Lancaster Designer Holiday Weekend
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Pennsylvania Guild Center of American Craft, Lanc. N. Queen St., Lancaster, Pennsylvania 17603
Saturday & Sunday The Pennsylvania Guild of Craftsmen is excited to showcase our first Chapter Weekend – with the Lancaster Designer Craftsmen hosting a weekend of workshops here at the Center of American Craft! Spend two jam packed days with us as we celebrate the holiday season with local instructors teaching new craft techniques through ornament-making! Walk away with a medley of handmade holiday ornaments to decorate your home, and new craft projects to teach your family members! All supplies are included. *If enrolling in a 2 hour workshop, please mark in the “Notes” section on PayPal if you prefer the morning or afternoon session. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Saturday, December 8 Non-member rate $90.00 USD Member rate $80.00 USD Wood Turning Ornaments with Brian Cunfer 10 am – 3 pm Maximum 5 students Adorn your Christmas tree this year with hand turned ornaments! Students will choose from three different styles; a bird house, Christmas tree, and icicle. This is an intermediate class and some turning knowledge is necessary. If you have favorite turning tools, please bring them along. Familiar tools make the process more enjoyable for you. We will also discuss proper sharpening techniques for all turning tools. Biography: Brian Cunfer started making American Windsor Chairs in 1993 at John C. Campbell Folk School in Brasstown, NC. He was fascinated by the graceful nature of the design and returned each year to make a different style Windsor chair. Currently Brian makes American Windsor Chairs full-time and is former president of the Pennsylvania Guild of Craftsmen. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Saturday, December 8 Non-member rate $45.00 USD Member rate $40.00 USD Theorem Painting Ornaments with Sandra Coldren Morning: 10 am – 12 pm Afternoon: 1 pm – 3 pm Join Sandra Coldren in learning theorem painting for your holiday decorating! Theorem painting came into vogue in the early 1800′s in England and America. Using stencils to create seamless paintings with a three-dimensional feel on velvet, silk, or fabric. Sandra guides students through techniques, mediums, and styles while creating holiday ornaments. Biography: Sandra painted her first theorem over thirty years ago as a gift to her grandmother. While this first painting sparked a life-long interest in the craft, it would be another fifteen years before Sandra would commercially sell her work. Today Sandra demonstrates theorem painting at craft shows throughout the Mid-Atlantic and passes her knowledge on through classes at Landis Valley Museum, and is a juried member of the Pennsylvania Guild of Craftsmen. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Saturday, December 8 Non-member rate $45.00 USD Member rate $40.00 USD Ceramic Tile with Kevin Lehman Morning: 10 am – 12 pm Afternoon: 1 pm – 3 pm Join Kevin Lehman in exploring red-ware clay and it’s limitless possibilities in making ceramic tile and ornaments! Spend a couple of hours making a ceramic tile and ornament using redware clay, ceramic slips and brushes to create your very own unique work. Work will be fired off site, and students may pay to have it shipped directly to them, or come back the following week to pick up finished and fired work. Biography: Kevin Lehman has been working with clay since childhood, and built a potter’s wheel with his father and purchased his first kiln in high school. He graduated from Millersville University with a BA in Art, and afterwards started a pottery business in a small backyard shed with his home-built wheel and a salvaged gas kiln. He then relocated to his current studio in Lancaster. The present facility allows ample room for artists to teach classes and engaging in projects, large and small. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sunday, December 9 Non-member rate $45.00 USD Member rate $40.00 USD Wheat Weaving Ornaments with Linda Beiler Morning: 10 am – 12 pm Afternoon: 1 pm – 3 pm Straw can be plaited into designs, dyed colors, flattened and cut into shapes similar to marquetry in woodworking. In this fun workshop, learn the basics of wheat weaving through making holiday ornaments and decorations! This ancient craft began when straw designs were created at the end of harvest with a belief in a spirit that caused the grain to grow. To provide a resting place for this spirit, a weaving was made from the last grain cut or a choice bundle of grain. It was kept in a safe place until the following spring when a new crop was planted. At that time, the design was crushed and returned to the soil with the newly planted crop. Biography: In 1994 I was introduced to wheat weaving, and was immediately drawn to using wheat straw to create designs. In 2009, my book was published, Wheat Weaving & Straw Art. I’ve worked with straw artists from across the US, Great Britain, Australia, Belarus, Nepal, and Switzerland. I am a juried member of Lancaster Designer Craftsmen, Reading-Berks Guild of Craftsmen, the PA Guild of Craftsmen, and am on the Roster of Artists in Education with the PA Council on the Arts. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sunday, December 9 Non-member rate $45.00 USD Member rate $40.00 USD Paper Filigree Ornaments with Lisa Gallagher Morning: 10 am – 12 pm Afternoon: 1 pm – 3 pm Learn the centuries-old technique of Paper Filigree, also known as Quilling, by making snowflake ornaments just in time for winter decorating. After practicing basic shape elements, students choose from one of the included patterns to create their own festive ornament. Plenty of paper is provided for making as many ornaments as time permits. Biography: Lisa Gallagher grew up with a value of artistic vision, and works in a range of media from painting, sculpture, photography, and glass, to bookbinding, quilling, and woodworking. Her main passion, is jewelry. Gallagher studied jewelry at Spruill Center for the Arts in Georgia, and attended classes at Goldschmiedeschule in Pforzheim, Germany. Gallagher is a juried member of the Pennsylvania Guild of Craftsmen, exhibits her work locally and regionally, and is a constant draw at fine craft shows annually. View her work at www.lisagallagher.com. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Price: $90