Workshops at The Leitrim Sculpture Centre
Leitrim Sculpture Centre are delighted to announce the following workshops that will be held at the Leitrim Sculpture Centre in Manorhamilton, Co Leitrim. There is something for everyone, as they have courses for complete beginners through to advanced Masterclasses.
You do not have to be an artist to attend our courses - our tutors are excellent and they will help bring out your creative side!
For those travelling to us from afar, they have cheap accommodation at €25 a night.
If you would like to attend one of these exciting courses, please contact Richard at the details below.
Bronze Casting Using Solid Investment Workshop
Dates: Fri 29th July to Mon 1st August
Trainer: Tim Morris
Course Fees: €370 (four days) -10am to 5pm
Participants: 8
Experience: No experience required
Participants will make a piece of sculpture working directly with wax, vent and sprew, make an investment mould and cast their own piece on the final day to make a finished bronze. Cost includes you making a piece up to 4kg in bronze, after which €10 a kilo is charged.
Portfolio Development & Professional Practice Workshop
Dates: Sat 30th July
Trainer: Christine Mackey
Course Fees: €55 (one day) - 10am to 5pm
Participants: 8
Experience: None
Designed to equip artists with the skills and knowledge to present their work to professional art specialists such as third-level institutes, curators, funders, local authorities & private companies, both National and International.
Christine Mackey is an artist exploring contemporary drawing practice within a range of social and environmental contexts.
Metal Fabrication Workshop
Dates: Sat 27th & Sun 28th August
Trainer: Michael O’Hara
Course Fees: €120 (two days) - 10am to 5pm
Participants: 6
Experience: No experience required
An intensive two day tuition in metalwork with a particular focus on welding, cutting and metal fabrication (Arc, gas & TIG). The intent of the workshop is to tailor it to the specific needs and requirements of the participant and to show the versatility and application of the materials to practice. All relevant health & safety issues will also be covered. No previous experience is required.
Michael O’Hara is an artist and a part time lecturer in sculpture at Dublin Institute of Technology. O’Hara has shown extensively within Ireland and is a well known expert in metal fabrication techniques.
Stone Lettercutting Workshop
Dates: Sat 27th & Sun 28th August
Trainer: Seamus Dunbar
Course Fees: €110 (two days) - 10am to 5pm
Participants: 8
Experience: No experience required
Investigating the evolution of incised text in stone and its historical and contemporary uses. In depth look at the modern alphabet and its individual letters; designing and laying out an inscription; positive and negative spaces; demonstration of lettercutting technique. Participants will design an inscription and cut some sample letters in Irish and English.
Seamus Dunbar is a co-founder of the Leitrim Sculpture Centre and has exhibited throughout Ireland. Dunbar lives and practices in Manorhamilton and was recent Chair of LSC.
Woodcarving Workshop
Dates: Sat 9th to Sun 11th Sept – Intermediate Head Carving
Trainer: Jackie McKenna
Course Fees: €160 (three days) - 10am to 5pm
Participants: 8
Experience: No experience required
Traditional woodcarving techniques are demonstrated upon a range of woods. Explanation of types of woods and their characteristics, the use of tools and their effects. Explanation of the types of wood best used for making sculpture and other objects as well as a short history of wood use in Ireland.
Jackie McKenna was one of the founders of Leitrim Sculpture Centre and a driving force for establishing a centre for excellence in stone in Ireland. McKenna has completed many public commissions and is an expert in the use of stone and wood in both public space and as a fine art practice.
Bronze Finishing & Patination Workshop
Dates: Sat 10th & Sun 11th September
Trainer: Tim Morris
Course Fees: €120 (two days) - 10am to 5pm
Participants: 8
Experience: No experience required
Participants will have time to work on their unfinished pieces and patinate them.
Tim Morris is an artist who has worked with bronze for many years.
Stone Carving Workshop
Dates: Fri 23rd to Sun 25th September – Beginners to Intermediate
Trainer: Jackie McKenna
Course Fees: €170 – Three days - 10am to 5pm
Participants: 8
This workshop will explore types of stone and their properties; as well as sourcing your material and tools and health & safety. Using hand tools only, participants are shown how to work stone effectively using traditional techniques. Beginners will then go on to carve a simple form, such as a vessel; and the Intermediate class will carve a more complex piece.
