nearby museums, artist
studios, or galleries.
Weekends at Snow Farm include
visits from guest artists who
present their work and lead a
one-day workshop in a specialized
medium, campus-wide social
events, and field trips to explore
venues like MASSMoCA in North
Adams, The Clark Museum in
Williamstown, and other culturallyrich sites throughout the region.
⊲ Open studios are available in the late afternoon and after
dinner each day.
Learn more and apply online!
SUNDAY Arrival 4:00 – 5:30p | Dinner | Evening program
MONDAY, TUESDAY, THURSDAY
Workshop, 9:00a – 12:00p | Lunch | Workshop, 1:30 – 4:30p
Dinner | Open Studio & Evening Program
WEDNESDAY Workshop, 9:00a – 12:00p | Lunch | Afternoon free
Open Studios | Dinner optional
FRIDAY Workshop, 9:00a – 12:00p | Lunch | Workshop, 1:30 – 4:00p
Gala, Dinner & Auction, 5:00p
SATURDAY Departure by 9:00a
Weekend Workshops (2, 3, & 4-DAY)
⊲ Arrival by 10:00a on the first day; breakfast not included.
⊲ 8:00a breakfast and 9:00a workshop on all subsequent days.
C A N C E L L AT I O N & L I A B I L I T Y P O L I C Y
Because we must honor commitments to our contract teaching staff, class fees can only be refunded when a cancellation is received in
writing at our business office at least 30 days prior to the start of a workshop. A $75 withdrawal fee & $25 registration fee will be deducted
from the refund. Class fees are not refundable for cancellations received less than 30 days from the start of a workshop. Class fees are also
non-refundable in the case of a missed class, early departure, or late arrival for any reason. As a condition of enrolling at Snow Farm, you
agree to assume the risk of any personal injury that may occur while at Snow Farm. In addition, you agree to assume all risk for loss, theft,
or damage to your personal property while you are at Snow Farm.
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SNOWFARM.ORG
CERAMICS / DRAWING & COLOR / FILMMAKING / FLAMEWORKING
GLASSBLOWING / METALSMITHING & JEWELRY / PHOTOGRAPHY
TEXTILE & CLOTHING DESIGN / WELDING / WOODWORKING
2 & 4-WEEK SESSIONS / JUNE 28–JULY 25 / WILLIAMSBURG, MA / SNOWFARM.ORG
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