About
Class canceled by Sybil on 4/24. Awaiting response from registrant regarding choices.~tt
Bamboo is a wonderfully complex art material that can be used in a variety of ways to create form.
- It can be split into narrow strips, bent, crosscut, woven, sewn, and drilled.
- It can be used to make small scale objects or architectural structures.
In this class we will explore using small bamboo and glass elements to create vessel forms that play with light and shadow.
Students will learn how to cut, heat, bend, drill, weave, and sew bamboo strips together.
Basic tool skills will be covered. Students will learn how to incorporate small pre-made glass elements using creative stitching techniques.
Examples of various bamboo techniques will be shown and students will see, through a slide lecture, the variety of ways bamboo can be used as an art material.
Participants will walk away with enough bamboo knowledge to create more vessels at home.
Students should bring:
- fine line sharpie marker;
- sketch paper;
- protective gloves - leather or rubber covered;
- safety glasses;
- small paint brush for glue;
- pruning shears
Details:
- Please note for this class, cancellation requests received 14 days or less before the workshop start date will not be eligible for a refund or credit.
- Material Fee: There is a materials fee of $55 included in the price of class. The materials provided will include bamboo strips, glass pieces, waxed linen thread, homemade paper, glue, and bamboo elements.
- Tuition assistance is available. Click here to apply.
- Skill Level: Advanced Beginner. Participants are encouraged to take the August 18 & 19 Bamboo Basics workshop. Participants need good hand strength and the ability to tie a knot.
- Ages 16+ Welcome.
- Bring a bag lunch. We have a refrigerator for people to store their lunches and drinks!
- For places to stay and getting to BARN, please click here.
Instructor Bio: Charissa Brock is a fiber artist working with bamboo, a giant grass that has been used for centuries to create baskets and other everyday objects. She integrates wood, glass, paper and thread as visual accents and structural components. Her abstract sculptures are crafted using basketry, woodworking, and fiber art techniques.
Brock’s early art education began under the tutelage of her mother, Emily Brock, a nationally recognized glass artist. Later, she earned a BFA in Glass from Center For Creative Studies, College of Art and Design. After college, Charissa studied basketry with individual teachers before earning an MFA in Fibers at Tyler School of Art/Temple University in 2000. She has used bamboo as a primary material since first discovering it while at Tyler.
In addition to her studio practice, she teaches workshops across the USA. A Japanese TV show hosted her in Japan spring, 2017 during which they filmed her interacting with the members of the bamboo community for an episode of “Who wants to Come to Japan?” It was an exceptional opportunity wherein she met and learned from people with a long tradition of working with he material she loves.
Her artwork is in private collections worldwide as well as Arizona State University Museum, the Rivermark Hotel, and the Hyatt Regency Maui. Her work was featured in an article in the Dec/Jan issue of American Craft Magazine.