Jackie McKenna is a co-founder of the Leitrim Sculpture Centre and a driving force for establishing a centre for excellence in stone in Ireland. McKenna has completed many public commissions and is an expert in the use of stone in both public space and as a fine art practice.
Metal Fabrication Workshop
Dates: Sat 24th & Sun 25th September
Trainer: Michael O’Hara
Course Fees: €120 (two days) - 10am to 5pm
Participants: 6
Experience: No experience required
An intensive two day tuition in metalwork with a particular focus on welding, cutting and metal fabrication (Arc, gas & TIG). The intent of the workshop is to tailor it to the specific needs and requirements of the participant and to show the versatility and application of the materials to practice. All relevant health & safety issues will also be covered. No previous experience is required.
Michael O’Hara is an artist and a part time lecturer in sculpture at Dublin Institute of Technology. O’Hara has shown extensively within Ireland and is a well known expert in metal fabrication techniques.
Woodturning Workshop
Dates: Sat 24th & Sun 25th September – Bowl
Trainer: Dave Spence
Course Fees: €110 (two days) - 10am to 5pm
Participants: 6
Experience: No experience required
Traditional woodturning presented in two different formats, the first workshop will be in spindle turning and the second workshop in bowl/faceplate turning. Through demonstration and practical examples participants will be given a good grounding in the primary woodturning techniques.
David Spence is based in the Sculpture Centre working in a variety of medias. He has a background in model engineering and patternmaking. www.davidspence.info.
Digital Printmaking Workshop
Dates: Sat 1st & Sun 2nd October
Trainer: Majella Clancy
Course Fees: €120 (two days) – 10am to 5pm
Participants: 6
Experience: Knowledge of computers
The workshop is aimed at visual artists and will focus on digital print media as a means for expanding ones current visual art practice. It is also suited to participants who have little or no experience with digital print. Artists will work from original images and/or scanned drawings/photographic images of a high resolution. We will mainly use Photo Shop as a means to manipulate the drawings/photographic images through layering, collage etc …
Images will be printed up to A1 size. Images can also be printed in B+W and on gloss, matt or satin-finish paper. Artists should come with digital images and/or imagery that can be scanned.
Majella Clancy was awarded the Tyrone Guthrie Bursary in 2007 and her residencies include ‘Artist in Context’ for COOPERATIONS in Luxembourg 2001. As well as showing extensively in Ireland, USA and China, Majella has been visiting lecturer at the University of Belfast since 2005. See www.majellaclancy.com
Traditional & Contemporary (Intaglio) Printmaking Workshop
Dates: Sat 1st & Sun 2nd October
Trainer: Deirdre Nolan
Fee: €120 (two days) - 10am to 5pm
Participants: 6
This two-day workshop is designed for participants to further develop their interest in traditional and contemporary intaglio printmaking techniques. Small classes ensure more press time and interaction with the tutor. The participants are encouraged to experiment with each process and develop their own ideas for their A5 prints. Areas covered:
initial drawing with image selection, intaglio techniques using copper plates i.e. sugarlift, hard and soft ground etching. Other techniques i.e. chine colle, carborundum, monoprinting and multi-plate printmaking will also be explored to establish a foundation to develop the participants' own printmaking art.
Deirdre Nolan studied Fine Art painting at Dublin Institute of Technology and subsequently Art and Design Education at the Crawford College of Art, Cork. She studied Printmaking in Italy and Germany and currently teaches Portfolio Preparation in Dublin. She is a member of the Graphic Studio, Dublin and has participated in many group shows. She divides her time between Leitrim and Dublin.
Mouldmaking for Artists & Architects Workshop
Dates: Sat 8th & 9th October
Trainer: Keith Seybert
Course Fees: €130 (two days) - 10am to 5pm
Participants: 8
Experience: No experience required
The workshop will cover a variety of mould making techniques, including: multi-part, plaster bandage, dental alginate, and silicone. There will be discussion of "separators", fillers, coddling approaches and best practice. These primary moulds will then be used to make multiple positives including some waxes. The resultant waxes will be used to facilitate an investigation of refractory mould making techniques and materials that have been proved valuable in casting both metal and glass via the “lost wax” process. The information shared in this workshop have applications in art as well as architectural restoration.
