Anderson Ranch Arts Center Workshop Catalogs 2000-2009 | Page 28

3d furniture design and woodworking
PREREQUISITES:  Students must be interested in hard work,
investigation, risk and fun. Drawing/drafting and woodworking experience are required.

July 28 - August 8
Sampling: the Maruyama variations

FACULTY: Tom Hucker was educated at Boston University with
Jere Osgood and Alphonse Matia, also studied at the Donus
Academy in Milan, Italy. His work is in the permanent collections at the Boston Museum of Fine Art, Los Angeles County
Museum of Art, Detroit Institute of Art, the Cooper Hewitt,
and the Renwick Gallery. He works full-time in his studio in
Hoboken, New Jersey.

Wendy Maruyama 
guest artist Judy Kensley-McKie  
Tuition: $900  Studio Fee: $85
Code: W0922  Enrollment Limit 12

Beyond Tiki Torches Bamboo: a material exploration

Wendy Maruyama, Vanity (detail)

Thomas Huang   
Tuition: $575  Studio Fee: $125
Code: W0816  Enrollment Limit 12

Thomas Huang, Fluted (detail)

CONCEPT: This workshop will explore the expressive potential
of bamboo in the objects of everyday life. Beginning with a
survey of traditional applications, students will be encouraged
to explore and develop their own contemporary understanding of bamboo’s material traits. A series of short projects
will help expand the design potential of this unique material
beyond tradition and cliché. We’ll explore structural qualities,
surface design and connection types. Students will then create a series of projects that range in scale from housewares
to small furniture objects.
MEDIA & TECHNIQUES: The workshop will offer instruction in
traditional bamboo and rattan construction and basketry techniques, and will also utilize some traditional woodworking
techniques.
ACTIVITIES: Slide lectures and demonstrations on techniques
will complement a rigorous workshop experience designed
to explore this extraordinary, ecologically “green” material.
PREREQUISITES: Students are expected to bring a proficiency
in visually articulating ideas, some shop/”making” skills, and
a desire to explore and experiment.
FACULTY:  Thomas Huang received an MFA from the furniture
program at the Rhode Island School of Design, and was recently
named a Searchlight Artist by the American Craft Council. He
studied traditional bamboo splitting techniques with contemporary basketry artist, Jiro Yonezawa. A professor of industrial
design at the University of Kansas, his furniture and sculpture
have been exhibited at the Delaware Center for the Contemporary Arts, Wexler Gallery in Philadelphia, and Shidoni Foundries
and Galleries in Santa Fe, New Mexico.

Judy Kensley-McKie, Monkey Chair

CONCEPT: In music, sampling is the process of taking a portion, or sample, of one sound recording and reusing it as an
instrument or element of a new recording. In this workshop,
sampling is the process of taking snippets of life and reusing them as source material for new ideas in creating mixedmedia furniture and sculpture. During the final week of the
workshop, Judy Kensley-McKie will be working independently
in the nearby Visiting Artist Studio. Judy, a premier figure in
the American studio furniture movement, is the recipient of
the Renwick Alliance Master of the Medium award as well as
the Furniture Society’s Award of Distinction. Judy and Wendy
will discuss their work, their history and their influences in a
public conversation at the end of the week.
MEDIA & TECHNIQUES: Wood and mixed media. This is a concept-driven workshop and techniques will be demonstrated
based on individual interests and need. Wood is the primary
material but students are encouraged to incorporate other
media.

PREREQUISITES:  Designed for intermediate/advanced furniture makers or sculptors with experience working in wood
and with woodworking machinery.
FACULTY: Wendy Maruyama, a professor at San Diego State
University, has been teaching and making furniture for 27
years. She is the recipient of many awards, including an NEA
grant, a fellowship from the Japan/US Friendship Commission, and a Fulbright and has exhibited widely in the US and
abroad. Her newest work incorporates video and digital photography in traditional and not-so-traditional furniture forms.

Judy Kensley-McKie has been making critically-acclaimed and
widely-exhibited work for over 25 years. She is recognized
as a premiere figure in the American studio furniture movement and has received numerous awards, including: the
Furniture Society’s Award of Distinction in 2005, the James
Renwick Alliance Master of the Medium Award (2005), a Tiffany Foundation a nd NEA grants. Her work is infused with a
lively awareness of modernist and contemporary art and the
approaches to design found in indigenous cultures throughout the world.

Woodworking for the Absolute
Beginner 

Daniel Essig   

Reagan Furqueron   
Tuition: $575  Studio Fee: $85
Code: W1227  Enrollment Limit 10

Daniel Essig, Centipede Book (detail)

* See page 37 for a full workshop description.

Reagan Furqueron, Blue Bird (detail)

CONCEPT:  One of the joys of making furniture is creating
something you can actually use. This workshop covers basic
woodworking techniques and design, and promises to provide a nurturing and non-intimidating environment for the

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PREREQUISITES: Novice to beginner
FACULTY: Reagan Furqueron earned an MFA from Rochester
Institute of Technology (RIT). A former Anderson Ranch resident, he divides his time between teaching at Maine College
of Art and his own studio practice. He has taught previously
at Rhode Island School of Design, Herron School of Art and
Anderson Ranch Arts Center.

September 8 - 19

Hand, Eye & Bench: intermediate

furniture making

Craig Vandall Stevens   
Tuition: $900  Studio Fee: $85
Code: W1430  Enrollment Limit 12

ACTIVITIES: Each participant will be making one piece a day
based on an assigned theme, and there will be critiques each
morning during the first week. The final week is open.

August 18 - 22

Wooden Books 

MEDIA & TECHNIQUES: Kiln-dried lumber. Essential techniques
for the safe and efficient operation of common hand and
power tools. A solid grounding in the basics: characteristics
of wood, stock selection and preparation, drawing techniques
and traditional joinery. You will also learn about carving, shaping and painting to personalize your projects.
ACTIVITIES: Daily demonstrations emphasize the safe use of
machinery and hand tools. Lots of hands-on activity and personal help from the instructor and studio assistants. Everyone will make a simple table or bench.

July 21 - 25

July 28 - August 1

novice woodworker. No question or demonstration request
is too simple. You can expect to leave the Ranch with an
inspired imagination, the confidence and skills to continue
making things with wood and, most importantly, with a real
live table!

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Craig Vandall Stevens, Phoebe Cabinet (detail)

CONCEPT: This workshop explores the tools, techniques and attitudes used to create fine handmade furniture. With an emphasis
on process and developing skills as they relate to hand, eye, and
workbench, we’ll address ways of combining sensitive hand-tool
use with the proper use of machines in the making of one-of-a-kind
pieces. Participants will practice traditional joinery techniques, such
as mortise and tenon, hand-cut dovetails, and frame and panel construction. We will also cover coopering, resawing, veneers, wood
selection and creating exquisite hand-planed surfaces.
MEDIA & TECHNIQUES: Wood, Japanese and western handtools, machines.
ACTIVITIES: Demonstrations and presentations; hands-on work
and exercises; one-on-one help; one slide presentation.
PREREQUISITES:  Intermediate and advanced woodworkers
with basic skills, some knowledge of stationary woodworking machinery, and an interest in improving hand skills.
FACULTY:  Craig Vandall Stevens designs and builds one-ofa-kind furniture for exhibition and commission. He studied furniture making at the College of the Redwoods Fine
Woodworking Program in California. His work is exhibited
throughout North America and Japan and he was recently
featured on the “Home & Garden” television program “Modern Masters.” He is the recent recipient of an Individual Artist
Fellowship from the Ohio Arts Council.