All Discussions Tagged 'workshop' - crafthaus2024-03-29T15:22:06Zhttps://crafthaus.ning.com/group/ecusymposiummaterialtopics/forum/topic/listForTag?tag=workshop&feed=yes&xn_auth=noDay 2: Mineral Pigments with Ken Bovatag:crafthaus.ning.com,2011-02-15:2104389:Topic:1887602011-02-15T20:18:50.287ZLiz Steinerhttps://crafthaus.ning.com/profile/LizSteiner
<p>We're very lucky to have Ken Bova with us this year, since Linda is abroad with a group of students in Italy. And while we miss Linda very much, we're all super happy about working with Ken, so we asked if he would teach a workshop at this year's symposium.</p>
<p><a href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1057997751?profile=original" target="_self"><img class="align-full" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1057997751?profile=original" width="480"></img></a> <span class="font-size-1"><em>Ken Instructing Us on Color</em></span></p>
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<p>We're very lucky to have Ken Bova with us this year, since Linda is abroad with a group of students in Italy. And while we miss Linda very much, we're all super happy about working with Ken, so we asked if he would teach a workshop at this year's symposium.</p>
<p><a target="_self" href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1057997751?profile=original"><img class="align-full" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1057997751?profile=original" width="480"/></a><span class="font-size-1"><em>Ken Instructing Us on Color</em></span></p>
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<p>Ken has recently been working with mineral pigment temperas which he mixes himself. I've heard him talk a little bit about it, so I was very excited to see his demo. He started off with a brief power point on the history of mineral pigments as used in Renaissance manuscript illumination. It was really fascinating, especially since these things are still intact today. Works done uses this technique last for centuries or more.</p>
<p><a target="_self" href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1057995794?profile=original"><img class="align-full" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1057995794?profile=original" width="640"/></a><span class="font-size-1"><em>Demo Table</em></span></p>
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<p>Ken's work table was AMAZING! Colors, gold leaf, rocks and small vials of mysterious powers, some of my favorite things! His samples were simply stunning. I found myself not really caring what kind of jewelry he's made using this technique; I just wanted his sample sheets to frame and hang on my wall.</p>
<p><a target="_self" href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1057995820?profile=original"><img class="align-full" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1057995820?profile=original" width="640"/></a><em><span class="font-size-1">Tiny Mineral Pigment Paintings</span></em></p>
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<p>A painter at an artists residency he was attending told Ken her secret to egg tempera. This egg tempera recipe has been handed down from master to student for centuries, and Ken was nice enough to put in all in a handout for us! He also had a recipe for sizing or mordant, the adhesive used in gold leafing, which he also demonstrated. Ken talked at length about color theory, and the minerals he uses, which provide a very specific color range.</p>
<p><a target="_self" href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1057997186?profile=original"><img class="align-full" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1057997186?profile=original" width="480"/></a><a target="_self" href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1057995820?profile=original"><span class="font-size-1"><em> </em></span></a><em><span class="font-size-1">Ken Applying Gold Leaf.</span></em></p>
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<p>Ken showed us how to make the gold leaf sizing, how to apply the leaf, how to grind minerals and how to make the actual egg tempera. This involved Ken doing the most incredible thing with an egg that I've ever seen, and I can't really describe. All I can say is that it took him three tries and he was somehow left with just the egg yolk, absolutely no white. We were all super impressed. After he mixed him color, Ken showed us how to apply it to the paper in thin, even coats.</p>
<p><a target="_self" href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1057996523?profile=original"><img class="align-center" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1057996523?profile=original" width="640"/></a><em><span class="font-size-1">Ken Bova, (you can get )From There to Here</span></em></p>
<p>Ken's workshop was incredibly comprehensive and I can't believe how much testing and troubleshooting he's done on this really obscure (at least for jewelry) technique. I know some artists (myself included) that can be a bit proprietary with their methods, but I think Ken literally told us everything he knew about this subject that he's spent so much time testing and perfecting. I'm excited to see where he goes with this.</p>
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<p>Be sure to check out <a href="http://kenbova.com/home.html" target="_blank">Ken's brand new website!</a></p>