Keith Alan Seybert received masters’ degrees in Sculpture, and Glass and Ceramics from Washington University, St. Louis in 1987 and 1995. He has led numerous workshops in a variety of glass and sculpture techniques in the US, Europe and beyond. From 1999 to 2001 he was a Senior Researcher at the Royal College of Art, London, where he headed an in-depth examination of investment type refractory moulds for casting glass and bronze; a topic he has lectured on at many international venues including 2002 and 2009 at the annual conference of the Glass Art Society. He currently lives in Ireland and works in his Blarney studio.
Glassblowing for Beginners Workshop
Dates: Sat 15th & Sun 16th October
Wed 19th & Thur 20th October
Trainer: Louise Rice & Graham Reid
Course Fees: €240 (two days) - 10am to 5pm
Participants: 6
Experience: No experience required.
In this two-day workshop you will explore the extraordinary medium of hot glass. You will learn how to gather glass out of the furnace, to control and shape the hot glass, to blow a bubble and make a simple vessel. Working in two small teams, the emphasis of this course is hands-on experience, with demos and support from an experienced glassblower.
Exploring Form & Colour in Hot Glass Workshop
Dates: Sat 22nd & 23rd October
Trainer: Louise Rice & Graham Reid
Course Fees: €240 (two days) - 10am to 5pm
Participants: 6
Experience: No experience required
Develop your own ideas in glass with the guidance of glass artists Graham Reid and Louise Rice. The class will investigate a variety of colour techniques and experiment with mould-blowing into plaster and metal moulds. For artists with some experience of hot glass and/or mouldmaking.
Louise Rice is based at the Sculpture Centre in Manorhamilton and studied glass at Edinburgh College of Art and the Rietveld Acadamie in Amsterdam. Rice has work in Ulster Museum, and National Glass Museum, Netherlands.
Graham Reid received a Bachelors degree in Sculptural Glass from Massachusetts College Of Art. He built Knockbeg Studios where he taught glassblowing, and now works as sculptor in glass, wood and metal from his Studio in Sligo.
Advanced Refractory Mouldmaking for Kiln Cast Glass & Bronze Casting Workshop
Dates: Fri 21st to Sun 23rd October
Trainer: Keith Seybert
Course Fees: €200 (three days) - 10am to 5pm
Participants: 8
Experience: Some basic experience required
This workshop will cover how to make a successful investment type refractory mould for casting Bronze or Glass. You come with a vision, a wax and a will to work, and you'll leave with a mould ready to "burn out" and pour in the next bronze workshop. Mould construction, "Gating & venting", investment refractories, and ceramic based mould materials will be discussed with an aim towards enabling participants to "customise" their approach to fit their vision. Both poured "block" moulds and Roman/Italian "hand built" moulds will be demonstrated. A range of Primary model materials will be demonstrated, thus some knowledge of clay, wax, and plaster work is helpful to qualified participants; but all are welcome. If you can make it in wax, we can show you how to cast it in bronze, glass or concrete for that matter! If you'd like to take full advantage and arrive with a ready wax, look into the “Mouldmaking for Artists & Architects Workshop” for the secrets of silicone rubber reproduction moulding. We can copy just about anything!!!
Sand Casting with Hot Glass Workshop
Dates: Mon 24th & Tue 25th October
Trainer: Keith Seybert
Course Fees: €240 (two days) - 10am to 5pm
Participants: 6
Experience: No experience required
This one-day course will introduce you to the potential of molten glass as a creative material through the process of “Hot” casting into sand moulds. You will have the opportunity to ladle glass straight from the furnace and pour right into prepared “open faced” sand moulds using found and sculpted objects. This is the most direct method to create your own solid sculptural forms in glass. No previous glass working experience required and all materials are provided. Feel free to bring in your own objects to press in the sand. Appropriate footwear is a must: leather boots preferred, leather shoes acceptable; No open toed shoes or sandals!
Keith Alan Seybert received masters’ degrees in Sculpture, and Glass and Ceramics from Washington University, St. Louis in 1987 and 1995. He has led numerous workshops in a variety of glass and sculpture techniques in the US, Europe and beyond. From 1999 to 2001 he was a Senior Researcher at the Royal College of Art, London, where he headed an in-depth examination of investment type refractory moulds for casting glass and bronze; a topic he has lectured on at many international venues including 2002 and 2009 at the annual conference of the Glass Art Society. He currently lives in Ireland and works in his Blarney studio.
