first:
8:30 PM
Introductions
- If possible, please bring examples of your work or any work you feel may relate to this class.
The Memory Probe
- Bring the piece of jewelry that has been in your possession the longest or be prepared to tell us about it.
- Bring or be prepared to talk about the oldest object in your possession.
Readings
- Moonwalking with Einstein by Josh Foer is on your reading list. If you’ve read through it, come prepared with passages to share in class that were meaningful to you or that you had questions about.
The Project
- Make a “locket” that explores memory. This can be a single object or a set of associated objects.
- A small case for a miniature portrait, a lock of hair, or other keepsake, usually worn on a necklace.
- Make 10 charms for each other and a group charm bracelet for end of session Penland auction.
- What is a locket?
- What is memory?
The Schedule
- Week One: Focus on reading, designing, form and idea development, making models and sketches, playing with techniques of etching, hydraulic press and hinges and making samples. By the end of Week One begin fabrication of final object(s).
- Week Two: Follow through with completion of your ‘locket’ object.
Artists to look into
- Panjapol Kulp.
- Cornelia Parker
- Barbara Paganin
- Mah Rana
- Jayne Wallace
- Amy Tavern
- Kathleen Janvier
- Sharon Portelance
- Melanie Bilenker
- Caroline Gore
For Tomorrow
- Bring some printed graphic black and white, high contrast images that we can translate into images for etching.
- Bring your fearlessness. Consider these related topics:
- Souvenir
- Tibetan Gau
- Medicine bags
- Scapular
- Public vs. Private
- Books
- Flash drives
- Aide Memoire
- Personal devices
- Mourning jewelry
- Reliquaries
- Maps and Wayfinding
- The Body
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