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Callanwolde Fine Arts Center
Beginning weavers continue their studies and gain weaving independence in this studio class. Add extras to your weaving by accenting with stripes. Learn how to design with colors and textures to add interest to your cloth. Class discussions, demonstrations, and woven samples help students learn terminology, reading patterns, and project planning. Weavers who can dress…
Callanwolde Fine Arts Center
Note: This course is open to students who have previously completed the Introduction to Blacksmithing class. Using traditional hand hammered blacksmithing techniques over a coal burning forge, students will forge a basic set of tools for the forge. Initial projects include a fire rake, slot punch, hammer eye drive, and blacksmith’s cross peen hammer. Additional…
Callanwolde Fine Arts Center
Callanwolde Fine Arts Center
This course offers introductory instruction to the forging, forming, cutting, and joining skills of blacksmithing. Students will learn basic blacksmith safety, how to start and manage a solid fuel forge, the heat treatment of tool steel, and how to forge weld. Projects range from hooks, stylized leaves, a two-tined fork, cold cut chisel, tong jaws,…
Handbuilding is the art of making ceramic forms without the use of a potter’s wheel. Students will study the basics of building pots by pinch, coil, and/or slab built techniques, and learn the important safety guidelines and procedures of ceramics studio.