JANUARY

Date : Jan 20, 2010 To May 5, 2010
Jewelry & Metalcrafting, Green Mountain College
Instructor : Michael Stimpfel
Contact Green Mountain College at 802-287-8215 to register for this accredited course.

Date : Jan 28, 2010 To Mar 4, 2010
Community Jewelry and Metal Crafting-6 week series
Instructor : Michael Stimpfel
Fees : $275

Thursdays, 6-9 PM, Six weeks, January 28-March 4 - Learn the basic techniques and fundamental skills that will enable you to design and create your own jewelry.  Participants will learn to use the basic tools and skills necessary to have the ability to create jewelry for their own use.  The class will cover the basics of jewelry making such as design, layout, metals, metal working basics including using a jeweler’s saw, jewelry pliers, cold-working metal techniques, learning how to use silver wire and sheet including the soldering of sterling silver. 

Date : Jan 30, 2010 To Jan 31, 2010
Carving in Alabaster-January
Instructor : Anne Dean
Fees : $250

Have you ever wanted to carve in alabaster but felt that the idea was a bit daunting? Beginners will discuss how to simplify the challenges of working with a piece of stone. Participants will be taught how to use basic stone carving tools and techniques to create a simple and elegant sculpture from a moderate piece of alabaster provided by the Studio. Safe stone carving practices plus stone and tool sources will round out the weekend and leave you wanting to come back for more.

APRIL

Date : Apr 10, 2010 To Apr 11, 2010
Carving in Alabaster - April
Instructor : Anne Dean
Fees : $250

Have you ever wanted to carve in alabaster but felt that the idea was a bit daunting? Beginners will discuss how to simplify the challenges of working with a piece of stone. Participants will be taught how to use basic stone carving tools and techniques to create a simple and elegant sculpture from a moderate piece of alabaster provided by the Studio. Safe stone carving practices plus stone and tool sources will round out the weekend and leave you wanting to come back for more.

MAY

Date : May 10, 2010 To May 14, 2010
Spring Alumni Week
Instructor : -
Fees : $275

If you ever thought you would like to utilize the Carving Studio and Sculpture Center as your own studio, this is your chance! This week will be ideal for anyone who has taken a workshop during the CSSC’s history and would like to finish a piece or start a new one. This will also be a terrific opportunity to reconnect with other artists and recapture the magic of earlier experiences. Technical support and knowledgeable advice from our teaching staff will be available throughout the week, and studio space may be reserved either indoors or out. Participants are encouraged to bring images of their own work to share.

Date : May 15, 2010 To Jun 27, 2010
Annual Members’ Show Weekend
Instructor : -
Featuring opening of Members Show and Sculptors Forum.

Date : May 22, 2010 To May 23, 2010
Introductory Stone Carving
Instructor : Ryder Owens
Fees : $250
Two full days of hand carving technique and stone carving lore introduce the beginner to reductive art making and three-dimensional thinking. Use of the Studio’s tools and a moderate piece of Vermont marble are included in the fee. Discussions of safe studio practices and stone and tool sourcing help make this two-day course an excellent initiation to the craft of stone sculpture.

JUNE

Date : Jun 14, 2010 To Jun 18, 2010
Hand-Forged Sculpture and Beyond
Instructor : Patrick Quinn
Fees : $625

The possibilities with steel are endless and participants are free to explore any aspect of the medium they choose, from hollow form sculpture to blacksmithing, furniture design, tool building or a combination of all of the above. With all the available resources to forge or fabricate steel- MIG and torch welding, plasma cutting, hammer & anvil- any idea can come to life. Exploration of all sizes for steel sculpture will be encouraged. With extensive open air studio space sculptors can build intricate parts in the shop and combine them outside to explore larger works.

Date : Jun 21, 2010 To Jun 25, 2010
Wood Carving
Instructor : Rod Northcutt
Fees : $575

Thorough knowledge of woodworking, from the log up and the grain out, is often best developed through traditional hand skills, and this can be uniquely enhanced with the revival of pre-industrial machines and techniques. In this workshop, participants will learn the fundamentals of both carving and turning (which is essentially concentric carving) using traditional hand tools and non-electric lathes, along with some green woodworking techniques added for good measure.

