Master Studio students, Brianna Manning and Holly Brimeyer, display the sculpture they designed with the help of Artist Ally, Gail Chavenelle, at Hempstead High School. The sculpture was funded in part by an Art Gumbo Grant they won. Congratulations ladies!
As part of her mentoring program, Tabitha has made work for different firing environments. We have completed a high fire in a gas fired kiln. These recent photo’s were taken at Bethel Horizons in Dodgeville Wisconsin where we have completed a wood fire at the large Anagama (single chamber) kiln. This kiln held around 900 pieces from 9 artists including some larger sculptural forms created by Tabitha. The firing itself lasted seven days. We are excited to unbrick and unload to see the results. The kiln opening is scheduled for Saturday April 28th. Upcoming is a wood/salt firing scheduled for June 7 at the Galena kiln site. Way to go Tabitha!
Written by Gary Carstens, Master Studio Artist Ally
Monday night the Life Drawing class held it’s last session. The students completed drawings in pencil and charcoal using real models; you can look at their results below. (more…)
Last night was the final night of Printmaking. ”JoAnne is fantastic.” “It was fabulous fun!” “It’s great to just let go and paint.” were a few of the quotes from the participants. Tonight they did prints using a less traditional tequnique (more…)
The students who participated in Experimental Watercolor finished up with a mixed-media project tonight. It was really great to see the creative ways that watercolor techniques could be combined with other materials to create an art piece, (more…)
Do you know what printmaking is? Don’t worry, I didn’t either, so I’ll fill you in: printmaking is a bit of a variation on our watercolor class and involves painting with watercolor onto a (more…)
JoAnne’s class is always up to something new! Thursday night it was a Japanese brush technique called Sumi-e that involved painting bamboo, cranes, and grasses. The class also learned about Yupo paper, which is a plastic-like paper used for different watercolor techniques. (more…)
What inspires you? The students in the Tuesday night Acrylic Painting class have been assigned to create a painting that has meaning, conveys a message, or inspires them. Keep watching for (more…)
Tabitha Link and her Master Studio Ally, Gary Carstens, traveled to Dodgeville, Wisconsin this past weekend to fire clay pieces they have been working on together. Roughly 100 pieces were fired all together in a high fire propane kiln, with 20 of those belonging to Tabitha. The firing itself took 13 hours and was done at the Bethel Horizons Church with Art Ventures. Tabitha helped to load, fire and unload the pieces.
This won’t be the last time Tabitha and Gary work together during a kiln firing. On April 13th they will travel to Dodgeville again to fire with a major wood kiln. Unlike this past weekend, the kiln is much larger and will take two days to load and a full week to fire. Tabitha is working hard on creating a large piece to put in the wood fire kiln.
Gary and Tabitha have been working together in the Master Studio program for the last few months and as you can see from the photos, are having a great time! Take a look at some of the great shots Gary took from the firing!
The Acrylic Painting class began their six-week session on this lovely spring evening. Adam Eikamp (of Eikamp Arts http://www.adameikamp.com/) is the instructor and (more…)
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