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Can you teach a sculpture course? contact me gilbertebarrera@gmail.com.
SCSS
Instructors: Gilbert Barrera, Paul Flores, Tom Gingras, Luis Gonzales, Rachman Ulmer, Don Williams
Course Areas Offered in: Stone, Wood, Steel, Bronze; Sculpting, Carving Welding and Casting
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New developing courses updated each week
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INDEX of Areas
Stone Sculpture Figurative, Stone Sculpture Abstract, Steel Sculpture, Stone Polishing, Special Stone Tools, Wood Carving, Iron Forge Sculpture, Bronze Casting, Cast Iron, Glass Casting
SUMMER 2008
Summer Sessions
JULY
(see below)
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FALL 2008
SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER
Now Registering; gilbertebarrera@gmail.com or 210 696-9813
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STONE, WOOD AND WELDING SCULPTURES
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STONE ETC.
[ETC. means you have a choice of materials, select one]
GILBERT BARRERA, Instructor. Contact: gilbertebarrera@gmail.com or call 210 696-9813
Process: Sculpt, carve, or model;
Subject: The Figure/ Organic Series. (See course areas below)
Tools: Basic Hand Tools only and 1 material provided
Material: - Limestone, Wood, Clay, Wax, Metal, Cement [select one]
Begin: Session II - July 5.
Cost: 200 dollars per month/ or per 16 hours.
[For Freestyle, do what you want, see our Open Course, below, 100 dollars per month/ 16 hours]
Days Times: 4 Saturday classes, 10a - 2p = 16 hours.
Limit: 5 students minimum.
All areas and materials meet at same period.
Possible Course Areas for Barrera Classes-
Workshops & Classes
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WELDED METALS
TOM GINGRAS, Instructor
Welding Arts 1
Beginning welding for sculptors.
OxyAcetelene, torch provided.
Buy: TIG welding gloves, clear safety glasses, welding glasses with #5 lens (if you wear corrective eye-wear welding goggles may be more appropriate), 8" channel lock pliers, a flint or electro-static striker, all-coton clothing (t-shirt, denim shirt, jeans NO EXCEPTIONS), canvass or leather high-topped shoes or boots, all-cotton cap or bandana, rods, steel.
Introduction to equipment, torch, flame, theory, practice welds.
You will learn - Essential Welding safety, regulator, tank, and torch set up, flame types and proper flame adjustment, the order of heating, heat control, weld joints and position welding, brazing and braze-welding, flame cutting, Cobra torch advantages, relief and free-standing sculpture techniques, finishing.
Saturday and Sunday, 10a to 2p.
400 dollars, Limit 4
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STONE SCULPTURE
RACHMAN ULMER, Instructor
210 393-2456; Rachman@UlmerStudio.com
Abstract and/or Figure with Limestone/ Alabaster/ Marble
Air & Power Tools with hand tools
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September - Saturday classes. 4 hours each. 10a - 2p.
$250
10 student limit
Introduction and theory of stone, tools, techniques on process of sculpture and tool maintenance and sharpening; class demonstrations and individual instruction; examination of surface treatment and textures, finishing, mounting, with final critique.
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STONE POLISHING TOOLS AND METHODS
PAUL FLORES, Instructor
pflores239@aol.com; or 210 736-0658
Introduction to specialty tools and processes for POLISHING stone sculptures and bases. Methods of wet and dry approaches.
Select A or B
A. Intensive 2 day workshop. First Saturday and Sunday of the month, 9a - 3p; $175
B. 4 Saturdays class. 10a - 2p. $210
July, September, January, March classes forming.
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SPECIAL STONE CUTTING TOOLS
PHIL HOGGATT, Instructor
Introduction to diamond chainsaw for cutting stone, marble and granite.
TBA
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WOOD
LUIS GONZALES, Instructor
TBA
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THE ANCIENT FIRE ARTS OF SCULPTURE
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FORGED BLACKSMITH SCULPTURE
GILBERT BARRERA, Instructor
TBA
Beginning Iron Forge Sculpture.
Hammer, Anvil, 1 Iron and Forge provided.
Equipment introduction, forge fire method, forge hammering and bending shapes
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BRONZE CAST SCULPTURE
Don Williams, Instructor
September - Saturday classes. 4 hours each. Noon to 4p.
$200 plus some materials and safety supplies.
6 student limit.
Sculpt 2D wax base relief, engineer its pour system/ spruing/plumbing in a sand mold; then participate in pouring your own bronze sculpture. Finally learn to apply a patina.
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CAST IRON SCULPTURE
Amy Gerhauser, Professor
Create your small 2D bas-relief wax sculpture, build a sand mold, learn about the cupola furnace, participate in pouring your cast iron sculpture.
TBA
email gilbertebarrera@mac.com asap to get this course offered for September!
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GLASS CAST SCULPTURE
Professor Jane Duryea and Amanda, Instructors
Sculpt your own 2D design in wax or direct in sand mold, learn to build a sand mold, participate in pouring your own glass sculpture.
TBA
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PAINTING, DRAWING, PHOTOGRAPHY
Self Involved, No Instructor
Work on your own level with your own equipment.
Over 100 Large scale sculptures as subjects on beautifully landscaped grounds, great painting subjects.
Saturdays 10a - 2p; or appointments for another day.
40 dollars per month. 4 [four] visits per month. 3 hours each visit. 12 hours total. Limit 4 students.
gilbertebarrera@gmail.com or 210 696-9813.
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INDEX OF OTHER DEVELOPING COURSES
REGISTER YOUR INTERESTS WITH AN EMAIL, 5 STUDENT EMAILS MAKES A COURSE!
Beginner Stone Sculpture with Hand Tools
Beginner Stone Sculputre with Power Tools
Stone 3D Carving
2D Base Relief Carving
Alabaster and Soapstone Sculpture
Direct Abstract Carving
Stain Glass and Alabaster
Realistic & Impressionist Figure Carving
Architectual Carving
Letters and Symbols Carving
Animals, Domestic and Wildlife Sculpture
Large Stone Sculpture
Granite Sculpture
Marble Sculpture
Mold Making Introduction
Rubber/Plaster Mold Making
Sand Mold Making
Welded Steel
Coppersmithing
Steel Sculpture
Bronze Casting
Wood Carving by Hand
Wood Carving with Chisels
Wood Carving by Chainsaw
2D Sculpture, Mold and Bronze Casting
2D Sculpture, Mold and Glass Casting
2D Sculpture, Mold and Iron Casting
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Instructors needed for:
STONE:
Limestone, Alabaster,
Marble,
Granite - in the following Sculpting/ Carving courses.
WOOD: Basswood, Oak, Mesquite - and in the following Carving / Sculpting courses
METALS: Steel/Iron, Aluminum, Stainless, Copper, Bronze, Tin - in welding, forging and construction and casting.
GLASS: Slumping, Blowing, Fusing, Shaping, Stain Glass Composition, Neon.
CERAMIC: Terracotta,
CLAY/ WAX: Plasteline, carving, modeling, mold making
CEMENT: , pouring, modeling, mold making, Ferro-cement, concrete.
PLASTER: sculpting, carving, modeling, moldmaking
RESINS
CASTING
Instructors are asked to apply the above materials and processes to the following course areas and specify by hand, or power tool and list student supplies needed.
Introduction
Heads/Portraits
Hands/Limbs
Torsos
Full Figure
Bases & Pedastals
Free/ Abstract Forms
Animals
Plants
Letters
Architectual/Geometric
Linear Shapes
Kinetic