BluSeed Studios » Workshops

Live Figure Drawing Class

Shaun — Sun, 06 Jun 2010 17:46:49 +0000

Beginning on Tuesday June 7

6 Live Figure Drawing Class

Artist: John LaFalce

Tuesday’s & Thursday 6-9pm

6-3hr/classes: 100.00 or 30.00/class

Min. 8 participants, max. 12

Learn to draw from a model or improve your skill and/or build your portfolio. Class will consist of 1 hour of instruction prior to models arrival, then 2 hours of drawing with model

Dates: 6/8, 6/10,6/15, 6/17, 6/22,6/24

Participants must supply materials,( drawing boards and some easels available)

John La Falce was born and raised in Buffalo New York and has been an artist in residence at Bluseed Studios since last summer. His work encompasses an array of media and projects an “open approach” in style, content and purpose. He received his BFA in Painting in 2002 from Buffalo State College. In recent years he has been traveling with his art among these projects being the “Combat Paper Project” where he is a collaborator and participating artist working with returning Iraqi veterans.

“Paper Social” – Open Studio Paper Making Night

Shaun — Sun, 16 May 2010 18:09:42 +0000

Every Thursday Night all Summer Long! (Except July 15^th!)

7pm till pulp runs out!

$10.00 up to 10 pieces of paper! Includes instruction, pulp and finish pressing & drying of paper.

Come join Carol & John for a great social evening of and paper making…

Musicians & Poets welcome…to jam along!

Adult Photocopy Litho Workshop

Shaun — Sun, 16 May 2010 17:28:34 +0000

Print Making Workshop

Adult Photocopy Litho Workshop: ages 16 and up

Instructor: Jessica Jeffrey

Dates: Three-week sessions: Mondays June 7,14,21

6-9pm

Price: $65 includes material, ink and 1 sheet of 22×30 Somerset paper. Not included: photocopy expenses.

Minimum: three people

This workshop will introduce students to the technique of photocopy lithography, a printmaking process that utilizes photocopies as the basic print matrix. The student will have the opportunity to put this process into practice via demonstrations by the instructor and open studio time. Each participant can expect to create a several final images in at least two colors.

Beginner Pottery Class

Shaun — Sun, 02 May 2010 23:46:42 +0000

BluSeed Studios offers Beginner Pottery Classes!

Class: $250.00 (includes 25# clay, firings, studio access)

To register call 518-891-3799
Adult Beginner Pottery Class (age 15 & up)
Every Monday September 21-October 9, 2009
8 weeks

Artist/potter Mary Lou Reid will guide the beginner potter though the basic maneuvers of creating a piece of pottery on the wheel. Hand Building skills [...] for more info:
http://bluseedstudios.org/category/classes/

WORKSHOP: Letterpress Broadside with Robert Walp

Fahey — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 16:29:22 +0000

Letterpress Broadside Workshop

Class Times: Saturday, March 6th, 10am-5pm & Sunday, March 7th, 10am -3pm

Cost: $100.00, plus material

Age: 15 years & up, no experience necessary

Master book artist and printmaker Robert Walp will lead a letterpress broadside workshop on March 6 & 7. The class will start on Saturday beginning at 10am and continue on Sunday from 10am-3pm. The studio will remain open that same evening for those who would like to stay and work on their project.

This two-day workshop is designed to hone your skills in typesetting and image printing on the Vandercook proof press. Participants will combine type and relief printing processes to create a single page broadside, or broadsheet. Images will be printed from your choice of woodcut, linocut, or polymer plate. A basic knowledge of setting metal type will be helpful but not necessary.

Please come prepared with a short poem or prose passage and an image that will then be scanned and made ready to transfer to a block or polymer plate. Instructions for making polymer plates will be given at the workshop. Images can be no larger than 8”x11” and you will be allowed to run an edition of 15 one color broadsides.

Paper and polymer plate material will be available for purchase at the workshop, as well as woodblocks. If you plan to make a linocut please bring your own type-high (.913") linoleum block. Cost for this 2-day workshop is only $100 plus materials ($10.00 – $20.00).

