ʻAHA HANA LIMA 2016
Gathering of the Crafts is an annual series of intensive 3-day hands-on workshops and lectures exploring various media: clay, metal, wood, fiber or glass and usually conducted by artist-craftsmen from outside Hawaii.
Oahu Slide Lecture & ReceptionOahu Public Lecture & Reception with Wed March 23th 5:30 pm - 8:30 pm |
Betty Helen LonghiMetal Artist Forming Metal A Fresh Look at Spiculums | John GillCeramic Artist
There is an object: it holds | Michael CullenWood Artist
Art of the Box |
Betty Helen Longhi - Metals ArtistBetty Helen Longhi is a nationally recognized metalsmith who has worked extensively with forming metal for jewelry and sculpture. Her work is recognized for it’s sculptural quality, flowing lines and subtle use of anodized niobium as a source of color. She attended University of Wisconsin and Cranbrook Academy of Art and has studied with Heikki Seppa. Ms. Longhi has given numerous workshops both in the United States and Canada including Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, Parsons School of Design, Arrowmont, Peters Valley Craft Center and Penland School. She has been a guest artist at the University of Wisconsin and Maryland Institute of Art and School for American Craft at Rochester Institute of Technology. Additionally, she has written a number of articles and reviews for Metalsmith magazine and has lectured on shell forming for the Society of North American Goldsmiths. Betty Helen and co-author Cynthia Eid, have written the book, “Creative Metal Forming” which has been recognized as “a must for anyone interested in learning the craft of metal forming”. |
Oahu Workshop Forming Metal Maximum enrollment 12 · $25 lab fee + Tuition $65 Materials fee to be collected by instructor Friday, March 18, 5-9pm Honolulu Museum of Art School REGISTER HERE |
Using the book Creative Metal Forming by Betty Helen Longhi and Cynthia Eid, Betty Helen will cover the basic techniques of Synclasting, Anticlasting and Transitions - which are ways to move from a synclastic to an anticlastic form in the same piece of metal to create more complex forms. Students will explore the fundamentals of sheet metal behavior and gain an understanding of the relationship between technique, tools and resulting forms. The emphasis of the workshop is to become comfortable with these skills so they can be applied to making their own designs from jewelry to sculptures.
This workshop is appropriate for any student but it is preferable if they have learned the basics of cutting metal and using a torch.
Oahu Workshop A Fresh Look at Spiculums Maximum enrollment 12 · $25 lab fee + Tuition $65 Materials fee to be collected by instructor Additional fee at workshop for tools as needed. Thursday evening March 24, 5-9pm University of Hawaii at Manoa Art Department REGISTER HERE |
A spiculum is a tapered tube made from a flat sheet of metal. In this workshop we will experiment with various forming techniques that expand beyond the basic spiculum forming process. These include forming asymmetric patterns which result in tubes with curving rather than straight seams, anticlasting the metal blank to create open seam spiculums and synclasting the blank so the seam is on the inner curve of the form. In addition we will create vessel forms by transitioning from anticlastic to synclastic forms and then closing them into a vessel shape. In this new arena there are endless possibilities |
John Gill - Ceramic ArtistJohn Gill is a Professor of Ceramic Art at the New York State College of Ceramics at Alfred University. A member of the Council of the International Academy of Ceramics, Gill has presented lectures and workshops in the US and internationally for over thirty years, a keynote address at the 7th Gyneonggi International Ceramic Biennale in Korea. In 2014, he was elected as a Fellow in the American Crafts Council. He is currently working closely with international artists in an effort to revitalize Chinese ceramic art. Professor Gill is represented by Harvey Meadows Gallery, Aspen, CO, and Kraushaar Gallery, New York City. His work is held in the permanent collections of numerous art museums including the Brooklyn Museum, New York; the Victoria and Albert Museum, London; Newark Museum, New Jersey and the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. There is an object: it holds Pottery is clay’s home; it provides a place for the actions and a check list for making. The studio is the place to exercise the moves that help you progress through the process. This workshop is about how the language of useable form is poised to assist the potter. I will demonstrate how to be alert: to geometry, planes, curves, painting and sculpture. The collision of image, form and ideas help develop a touch and a conver- sation of intuition and chance. Slab construction is strong, moveable, and plastic. It records the conversation and holds a conversation with the making process, use, color, nature, city, and the beach.
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Oahu Workshop There is an object: it holds Maximum enrollment 20 · $25 lab fee + Tuition Friday & Saturday March 25 & 26, 9-5pm
University of Hawaii at Manoa Art Department REGISTER HERE |
Maui Workshop There is an object: it holds Maximum enrollment 20 · $25 materials fee + Facilities fee Saturday & Sunday April 2 & 3, 9-5pm Heona Building REGISTER HERE |
Maui Lecture Thursday, March 31, 5:30pm - 8:30pm Heona Building |
Michael Cullen - Wood ArtistMichael Cullen makes furniture and sculpture in a one-man workshop in Petaluma, California. His range as an artist is extremely broad. His work ranges from exquisitely detailed furniture to monolithic pieces hewn from giant hunks of wood. In between are many pieces patterned with distinctive surface carvings and colored with milk paint. He has traveled extensively across North America and overseas to teach his craft and to further his learning. Art of the Box Investigate different approaches and forms that a box can take using both hand tools and machines. This course will focus on exploring ideas in box making that fall outside the typical six-sided container. Emphasis will be on shaping and sculpting pieces to create pleasing curves, unusual shapes and just about anything that falls into the category of fun and zany. A primary focus will be on carving pattern and applying color in a myriad of ways to the surface. Tools used but not limited to will include: carving tools, chisels, spoke shaves, files and rasps and some machinery. Workshop is open to all levels. |
Oahu Workshop Art of the Box Maximum enrollment 12 · $50 lab fee + Tuition Thursday evening March 24, 5-9pm
University of Hawaii at Manoa Art Department REGISTER HERE |
Big Island Workshop Art of the Box Maximum enrollment 12 · $50 lab fee + Tuition Friday April 1, 5-9pm Tai Lake Fine Woodworking REGISTER HERE |
Big Island Slide Lecture & Reception March 31 5:30pm - 8:30pm Holualoa Foundation For Arts |
Tuition & Facilities use InformationTuition Fees ( per workshop) Oahu & Big Island Non-Member $350, Member $275, Student (W/ID) $150 Facilities Fee Maui Non-Member $350, Member $275, Student (W/ID) $150 |
LAB FEES ARE ESTIMATES AND ARE NOT EXPECTED TO INCREASE, HOWEVER STUDENTS WILL BE NOTIFIED OF REQUIRED TOOLS AND/OR MATERIALS AND SHOULD BE PREPARED TO SUPPORT EXTRA FEES AS EXPENSES WARRANT |