revivalsteph@yahoo.com on wed 25 apr 12
I will be teaching a 2 day Hands on workshop on making relief tile Augus=
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and 4 .=3D20
The workshop will take place at Syzygy Tileworks in Silver City ,New Mexi=
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is in conjunction with the Silver City Clay Festival.=3D20
Enrollment is limited to 10 and the cost is $160. Participants will desig=
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n
and make a relief tile model and a plaster mold.=3D20
For more information, go to http://clayfestival.com/events/workshops/ .=3D2=
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Silver City is going all out for the clay festival. It will be a great ev=
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ent!
I have been working with clay since the 1980s and am a full time sculpto=
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r,
tilemaker and architectural ceramist as well as, ( they tell me), a live=
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ly
and informative instructor.
:)
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Silver City is in the Mountains, (cooler in august than you would think!)=
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,
It is a mining town with a rich history and a lively downtown. closest ma=
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jor
airports are Tucson, El Paso or Albuquerque..not sure which is closest. T=
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he
festival is free, the workshops are offered 'a la carte'.
Stephani Stephenson
Revival Arts Studio/Revival Tileworks
http://www.revivaltileworks.com
tony clennell on wed 25 apr 12
Hey Stef; the students at Sheridan do a tile project and this year to keep
up with the 21st century the CnC milling machine was enlisted to cut out
the MDF board to use for press moulded tiles. They are awesome! You need a
CnC machine out there in the desert don't ya?
I'm feeling more and more like a dinosaur each day.
hugs,
tc
On Wed, Apr 25, 2012 at 11:45 AM, revivalsteph@yahoo.com <
revivalsteph@yahoo.com> wrote:
> I will be teaching a 2 day Hands on workshop on making relief tile Augus=
t
> 3
> and 4 .
>
> The workshop will take place at Syzygy Tileworks in Silver City ,New
> Mexico,
> is in conjunction with the Silver City Clay Festival.
>
> Enrollment is limited to 10 and the cost is $160. Participants will desig=
n
> and make a relief tile model and a plaster mold.
>
> For more information, go to http://clayfestival.com/events/workshops/ .
>
> Silver City is going all out for the clay festival. It will be a great
> event!
>
> I have been working with clay since the 1980s and am a full time sculpto=
r,
> tilemaker and architectural ceramist as well as, ( they tell me), a live=
ly
> and informative instructor.
> :)
>
> Silver City is in the Mountains, (cooler in august than you would think!)=
,
> It is a mining town with a rich history and a lively downtown. closest
> major
> airports are Tucson, El Paso or Albuquerque..not sure which is closest. T=
he
> festival is free, the workshops are offered 'a la carte'.
>
> Stephani Stephenson
> Revival Arts Studio/Revival Tileworks
> http://www.revivaltileworks.com
>
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revivalsteph@yahoo.com on wed 25 apr 12
Tony wrote:
"the students at Sheridan do a tile project and this year to keep up with=
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the 21st century the CnC milling machine was enlisted to cut out the MDF
board to use for press moulded tiles. They are awesome! You need a CnC
machine out there in the desert don't ya?"
Tony,=3D20
Just to show you how uber mod, groovy and hip I am, I just took a full 60=
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seconds to research CnC machines on 'the internets'. I see that they run
from about $1,000 to $40,000, or probably more. wow ! Sounds like they ar=
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e
great for cutting shapes in wood ,(the backing board did you say?) metal=
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and even as a continuous wet saw for tile..
Cutting tile and backer board are a couple of my least favorite ways to
spend time, so this sounds like a wonderful use for the machine ,if one i=
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s
handy.=3D20
For small jobs, I wonder if you could just get the job done with hand to=
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ols
quicker than you could program the machine to do the job. Students should=
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take advantage of all the tools offered, including the CnC. Get to know
EVERYTHING! in a production shop or for engraving, etc. it sounds great.=
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But I would encourage them to also get to know the old standbys; from wet=
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tile saws to handheld wood saws, in case they find themselves grubstaking=
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their own studios .
Years ago i applied for a job at a place that manufactured intricately
shaped tool parts .They used computer driven , laser cutting technology=
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to
create 3D models... amazingly precise. Downer was, the he human operator =
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of
this incredible machine, who had a fancy job title , was paid minimum wa=
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ge.
The machine, I'm sure, was worth many times more than ..possibly my life'=
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s
earnings, so you would have had to run a LOT through it to make it pay =
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for
itself.... probably the cost has come down since then, but .... minimum
wage? let alone... where's the satisfaction in process?.=3D20
Here's the rub. My most favorite...MOST favorite part of what I do is
sculpting and modelling. Either making direct one- of sculptures, murals =
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or
vessels or sculpting the model for a new small production tile or piece.=
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Sculpting with my hands ,eyes, brain and body is the last thing I ever=
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,
ever, ever want to farm out. It is my thing of meditation, joy and
satisfaction. To rip the tactile nature from it is to sever a connection=
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which is both ancient and immediate. Which reminds , revives and
regenerates. The only thing that could take it's place is if I can
participate in introducing or guiding others in the same.=3D20
So yes, cut the board, cut the tile, cut the frame, cut the pedestal or
stand, but as to formatting a piece itself....
It would be like inputting calculated foreplay moves into a computer ,=
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and letting it have all the fun.
a big hug back,
la desert dinosaura
P.S. I would never short circuit students' ingenuity or enthusiasm . I be=
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t
their mural will be incredible!=3D20
though a word of caution from Stephasaurus.... MDF might not be the best=
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substrate for all projects, in all environments.......
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