Sculpture

ABOUT THIS WORKSHOP:

This class is for both those who have never carved before and those with carving experience who would like to learn about direct carving. The workshop will teach students to carve wood using a hammer and chisels…the same tools that have served carvers through the centuries. Students will learn to create sculpture, whether figurative or abstract, by carving directly into wood without the use of models or maquettes. The workshop will include instruction on how the natural properties of the wood can and should influence the process of the work.

Topics covered will include:

Suitable for all levels, no experience necessary! Ages 18+

Wednesday – Friday, March 22 – 24, 2023
9:00 AM – 4:00 PM
Studio 5

$346

Supply Fees:

$170 includes all tools and block of wood
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$90 includes rental of tools and block of wood
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NOTE: Limited number of rental kits available and that all kits must be ordered by March 1^st 

SUPPLY LIST

Before registering for a class and/or workshop, please review our Covid Policy.

*In an effort to maintain our non-toxic environment, the Woodstock School of Art  does not permit the use of turpentine or mineral spirits in the painting studios. Additionally, please refrain from wearing perfume, cologne, or scents of any kind. Learn more.

*Those with special needs and/or requests may email the registrar.

Please note that for workshops lasting all day there is a one-hour break from twelve noon to one PM. Students are invited to bring lunch and eat at the school or may go to any of the local dining establishments. The school does not provide lunch or refreshments.

ABOUT THE INSTRUCTOR:

Born in Cleveland, Ohio, Carol Griffin initially pursued a career in business after obtaining a Bachelor of Business Administration degree. However, she soon decided that her artistic bent was the path she wanted to follow. She moved to New York City to pursue her burgeoning artistic interests. She began studying stone carving and clay modeling at The Compleat Sculptor in New York City. Following that, she began to study stone sculpture at The Art Students League of New York, where she was introduced to direct carving by her instructor, master sculptor Lorrie Goulet.

When Goulet retired, Griffin continued her art education in New York City with studies at the New York University School of Professional and Continuing Education, New York Studio School of Drawing, Painting, and Sculpture (where she received a Ramapo Trust Scholarship), The National Academy School of Fine Arts, and Pratt Institute. She crossed paths with Goulet again, and for almost twelve years studied figurative and abstract direct carving in wood and stone with Goulet in her private studio until Goulet’s death in 2021.

Griffin’s work has been included in several juried group exhibitions in New York City, and she has also exhibited in Southampton, New York at Chrysalis Gallery and in East Hampton, New York at the Guild Hall museum. Her work is currently on display at the Harmon-Meek gallery in Naples, Florida. She has exhibited at the Polk Museum of Art in Lakeland, Florida, and her work is included in the permanent collection of the Golisano Children’s Museum of Naples, and in private collections throughout the United States.

“Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once we grow up.” – Pablo Picasso

“A person’s work is nothing but this slow trek to rediscover, through the detours of art, those two or three great and simple images in whose presence their heart first opened.”  A. Camus

In this class we will work on our skills of observation, sculpting the figure from direct observation of a live model. Put simply, that means learning how to look at what you are sculpting and to sculpt what you are looking at. That sounds really obvious but it is the most common mistake made by art students. Sometimes consciously and very often unconsciously we start to sculpt ideas about what we are looking at instead of what we are actually looking at. It is a very relaxed and fun process. All students receive individualized attention according to their personal needs and skill level. In addition you will learn basic hand building techniques for clay and how to measure proportions in head lengths.

Maximum of 7 students.

Suitable for all levels; no experience necessary! Ages 12+.

For more information about the instructor, click here.

Mondays, March 6, 13, 20, 27, April 3, 10, 17 and 24, 2023
1:00 PM – 4:00 PM
Studio 5 

$416 for eight consecutive classes ($336 tuition + $80 model fee)

SUPPLY LIST

Before registering for a class and/or workshop, please review our Covid Policy.

Future sessions of this class will be available, visit our website in a few weeks for the new session or contact us at registrar@woodstockschoolofart.org for more details.

*In an effort to maintain our non-toxic environment, the Woodstock School of Art does not permit the use of turpentine or mineral spirits in the painting studios. Additionally, please refrain from wearing243 perfume, cologne, or scents of any kind. Learn more.

*Those with special needs and/or requests may email the registrar.