Sculpting Animals:  Endangered Species In Their Natural Habitats

Instructor: Crystal Morey

Mondays, 6:30-9:30 pm

5 weeks starting January 23^rd

(no class February 20^th)

$190 / $130 UCB Students

In this class we will sculpt endangered animals in their natural habitats.  We will learn simple step-by-step techniques to make animals with color, character, and a realistic feel.  We will also create beautiful and telling landscapes with trees, mountains, icebergs, rivers, oceans and much more.  Come with your clay tools, an inquisitive mind and be ready to have fun.

Please visit this link for a list of endangered animals.  Choose and animal you would like to sculpt and bring the print out to the first class.

Here is one of my favorites!

‘Heading North‘ features a woman and a polar bear about to embark on an adventure.

Artist: Crystal Morey
Title: Heading North
Dimensions: 8.5″x 8″x 4″
Medium: Ceramic and Underglaze
Date: 2011
Purchase here!

New

“Waiting On Tomorrow “ is about the anticipation of seeing our natural world change. The ground reveals a landfill of sedimentary layers composed of dried bones, old eggs, branches and birds. The trees are severed and disjointed at their trunks showing their rings of age and history of growth. Lastly, the women are observers, waiting to see what will happen and fearing the end.

Outlandish: Contemporary Depictions of Nature
July 7 – September 4, 2011

Press Release

The Bedford Gallery wraps up a memorable 2010–11 season with Outlandish: Contemporary Depictions of Nature — a two part exhibition that features both a juried section and an invitational. Carrie Lederer, Bedford Gallery Curator of Exhibitions and Programs, invited twenty-eight contemporary artists that explore themes of nature — from micro to the macro — ranging from a tiny speck of a garden to a global view of the world. This intriguing exhibition looks at over-the-top depictions of landscape from a variety of vantage points and in a range of media.

Invitational
Mari Andrews, Emeryville, CA
Vaughn Bell, Seattle, WA
Arthur Bell, San Francisco, CA
Tony Bellaver, Oakland, CA
Tyler Bewley, San Francisco, CA
Tiffany Bozic, San Francisco, CA
Gary Brewer, Oakland, CA
John Casey, Oakland, CA
Noah Doely, San Diego, CA
Charlene Doiron Reinhart, Hayward, CA
Sarah Filley, Oakland, CA
Jessalyn Haggenjos, San Francisco, CA
Misako Inaoka, Ventura, CA
Michael Kerbow, San Francisco, CA
Josh Keyes, Portland, OR
Amanda Klimek, San Francisco, CA
Mary Anne Kluth, San Francisco, CA
Therese Lahaie, Emeryville, CA
Dan Lydersen, Davis, CA
Yvette Molina, Oakland, CA
Crystal Morey, Oakland, CA
Areca Roe, Minneapolis, MN
Noah Sakamoto, Oakland, CA
Phyllis Shafer, South Lake Tahoe, CA
Nicole Shaffer, Oakland, CA
Jenn Shifflet, El Cerrito, CA
Jake Watling, Oakland, CA
Derek Weisberg, Oakland, CA

Juried
Outlandish was juried by Alison Gass, Assistant Curator of Painting and Sculpture at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, and drew artist submissions from across the United States.

Projects:

1)   We will be making self-portraits from the chest up including personal symbols. We will use a step-by-step process to build a chest and head that will show emotion through expression. We will also learn underglaze-painting techniques to strengthen the ideas behind the pieces.

2)   We will build small bust figures that show a personal likeness as well as convey feeling and emotion.  In this project we will try to show an emotional and literal realism using color and gesture.

Supplies:

-       Clay: B-Mix with Grog

-       Clay tool kit

-       Banding wheel (borrowed from the studio)

-       Brushes to use with underglaze

Artists to look up:

-       Lisa Clague

-       Arthur Gonzalez

-       Justin Novak

-       Steven De Staebler

-       Christina Cordova

-       Crystal Boger

Class Schedule:

Class 1: May 25th

-       Class overview

-       Introductions

-       Purchase clay

-       Head demo

-       Bust sculpture demo, part one

-       Studio work/one-on-one check in

Class 2: June 1st

-       Head demo

-       Studio work time

-         Bust demo, part two/ attaching the head

-       Studio work/one-on-one check in

Class 3: June 8th

-         Underglaze demo for project #1

-       Coloring the face.

-       Underglaze painting to tell a narrative.

-       Studio work/one-on-one check-in.

Class 4: June 15th

-       Demo: Project #2 small bust with a realistic likeness

-       Studio work/one-on-one check-in.

Class 5: June 22nd

-       Studio Work

-       Additional requested demos

Class 6: June 29th

-       Studio Work

-       Show and tell with snacks!

Thank you!