Carving and riving (splitting) will be taught using axe, adz, handsaw, froe, chisel, gouge, slick, and rasp. For turning, participants can learn how to form both spindle and bowl forms using treadle-, spring-pole-, and bow-powered lathes in large and small formats. In a similar method, a parser bow-drill will be used to create inlays. Green wood will be shaped using shaving horses, drawknives and spoke-shaves.

The class also features guided discussions on contemporary and historical artists, craftspeople, and designers that have employed such traditional methods in their work. Additionally, the old-school content of the class will be complemented by an investigation of some local edible plants, natural drinks, and even the construction of a lashed yurt sweat-lodge. Experimentation and collaboration will be encouraged as students work to create their own engaging art, craft, or design.

Date : Jun 21, 2010 To Jun 25, 2010
Sculpture in Stone
Instructor : Carlos Dorrien
Fees : $575

Participants will explore and practice different approaches to working, carving and composing with marble and granite. Daily discussions and artist presentations dealing with the abstract in sculpture and its relationship to the environment will be the focus of this workshop. The idea or concept shapes the stone and the environment by means of the technical effort, which can best facilitate the making of a sculpture.

Date : Jun 21, 2010 To Jun 25, 2010
Introduction to Iron Casting
Instructor : Joseph Montroy
Fees : $625
Cast molten iron!  In this workshop participants will learn the fundamentals of foundry practice from making the form to pouring the metal. Multiple techniques for molding, how to run a cupola furnace for small-job casting, the theory behind melting iron and how to make your own cupola will be demonstrated. Each participant will produce three iron castings and be given the opportunity to be directly involved in the pours.

Date : Jun 26, 2010 To Jun 27, 2010
Weekend Figure Modelling in Clay
Instructor : Don Ramey
Fees : $295

Learn to look - and translate what you see into solid form. In three sessions with a live model participants will explore relief modeling, the seated figure in three dimensions and portraiture. Processes for making clay sculpture permanent (firing, waste molds, dry and coat with sealant) will be reviewed. There will be opportunities for technical questions and answers throughout the session.

Date : Jun 26, 2010 To Jun 27, 2010
Ancient Stories in Bricks & Mortar
Instructor : Robert Black
Fees : $250

Each class begins with a lecture/survey of dynamic images of human constructions over 35,000 years - from effigy mounds, to barrows, pyramids, temples, shrines and other holy architectures, alongside structures of state and commerce to reveal the work of the human ego, as it is guided by our collective stories of culture, politics, belief and faith.  With this as background, we will work in the second part of each class to create “architectures” (sculptural forms) from our own personal and group intentions, dreams, meanings and stories.

Date : Jun 26, 2010 To Jun 27, 2010
Papier-Mâché Sculpture
Instructor : Ruth Hamilton
Fees : $250

The instructor will teach her methods of structure building to support papier-mâché. Participants will learn a variety of ways to create armatures and underlying supports of various materials to create 3-D objects out of paper. Paper selection, glues and various materials including foam core, aluminum foil, wrapping with tape and surface treatments will be discussed. These techniques will be demonstrated. Participants will have time to explore materials and create small objects. Handouts for obtaining materials and outline of techniques will be provided.

Date : Jun 28, 2010 To Jul 2, 2010
MYTH AND MAGIC AMONGST MARBLE
Instructor : Zoë Marr
Fees : $125

An exploration in art inspired by fantasy, folklore and the enchanting ambience of the natural surroundings at the Carving Studio and Sculpture Center.

Date : Jun 28, 2010 To Jul 2, 2010
From Inspiration to Realization
Instructor : Fran Bull
Fees : $575
A visionary approach to making art, using all materials - sculptural materials, found objects, collage, paper, canvas, paint, etc. As artists we are inspired continually by the world around us and by all we imagine. This workshop presents an opportunity to move with purpose from our inspirations and ideas to completed works of art. Each participant will focus on a discovery of his/her individual process. We will experiment with ways of bringing structure, depth and body to our initial impulses. We glean from a variety of resources such as the imagery in poetry, in our dreams, in our own writing and sketchbooks, and in the rich world of our experience. The goal is to enhance and expand our artistry, to create meaningful works of art that align with all we wish to create and express as artists.

