Join Brent Sumner for a fun, creative workshop to create a large free form sculpture for the garden.
Each workshop begins with a demonstration and individual practice at using Darjit for free-form sculpture. Next, the techniques for creating the skeletal forms for large sculpture are demonstrated. Wire netting and steel bars, are typically used for skeletal forms, which can also be made from recycled material such as buckets and old furniture. A wide variety of effects can be achieved with Darjit, including embedded mosaic patterns, impressed patterns, textured finishes and hand crafted fine details.
Brent Sumner will be available to help each participant with technique and construction approaches for their individual design. Participants can come with a project in mind or be spontaneously inspired.
If you have an interest in creating a feature for your garden, this workshop will take you through the steps to complete a sculpture for you garden, courtyard or deck.
Darjit!
The plaster compound Darjit! Is a bit like clay in texture, but will stick to almost anything. It's 100% environmentally friendly, lightweight and fantastic for large-scale work. For more infor on Brent and Darjit: www.woodfiredovens.co.nz
To Bring List
1. Lunch (there are nearby cafes & restaurants or IMA has a fridge, microwave & small stove you are welcome to use.)
2. Gloves-latex or vinyl for plastering and leather for working with mesh
3. Wire cutters, pliers
4. Old blanket or drop cloth to take your sculpture home
5. Warm clothing-sunscreen-hats
6. Marbles, mosaic pieces, stones, shells, trinkets, metal, sheet metal, found objects: if you want to incorporate these into your sculpture.
7. Recycled form if required i.e.: old chair or buckets.
8. Clay working tools
Students need to bring a dolly and some kind of rigid platform to put their work on so that it can be more easily transported after completion.
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