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Visiting Artist Series
Brent Sumner
Darjit! Concrete Garden Sculpture Workshop
Instructor: Brent Sumner
Learn how to create large scale, free form garden sculptures with steel armature, lath (a metal mesh) and Darjit, an easy to use and eco-friendly sculpting compound created by Brent Sumner.
Class begins with an inspiring slide show of darjit sculptures and architectural forms. Lecture and demonstration covers techniques to create steel bar skeletal forms for large sculpture, and how to work with wire netting and darjit as a sculpting material. Alternative, recycled structural elements for Darjit sculptures, such as buckets and old furniture, are presented and shown how they can be integrated into a freestanding sculpture.
Darjit sculptures allow for a wide variety of finishing effects, including embedded mosaics, impressed patterns, textured finishes, hand-crafted fine details and smooth exterior grade surfaces for mosaic.
Students come with an idea or two of a project or are spontaneously inspired. Brent Sumner helps each student with technique and construction approaches for their individual designs, and students complete a large scale, free standing darjit sculpture for their garden, courtyard or deck.
Students should be prepared for outdoor class sessions by wearing weather appropriate protection (including weather changes), such as sun hats and sunscreen.
For more info on Brent Sumner and Darjit, see: www.sculptureparty.com or www.darjit.com
To Bring List
Lunch
Gloves-Tight fitting smooth gardening, latex or vinyl for plastering and leather for working with mesh
Wire cutters, pliers
Offcut of ply, old blanket or drop cloth to work on and take your sculpture home
Warm clothing-sunscreen-hats
Marbles, mosaic pieces, stones, shells, trinkets, metal, sheet metal, found objects: if you want to incorporate these into your sculpture
Recycled form if required i.e.: old chair, polystyrene, buckets, preferably not wood
Clay working tools
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Sessions
3 Day, Friday 6pm - 8pm, Saturday & Sunday 9 - 5 pm
Level
Any
Cost
$245
Materials
$10-80 according to size of project, payable first day of class
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Date | Register |
June 22 - 24
October 26 - 28
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