Date : Jun 28, 2010 To Jul 2, 2010
Slate Carving & Lettering
Instructor : Frank Anjo
Fees : $575

Slate is often overlooked as a potential carving material due to its association with more utilitarian uses such as roofing, gravestones, tile, or - going back a few years -blackboards. In fact, slate has wonderful tight grain that accepts fine detail and can be worked up to a matte shine. Its relative softness allows ease of carving with standard fire-sharpened steel hand tools and very quickly with carbide air-powered ones. The flat nature of slate makes it an ideal media for relief carvings; think what the Egyptians did with incised line and shallow cutting!

We will go over basic Roman V-cut lettering, proportioning, Gilding and some Celtic knot work design.  The workshop will concentrate on proper tool usage (traditional and pneumatic), a brief tool-making demonstration, and techniques for translating a drawing or calligraphy onto stone. Open to all skill levels. Please bring ideas, text samples or sketches.

Date : Jun 28, 2010 To Jul 2, 2010
Stone Figure Carving
Instructor : Don Ramey
Fees : $575

This course explores the process of carving a figure in stone from start to finish. Topics covered will include transfer of a drawing or maquette to a block of stone, roughing out planes, structural imperatives, carving and finishing techniques, and basic anatomy, gesture and proportion. Participants must bring a well-developed drawing or maquette that they would like to carve in stone.

JULY

Date : Jul 5, 2010 To Jul 9, 2010
Gargoyles, Grotesques & Greenmen
Instructor : Frank Anjo
Fees : $575

Whether it is in the shadows of the most holy vaulted Gothic cathedrals or faces hiding in the foliage; we have been carving these creatures as an acknowledgement that their kind might exist and to forget is at our own peril. These silent ones embody the ‘other’ that lurks at the edge where the rational, comfortable, controllable ends…

We will explore both 3-D and relief imagery (individuals choice), drawing and laying out our design, transferring to stone and proper tool usage from traditional hand carving to pneumatic and diamond abrasives and a brief tool-making demonstration. There will be a variety of stones to work from: Danby marble, Fairhaven slate, Indiana limestone among others. Please bring sketches or ideas to work from.

Date : Jul 12, 2010 To Jul 16, 2010
Humans as Tool Makers
Instructor : Glenn Zweygardt
Fees : $625

Technological evolution and development have a profound influence on the ways that sculptors create new ideas and sculptures. Man-made diamonds, motorized power tools and other advances have opened new possibilities for the three-dimensional artist.

Tools and techniques demonstrated will include:

Hydraulic stone-cutting chain saw; dry and wet diamond cutting and polishing; truck-mounted knuckle-crane use; coring and hole making (one-quarter to ten inch diameters); joining and laminating stone to stone, metals and glass using pins and/or adhesives; brazing to repair carbide tipped tools and other unique applications.

Also, many materials once considered esoteric are now readily available. The instructor will show how to make oil base clay (plasticine) and silicone molds from inexpensive local department store products. Time will be allowed for participants to develop and make their own stone and related media sculpture.

Date : Jul 12, 2010 To Jul 16, 2010
Bronze Casting
Instructor : Glenn Campbell
Fees : $625
 Learn about the wonderful world of molten bronze. Participants will produce three bronzes using a different method for each. Techniques demonstrated will be: Lost wax - make your own wax original the first day of class, to be cast in ceramic shell. Green sand casting - each participant will make a 3”x5” plaque, to be cast using cope and drag green sand casting. Experimental resin-bonded sand - cutting, drilling and gluing sections of bonded sand together, then casting the negative spaces, resulting in a unique assortment of unknown forms and shapes. In keeping with tradition, the workshop will culminate with a blast from the shop cannon!

Date : Jul 17, 2010 To Jul 18, 2010
Carve Like an Egyptian
Instructor : John Morris
Fees : $250

Using a combination of modern and ancient techniques you will learn how to carve figurative, wildlife and organic pieces in less than half the time it takes to carve “in the round”. Your creation will be more faithful to your original concept and much easier to execute.  Participants should bring a hacksaw and an idea (maquette or photograph) they wish to explore.