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<p>Thanks for reading!</p>
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<p><a target="_self" href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1057996838?profile=original"><img class="align-center" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1057996838?profile=original" width="640"/></a><em><span class="font-size-1">Ken Bova, Earrings</span></em></p> Day 2: Wood Carving with Dan Dicapriotag:crafthaus.ning.com,2011-02-07:2104389:Topic:1818582011-02-07T22:05:43.103ZLiz Steinerhttps://crafthaus.ning.com/profile/LizSteiner
<p>After Caroline's lecture, everyone dispersed into the workshops. For the workshops, we have three people present on Saturday, and they teach the same workshop twice. Students choose ahead of time which two workshops they would like to attend. We do the same thing for Sunday's workshops, with three new presenters. So, students get to attend 4 out of 6 total workshops. Not too shabby.…</p>
<p>After Caroline's lecture, everyone dispersed into the workshops. For the workshops, we have three people present on Saturday, and they teach the same workshop twice. Students choose ahead of time which two workshops they would like to attend. We do the same thing for Sunday's workshops, with three new presenters. So, students get to attend 4 out of 6 total workshops. Not too shabby.<a target="_self" href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1057992181?profile=original"><img width="750" class="align-center" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1057992181?profile=RESIZE_1024x1024" height="430" width="648"/></a><span class="font-size-1">Dan demonstrating at the bandsaw.</span></p>
<p>My first workshop of the day was Dan DiCaprio's <em>Woodcarving for Jewelry</em>. Dan started off with a brief power point on his work and the work of some other artists who carve wood on a jewelry scale. I really enjoyed his process images, which documented each step he takes in creating a piece, from layout, to final finishing. It was also really great to see the work of other jewelry artists using wood, and helped me understand the context of Dan's work a lot better.<a target="_self" href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1057991745?profile=original"><img width="521" class="align-center" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1057991745?profile=RESIZE_1024x1024" width="521"/></a><span class="font-size-1">Pieces in Progress</span></p>
<p>Dan took us through his entire process, starting with glueing his basic shape to a piece of wood. Next is cutting out the shape with the bandsaw. He gave a lot of tips on how to get into tight curves and how to safely cut something small and/or curved on the bandsaw. I always viewed the bandsaw as a tool for just roughing things out, so it was really cool to see just how well Dan thinks out his final product at this stage in the process, and how detailed he can get at this early in the process.<a target="_self" href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1057992225?profile=original"><img width="538" class="align-center" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1057992225?profile=RESIZE_1024x1024" width="538"/></a><span class="font-size-1" style="color: #000000;">Carving with a bur.</span></p>
<p>Dan then demonstrated carving and finishing the wood with burs and a flex shaft. I never realized that most of his forms are actually hollow, and he talked a little bit about at what point in the process he slices the form in half in order to carve the interior, then glue it back together. He talked about an easy method of repairing cracks in the wood, and shared resources for materials and tools. Last, he showed us how he inlays silver into the surface of the wood, and talked about adding pin mechanisms.</p>
<p><a target="_self" href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1057991932?profile=original"><img width="750" class="align-center" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1057991932?profile=RESIZE_1024x1024" height="555" width="555"/></a><span class="font-size-1">Dan Dicaprio<em>, Wrap</em>, Ebony and Silver</span>, <span class="font-size-1">2" x 3" x 1.5", Courtesy of Charon Kransen Arts</span></p>
<p><span class="font-size-1"><span class="font-size-2">I found Dan's workshop fascinating. Even though our time in grad school at ECU overlapped by one semester and we still keep in touch, I guess I never realized how little I actually knew about Dan's work, other than I love it. I'm always impressed by people that can carve like this, since I have such a hard time thinking subtractively. I'm very much an additive person. But the methodical detail Dan puts into each piece, how considered every aspect is from the very beginning, amazes me, since I have a completely different way of working. All that care and thought into making something that looks so simple, elegant, and effortless.</span></span></p>
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<p><span class="font-size-1"><span class="font-size-2">But I guess that's what it's all about. <br/></span></span></p>
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<p><span class="font-size-1">Dan Dicaprio, <em>Curl</em>, Ebony and Silver, 2" x 3" x 1.5", Courtesy of Charon Kransen Arts</span></p>