**Please note that the lab fee structure for all METALS courses has been changed. Upon registration students will be charged a $50-$100 fee (for one and two-week classes respectively) to cover the costs of consumables such as gas and other studio overhead in the class. The lab fee will no longer include the cost of materials, such as steel, iron, bronze, aluminum, or silver, etc. All students will be charged a fee based upon how much material is used to complete all projects based on the weight of the metal and the fair market value of that material. Materials fees should be paid by the student on campus at the end of the class. Ox-Bow will inform each student of an estimate of materials costs in the supply list for each class. Prices will be posted in the studio when students arrive.

SCULP 623 001
Blacksmithing: Sculptural Forms
June 6-June 19, 2010
3 credit hours
Instructor: Michael Rossi
$100 Lab Fee

In this intensive class, we will focus on the fundamental techniques of moving ferrous material while hot, with the intent of producing mid-scale sculpture. The forge and anvil will be the primary tools of achieving form. Emphasis will be placed on responding to the history of metalwork and the nature of the material itself. We’ll also be covering different finishing techniques, and the introduction of color to surface.

SCULP 633 001
Kinetics: Form in Motion
July 4-July 10, 2010 (1-week)
1 credit hour
Instructor: Daniel Miller
$100 Lab Fee (1-week)

SCULP 633 002
Kinetics: Form in Motion
July 4-July 17, 2010 (2-week)
3 credit hours
Instructor: Daniel Miller
$200 Lab Fee (1-week)

Students will have the option of taking only the first week or they may take the full two-week course. During the first week students will focus on making objects incorporating motion. Discussions will center on the inherent properties of kinetic art and integrating movement into object and installation. Screenings and slide lectures of will introduce students to artists like Tim Hawkinson, Jean Tinguely, Rebecca Horn, Arthur Ganson, and, Theo Jansen who work with motion based artwork and discussions will focus on basic electricity, power requirements and various types of motors and mechanisms that can add motion to the art-making process. We will look at mechanical fastening techniques for connecting artwork to mechanism, such as coupling to a motor. In the second week, we will expand on the first project, developing it into a larger system. The class will explore control techniques, looking at how motion can be integrated with light and sound. In this final week, we will expand on our discussion of mechanisms, exploring how mechanical forms can interface materials and phenomena of our natural world. Projects will also be able to utilize and recycle found mechanisms. Students are encouraged to bring found mechanisms for use in projects. At the end of each week, students will show and discuss their artwork in a group critique.

SCULP 637 001
Metal and Feathers: Contradictions, Mishmash, And Things That Don’t Normally Belong Together
August 1-August 14, 2010
3 credit hours
Instructor: Lauren Was
$100 Lab Fee

Fire and ice, chocolate and bacon, pink and red are just a few things that really should not work together but somehow meld.  In this two-week seminar students will be taught various skills that pertain to welding, cutting, rolling, and drilling steel.  The first part of the class will be dedicated to skill building labs focusing on Oxy-Acetylene welding and cutting, MIG, and TIG welding.  As these skills are attained students will combine the steelwork with other materials that will push the viewer to redefine their thoughts about the materials they are working with.  Course will begin with an intense skill lab and cumulate with a series of short assignments that incorporate ideas of site, interactivity, sound, and found objects.  Projects will be introduced with lectures showcasing artists working in a similar realm. Each class will involve some combination of looking, making, and studying.

SCULP 636 001
Many Paths from Here: Nature as a Subjective Construction
August 1-August 14, 2010
3 credit hours
Instructor: Katrin Sigurdardottir
$100 Lab Fee

This interdisciplinary and cross-level workshop aims at observing, exploring, and reflecting on the natural settings at Ox-Bow, through conceptual, performative, participatory methods. We will examine the possible roles of the artist in and with nature, the gardener, the botanist, the eco-political activist, the voyager, the tourguide - and more. What does it mean to make a "garden" in the middle of nature, as opposed to city gardening, where nature is brought into the compartments of the city? And how do we acclimate ourselves as artists to the natural environment as a platform for our practice, as opposed to bringing nature into the traditional gallery setting or the urban environment? We will look at what it means to "frame" nature, claim space in nature, take ownership of nature, turn it into an acculturated sanctuary. What is implied in revising nature, imitating nature, recreating, re-envisioning nature?

SCULP 638 001
Meaning Found: Exploring the Found Object in Jewelry
August 15-August 21, 2010
1 credit hours
Instructor: Anne Mondro
$50 Studio Fee

In this course we will investigate the meaning of found objects when contained and displayed in contemporary jewelry. The course will provide an introduction to traditional fabrication techniques, including soldering, riveting, basic stone setting, and photo etching, to enable the students to transform and explore found objects within the framework of contemporary jewelry. Working with everyday objects, we will explore how these objects can be transformed into precious mementos as well as cultural signifiers. Researching contemporary artists that rely on using found objects in their work such as Robert Ebendorf, Pierre Cavalan, and Dave and Roberta Williamson, we will also examine how these objects contribute to constructing narratives in jewelry pieces. The class is open to all levels.