Date : Jul 17, 2010 To Jul 18, 2010
Introduction to Sculpture Maquettes
Instructor : Eric David Laxman
Fees : $275

The making of a sculpture maquette or small-scale model is a vital tool for helping to visualize a larger scale artwork.  This weekend course will explore numerous inexpensive techniques for creating 3-D visualizations, including clay, direct plaster and wire, cardboard and hot glue.  Students will be able to create their own maquette in preparation for a larger stone carving or other larger scale project.  This course is a must for anyone interested in creating larger scale sculptures.  Both figurative and abstract sculpture ideas will be covered. Examples of maquettes will be available as well.

Date : Jul 19, 2010 To Jul 23, 2010
INTRODUCTION TO SCULPTURE
Instructor : Zoë Marr
Fees : $125

A comprehensive tour through the world of three-dimensional art.

Date : Jul 19, 2010 To Jul 23, 2010
Soft Stone Sculpture
Instructor : Robert Babcock
Fees : $575
 A week long, soft stone carving workshop for beginners to explore the wonders and colors of alabaster or other easy to carve stones, creating an artistic sculptural expression. Learn how to use basic hand tools for creative design. Instruction in direct and indirect carving, modeling, stone selection, tools, safety, sculpturing techniques, finishing and mounting. Instructor and peer critique and dialogue. An excellent introduction to the world of stone carving by an instructor with over 40 years experience. Use of tools and a moderate piece of stone are included in the fee.

Date : Jul 19, 2010 To Jul 23, 2010
Relief Carving - Figurative and Wildlife
Instructor : John Morris
Fees : $575

Relief carving can be described as "carving pictures in stone". The process of relief carving involves removing material from a flat stone panel in such a way that an object appears to rise out of the stone. Relief carving also overcomes the logistical challenges that normally accompany traditional 3D work. We will explore both the traditional method as well as laminating your carving onto a background stone. The laminating process allows you to “paint with stone.  Participants should bring sketches or photographs of their ideas.

Date : Jul 24, 2010 To Jul 30, 2010
Open Stone Symposium
Instructor : Rick Rothrock
Fees : $725

Join us for seven days of intensive carving in the heart of the historic West Rutland marble quarries. Often called “carving camp,” the symposium provides a supportive community environment for creating sculpture of all sizes in stone as well as other materials.

The Carving Studio and Sculpture Center is equipped with forklifts, compressed air, electricity and water. Participants will bring their own tools and vendors will be on site to demonstrate and sell tools and equipment throughout the session. Native Vermont marble and granite, as well as some imported stone, is available.

The emphasis for the week is long, concentrated work hours with hands on support of experienced professional sculptors.  All of the sculptor facilitators work with stone in innovative ways and offer a wide range of aesthetic and technical skills. In addition to demonstrations, they will be available for individualized consultations and group discussions.  Evening communal dinners and artist slide presentations complete the working day.

Date : Jul 26, 2010 To Jul 30, 2010
Intro to Cold Cast Sculpture
Instructor : Lars Fisk
Fees : $575

The variety of techniques and media available to today's sculptor makes the range of possibilities for mold making and casting an exciting adventure.  This workshop will explore everything from the most traditional technique of relief casting with plaster to the more sophisticated process of building two-part rubber molds for works in the round.

With the flexible mold, we are able to realize complex forms that would not be possible with the rigid mold, and these new materials lend themselves to the further production of "multiples."  Multiples enable us to make variations on an original or in a repeated installation.  Plaster is the most traditional and efficient way to instant gratification but we will also experiment with a range of non-traditional materials and add-mixes to create our own customized casting compound that can be finished in various patina effects.

Date : Jul 31, 2010
Legal Tools for Artists
Instructor : Ricardo A. St. Hilaire, Esq.
Fees : $175

This six-hour workshop is geared toward artists without a legal background.  Topics to be covered include:

1. Protection of art and ideas - a discussion of the basics of copyright and methods to protect works from fraud, forgery, and theft.

2. Artist/dealer legal relationships - covering consignments, agency relationships, dealer duties, and contracts.

3. Setting up your own art business - focusing on the formation of a non-profit art gallery or studio.

Date : Jul 31, 2010 To Aug 1, 2010
The Hand Vs. the Machine
Instructor : Robert Black
Fees : $250

Modern humans continue to exert their self-proclaimed “intelligence” on the Earth to create more and more efficient forms and complex operations.  Yet, this “progress” is not without its problems.  Fortunately, there exist balancing forces of the heart, traditionally “feminine” qualities, that are urgently needed to guide the human mind and our willful actions, if we are to create a sustainable future – one of health, justice, joy and well-being for all species.  We will explore all this and do a hands-on project in each class to design and create forms symbolic of our preferred future world.

