Upcoming Classes,
Melisa Cadell
Expressing Inner Thoughts
Bust Out
July 9th and 10th - 2021
Classes run from 9:00-5:00 each day.
Cost of workshop is $225 , does not include room or board.
To be conducted at Double Island Studio through Toe River Arts
For more information please send and inquiry
Objectives for class-Learn simple hand building techniques to build bust forms
-Develop understanding of what guides you to help your work communicate
-Discover free writing as a way of creating new ideas for work
-Introduction to surface considerations for sculptural forms
The workshop is open to all levels of experience and to those who want to improve their hand building skills. Students will explore their ability to develop content and build forms that represent the human embodiment of complex emotion .Exploration to play and a desire for experimentation is important to artists who want to improve their work. This workshop will offer several ways to help you open up to thinking about the development of work through form, technique and idea.Slab and pinch methods of building will be taught as a way to create expressive bust forms
Melisa Cadell works in multiple mediums and explores the complicated thoughts that drive humans behavior. Her clay work is most notably characterized by its willingness to question beliefs and actions of the contemporary world. Join us during this class to work through your ideas and build your skills or just to hang out with other sculptors and make work.
What one might bring for class but, not absolutely necessary:
Towel
Apron
Spritz Bottle
Plastic to wrap work in
Turntable
Small water container/sponges
Variety of brushes
Favorite sculptural tools: carving tools, wooden tools, flexible steel smooth rib, needle tool, etc
Anatomy books and Large Photos to work from if you have a specific pose in mind.
Sketchbook/drawing utensils/pens
Artist Bio:
Melisa Cadell is a sculptor and teacher working with highschool students in Western NC. She has been sculpting since 1998 with clay, paper and steel. Recently she has been experimenting with video and stop motion. Melisa is most fascinated with what can be relayed in a single thought working out new ways to communicate with her audience. She has taught ceramics and 3 D arts at East Tennessee State University and Appalachian State University. In her spare time she runs and treasures time with her two children.
Magazine Article in Asheville Made, Oct 2018
ashevillemade.com/she-sculpts-the-change-she-wants-to-see-in-the-world/
p
Arrohone252)52) 796-2787
Ceramics Arts Daily: DVD: http://ceramicartsdaily.org/bookstore/figure-sculpting-in-clay-with-melisa-cadell/ a quick look into sculptural procedures to build basic form. This video is intended to show an overview and concentrates the focus on structure and ideas rather than final finished forms.
Melisa Cadell
Expressing Inner Thoughts
Bust Out
July 9th and 10th - 2021
Classes run from 9:00-5:00 each day.
Cost of workshop is $225 , does not include room or board.
To be conducted at Double Island Studio through Toe River Arts
For more information please send and inquiry
Objectives for class-Learn simple hand building techniques to build bust forms
-Develop understanding of what guides you to help your work communicate
-Discover free writing as a way of creating new ideas for work
-Introduction to surface considerations for sculptural forms
The workshop is open to all levels of experience and to those who want to improve their hand building skills. Students will explore their ability to develop content and build forms that represent the human embodiment of complex emotion .Exploration to play and a desire for experimentation is important to artists who want to improve their work. This workshop will offer several ways to help you open up to thinking about the development of work through form, technique and idea.Slab and pinch methods of building will be taught as a way to create expressive bust forms
Melisa Cadell works in multiple mediums and explores the complicated thoughts that drive humans behavior. Her clay work is most notably characterized by its willingness to question beliefs and actions of the contemporary world. Join us during this class to work through your ideas and build your skills or just to hang out with other sculptors and make work.
What one might bring for class but, not absolutely necessary:
Towel
Apron
Spritz Bottle
Plastic to wrap work in
Turntable
Small water container/sponges
Variety of brushes
Favorite sculptural tools: carving tools, wooden tools, flexible steel smooth rib, needle tool, etc
Anatomy books and Large Photos to work from if you have a specific pose in mind.
Sketchbook/drawing utensils/pens
Artist Bio:
Melisa Cadell is a sculptor and teacher working with highschool students in Western NC. She has been sculpting since 1998 with clay, paper and steel. Recently she has been experimenting with video and stop motion. Melisa is most fascinated with what can be relayed in a single thought working out new ways to communicate with her audience. She has taught ceramics and 3 D arts at East Tennessee State University and Appalachian State University. In her spare time she runs and treasures time with her two children.
Magazine Article in Asheville Made, Oct 2018
ashevillemade.com/she-sculpts-the-change-she-wants-to-see-in-the-world/
p
Arrohone252)52) 796-2787
Ceramics Arts Daily: DVD: http://ceramicartsdaily.org/bookstore/figure-sculpting-in-clay-with-melisa-cadell/ a quick look into sculptural procedures to build basic form. This video is intended to show an overview and concentrates the focus on structure and ideas rather than final finished forms.
