Sawdust Announces 2011 Spring Into Art!

SAT March 12 & SUN March 13

“Playing with Fire – an introduction to jewelry making” with Lorraine Hornby

Transform plain sheet metal and wire into a unique piece of jewelry! Learn how to incorporate gems in to your design with a bezel setting. Class will introduce students to the fundamentals of jewelry fabrication: piercing, sawing, soldering, forming and stone-setting. Space is limited to ensure students receive one-on-one instruction to create either a pendant or ring.

“Enjoying Your Digital Camera” with Mary Hurlbut

Three-hour intro class to digital photography for beginners. Learn the art of seeing light, while also having those pesky technical questions answered in plain English! Bring your digital camera, the manual it came with, and, if you have one, a laptop. Wear shoes for walking. We will spend time in the classroom covering the Art of Photography and the basics for using digital cameras. Then we’ll get outside and practice what you’ve learned, before returning to the class and uploading the images to a computer for viewing and discussion. Please make a list of questions you have about digital photography and email them to Mary, one week prior to the class: mary.hurlbut@verizon.net.

“Fun and Function with Clay” with Jennifer Wedner

This fun and informative class is designed to demonstrate what the structural basics are in assembling a 3-dimensional ceramic art piece that is both decorative and useful; such as a lidded container or tea pot. The goal of the class will be for each participant to have fun as they create a useful ceramic art piece. Photo documentation of your creative process from start to finish and the use of basic shapes and tools will be another feature of the class. All work will be bisqued, glaze-fired and finished in a dip-colored glaze of choice.

“Beginning Glass-blowing” with Bruce Freund

In this class, students will be taught the basics of glass-blowing. They will return home with some unique hand-blown glass.

“Exploring with Silk Painting; Paint a Sarong” with Reem Khalil

Beginners and advanced students welcome. Experience the ancient art of silk painting. Learn how to apply colors to silk fabric and create a one-of-a-kind scarf and sarong (just in time for summer!). This class is taught by Sawdust artist, Reem Khalil, who has 15 years of experience.

“I am an Artist” with Mischa Martineau

“I am an Artist” teaches you to nurture your belief in yourself as a talented and successful artist. Stories are shared about defining life experiences like the powerful words that were spoken to you about your capabilities as an artist. time is given to record personal insights in your ‘My Discovery Journal.’ You’ll learn to craft powerful “I AM” statements to shape strong beliefs and, for lasting change, you’ll practice concepts such as: riding the thought elevator, releasing the fear vacuum and achieving mental momentum. You’ll walk away with creative mental tools for a lifetime of empowerment as a thriving artist!

Come paint a beautiful landscape and seascape in oils on canvas with Laguna Beach artist John Eagle! Beginner to intermediate artists 18 and older are welcome. Design, values and color mixing will be emphasized.

SAT March 19 & SUN March 20

“Enjoying Your Digital Camera” with Mary Hurlbut

Three-hour intro class to digital photography for beginners. Learn the art of seeing light, while also having those pesky technical questions answered in plain English! Bring your digital camera, the manual it came with, and, if you have one, a laptop. Wear shoes for walking. We will spend time in the classroom covering the Art of Photography and the basics for using digital cameras. Then we’ll get outside and practice what you’ve learned, before returning to the class and uploading the images to a computer for viewing and discussion. Please make a list of questions you have about digital photography and email them to Mary, one week prior to the class: mary.hurlbut@verizon.net.

This fun and informative class is designed to demonstrate what the structural basics are in assembling a 3-dimensional ceramic art piece that is both decorative and useful; such as a lidded container or tea pot. The goal of the class will be for each participant to have fun as they create a useful ceramic art piece. Photo documentation of your creative process from start to finish and the use of basic shapes and tools will be another feature of the class. All work will be bisqued, glaze-fired and finished in a dip-colored glaze of choice.

“Acrylic and oil impressionism” with Charleine Guy

Flowers, seascape for beginners to experienced painters. Charleine’s motto is “keep it simple, have fun and let’s paint!” In this class, students will be studying composition, limited palette, focal point, brush strokes and lost and found edges. Students will have their own original art to take home each day.

“Glassblowing” with Jason McQuaid

Come blow glass! This hands-on workshop will include one day of solid sculptural work, and one day of hand-blown glass. Students will keep their finished work and average five pieces during this workshop. No experience necessary.

This class starts with the basics of color theory, tone and value, composition and development of a personal art vocabulary. The focus of the class is landscape and creating art in Plein Air outside.

