Anderson Ranch Arts Center Workshop Catalogs 2010-2014 | Page 59

Del Harrow, Untitled

Robin Hill, Looking Into the Situation (detail)

Susan Hagen, Christopher

June 3 - 14

June 10 - 14

June 10 - 14

design

sculptural inventory

Figurative Wood Sculpture:

monuments of miniature memory

Del Harrow

Robin Hill

Susan Hagen

SKILL LEVEL: II - IV

SKILL LEVEL: II - IV

SKILL LEVEL: I - III

CONCEPT: Clay is a solid form, but design is a
fluid process. This workshop explores strategies and techniques for integrating computer
design into the process of creating forms with
clay. Del teaches us how to incorporate computer-aided design, machining and prototyping
into our studio practices. These methods are
tools for artists and for educators interested
in building technology into ceramics or sculpture curriculums. While our focus is on specific
strategies, we also investigate the wide range
of practices within the broader field of digital
fabrication. 

CONCEPT:  Sculpture has the power to render
symbolic adaptations of inner and outer worlds.
In this workshop we explore our sensory inventories in order to create a parallel iconography
as the basis for a series of sculptural works.
Our perception of the world through touch,
sight, hearing, taste and smell have elemental,
and often visual, links to our past, sense-oriented life experiences. Sculptures range from
representational to abstract, from wall relief
to free-standing forms, and from miniature
to large scale. Openness to experimentation
leads to surprising works of art that nurture our
artistic practices for years to come.

CONCEPT:  Using milled lumber and wood
scraps, including beads, sticks and found
objects, we construct and carve sculptures
of animals, humans, imaginary creatures and
keepsakes. Inspired by dreams and memories,
we learn to develop sketches and maquettes,
basic additive woodworking processes, carving and sharpening. Students should arrive
with a strong desire to share ideas, make new
discoveries and work hard.

Digital Clay: computer-aided

MEDIA & TECHNIQUES:  We experiment with a
range of CAD software and Computer Controlled Machines, CNC Machining and 3-D
printing in tandem with more traditional, manual techniques, including slab building and slip
casting. Our goal is to develop our own set of
individual, “hybrid” techniques.
ACTIVITIES: Daily demonstrations, slide lectures
and work in the studio.
FACULTY: Del Harrow is an assistant professor
of art at Colorado State University in Fort Collins. He has lectured at the University of Colorado, Alfred University and Harvard University.
His work has been shown at the NCECA conference, the Dolphin Gallery in Kansas City,
and the Denver Art Museum.

www.delharrow.net
Sponsored by Masako and Ron Berman

Tuition: