RDC Series: Summer Arts School - Week Two
Week Two of Series (July 14 - 18) offers a diverse range of course in everything from story telling through glass to learning the art of marquetry. Featured courses for week two are:
Brenda Malkinson - Intermediate Colour Woodblock Printmaking
About the Course:
You will be introduced to multi-layer block print techniques including block registration, colour layering, brayer inking techniques, and printing on the press. Arrive with your image ideas ready to be transformed into multi-colour block prints. This is a terrific workshop for those wanting to advance their wood block printing skills.
About the Instructor:
Brenda Malkinson studied at the Alberta College of Art + Design and since 1979 has pursued a career as a full time professional artist involved with contemporary architectural stained glass, drawing and colour woodblock printmaking. Malkinson’s glass and prints are in many private and corporate collections, including The Art Gallery of Alberta, The Alberta Foundation for the Arts, The Massey Foundation, Royal Alexandra Hospital Foundation, The Cross Cancer Hospital, Mazankowski Heart Institute and the Stanley Milner Library. Her work has been exhibited in Canada, the United States, Japan, and Korea. She was awarded the AFA’s Alberta Centennial Commission Award.
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Jamie Grey - Using Glass to Tell Great Stories
About the Course:
Every piece of art starts with a great story. Use found glass objects, thrift-shop items, and sheet glass to make objects in sculptural form. No previous glass experience is required - only an active imagination. Various glass cutting techniques as well as other methods to manipulate, deconstruct and reconstruct objects will be covered. Secret and hidden compartment design will be implemented where desired, decals and sandblasting will be used decoratively, and we will add embellishments to produce strong narrative objects. container as well as surface decoration and ways of using the physical environment as creative inspiration.
About the Instructor:
Jamie Gray is a BFA graduate of the glass program at the Alberta College of Art + Design where she focused her energies on sculptural glass of a narrative nature. The themes most evident in her work are
cosmopolitanism (the belief that all humanity belong|s to a single moral community) and communitas(an intense sense of togetherness and community spirit in which all people are considered equal). She enjoys using dark humour to explore the trials and tribulations of her childhood growing up on a prairie farm in the 1970’s.
Jamie lives in Calgary, where she has been a glass artist for more than 20 years. Her work can be found in collections and galleries in Canada, the United States, the UK, Korea andJapan. She is a guest teacher at conferences as well as in glassblowing and kiln-forming studios around the world. Learn more about Jamie Grey on her website.
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Talar Prefontaine - Marquetry: Plant & Landscape
About the Course:
Are you interested in working with wood but dislike the idea of using power tools? Learn to create beautiful works in wood with just the use of an art knife. For inspiration we will look at the practice of marquetry through the ages and view the works of current masters. Learn how to select suitable subject matter and edit photographs to create interesting works. Emphasis will be on two important areas: technique and the characteristics of natural wood veneers. There will be plenty of time for hands-on practice, as you have the opportunity to complete up to two projects of varying difficulty. Create your own designs or use those provided by the instructor. Prior experience in marquetry is helpful but not necessary.
About the Instructor:
Talar Prefontaine is a self-taught marquetry artisan and furniture designer who has called Calgary home for the past thirty years. After her studies at McGill University, she worked briefly in drafting before switching her career to the arts. With her husband Jean-Claude she owns and operates Prefontaine Handcrafted Furniture.
Since gardening is one of Talar’s passions, trees and flowers figure prominently in her work. In addition to her local clients, some of Talar’s marquetry have found their way to the US, UK and Japan. Currently, Talar’s work is carried by the Alberta Craft Council Gallery in Edmonton and the Bay 12 Gallery in Pigeon Lake. Learn more about Talar Prefontaine on her website.
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