In this class each student will start with mastering the formulas of human proportion via drawing. This knowledge will be used to sketch designs of the piece of jewelry or sculpture that will be created in this class in a fun and imaginative way. The student will select a design sketch and use techniques in three dimensional sculptural paper clay to achieve the finished piece. After drying and painting the creations, each student can also embellish the jewelry and sculptures with memorabilia, gems, and treasures that may be brought from their home collection.

SAT March 26 & SUN March 27

“Mixed Media Playtime” with Suzette Rosenthal and Cherril Doty

We will be exploring different forms of self-expression and artistic identity in a positive, supportive and free-flowing setting. This is an opportunity to play in and with a variety of media, methods, and materials such as paint, paper fibers, and more to create an art piece, begin an art journal, produce artist trading cards and a myriad of other exciting possibilities. Collage techniques, textural substrates, image transfers – it is all a possibility in this class!

“Enjoying Your Digital Camera” with Mary Hurlbut

Three-hour intro class to digital photography for beginners. Learn the art of seeing light, while also having those pesky technical questions answered in plain English! Bring your digital camera, the manual it came with, and, if you have one, a laptop. Wear shoes for walking. We will spend time in the classroom covering the Art of Photography and the basics for using digital cameras. Then we’ll get outside and practice what you’ve learned, before returning to the class and uploading the images to a computer for viewing and discussion. Please make a list of questions you have about digital photography and email them to Mary, one week prior to the class: mary.hurlbut@verizon.net.

“Acrylic and oil impressionism” with Charleine Guy

Flowers, seascape for beginners to experienced painters. Charleine’s motto is “keep it simple, have fun and let’s paint!” In this class, students will be studying composition, limited palette, focal point, brush strokes and lost and found edges. Students will have their own original art to take home each day.

This course is intended for those studying ceramics for the first time and is a comprehensive introduction to the art of pottery and clay work with an emphasis given to learning the pottery wheel. In this class, you will explore techniques such as making a basic pinch pot; and coil and slab methods will be introduced. However, the main focus will be learning to use the pottery wheel. Students will get extensive hands-on training to help them learn and improve their skills on a pottery wheel in a fun, relaxed, and encouraging environment. Students will have the opportunity to complete multiple projects, which they will be able to take home once the pieces are fired. No previous ceramic knowledge is required.

Classs Fee, Sawdust Location & Time:

Class Fee: $165
Sawdust Location: Ceramic Center
Sat 3/26 & Sun 3/27: 9 AM – 4 PM each day

This course will open your eyes and minds to a new material. You will be introduced to glassblowing using a fun collaborative approach. We will be working together, searching for ways to transform your ideas into glass, and execute them. Each day, everyone will have the opportunity to make their own piece of glass. We will cover the basic skills that are needed in making a vessel, and you will get to know the tools that we work with in the hot shop. In this two-day workshop, students will walk away with something special and a piece of their won.

Classs Fee, Sawdust Location & Time:

Class Fee: $265
Sawdust Location: Glassblowing Booth
Sat 3/26 & Sun 3/27: 9 AM – 4 PM each day

“Pet Portraits” with Anne-Liv Scott

The objective of this class is to have all students walk away with a fabulous, well-composed, personal, oil rendition. This class is for all level painters. Students should bring a blown-up well-lit clear pet image in color AND in black and white to fit one 11″x14″ canvas, and wear clothes and/or an apron to paint in. Instructor Anne-Liv Scott will have everything else. About the instructor: Anne-Liv Scott is a graduate from Laguna College of Art and Design. She is a five-year Sawdust exhibitor and has been voted three years “Best Painter” by her peers. Scott was also nomintated “Laguna Beach Artist of the Year” in 2009.

Classs Fee, Sawdust Location & Time:

Class Fee: $165
Sawdust Location: Children’s Art Spot
Sat 3/26 & Sun 3/27: 9 AM – 4 PM each day

Find your inner creativity in this felted purse beginner class! Knit this purse in the round out of wool and shrink it in your top-loading washer. You will also learn to make different knitted flowers and butterflies to decorate your newly felted purse You will learn some new skills and get a new bag too! Perfect for spring!

Two-day class – First day, cast on, learn decrease adn increase. Homework: knit 12 inches. Second day, decrease and cast off, make handles and embellishments (flowers & butterflies).

