Beginning Soldering with Efrat

Wednesday April 25, 2007

Time: 6:00 pm - 9:00pm

Cost: $40 include class kit

In this class you will learn the techniques involved in making two 1.5"x1.5" soldered glass charms. students can bring their own art and photo images that have been reduced down to a 1.5"x1.5" size, or you may choose from my own collection of images. I will demonstrate construction and soldering techniques. If you wish to purchase your own soldering iron please let us know by 4/1/06.

Basic toll kit needed for this workshop:
Scissors Craft
knife
Metal ruler
Sharp pencil
Plastic fid / Bone folder
Glue stick
Ultra fine point sharpie, black
Needle nose pliers
Flat nose pliers
Jewelry tweezers (optional)
Cross-lock curved tweezers (optional)
Soldering iron 100 watts and stand (optional)
Glass surface to solder on 8” x 10” (optional)

CAUTION:if you are pregnant, nursing or thinking of getting pregnant in the near feature this class is not recommended, since we are using chemicals (don't mean to scare you!)

Chinese Collage Class with Caterina

Sat. April 21,

1-3:30 pm
Cost $90-

Part of the challenge of mixed media is to find a way to incorporate different elements and bring them together in a cohesive way. When an artist accomplishes this task, the work looks as though it had always been seemlessly united.
Chinese collage is the art of using a simple press to unify and blend layers together. The result is an old world look that fascinates the eye and holds the viewers attention.
Join Caterina for a Saturday afternoon of fun pressing collage and making tryptichs and dyptichs that you will love.you will make finished collages as well as pieces that can be incorporated onto a larger canvas or used for book work. Prepare for fun as we turn a simple pasta machine into an art tool!

Your Tool Box
paper epemera, images & scrap
tissue papers, gold foils, paper bits, stamps
a couple of brushes, paint
optional: pasta machine
*note all supplies can be purchased at the creative underground with the exception of the pasta machines!

My Tool Box
pasta machines
gel mediums
paints
paper ephemera