CAN SPRING BE
FAR BEHIND?
By now you should have received
your copy of Penland's spring
brochure with an arresting cover
photo by Evon Streetman. An
artistic treatment of the golden
section which Penland has been
using for its logo, the original art
has been donated for sale in the
Benefit Auction. Evon told us that
for years she has been carrying
home pebbles and stones from the
Toe River. She used them to set up
the shot in her Florida studio.
There are two sessions of three
weeks each this spring, beginning
on March 19 and running through
April 27. There are classes in clay,
fibers, glass, metals and wood.
The glass class will run six weeks
and will combine basic blowing
skills but will cover all aspects of
hot and cold work. In addition,
all students will be involved in
building a new tank furnace and a
state-of-the-art recovery system.
Instructors are Hugh Jenkins and
Sally and Bill Worcester.
Clay classes include Angela Fina,
Functional Fatten/; Yih-Wen Kuo,
Form Building; Doug Casebeer,
Basic Pottery and Steve Howell, A
Painterly Approach to Clay. In fibers
and surface design, there are two
classes in weaving with Susan
Leveille and Lyn Perry; Innovation
Through Manipulation with B.J.
Adams and a class in quilting with
Judith Ann Larzelere.
Sydney Jo Scherr will teach
enameling and metals and John
Cogswell will teach jewelry
design. The emphasis in Jon
Brooks' wood class is on the use
of found wood in sculptural and
functional objects. ^
SUMMER
PREVIEW
The Summer 1990 Program brings back some Penland regulars, including a few who have not been with us
for awhile and mixes them in with some new faces. There are seven sessions from May 14 to August 24: six of
them are two weeks and one, the sixth session, is two and a half weeks and is followed by Penland's Fifth
Annual Benefit Auction on August 11th.
Classes are available in book arts, ceramics, drawing, fiber, glass, iron and sculpture, metals, paper, print
making, photography, surface design and wood. Nearly all of the classes are open to all levels without pre
requisites. The exceptions are those where the instructor feels that certain basic skills will greatly enhance
the student's chance to acquire new skills or approaches in a short time.
We'll have classes in all the basics and to that we've added some specialities in each media. For example,
photography students can choose one of several approaches to basic black & white or experiment with infra
red or painting with light. Metalsmiths can stick with jewelry or holloware or they can check out work with
wire, the fibula, anodizing, casting & molding, or concentrate on design & business.
In the fiber and surface design studios, there will be chances to work on weaving, spinning and dyeing skills
(including ikat and shibori) and also paint on silk, consider the uses for shining cloth, learn about undertaking
tapestry commissions or design and weave fabric for clothing and then design and construct a garment using
the fabric they designed.
Penland has two ceramics studios, one generally concentrates on handbuilding and the other on the wheel.
There are thirteen classes next summer each with a particular focus, including old English slipware, wood fired
stoneware, large sculptures using the coil process, and a concentration on the teapot form, to name just a few.
Just up the hill in the glass studio, there are seven different blowing classes and one in flameworking, with a
few extras like casting and murrinis along the way.
Book arts, paper and printmaking all take place in the same building and usually find ways to relate to each
other in the process. There are not so many places to spend two weeks learning about book arts and Penland is
expanding its offerings in this art form which incorporates any number of crafts. Printmaking classes include
intaglio, stone lithography, color and mixed media and one collaborative class in monoprints on handmade
paper. Some of the book arts classes will also make paper and there are two classes entirely devoted to the
basics of handmade paper.
The iron studio will alternate between classes which emphasize expressive work in blacksmithing and others
whose focus is sculptural work in metal. There is a similar balance in the wood studio between basic wood
working and furniture techniques and some classes which will emphasize design or working with materials
found in the Penland woods.
Finally, we have five different classes in drawing which vary both as to media, subject and philosophy but all
of which are dedicated to the proposition that all expressive work is enhanced by skill in drawing which is
fundamental tp all conceptual and technical deliberation.
The 1990 Summer Catalog also gives you details about the movement program, an adjunct program available
to all Penland students at no additional charge. Classes are scheduled at the end of the afternoon and some
times before breakfast and the nrovement instructors also visit the studios to help show ways to work with
lightness and efficiency. *