CERAMICS: MASTER THE POTTERY WHEEL II
~With Claire Seastone
Tuition: $135
Level: Beginners - Intermediate
This class will put emphasis on wheel throwing and altering of wheel-thrown forms. We will work on the potter's wheel and explore a variety of decorative techniques such as carving, scraffito, and wax-resist. The class is open to anyone interested in working with clay.
CERAMICS: SURFACE DECORATION & ALTERNATIVE FIRING
~With Tomoko Nakazato
Tuition: $135
Level: Beginners - Intermediate
This class is designed for students who were previously enrolled in Exploration in Ceramics, Taking a Next Step in Ceramics, or Mastering the Wheel, providing four extra sessions with the instructor. New techniques of glaze applications and firing techniques (Raku, multiple firings) will be introduced. Students will also experiment withvarious surface decoration techniques such as stenciling, tracing and scraffito. At the end of the session, each student will have wide ranges of understandings in ceramic surfaces and glazes, which will help in presenting his/her idea effectively in a finished form.
Nakazoto creates animated ceramic sculptures influenced by pop culture, yet pays homage to figurative ceramic traditions, reflecting her cultural heritages and social conditions. She uses both throwing and hand-building techniques to swiftly process her ideas, leading to a freshness in her work while preserving the expressive nature of the clay. Graduating form San Francisco State University with a MFA in 2004, her work has been exhibited around the Bay Area, California, Arizona and Hawaii.
FLORAL EXTRAVAGANCE: (3 SESSIONS PER MONTH)
~With Scott Seymour
Tuition: $200
Level: Beginners - Intermediate
Nov. 11th (Wed) Seed Pods - They Shiver, Rattle and Fall
Nov. 18th (Wed) Think Thanksgiving... Root, Vegetables and Flowers
Nov. 25th (Wed) An Abundance of Edibles
Back by popular demand! Each class will be focused on a particular theme featuring Hawaii's floral and folia. Students will create one arrangement per session. Learn to make your own floral arrangements for any special occasion!
CONCRETE SCULPTURE 2D & 3D; II
~With Elena Garcia
Tuition: $225
Level: Beginners - Intermediate
Class II will focus on forms and vessels with surface techniques practiced in Class I.
Beginners and advanced students are challenged to explore the possibilities of creating spontaneous paintings and three-dimensional sculpture in concrete. Discover its unconventional use as an expressive medium as we work in the liquid, clay-like, and solid states of concrete as it solidifies. Exciting effects will be achieved by methods of layering and building up surfaces, hand forming, building over armatures of various materials, textural effects and basic surface finishing. Develop your concepts and inspirations using various substrates, armatures, colorants, aggregate, embedding objects and sanding and carving down through layers.
Students will leave confident to continue their work at home and expand the possibilities of this medium in future workshops.
MONOTYPE vs. MONOPRINT II
~With Hiroki Morinoue
Tuition: $160
Level: Beginners - Intermediate
Understand the differences between monotype and monoprint as you work thru the process of creating both of these distinguished forms of print making. Processes include direct painting on plexiglass or wood, drypoint techniques and relief printing on medium density fiber board. Learn monotype techniques and understand the subtle balance of surface details.
MULTI-MEDIA FIGURE PAINTING: II
~With Hiroki Morinoue
Tuition: $180
Level: Beginners - Intermediate
All painting media from acrylics, oils, watercolors and pastels or a combination of all are welcomed! Class will be divided into two sections. Two hours with a model and the last hour without the model which will be used to work on compositional challenges and the basic relationship between figure and background. Students will be encouraged to take various approaches from classical to modern use of the human figure.
LIFE DRAWING II
~With Janny Pruden
Tuition: $20
Level: Beginners - Intermediate
Suitable for beginning artists or seasoned art veterans, this open drawing class will allow the students to observe a live model or still life to practice and hone their drawing abilities. All mediums are encouraged. In an intimate setting, an instructor is available to assist in teaching drawing basics and offer guidance to students.
FLORAL EXTRAVAGANCE: (3 SESSIONS PER MONTH)
~With Scott Seymour
Tuition: $200
Level: Beginners - Intermediate
Dates:
14th Look Around You - The Seasons - What's happening plant-wise on the Island (Judy Nakamaru's house),
21st (Wed) Dry - Use at least 50% of Dry Material,
28th (Wed) Haa! The Bride of Frankenstein...Nuts, Bolts, a kinky, Halloween Wedding!
Back by popular demand! Each class will be focused on a particular theme featuring Hawaii's floral and folia. Students will create one arrangement per session. Learn to make your own floral arrangements for any special occasion!
UKULELE BUILDING A
~With Sam Rosen
Tuition: $275
Supply Fee: $90
Level: Beginners - Intermediate
This workshop is intended for beginners; however the experienced woodworker will enjoy the challenge. Everyone will be making a tenor ukulele and each maker can embellish to personalize the instrument.
A goldsmith, sculptor, and ukulele maker with a gallery and studio in the old Holualoa Post Office, Rosen is one of the founders of HFAC and has previously taught jewelry making at the Donkey Mill Art Center. He started making ukuleles in 2002 as an incentive to learn how to play. "I have found, as I'm sure you will, that creating a musical instrument is much more rewarding than I would have ever imagined."
CONCRETE SCULPTURE 2D & 3D; I
~With Elena Garcia
Tuition: $225
Level: Beginners - Intermediate
Class I: will focus on surface & two-dimensional work. Beginners and advanced students are challenged to explore the possibilities of creating spontaneous paintings and three-dimensional sculpture in concrete. Discover its unconventional use as an expressive medium as we work in the liquid, clay-like, and solid states of concrete as it solidifies. Exciting effects will be achieved by methods of layering and building up surfaces, hand forming, building over armatures of various materials, textural effects and basic surface finishing. Develop your concepts and inspirations using various substrates, armatures, colorants, aggregate, imbedding objects and sanding and carving down through layers. Students will leave confident to continue their work at home and expand the possibilities of this medium in future workshops.