Classs Fee, Sawdust Location & Time:

Class Fee: $85
Sawdust Location: Jewelry Studio
Sun 3/27 ONLY: 9 AM – 4 PM
Second Class: Sun 4/3: 9 AM – 4 PM

SAT April 2 & SUN April 3

“Flags of Intention” with Terrell Anansi and Michelle Hutchinson

Renew your intentions and honor the cycle of life by creating prayer flags with personal and universal symbols of peace and healing with a focus on our natural world. In Tibet, prayer flags, strung together on twine in colors to represent the elements, are flown high in the wind to carry prayers to the Universe. We will explore various methods of decoration including; stamp making, stencil making, block printing, and painting with dye. Hanging the flags, made from hemp linen and twine, manifests your intentions and represents the ritual of renewal of our natural world.

“Enjoying Your Digital Camera” with Mary Hurlbut

Three-hour intro class to digital photography for beginners. Learn the art of seeing light, while also having those pesky technical questions answered in plain English! Bring your digital camera, the manual it came with, and, if you have one, a laptop. Wear shoes for walking. We will spend time in the classroom covering the Art of Photography and the basics for using digital cameras. Then we’ll get outside and practice what you’ve learned, before returning to the class and uploading the images to a computer for viewing and discussion. Please make a list of questions you have about digital photography and email them to Mary, one week prior to the class: mary.hurlbut@verizon.net.

This fun and informative class is designed to demonstrate what the structural basics are in assembling a 3-dimensional ceramic art piece that is both decorative and useful; such as a lidded container or tea pot. The goal of the class will be for each participant to have fun as they create a useful ceramic art piece. Photo documentation of your creative process from start to finish and the use of basic shapes and tools will be another feature of the class. All work will be bisqued, glaze-fired and finished in a dip-colored glaze of choice.

Classs Fee, Sawdust Location & Time:

Class Fee: $85
Sawdust Location: Ceramic Center
Sun 4/3 ONLY: 9 AM – 4 PM

“Glassblowing” with Muffn Spencer-Devlin and Gavin Heath

Beginning glass on the pipe – sculpture. Learn to gather glass from the furnace and shape it into paper weights, egg shapes, heart shapes, angels and golf balls.

Muffin’s glass career began with making paper weights for the 160 people that came to her wedding in 2006. Her best man was a glass blower and she taught her the same things she will teach you – how to gather glass from the furnace, apply color, and shape it at the bench. As you go, she will regale you with tales of her 21 years as a player on the LPGA Tour.

With over 20 years experience, Gavin will teach students to how to blow glass and experience the process of turning molten glass into works of art. Hands-on basic and intermediate skills in glassblowing. At the end of the weekend students will leave with artwork they have personally created.

Classs Fee, Sawdust Location & Time:

Class Fee: $265
Sawdust Location: Glassblowing Booth
Sat 4/2 & Sun 4/3: 9 AM – 4 PM

Find your inner creativity in this felted purse beginner class! Knit this purse in the round out of wool and shrink it in your top-loading washer. You will also learn to make different knitted flowers and butterflies to decorate your newly felted purse You will learn some new skills and get a new bag too! Perfect for spring!

Two-day class – First day, cast on, learn decrease adn increase. Homework: knit 12 inches. Second day, decrease and cast off, make handles and embellishments (flowers & butterflies).

Classs Fee, Sawdust Location & Time:

Class Fee: $85
Sawdust Location: Jewelry Studio
First Class Sun 3/27 ONLY: 9 AM – 4 PM
Second Class: Sun 4/3 ONLY: 9 AM – 4 PM

Learn to embellish fabric by mixing and layering five different textile techniques: needle felting, painting, printing, embroidery, and beading. We will make useful fabric collages or decorative clothing. Bring a garment you already have, or use the many lush materials provided to make a collaged artwork.

Classs Fee, Sawdust Location & Time:

Class Fee: $165
Sawdust Location: Healy House
Sat 4/2 & Sun 4/3: 9 AM – 4 PM each day

The objective of this class is to acquaint first-time painters and to reacquaint returnees to the art of pure and transparent watercolors. Instruction will include ideas on: composition and what makes an interesting picture, drawing techniques, palette decisions, planning to save your whites, and correcting mistakes. Students should bring an open mind, and should not think ‘I have no talent,’ ‘I cannot draw,’ or ‘my mother, father, sister or brother got all of the family talent.’ Come ready to learn from your neighbor and take away even just one learning idea from each class! About the instructor: Linda Swanson has been teaching for over 10 years and painting for over 15 years. While primarily self-taught Swanson has learned so much from her students and from associating herself with various levels of educated fellow artists who love to share. Her passion with watercolor is for plein air but she loves studio work as well. Swanson is a Laguna Beach resident and Sawdust exhibitor.

Classs Fee, Sawdust Location & Time:

Class Fee: $165
Sawdust Location: Sawdust Studio
Sat 4/2 & Sun 4/3: 9 AM – 4 PM each day