Anderson Ranch Arts Center Workshop Catalogs 2010-2014 | Page 34

Michael Hurwitz, Lattice Table 

Gail Fredell, Road Rage 

Craig Vandall Stevens, Iris Chair

August 8 - 19
Furniture: structure and design

August 22 - September 2
Benches: basics and beyond

September 12 - 23

Michael Hurwitz

Gail Fredell

Craig Vandall Stevens

Skill Level: III & IV

Skill Level: I - III

Skill Level: II - IV

Concept:  This advanced course encourages
students to think of structure as the primary
element of furniture design. With that ideal as
a focus, we trust our intuition to help direct
our engineering decisions. To investigate
structural choices, each student tackles a
challenging table design using a light structure with the rigidity and strength to support
a human. Our goal is to have the skill, confidence and enthusiasm to build a piece from
fully-developed drawings.

Concept: This workshop introduces beginning
level students to solid wood materials, the use
of hand tools, safe operation of woodworking
machinery and the expressive, artistic potential
of functional furniture projects. Our focus will be
to create a simple bench with lots of room for
individual interpretation and personalization.

Concept:  This two-week intensive workshop
explores the design and construction of fine,
handmade chairs. Our focus is on comfort, aesthetics and strength. Through discussions, demonstrations and hands-on work, each student
designs and constructs their own chair. Sketching
and mock-ups are used to demystify the design
process. Craig discusses wood grain selection
for balanced design and instructs on fundamental skills, such as sharpening, the sensitive use of
hand tools and organizing the work.

Media & TechniqueS:  Wood, traditional and
experimental woodworking techniques, and
strip-laminated parts.
Activities:  Students work quickly through
rough sketches and models, progressing to
full-size mock-ups and working drawings.
Appropriate joinery or other kinds of connections are discussed according to the specifics
of each project.
Faculty:  Michael Hurwitz earned a BFA from
Boston University’s Program in Artisanry and
was formerly the Head of the Wood Department at University of the Arts, Philadelphia. He
has shown extensively, including several solo
exhibitions at the Peter Joseph Gallery and Pritam and Eames Gallery in New York. His work
is represented in the public collections of the
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, and the Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC. Michael is
the recipient of many honors, including three
National Endowment for the Arts Visual Artist
Fellowships, Japan Foundation Fellowship and
Pew Fellowship in the Arts.

www.michaelhurwitzfurniture.com
Tuition: $975 / Studio Support Cost: $1375
Studio Fee: $145 Code: W1015 Enrollment Limit 12

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Media & Techniques:  Wood, mi