AUGUST

Date : Aug 2, 2010 To Aug 6, 2010
Granite Sculpture
Instructor : Gary Haven Smith
Fees : $625
Learn how to carve granite or enhance technical skills for carving this stone. Through group demonstrations & individualized attention, students will explore their own forms & share the conceptual basis for each work through class discussions. Splitting, blocking the form, surface awareness & finishing techniques are essential hands-on learning for this durable outdoor material. Shared evening experiences will be used to broaden one’s awareness of contemporary issues surrounding the world of sculpture through slide presentations, readings and open discussions.

Date : Aug 2, 2010 To Aug 6, 2010
Three Dimensional Concrete Sculpture for Mosaic
Instructor : Lizz Van Saun
Fees : $575

Mosaic sculpture can be monumental and suitable for the outdoors yet surprisingly lightweight. Participants will learn how to carve their sculptural armature from foam, adding reinforcement when necessary, how to prepare and use various cements, concrete and fiberglass mesh. Resources for design and display, as well as tools for shaping and carving foam and concrete will be presented. We’ll be finishing with a basic mosaic technique using primarily recycled stained glass and found objects. The workshop will include lectures, demonstrations and hands-on work time.

Date : Aug 7, 2010 To Aug 8, 2010
Introductory Stone Carving Weekend
Instructor : Ryder Owens
Fees : $250
Two full days of hand carving technique and stone carving lore introduce the beginner to reductive art-making and three-dimensional thinking. Use of the Studio’s tools and a moderate piece of Vermont marble are included in the fee. Discussions of safe studio practices and stone and tool sourcing help make this two-day course an excellent initiation to the craft of stone sculpture.

Date : Aug 7, 2010 To Aug 8, 2010
Weekend Intro to Casting Iron
Instructor : Joseph Montroy
Fees : $275

Pour molten iron! In this workshop you’ll learn the fundamentals of iron casting, from making the form from clay to pouring the metal. You’ll learn multiple techniques for making molds, how to run a traditional cupola furnace, the theory behind melting iron, and how to make your own iron-melting furnace. Each participant will produce an iron sculpture and be given the opportunity to be directly involved in the pours.

Date : Aug 9, 2010 To Aug 13, 2010
Welded Steel
Instructor : Wendy Klemperer
Fees : $625
In this workshop participants will learn the fundamentals of gas, arc, and MIG welding, oxy-fuel cutting, bending, and forging, and surface treatments of steel. Participants will acquire a working technique of welding that can be immediately applied to art making. Additionally, an ongoing discussion of the history of sculpture and the origins of welded sculpture will inform the class and serve as a point of departure. Participants will investigate a range of contemporary sculptural concepts, from the individual objects to installation, site-specific work, and public sculpture. The class will take advantage of the environment the Carving Studio and Sculpture Center offers - its large resource of scrap steel, and the open-air studio to work freely in various sizes. While experimentation and collaboration will be encouraged, the objective of the five-day course is to enable the participant to confidently execute basic welding techniques to construct sculptural objects.

Date : Aug 9, 2010 To Aug 13, 2010
Carve Animals in Stone
Instructor : Bill Nutt
Fees : $575

This course will be focused on the techniques used to carve stone animals. The entire process from subject and stone selection to final surface finishes will be covered. Instruction will be given on various approaches such as direct stone carving and the use of templates. The where, when and how of using hand and power tools will be discussed and demonstrated. The course is open to students of all abilities. Ideally participants will bring numerous photographs of their subject matter. Advanced students should feel free to bring a maquette or even partially finished pieces. 

Date : Aug 16, 2010 To Aug 20, 2010
The Figure in Clay
Instructor : Christopher Gowell
Fees : $625

The figure in clay may serve as a departure point for carving or a finished model to be fired or cast in other materials. Ms. Gowell shares her experience as a professional sculptor through frequent discussions and critiques, with an emphasis on modeling technique. Life models are used throughout the course to aid in the teaching of proportion and basic anatomy. Gestural sketches and more analytical studies are produced from direct observation of the figure and structural and anatomical emphasis informs the portrait.

