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In this four day intensive artistic welding workshop discover the excitement and satisfaction of crafting in metal. Explore how to manipulate steel by bending, welding and texturing it to give life to your creative expression.
Learn and expand on these skills:
- Train in the safe and effective use of power tools and equipment;
- Explore the metal-working basics: welding, cutting, grinding, shaping and fitting;
- Practice and get creative with MIG welding;
- Discover Oxy-Acetylene gas brazing techniques; and
- Learn how to shape and hammer metal, including using jigs and applying heat.
This is not a ticketed course. This is an introductory artistic welding workshop meant to challenge students in the fascinating world of metalworking. All sessions of Artistic Welding cover the above techniques, enabling participants to heighten their skill levels with imaginative projects.
The low student-to-teacher ratio in each course ensures instruction is geared to the participant’s skill level and experience. Please indicate your related experience when you register.
Instructor: Clarke Ellis
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In this four day intensive artistic welding workshop discover the excitement and satisfaction of crafting in metal. Explore how to manipulate steel by bending, welding and texturing it to give life to your creative expression.
Learn and expand on these skills:
- Train in the safe and effective use of power tools and equipment;
- Explore the metal-working basics: welding, cutting, grinding, shaping and fitting;
- Practice and get creative with MIG welding;
- Discover Oxy-Acetylene gas brazing techniques; and
- Learn how to shape and hammer metal, including using jigs and applying heat.
This is not a ticketed course. This is an introductory artistic welding workshop meant to challenge students in the fascinating world of metalworking. All sessions of Artistic Welding cover the above techniques, enabling participants to heighten their skill levels with imaginative projects.
The low student-to-teacher ratio in each course ensures instruction is geared to the participant’s skill level and experience. Please indicate your related experience when you register.
Instructor: Clarke Ellis
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Practice and expand on the following Prop building skills in this Prop Making 2 Workshop:
- Learn from daily demonstrations using different materials and techniques;
- Create a medium sized sculpture, learning to carve foam while creating effective and safe armatures;
- Discover multiple finishing techniques to create a smooth surface on sculpture;
- Explore multi part mold making using different materials and techniques;
- Learn about plastic resins for casting;
- Discover the art of the Breakaway prop using multiple different techniques.
- Train in the safe and effective use of power tools and equipment;
- Learn to create props in an efficient and cost-effective manner; and
- Create a number of props that are yours to keep at the end of the course.
Check out our other prop making classes:
KEY INFORMATION
The low student-to-teacher ratio in each course ensures instruction is geared to the participant’s skill level and experience. Please indicate your related experience when you register.
Registration fee includes materials for this Prop Making 2 Workshop.
Instructor: TBD
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This one-week course is designed for artists who have either finished our introductory scenic painting class or painters who would like to use their skills to GO BIG. It is ideal for those seeking careers in theatrical painting.
The methods, shortcuts and secrets used by the professional scenic artist, spanning hundreds of years, are explained, giving you the opportunity to execute and take away your own piece of theatrical art.
Learn and expand on the following skills in this hands-on intensive course:
- Start with a designer’s vision and work toward a finished set piece;
- Solve problems typical with materials, tools and paints;
- Build an image in stages on a large scale in the continental style; and
- Build confidence with tools found only in a scene painting shop.
Note: Students will be required to bend, squat, stand for long periods at a time, and sit on the floor. Physical dexterity is required.
Registration fee includes materials.
Classes run Monday to Friday, 9:00 AM to 4:00 PM.
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Discover the “blocking” technique as it pertains to blocked hats. The one-week course, Millinery, the art of hat making, also accommodates participants who wish to make fascinators or soft-form hats.
Classes are held in a professional Millinery Studio where participants will have access to special equipment and materials of the craft. A tour of the hat collection at the Stratford Festival Warehouse is also included.
Explore and expand on the following skills:
- Analyze and interpret various hat shapes;
- Properly take and interpret head measurements;
- Draft a custom hat pattern and mock-up based on your chosen design;
- Discover new techniques in working with different materials and hat-making equipment;
- Explore traditional millinery materials, ie, felt, buckram, and modern materials such as Fosshape and Wonderflex plastic;
- Discuss and share sources for millinery materials;
- Construct a custom hat shape; then learn to cover, decorate and line the shape with fabrics and trims to suit your taste;
- Produce a finished hat which fits a specific head size;
- The hat is yours to keep!
Participants are asked to bring design ideas/inspirations (magazine cutouts, printed images from the web), paper and fabric scissors, measuring tape and straight pins. Previous sewing experience is helpful but not necessary.
Instructor Monica Viani
Workshop runs Monday – Friday 9 am- 5 pm
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Practice and expand on the following behind-the-scenes skills in this Prop Making Workshop:
- Create an effective and useful properties breakdown sheet;
- Discuss how to build a prop suited to the needs of a production;
- Learn from daily demonstrations using different materials and techniques;
- Create a small-scale sculpture with Plasticine;
- Explore several methods of mold making;
- Build a foam prop weapon using a variety of materials and techniques;
- Create a sampler of fake prop food;
- Utilize our vacuum form machine;
- Train in the safe and effective use of power tools and equipment;
- Learn to create props in an efficient and cost-effective manner; and
- Create a number of props that are yours to keep at the end of the course.
Check out our other prop making classes:
Prop Making: Expanding Skill Sets
KEY INFORMATION
The low student-to-teacher ratio in each course ensures instruction is geared to the participant’s skill level and experience. Please indicate your related experience when you register.
Registration fee includes materials for this Prop Making Workshop.
Instructor: TBD