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plaster workshop

updated mon 27 feb 12

 

Nicholas Bivins on sun 26 feb 12


For anyone interested in learning more about all the roles that plaster c=
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successfully play in the studio, I will be teaching a 3-day hands-on
workshop at the Archie Bray Foundation in Helena MT this June 1-3. Feel f=
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to email me with any questions, or to contact the Bray for registration.
Here is the link...

http://www.archiebray.org/workshops_classes/workshops_2012/workshop_bivin=
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s_2012.html

and here is the workshop description...

"This intensive three-day hands-on plaster workshop will focus on the
multitude of uses that plaster can accomplish. Both functional and
sculptural approaches will be discussed and demonstrated through a
progression of slide lecture presentations, physical demonstrations and
hands-on working experience. Plaster will be discussed as a material in a=
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of itself, as well as how its function can be used in the ceramic studio.=
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The four main topics to be covered are plaster prototyping, slump/hump
molds, press molds and slip casting molds.
The workshop is open to artists of all skill levels.

Bivins will give a public artist talk on Saturday, June 2 at 7:30 pm in t=
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Bray Resident Center."

Thanks, and I hope you can make it out to Helena.

Nicholas Bivins