Course Description:

Course Description:

Create unique 3D forms for jewelry and objects by learning to combine hammered metal forms with construction techniques. Perfect your soldering skills by learning to properly fit complex curves and edges. Forming processes include sinking, raising, fold-forming, anticlastic forming, and forging.

Skill Level: Intermediate/Advanced

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Course Description:

Start with the essentials of applying colorful glass to a metal base, and then learn several techniques to embellish the surface by layering transparent colors and imagery. The possibilities are endless! Make jewelry, bowls, tiles, and more.

Skill Level: All Levels

Course Description:

Perfect for beginners interested in learning how to make one-of-a-kind jewelry. Learn basic fabrication skills, such as using a jeweler’s saw, drilling, finishing, soldering, riveting, basic stone setting and color on metal techniques. Expect to complete your own bracelets, rings, necklaces and more! 

Skill Level: Beginner

Course Description:

Course Description:

Realize your creative vision in sculpture while advancing your knowledge of hand building with clay. You will receive personalized guidance and advice about constructing for the kiln. An artwork, either historical or contemporary, will be presented each week for inspiration. No experience is necessary.

Skill Level: All Levels

Course Description:

Realize your creative vision in sculpture while advancing your knowledge of hand building with clay. You will receive personalized guidance and advice about constructing for the kiln. An artwork, either historical or contemporary, will be presented each week for inspiration. No experience is necessary.

Skill Level: All Levels

Course Description:

In Guided Open Studio, students will work on individual 3D art forms with guidance and direction from an instructor. Students are welcome to join with works in progress or only a concept. This class is for more experienced sculptors looking for a setting to investigate and experiment with Stoneware clay and other materials. Sculpture experience is recommended.

Skill Level: Intermediate

Course Description:

No previous sculpting experience is necessary as many of the fundamentals will be reviewed as needed by instructor based on previous teaching of Sheila Oettinger, Barbara Goldsmith and Shengsheng Xu over the past two decades at EAC. Explore your particular style while considering the form and proportions and gesture of the model’s pose.“Please bring a sketchbook for 5 or 6 quick sketches to start each class and for studies of each pose.

Skill Level: All Levels

Course Description:

Independent studio time with a nude model holding one pose per session. There is no instructor, and the course is informal with a monitor overseeing all studio sessions. Figure sculpture experience is a prerequisite.

Monitor: Samantha Younis

Please review the EAC's model etiquette.