Hi All,
Currently teaching in San Francisco, a course on catches and
findings. There is a foldforming course coming up here at Revere on
the weekend. The rest of the summer options are listed below. best
Charles
Revere Academy, San Francisco
April 28-29
Fold-Forming
This workshop delivers the whole system of hundreds of folds in two
days. You will learn to make folds in each of the main categories.
Forms are derived from the natural plasticity and ductility of the
metal. Shaping is extremely efficient and rapid many forms are
complete in three to seven minutes. Tools are simple: fingers,
hammer, anvil and mill. Complex relief forms are made from sheets of
metal often in one annealing. Forms made with this method resemble
chased constructed and soldered forms and can be made with most
metals, including steel.
Revere Academy of Jewelry Arts
760 Market Street, Suite 900
San Francisco, CA 94102
http://www.ganoksin.com/gnkurl/1y9
July 2-5
Alberta College of Art and Design
Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Fold-Forming:
This workshop delivers the whole system of hundreds of folds in four
days. You will learn to make folds in each of the main categories.
Forms are derived from the natural plasticity and ductility of the
metal. Shaping is extremely efficient and rapid many forms are
complete in three to seven minutes. Tools are simple: fingers,
hammer, anvil and mill. Complex relief forms are made from sheets of
metal often in one annealing. Forms made with this method resemble
chased constructed and soldered forms and can be made with most
metals, including steel. Calgary is an hour’s drive from Banff, in
the Rocky Mountains. Come for the class and stay for the Nature! Note
that this is carefully planned so that Friday the 6th is the Stampede
Parade (3,500 horses! Bands! Floats!), the 100th celebration of the
Calgary Stampede, Calgary’s 10 day blowout party. Think cowboy Mardi
Gras. Totally worth coming for - in addition to the most thorough
foldforming workshop offered this year.
Fold-Forming Hammers and Tools Descriptions:
Foldforming tool list at Ganoksin:
Ganoksin Foldforming
To Register contact: ACAD Extended Studies:
Alberta College of Art & Design
1407 - 14th Avenue NW, Calgary, AB T2N 4R3
http://www.ganoksin.com/gnkurl/1yb
Center for Metal Arts, Florida, New York
Early August at the Center for Metal Arts, New York State.
Fold Forming
This workshop delivers the whole system of hundreds of folds. You
will learn to make folds in each of the main categories. Forms are
derived from the natural plasticity and ductility of the metal.
Shaping is extremely efficient and rapid many forms are complete in
three to seven minutes. Tools are simple: fingers, hammer, anvil and
mill. Complex relief forms are made from sheets of metal often in one
annealing. Forms made with this method resemble chased constructed
and soldered forms and can be made with most metals, including steel.
Contact: http://www.ganoksin.com/gnkurl/t5
July 25-27
Metalwerx School, Waltham, Mass
Fold Forming
This workshop delivers the whole system of hundreds of folds in
three days. You will learn to make folds in each of the main
categories. Forms are derived from the natural plasticity and
ductility of the metal. Shaping is extremely efficient and rapid many
forms are complete in three to seven minutes. Tools are simple:
fingers, hammer, anvil and mill. Complex relief forms are made from
sheets of metal often in one annealing. Forms made with this method
resemble chased constructed and soldered forms and can be made with
most metals, including steel. Class
July 28-29
FoldForming: The Next Steps
This course is geared towards students who have experience with fold
forming, but want to take their work to the next level by exploring
more complex folds and realizing methods for integrating forms into
their artwork. Come learn from the master and creator of this
original metalsmithing technique. Executing the intricate folds can
be tricky. Charles will spend the first day of class reviewing folds
by student request. The afternoon will be complemented with hands-on
time to practice making samples with instructor guidance. Fold
forming structures and surfaces are applicable for jewelry, hollow
ware, enameling, anodizing, and more. The focus of the second day of
class will be to understand how to go beyond the samples to
incorporate fold-forming concepts into finished work. Demonstrations
include edge treatments such as upset, rolled, rolled with a wire
inside, and decking; and reviewing approaches to looking at and
cutting up samples to make them more interesting. Students are
encouraged to bring examples of their work (finished or unfinished)
so that at lunch, time can be spent giving feedback that will help
generate ideas and methods for taking this technique to the next
step. If there is strong interest, students will have the option of
more forming demos on the second day, as time allows. Class
Information
Metalwerx
50 Guinan Street
Waltham MA 02451
http://www.ganoksin.com/gnkurl/1yc