Instructor:

Robert Walp began his bookmaking career in the spring of 2000 at Vermont College in Montpelier, Vermont. He has participated in numerous book arts workshops since then and in 2006 earned an MFA in the Book Arts from The University of Alabama, where he received the Raymond F. McClain Book Arts Award. His work can be found in many collections including The University of Vermont Bailey Library, Dartmouth College Rauner Library, Brown University’s Rockefeller Library in Providence, Rhode Island, The Library of Congress, The New York Public Library, the Penland School of Crafts Archive and The Shelburne Museum in Shelburne, Vermont.

Robert works from his studio in the Adirondacks under the imprint of Chester Creek Press and has taught workshops in New York at The Adirondack Lakes Center for the Arts in Blue Mountain Lake, Bluseed Studio in Saranac Lake, the Town of Chester Public Library, and the Lake George Arts Project. He has also taught at Penland School of Crafts in North Carolina and at The Great River Arts Institute in Bellow Falls, Vermont. He is a member of The Guild of Bookworkers and The Fine Press Book Association, and is curator of the Book Arts Collection at the Town of Chester Public Library. To view Bob’s work visit Chester Creek Press at www.chestercreekpress.com

BluSeed Studios is a nonprofit organization whose mission is to provide space where artists have the opportunity to experiment, diverge, exhibit and perform; to move ideas and aesthetics forward; to share this diversity with the community.

“The Shirt Off Our Backs!” workshops

Geoffrey Sanford — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 00:52:34 +0000

BluSeed Studios will present 3 different workshops titled “The Shirt Off Our Backs!” which are designed to lead participants through three very distinct paper art and printmaking processes.

“The Shirt Off Our Backs!” will be the thematic inspiration for imagery in the first two workshops: Nontoxic Printmaking by Larry Poole and Pulp Painting led by visiting artist Jill Littlewood. The final workshop Ethiopian Bookbinding will be taught by Bob Walp. All participants will be invited back to show their work in a special exhibition titled: “The Shirt off our Backs”!

The non-toxic intaglio printing making class will be taught by local artists Larry Poole. Utilizing BluSeed’s fully equipped print studio, students will learn the photo polymer etching process (which was refined by Keith Howard of RIT) to produce intaglio prints.

Jill Littlewood is an internationally acclaimed book artist and pulp painter from Santa Barbara California. During her 3-week stay at BluSeed Studios, she will be sharing her passion for paper and the versatility of pulp painting. Pulp painting is an emerging specialization in the broader field of handmade paper art, which has been attracting artists of many different disciplines. The art of creating pulp paintings involves the use of specially prepared pulps and applying them to a freshly made sheet of handmade paper. The primary appeal to pulp painting is that it allows the artist to not just work on the paper, but to actually work in the paper itself. Class participants will learn to plan and execute pulp paintings from a variety of colors. Basic principles of design and pulp manipulation will be covered to aid the act of creating paper pieces of personal expression and satisfaction.

Master book artist Robert Walp will lead the “Ethiopian” style bookbinding class. The Ethiopian style binding is based on one of the earliest known examples of a sewn codex, dating from about the 4th century ad. The binding is generally sewn with one or two pairs of needles using a link stitch. A hard cover and elegant spine which exposes the stitching allows these books to lie flat when opened, making them ideal for journals or sketchbooks. No previous experience is necessary for this 2 day workshop!

All workshops will be geared towards the novice and the experienced artist and be open to ages 15 years and older. The workshops will include all necessary materials, instruction, a group critique to discuss the artwork and invitation to show their work in the special exhibition. This special showcase of the artwork made during the workshops is intended for the North Country community. It will allow the residents of the tri-lakes to see a unique exhibition that consists of works produced by community members and the visiting artists.

"Shirt off our Backs" Workshop Series

Non-toxic Intaglio
September 15 &16, Tuesday & Wednesday, 6:30pm- 9pm
Cost: $65.00/55.00 member/student
Instructor: Larry Poole

Pulp-Painting
Saturday Oct. 3rd, 10am-4:30pm
Cost $65.00/55.00 member/student
Instructor: Jill Littlewood

Ethiopian Bookbinding Workshop
Saturday & Sunday Oct. 17 &18, 10am-4pm
Fee: $75 /$65 Members /Students (includes material)
Instructor: Bob Walp

All workshops are sponsored in part by DCA Grant through NYSCA and administered locally by the Arts Council for the Adirondacks