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I call my tin assemblages “Eeeps” and have been making them for 15 years. Each year they change and this year is no exception! We will begin by altering a metal tin for the body of our figurative sculptures. I will teach you basic cold-connection methods and a variety of techniques for altering metal … including leaf printing on metal! I will demonstrate a quick and easy way to make molds and have a variety of molds available to make fabulous faces for your sculptures. We will then create a small book … or whatever else you can imagine inside the belly of your Eeep! You will leave with at least one figurative sculpture, two if you work fast. Eeeps approximately 12” x 6” after adding found objects.
Please bring materials fee in cash to class.
Class size 20
Level Novice and above
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I am a passionate art instructor, thingmaker, bookmaker, figurative assemblage artist and recovering perfectionist! My background is in fine arts and photography and I’ve been teaching art workshops for the past 20 years at art retreats in the U.S. I develop my classes by playing, making a mess, making “mistakes,” and I can’t think of any better way to live and make a living. I love to create, to hunt for things to create with, and to share my creativity with others. It’s what I live for, it’s my oxygen.
I grew up in a small town in upstate New York and I have spent most of the past 20 years in New Mexico. I am so lucky to live in Taos, the mountains of northern New Mexico, with my best friends Thomas, Peetie, Lily, and Hairy B.
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18 Shake Rag St.
Mineral Point, WI 53565
(608) 987-3292
