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Fused Glass Class

Tuition: $250

Learn the basics of fused glass as a great addition to previous glass skills, or as a new skill. Glass, kiln and instruction are provided with the class, but students are asked to bring their own glass cutter with oil reservoir.

Lathe Class with Master Craftsmen Adrian Sturdivant

 This class will meet at the artist private workshop located close to the Mississippi Craft Center.

Cost is $65

Call 601-856-7546 with questions or to register for this class.

Fine Jewelry Making with Pre Metal Clay – Laura Tarbutton is the Instructor

To be held at instructor’s studio

Call 601-856-7546 to register.

Class fee is $175

Wire Sculpture with Jason Walker

Class fee is $60

Call for schedule and to register 601-856-7546

Woodcarving

With George Berry

Classes begin at your request

5 week course on Tuesday evening.

Call to George Berry to register for the class – 601-932-1678 or 601-260-7749

Call George Berry directly at 601-260-7749 to inquire about this class or to register.

A Taste of Blacksmithing Class

Time to be scheduled

10 to 2

Cost is $40    Come try your hand at anything you would like — tools, rings, or decorative hooks.

Weaving and Spinning
Instructor: Marcy Petrini
Class Limit: 10 (for weaving) 4 (for spinning)
Tuition: $170 for the 10 week session
Times: 7:00 – 9:00pm on Tuesday nights

NEXT CLASS STARTS AUGUST 3rd

1) “Weaving” – Beginners are taught all of the steps of dressing the loom and weaving while working on a sash with materials provided by the studio; students may weave a second project if time allows.
More advanced students will work on projects of their choosing, while learning about the interaction of weaving structures, fiber and color.
(All looms and weaving equipment is provided)

2) “Spinning” – Beginners learn the hand and foot motion to spin on a wheel. More advanced students work on different fibers, and various spinning techniques, as well as learn to prepare fibers.
(Spinning wheels are provided)

Silk Batik
Instructor: Candy Cain
Class Limit: 8
No class currently scheduled

Tuition: $175.00 (materials included)

Students will learn the techniques of dye application to silk. They will walk away with three finished pieces: An “18 x 24” stretched silk ready to hang, a “11 x 60” scarf, ready to wear, and a piece of cotton muslin that will be begun in class and decided by the student whether to turn the piece into a pillow or a framed piece of art. Students will leave with their material kits in order to continue their newfound skill.

Papermaking
Instructor: Ann Daniel
Class Limit: 12
Tuition: $115.00
Times: 9:00 – 4:00 on Day One and 1:00 – 4:00 on Day Two

Explore the basics of hand making paper. Ann Daniel will teach students how to cook plants, recycle paper, process purchased fibers and add color with pigment and natural dyes. Students will leave class knowing how to laminate, emboss, sheet-form and layer as you create multi-colored and textured papers. The bulk of the work will be completed in the first class, and students will finish and take home their papers after the second class.

Create Silver Jewelry Using a Torch

Instructor: Betsy Liles
Class Limit: 6

Classes to be held at Betsy Liles studio in Ridgeland
Tuition: $125 per class, plus a materials fee

Call to register for the class – 601-856-7546

* These classes are linked together. You are not required to take both in a single weekend; you may decide to break them up. Class one is always a prerequisite for class two.

Class 1(Saturday)

Learn to use a torch to create sterling silver chain bracelet and earrings. This class will teach the basics of using an air/acetylene torch with a strong emphasis on safety. Students will make earwires, clasps and chain links with the end products being a pair of sterling silver earrings and a sterling silver bracelet. Class fee is $125, to be paid in advance to the Craftsmen’s Guild of Mississippi (A $25 materials fee is required to the instructor at the beginning of class). Minimum of 4 students. Great class for friends to take together.

Class 2 (Sunday)

Students must have taken Class 1 in order to participate in Class 2. This fast paced class will teach students to create a bezel setting for a stone, make a ring or a pendant and set the stone. Participants will build on the soldering skills from Class 1 and learn to use a flex shaft as they finish the ring or pendant. Class fee is $125 to be paid in advance to the Craftsmen’s Guild of Mississippi (With a $35 material fee per item, payable to the instructor during the class). Minimum of 3 students.

