Papermaking  Wet -n- Wild Fun!  Jackie Hefty   

In this four-week class you can experience pulp preparation in blenders and in a Hollander beater. Explore recycling papers, pulp additives, and pigmented pulps. Construct your own papermaking screen to keep. Create a plaster mold from a clay form and take a paper cast of the mold. Also, explore sheet formation, collage, embedments, and pulp painting. Wet-n-wild fun!    Mon July  9, 16, 23, 30  1-4 or 6-9 (You Choose which fits your schedule)

Mixed Media Collage: Fabric Papers   Mini Workshops  Jackie Hefty

 A little bit of this, a little bit of that, Collage: Fabric Papers.  Working on light weight muslin with a large selection of supplies, explore this enjoyable collage technique. Time allows for several opportunities to branch out in individual directions and interpretations. Completed works may be used as a foundation for further drawing/painting or in the book arts.   Tues July 10 & 17   1-4 

 Experimental Acrylics Kay Brathol-Hostvet

Wed/Thurs/Fri July 18/19/20 Soft Pastel Adventure  Kay Brathol-Hostvet

Exploring Possibilities in Plein Air  (any 2-D medium) Kim Gordon

Explore the natural environment through Plein Air, whether in acrylics, oils, pastels or pencil. Paraphrasing from the artist's statement: develop a relationship with the landscape spread before (you) , spend quiet time in place before beginning to paint,  pay attention to all of (your) senses as (you) work...  this being the approach taken with whichever medium you choose. Spend one day or two with the rural Wisconsin landscape found at Whispering Woodlands. Kim captures the essense of the experience as such, "I am fascinated by light and how it falls on surfaces but what I see before me is more than visual. It is an environment, a web of communities that both work together and compete. Standing quietly in the environment leads me to a greater appreciation of what I see with my eyes. Elements of human construction stand in contrast to the natural environment and nature often reasserts itself in surprisingly reassuring ways.  I often use my plein air pieces as starting points for larger studio work. These plein air paintings and drawings, unlike photographs, return me to a fuller memory of the living landscape."  Sat and/or Sun July 21/22    9 - 4:30  $115/day or $215/for both days 

Thermo Images & Screen Printing   Jackie Hefty

An introduction to Thermo-imaging (thermo fax machine) screen making/printing using high contrast images.  Materials fee cover one image. Additional screens/images may be purchased on individual basis. Some fabrics will be available for individual purchases, but you are encouraged to bring your own. Refer to supply list for fabric and/or paper recommendations. Tues July 24 & 31  Held in conjunction with UW Continuing Studies. Registration is handled UW Continuing Studies, please click on the Link Below.