Anderson Ranch Arts Center Workshop Catalogs 2010-2014 | Page 46

Beverly Rayner, Accretion

Lothar Osterburg, Grand Central (detail)

Todd Hebert, Snowman with Lights #6 (detail)

July 25 - 29

July 25 - 29

August 1 - 5

Lothar Osterburg

Todd Hebert

Skill Level: II - IV, a good printmaking or photography background is highly recommended
for this class.

Skill Level: II

Seeing through Objects: 
the art of thinking with things
Beverly Rayner
Skill Level: II
Concept: This workshop is a focused exploration of the stuff that fills the physical environment of our daily lives. Psychological and other
embedded meanings lurking within “things”
are mined for conceptual content and inspiration. The objective is to translate objects and
materials into concept-driven art, whether
factual or fictional. The format and content of
artworks evolve from each student’s individual
interests and choice of objects.
Media & Techniques:  Endless sourcing possibilities using new or castoff materials and
objects; other media chosen by students;
scavenged materials.
Activities:  Slide lectures revolve around historical and contemporary art made of “things,”
physical and conceptual approaches using
materials and objects, and theoretical interpretations of material culture, especially psychological perspectives. There are ongoing
group and one-on-one discussions of work as
it evolves and specific engineering and technical challenges are considered and resolved
case by case.
Faculty:  Beverly Rayner has been making mixed-media constructions, or “hybrid
objects,” for nearly 30 years. She is a recipient
of the Rydell Visual Arts Fellowship, and her
work is in the collections of the Museum of
Fine Arts, Houston; Oakland Museum of California; and the Berkeley Art Museum.

www.beverlyrayner.com

Tuition: $920 / Studio Support Cost: $1120
Studio Fee: $75 Code: D0816 Enrollment Limit 10

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Copperplate Photogravure 

Concept:  This workshop introduces students
to the traditional 19th-century process of copperplate photogravure with adaptions to 21stcentury tools and materials. Invented by Fox
Talbot and used by art photographers until the
mid 1930s, it has had a renaissance among
photographers, artists and collectors for the
past 30 years. In this class, students will learn
all necessary steps of the technical process
and make and print photogravures, believed
by many to be the most beautiful photographic
process in existence.
Media & Techniques: Students learn traditional
and contemporary photogravure techniques
with focus on digital files or scanning negatives to create digital film positives (continuous tone film can be demonstrated). Positives
are exposed to a gelatin resist that is adhered,
developed and on a copper plate, aquatinted,
etched and printed in ink on rag paper.
Activities:  Presentations on the history of
photogravure and contemporary examples.
Demonstrations, studio practice, one-on-one
and class discussions will take place.

The Personal Universal 

Concept:  By establishing a body of images
stemming from personal experience, students
endeavor to make their work more meaningful. Each particip