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WEEKLY DRAWING CLASSES - TERM 3<br />
Portrait Drawing<br />
Saturday 28 July - Saturday 15 <strong>September</strong><br />
10.30am - 1pm (8 weeks)<br />
Sunday 29 July - Sunday 16 <strong>September</strong><br />
1.30pm - 4pm (8 weeks)<br />
Life Drawing<br />
Saturday 28 July - Saturday 15 <strong>September</strong><br />
10.30 - 1pm (8 weeks)<br />
Sunday 29 July - Sunday 16 <strong>September</strong><br />
1.30am - 4pm (8 weeks).<br />
5320 5858 artgal@ballarat.vic.gov.au<br />
www.artgalleryofballarat.com.au<br />
If you are looking for an outlet for your creativity, jewellery<br />
making can offer a rewarding choice. This workshop is a great<br />
introduction to the joys of working with precious metals.<br />
Time 10-5pm - 15th <strong>September</strong><br />
Cost - Contact Claymotion (Includes all materials, you will make<br />
more than one sterling silver ring and leave with earrings and/or<br />
a pendant.) This workshop aims to provide a practical beginners<br />
approach to jewellery making.<br />
Participants will attend a 6 hour workshop and learn how to craft a<br />
sterling silver ring and will be introduced to the following jewellery<br />
making techniques.<br />
- Ring sizing and how to custom fit a ring.<br />
- How to create an individual design for a ring.<br />
- How to cut metal using a professional Jewellers saw.<br />
- How to texture and stamp metal using a hammer or metal stamp.<br />
- Soldering and annealing techniques using a jewellers torch.<br />
- Finishing and polishing a completed piece.<br />
Included in the workshop will be:<br />
-All base metal sheet and wire needed to create your ring.<br />
-All tools and equipment needed to construct your ring.<br />
- Extra Sterling silver sheet for earrings or a pendant.<br />
The workshop has been capped at six-seven participants in order to<br />
provide a relaxed and attentive setting in which participants will be<br />
introduced to the joy of working with metal to create jewellery.<br />
No previous experience is necessary but participants will need<br />
-Covered shoes (no open toes or thongs)<br />
-Sensible clothing for a metal workshop environment. (Fitted clothing<br />
with no loose sleeves is best option.)<br />
-All long hair must be tied back. ñ No loose jewellery, especially<br />
bangles or necklaces.<br />
- An apron of some sort, if desired.<br />
Part of the workshop will involve the use of a high speed polishing<br />
wheel and a jewellers gas torch, which is used to heat metal to very<br />
high temperatu<strong>res</strong>. It is requested that participants please exercise<br />
a high level of care in regards to their personal safety when using<br />
this apparatus and attend the workshop d<strong>res</strong>sed in an appropriate<br />
manner.<br />
The workshop will include a 30 min break.<br />
Your instructor is professional jeweller Rachel Grose, a Ballarat artist<br />
with degrees in Gold and Silversmithing from Monash University.<br />
Rachel has spent 17 years creating unique and custom Jewellery<br />
pieces for clients across Australia and her work is currently on<br />
show at Castlemaine Art Gallery, The Convent Gallery Daylesford,<br />
Warnambool Art Gallery, and The Ballarat Fine Art Gallery.<br />
UPCOMING WORKSHOPS<br />
Adults<br />
Eco Dyeing <strong>September</strong> 8th - make your own silk scarf using<br />
materials from the natural environment.<br />
Introduction to Jewellery Making <strong>September</strong> 15th - lean<br />
the basics of creating your own silver rings earrings and<br />
necklace.<br />
Children<br />
Mosaics <strong>September</strong> 13th - mini concrete paver Children will<br />
create their own mini concrete paver over two after school<br />
sessions<br />
ENROL ONLINE or CALL www.claymotion.com.au<br />
0438382522<br />
Friends & Family Drop in Day <strong>September</strong> 8th - drop in anytime<br />
between 12-5pm and make your favourite animal from clay.<br />
$10 gets you studio access, clay and kiln firing. No bookings<br />
necessary. All welcome<br />
Pottery classes - enrolments are now open for term four<br />
classes for both adults and children. Enrol online or call me<br />
www.claymotion.com.au 0438382522<br />
CASUAL STUDIO SPACE HIRE<br />
Casual Studio Space hire is available during shop opening hours<br />
and is a shared unsupervised/untutored space. It is ideal for people<br />
who have projects that they don’t have enough space to realise at<br />
home - anyone from the hobbyist through to a professional artist<br />
with a short term project. The room has ample bench space and<br />
loads of shelving for storing works in prog<strong>res</strong>s.<br />
EXHIBITION SPACE<br />
Pop into Claymotion to see what it or follow on Facebook<br />
All Welcome<br />
Exhibition Space - calling for <strong>2018</strong> proposals. This new space<br />
in Mair Street, Ballarat featu<strong>res</strong> a hanging system and plinths for<br />
the display of both 2D and 3D artwork. Proposals are encouraged<br />
for all mediums and are being accepted from artists Australia wide.<br />
For application information visit the website<br />
www.claymotion.com.au<br />
CLAYMOTION SHOP<br />
The ClayMotion shop is proud to support local makers and<br />
showcases locally crafted giftware.<br />
If you are a local artist/crafter contact Dawn for<br />
more information 0438382522<br />
www.claymotion.com.au<br />
52 <strong>September</strong> <strong>2018</strong> ARTeFACT Newsletter
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