Blacksmithing

Instructor: Bill Pevey

Class Limit: 7
Times: 8:30 – 5:00 with a one hour lunch break
Tuition: $215.00

Building and tending a fire will be the first activity. Next, students will practice proper hammer control by making several small items such as a wall hook, a nail and a leaf. During the process of creating these items, the student will gain the knowledge of drawing out, tapering, twisting and bending techniques. For the student who desires to pursue a more advanced track, there will be an opportunity to work on a more detailed project such as a steak turner, a pot rack or a fire poker. Also, students will create at least two tools during this course, a chisel and a punch. They will acquire the skills necessary to heat treat and temper steel.

This class will be using cable and the projects will focus on knife making. The knives will be completely made of cable. Students will make several knives over the course of the weekend.

Surface Design Workshop

Instructor: Connor Burns
Class Limit: 12
Class to be held October 9, 2010 

9 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Tuition: $150.00

Master Craftsman Connor Burns will demonstrate his manner of making vessels .  

Wood

Woodturning
Instructors: Herbert Johnston
Class Limit: 8
These classes will meet at the artist’s private workshop. Each artist will take four students.
Tuition: $130 Materials Fee: $20 to the artist
Times: 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Saturdays as the class forms. Call to get on the list! (Bring a sack lunch)

Discover the art of woodturning with Herbert Johnston as he teaches students different ways in which to create. He will educate students about the techniques of spindle turning, faceplate turning, chucking methods, wood selection and preparation, proper tool usage, sharpening, safety, decoration and finishing techniques. Each student will have approximately four hours of hands-on instruction. Students will leave with a basic project that will be determined by the instructor.

Ceramics

Intro to Ceramics in Hand Building Techniques
Instructor: Sam Clark
Times: 6:00-9:00pm
Class Limit: 8
Tuition: $210 per session Materials: $15 (one time fee); void if you use your own clay and low fire glazes

Class 1: Basic forms and shapes, plus demo of sculpture techniques
Class 2: Animal forms: example: frog, bird or fish
Class 3: Textured vessel form: example: box, cups, pitcher
Class 4: The figure
Class 5: Students will design and construct a original work and have a critique
Class 6: Two pieces will be chosen to glaze in the final class

Intro to Ceramics
Instructor: Patrick and Nancilee Bodine

Times: 5:30-8:30pm
Class Limit: 10
Tuition: $200 Materials: $15

This course will be a combination of hand building and using the ceramic wheel. Students will learn basic hand building techniques for creating original pottery, and how to use the ceramic wheel. Work will be glazed and fired in an electric kiln. Both instructors will be present to teach the group in two sections, and share their secrets from years of professional practice.

Day of Quilting

taught by Dorinda Evans

August 14th 9:30 to 4

Learn the Watercolor Cross!

October 23rd 9:30 to 4

Learn the Magic Tiles!

Cost is $50

Call to register 601-856-7546

Beginning Quilting
Instructor: Dorinda Evans
Class Limit: 10

September 26 thru October 31

Sunday afternoons – 2 p.m. to 5 p.m.

1st Class TBA at local fabric shop

Tuition: $175 (includes one book)

This is an introduction to the exciting world of quilting! Students will make a four block sampler wall hanging, learn about fabrics, color, value, rotary cutting, accurate piercing, appliqué, borders, machine quilting and binding. The class includes a field trip to a local fabric store, show and tell, and guest lectures on specialty areas of the quilting craft.

Glass Beads

 Instructor: Jim Bankston
Class Limit: 6

Classes are forming now!!

Classes: 10:00 – 4:00
Tuition: $130

Join artist Jim Bankston as he teaches you the basics of glass bead making at the torch. He will focus on the techniques necessary to produce the design elements on the bead, including: shaping, surface decoration and color effects. Safety eyewear and tools will be provided. No experience is necessary, but students need to be prepared to work over an open flame.

“Face Jugs for Little Folks” (a play on “Folk” pottery)

Tuition $30

Classes Form as Requested

“Face Jugs for Little Folks” is offered to school groups K-12 and other interested groups. Clay is supplied and the instructor pre-makes the small jugs and provides all the extra clay and necessary tools for the scheduled workshop which takes about 1 hr. No glazing is involved.

Each child’s name is writtenon the bottom of the jug. Teachers will be notified when the jugs from their class have been fired and may pick them up for the group. The look of the work is a historical, primitive Southern jug.