Noncredit Workshop
Bronze Casting of Direct Wax Sculptures
Event ID: P09622
Info: Apr 20, Sun • 9:00am-4:00pm; Apr 27, Sun • 4:00-9:00pm; May 17, Sat • 4:00-9:00pm; and May 18, Sun • 9:00am-6:00pm • 4 mtgs • UHM Art 121 • $120, plus $60 supply fee, payable at first class; bronze fee charged by weight after casting • Pre-requisite: Spring 2008 Hawai`i Craftsmen Direct Wax Sculpture workshop or permission of instructor (must have wax model ready)
With: Jackie Mild Lau, Frank Sheriff
Cast wax forms from prior workshop.* Includes chasing and patina.
*For details about the pre-requisite Hawai`i Craftsmen `Aha Hana Lima March 28-30 workshop, titled Direct Wax Bronze Casting, go to www.hawaiicraftsmen.org/programs_aha_hana.htm.
Jackie Mild Lau, MFA, University of Hawaiʻi, is a freelance sculptor and art instructor. She has taught figure sculpture and bronze casting for Outreach College for a number of years. Lau is an assistant curator of Honolulu Academy of Arts and the incoming president of the Board of Hawaiʻi Craftsmen. Her work reflects a passion for creating skewed narratives of people and animals often acting like each other.
Frank Sheriff, MFA, teaches metal fabrication with the University of Hawai‘i Department of Art and Art History. A recurrent theme in his work is that of improbable machines and vehicles. His work has been seen most recently in the Contemporary Museum`s Bienniel of Hawai‘i Artists exhibit.