Contemporary Printmaking Masterclass
Dates: Friday 4th to Sunday 5th November - Masterclass
Trainer: Pete Williams
Fee: Masterclass - €240 (three days) - 10am to 5pm
Participants: 6
Weekend courses are designed especially for those participants who will be able to cover the basics of their chosen subject and will provide them ample time for ‘hand-on’ opportunities to learn new skills. Small classes ensure more press time and interaction with master printer Pete Williams. Throughout each course you will be encouraged to experiment with each process and develop your own prints while you learn.
Areas covered: Initial drawing with image selection coupled with mono-printing techniques and new processes. A non- toxic approach to etching and dry point, using a combination of traditional and water based grounds. Relief and Woodcuts covering hand print techniques and the use of the press.
Pete Williams is an artist and director of the Print Market Project that is an exciting new venture, which has developed from the Print Market Workshop, based Cardiff. We are now moving forward to encompass not only our primary interest in print but to involvement in a wider range of art based projects- providing the possibility of a more flexible environment for fine art to flourish. We are instigating the opportunity for international exchange and commission based work that now includes sculptural activities. See MailScanner has detected a possible fraud attempt from "(null):" claiming to be www.printmarketworkshop.com
Bronze Casting Using Solid Investment Workshop
Dates: Thur 10th to Sun 13th November
Trainer: Tim Morris
Course Fees: €370 (four days) -10am to 5pm
Participants: 8
Experience: No experience required
Participants will make a piece of sculpture working directly with wax, vent and sprew, make an investment mould and cast their own piece on the final day to make a finished bronze. Cost includes you making a piece up to 4kg in bronze, after which €10 a kilo is charged.
Digital Design & Graphics Workshop
Dates: Sat 12th & Sun 13th November
Trainer: Ciarán Clancy
Course Fees: €110 (two days) - 10am to 5pm
Participants: 5
Experience: Basic computer skills required
This course offers a study of the basic principles and elements of Graphic Design. Using industry standard software you will develop the ability and confidence to determine appropriate and successful designs. This course is designed to help you achieve basic knowledge and skills in Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator and Adobe InDesign.
You will demonstrate effective use of colour, typography, imagery and production skills to make effective design layouts, which meet industry standards. Participants will initially be taken through the basics of photoshop, illustrator and in-design. More advanced work on the second day will include tips and solutions for typical problems found by the non-expert. Artists are encouraged to bring along current assignments they would like help with or a list of specific tasks they would like to master.
Ciarán Clancy is a Graphic and Web Designer based in Leitrim. He has a Bachelors Degree in Digital Media and has studied and worked in Letterkenny and Dublin. Ciarán has recently set up his own Graphic Design and Web Design business in Leitrim called Taobh Bán. www.taobhban.com
Patination and Finishing of Metal Workshop
Dates: Sat 19th & Sun 20th November
Trainer: Keith Seybert
Course Fees: €120 (two days) - 10am to 5pm
Participants: 8
Experience: Some basic experience required
Participants will learn safe effective cold-working procedure: cutting, grinding, carving, polishing, hand lapping, and sand blasting. Many helpful "tricks" and time saving "short cuts" will be demonstrated as applicable to this arduous, yet gratifying, process. Significant texts on patination of copper based metals will be made available for reference and discussion. Some basic patinas will be demonstrated. Please come with wellies and rain gear.
Keith Alan Seybert received masters’ degrees in Sculpture, and Glass and Ceramics from Washington University, St. Louis in 1987 and 1995. He has led numerous workshops in a variety of glass and sculpture techniques in the US, Europe and beyond. From 1999 to 2001 he was a Senior Researcher at the Royal College of Art, London, where he headed an in-depth examination of investment type refractory moulds for casting glass and bronze; a topic he has lectured on at many international venues including 2002 and 2009 at the annual conference of the Glass Art Society. He currently lives in Ireland and works in his Blarney studio.
CONTACT
Richard Cavaliero
Finance & Operations Manager
Leitrim Sculpture Centre
New Line
Manorhamilton
Co Leitrim
info@leitrimsculpturecentre.ie
www.leitrimsculpturecentre.ie
Telephone: 071 985 5098
LSC acknowledge the financial support of the Arts Council.
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