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Live Demonstrations with Artists

 

Watch the craftmaker at work in these approachable demonstrations.  We invite you to ask questions - lots of questions.  With the schedule we've set, we make it possible for you to view every demonstration.  Enjoy!

 

 

 

Weaving Booth 515	Pat Beard weaves on a simple 2-harness loom, showing how color and texture makes plain weave become exciting. Using only 2 harnesses and 2 treadles allows the basic process to be understood more readily.	{Pat Beard}
Handbuilt Pottery Booth 492	Greg Cieniewicz-Hardy hand builds cooking pots using the centuries-old practice of "Coil and Scrape", the traditional method of making pottery used by American Indians of the Southwest.  The Micaceous clay he uses is hand dug from the mountains of Northern New Mexico. He also has several pieces available representing different stages of his process -  wet scraping, sanding, polishing and burnishing.	{Greg Hardy}
Theorem Painting Booth 320	Sandra Jean Coldren demonstrates creating her theorem paintings using tools from the past and present.  A series of stencils and precise brushwork are used to produce a traditional painting generally depicting a still life on cloth or velvet.	{Sandra Coldren}
Wood-carving Booth 332	Robert & Dominique DeWitt create and discuss hand-carved wooden spoons and bowls. Watch as they utilize traditional hand tools and workbench in a step-by-step process of carving pieces that are as functional as they are beautiful.	{Dewitt}
Wood-carving Booth 111	One of the oldest methods used by man for shaping wood, handhewing uses an adze, gouges and scoops. Stop by to hear Scott Gold II’s knowledge of this old and very labor intensive craft form.	{Gold}
Scherenschnitte Booth 433	Equipped with a piece of paper and a specialized pair of scissors, Marie-Helene Grabman makes beautiful pieces of art through the craft of scherenschnitte, a German technique meaning ‘scissor cuts’. Watch Marie-Helene explain this ancient craft and give it her contemporary twist.	{Grabman}
Handbuilt Stoneware Booth 101	Tom Laudenslager demonstrates creating handbuilt stoneware pottery.  He creates imagery directly onto the clay, and major forms (trunk, limbs) are pushed out dimensionally from the interior, while the clay is still semi-moist. Details and edges of forms are carved into the surface, or pressed into the clay with various found or handmade textural objects. The entire piece will be coated with a number of colored clay slips and finished with a black slip.	{Tom Laudenslager}
Paper Embossing Booth 401	Chong and Judi Lim demonstrate how they create their beautifully embossed papers. Chong carves molds using a hammer, chisel and miniature electric tools. Sheets of paper are pressed into these molds, making an impression on the paper. The designs are then hand colored.	{Lim}
Stone Sculpting Booth 506	With chisel and hammer in hand, Marty Silverman slowly sculpts lava rock and alabaster into beautiful forms. Watch as Marty explains how striking the hammer on the chisel produces his creations.	{Marty Silverman}
Platting Booth 334	Douglas Starry demonstrates woodworking using old Shaker techniques to create beautiful furniture.	{Doug Starry}
Woodturning Booth 353	Ed Youtz is wood-turning in his booth.  Using a lathe and different slabs of wood, he is creating natural edge and finished edge wooden vessels.	{Ed Youtz}
Tatting Booth 512	Elizabeth Zipay demonstrates tatting, a form of lace-making consisting of knotting threads into rings and chains.	{Elizabeth Zipay}