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Wednesday evenings 6:30-9:30 at the DeCordova Museum School
Lincoln, MA http://decordova.org/ 781-259-0505
Tuesdays 10am-1:30pm, next class will start in Sept, 2010
Metalwerx, Waltham, MA www.metalwerx.com 781-891-3854
March 20-21, 2009, 9-5
Two-Day Hydraulic Press Workshop
League of NH Craftsmen, 3 Lebanon Street, Hanover, NH, http://www.craftstudies.org/contact.html June 7-11, 2010
Creative Forming with the Hydraulic Press
Spruill Arts Center
Atlanta, GA
June 23-27, 2010
Creatively Hammering Anticlastic and Synclastic Jewelry Metalwerx Waltham, MA www.metalwerx.com 781-891-3854 Explore the infinite possibilities of synclastic and anticlastic forming. These "Shellforming" techniques allow us to create complex three-dimensional structures from a single sheet of metal, beginning with any shape---square or amoeba, round or long-and-thin---and seamlessly combine concave and convex curves.
Students will learn to use a hammer to transform a flat piece of metal into elegant fluidity. Forming makes metal strong and flexible, making it ideal for jewelry, flatware, and vessels. We'll be working on a jewelry scale during this workshop, to save time, but the techniques also apply to larger scales. Synclasting can create domes for brooches, bracelets, bowls, and more. Anticlasting can be used to create open forms for jewelry or sculpture, as well as spiculums. The flexibility of shellforms also allows two metal forms to be fitted together and soldered.
Through methodical hammering, metal is stretched or compressed, changing its form. Participants will learn how to hammer comfortably and with control. Even people hammering for the first time can learn how to be able to hammer for hours at a time. After each demonstration, participants may choose to practice on samples, or to create finished designs. Tools will be available for use during the workshop, and for purchase if desired.
Cynthia Eid has been hammering and forming metal for over 40 years. She is co-writing a book about Shellforming with Betty Helen Longhi. Michael Good will write the forward; the publisher is Tim McCreight's Brynmorgen Press. I
This class is appropriate for students with basic metalsmithing skills as well as professionals.
July 1-5, 2010 Creative Forming with the Hydraulic Press
Honolulu Academy of Arts
August 23-27. 2010 September 24,25,26, 2010 |
