Basketry with Native Materials | Weaving | Precious Metal Clay

Photography | Watercolor | Jewelry with Soul

Basketry with Native Materials
Tina Fung Holder, Instructor

Tina Fung Holder has been a professional artist and teacher for 30+ years. She has her BFA and MFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, and has designed and developed workshops at Chicago's Field Museum. Her jewelry is in the permanent collections of the Smithsonian American Art Museum, The Art Institute of Chicago, The Boston Museum of Fine Arts, Racine Art Museum; (Popularly referred as "The RAM") and Museum of Art & Design, NY.

BASKETRY WORKSHOP DESCRIPTION:

Pine trees and red osier dogwood grow abundantly in the Bayfield area. Learn 2 basketry techniques and experience these native materials in a new way. Experiment with a woven or stitched form of basket-making, select a style and make yourself a fine souvenir to celebrate your creative week-end.

Please bring pruners, thimble, scissors and an old towel; and last but not least .....your enthusiasm! All other materials provided for a $ 20.00 fee.

 

Photography
Don Albrecht, Instructor

Don Albrecht has lived in Bayfield for 30 years and has taught photography most of that time. He specializes in black and white art photos of people using everything from toy cameras to medium format, and alternative processes to straight imagery. He also shoots a digital camera. An assistant professor of art at Northland College in Ashland, he received his MFA degree in Rockport, ME.

For more information: dalbrecht@northland.edu

PHOTOGRAPHY WORKSHOP DESCRIPTION:

Prepare to have a little fun making pictures, using your digital or 35mm film camera. Expect to learn more about your camera and its controls, look at how composition can work for you, practice exercises in depth of field, and how to “draw with light.” The group can work with landscape, architecture, portraiture, action and conceptual styles, documentary or artistic.

Please bring:
Your own camera.
Film or adequate digital storage
An open attitude.

 

Weaving
Michele Auger, Instructor

Michele Auger identifies weaving as a passion that fulfills her need to create with colors, texture, and dimension. Michele has spent 27 years weaving and teaching at Woods Hall, a weaving/pottery studio and gallery on Madeline Island. Finding inspiration here and on her travels of the world, Michele weaves runners, mats, pillow covers, rugs, and tapestries up to eight feet wide. Linen, wool, cotton, silk, and a variety of recycled materials are used. Sculptures and lamps made from dogwood and maple, with fine woven shades and embellishments are her latest thrill. Custom design is her creative forte. Currently she is working out of Turtle Tracks Studio, her first personal space outside of her home.

For more information: maetours@chequenet.net

WEAVING WORKSHOP DESCRIPTION:

Have fun with color, design and texture. Learn to weave on a frame loom, wrapped with beautiful linen. A selection of hand spun, hand dyed wool yarn will be available with which to weave (the weft). We'll discuss weaving basics, design elements, tapestry techniques and more! A picture of what you want to weave will be drawn and we will weave away. Over, under, over under. Create a wall hanging, the front of a purse, a pillow top, whatever suits you.

Loom and some materials provided. $20.00 materials fee.

Bring: scissors, special yarns (if you have them), big tapestry needles, one or more. Some will be provided, but depending on how creative you get, you may need more.

 

Watercolor Painting
France Austin Miller, Instructor

France Austin Miller has painted in and around the Bayfield area for 25 years. Her work is found in numerous private and corporate collections. She has conducted watercolor workshops for 16 years, with emphasis on design principles and having a good time. The Austin Miller Studio & Gallery is located 3 miles south of Bayfield, and is open May thru October, 10am -4pm, closed on Tuesdays.

For more information: www.austinmillerstudio.com

WATERCOLOR WORKSHOP DESCRIPTION:

The class is open to all levels of painting experience. Bring a favorite image (or several) to paint, and go home with a finished piece. You'll be guided through the tools and the rules of painting and design to nurture and bring forward your own unique style in the watercolor medium. Also on the agenda is a journey into abstraction, employing many techniques in a smaller format to embrace the pure serendipity of watercolor. Paper, double mats, card stock available.

For a list of suggested materials and supplies call or email France Austin Miller at 715-779-5336 franci@centurytel.net

 

Precious Metal Clay
Donalee Kennedy, Instructor

Donalee Kennedy is a silversmith with 22 years of experience. She designs into her pieces the highest level of quality and integrity possible. She specializes in setting natural, beautiful gems in simple, classic, but freshly-sophisticated settings that can be worn for decades. Her goal is to learn something new every day, and she enjoys passing it along to whomever seems interested...with a sense of humor and joy.

For more information: http://donaleedesigns.com

PRECIOUS METAL CLAY WORKSHOP DESCRIPTION:

In the exciting environment of DONALEE DESIGNS the Precious Metal Clay class offers you the skills to work in a unique and new medium. You'll dig in by manipulating the tiny particles of silver that are mixed with a moist binder resulting in the properties of modeling clay. Fired PMC work can be polished, soldered, enameled, and enjoyed like any other silver item. Using simple tools and your imagination you will go home with three completed projects and the possibility of more depending on your own work space. Join Donalee in this NEW class offering and see what fun you can have while being creative.

Materials cost for PMC class: $25 per student. For more information go to http://donaleedesigns.com or contact Donalee at 520-465-4943.

 

Jewelry with Soul
Mary Gardner, Instructor

What intrigues YOU about jewelry? Creativity? Personal expression? Beauty? Your memories? For Mary Gardner, owner of Bayfield's Water Music Jewelry & Art, it's all of the above--and more. If you view jewelry as mere adornment, you're missing all the hidden facets...like color's ability to heal, or a surprising piece's ability to connect strangers, or the mind's ability to program energy into tangible results."

Visit her gallery online at www.watermusicjewelry.com

JEWELRY WITH SOUL WORKSHOP DESCRIPTION:

Spend time contemplating what you value and love. Then express that on many levels--seen and unseen--by creating jewelry with meaning. Along the way, play with color and shape. Try your hand at soldering silver. Follow where the stones--and your heart--lead you. You might just create the future you dream of...

Choose your materials charge based on three project levels: $35/$70/$105. For more information, please call Mary at 715/779-5262, or email her at Mary@WaterMusicJewelry.com.