Date : Aug 16, 2010 To Aug 20, 2010
Architectural Carving
Instructor : Allen Williams
Fees : $575

Throughout history stone has been the preferred material for public buildings, memorials and ornament, chosen because it would endure the test of time.  In this class we will explore how stone is quarried, shaped and carved.  Current and historic methods of working stone will be discussed and demonstrated.  All skill levels are welcome.

Date : Aug 20, 2010 To Aug 22, 2010
Introduction to Forging
Instructor : Ray Ciemny
Fees : $325
Using hammer and anvil at the forge in this hands-on, three-day workshop, participants will learn traditional iron-working techniques through a progressive series of projects. The seemingly unyielding medium of iron can be skillfully transformed when heated. Hammered, twisted, carved and reshaped, the material will become floral, animal and other decorative ironwork. Safety, history, tool making, finishing, joinery and design considerations are among topics covered. Participants will gain skills to go beyond basic craft to create personal expressive work.

Date : Aug 23, 2010 To Aug 27, 2010
New England Sculptors Association Week
Instructor : -
Fees : $395

Members of NESA will utilize our unique facility for a weeklong session featuring demonstrations, discussion and general exchange of ideas and techniques.  New work will be created in various media by these accomplished artists.

OCTOBER

Date : Oct 2, 2010
Photography - October
Instructor : Don Ross
Fees : $175

Consider this as a crash course in how to document your work with digital photography.  Don will demonstrate the simplest strategies and techniques, utilizing DSLR’s and Point and Shoot cameras with only one light source and light modifiers devised from commonly available materials.  A brief summary of digital workflow and file management as well as preparing imagery for the web will also be presented.

Date : Oct 2, 2010 To Oct 3, 2010
Gravestone Restoration
Instructor : Jonathan Appell
Fees : $295

The primary goal of this workshop is to educate attendees regarding all aspects of stone preservation procedures. The workshop will consist of one day of gravestone and monument conservation at the historic Pleasant Street Cemetery in West Rutland and one day of stone conservation treatments performed outdoors on the Carving Studio and Sculpture Center collection.

The gravestones to be conserved will represent many common preservation techniques, based on conditions most often found in historic burying grounds.  An in depth demonstration of appropriate stone cleaning assessment, materials and techniques will be conducted, and performed by the group. A folder with printed information will be provided to further inform students, regarding the conservation treatments and materials employed throughout the workshop. Questions, interaction and group discussion are encouraged.  Participants are welcome to bring along photographs of stone-works they have concerns or questions regarding.

Date : Oct 9, 2010 To Oct 10, 2010
Tips, Tricks & Traps
Instructor : John Morris
Fees : $250

This workshop will provide you with a tool kit of techniques to make you a better and more prolific artist.  You will learn:

• to select quality stone.
• to not turn it into driveway materiel.
• to split stone with wedges instead of drilling.
• speed carving using profiles.
• to save the stone if it turns “sugary” or develops a crack.
• to create textures and alternate finishes.
• unconventional mounting and laminating techniques including the “biscuit” for thin pieces that would not survive drilling.
• about various fillers, sealers and adhesives and their strengths and weaknesses.

Date : Oct 11, 2010 To Oct 15, 2010
Fall Alumni Week
Instructor : -
Fees : $275

If you ever thought you would like to utilize the Carving Studio and Sculpture Center as your own studio, this is your chance! This week will be ideal for anyone who has taken a workshop during the CSSC’s history and would like to finish a piece or start a new one. This will also be a terrific opportunity to reconnect with other artists and recapture the magic of earlier experiences. Technical support and knowledgeable advice from our teaching staff will be available throughout the week, and studio space may be reserved either indoors or out. Participants are encouraged to bring images of their own work to share.

Fee: $275 * Studio Staff

Date : Oct 16, 2010 To Oct 17, 2010
Introductory Stone Carving Weekend
Instructor : Bill Nutt
Fees : $250
Two full days of hand carving technique and stone carving lore introduce the beginner to reductive art-making and three-dimensional thinking. Use of the Studio’s tools and a moderate piece of Vermont marble are included in the fee. Discussions of safe studio practices and stone and tool sourcing help make this two-day course an excellent initiation to the craft of stone sculpture.