studio at

Kurt Weiser
classes

winter/spring 2010
background Society for Contemporary Craft

(SCC) was founded in 1971 by

a word from
our director
Elizabeth Rockwell Raphael Dear Members and Friends,

in the belief that contemporary
artists had new things to say with
traditional materials and that they
needed wider opportunities to
exhibit and sell their work. Since
The days grow shorter and the first frost arrives. No
matter how much I used to try not to let it get me
down, I dreaded the arrival of winter… Until I
discovered what a rich season it can be for renewal
and personal growth. The cold temperatures and long
dark nights that keep us inside are perfect for
creative activities—learning a new skill or strengthening
an existing talent. If you struggle with the long winter
months, as I used to, a Studio class might just provide
the antidote for your winter doldrums.

This season we are offering Try It classes to give you

then SCC has organized more a chance to experience five different mediums to
see which one you like best. Recently, a long-time
than 200 exhibitions, created supporter of SCC admitted to me as we toured the
Studio that while she found our classes intriguing, she
strong educational and community had no artistic talent and thus didn’t feel she could
enroll in one. I said she just hadn’t found her medium
yet! This is so true. Many of us, because we weren’t
outreach programs, established skilled at drawing or painting in grade school, were led
to believe (either by a teacher or our own self doubt)
a satellite gallery and a permanent that we weren’t “creative.” So we closed that door.
We gave up the opportunity of expressing ourselves
collection, and developed through art.

Yet, through my 30-year career, I have come to see

a growing retail business. that each of us possesses creativity and abilities in
different ways. We just have to “find our own artistic
voice.” That discovery may take place when we first

o u r m i ss i o n put our fingers into precious metal clay, when we

press wood against a spinning lathe, or when we
shape wet fiber into felt. We never know until we
to engage the public in the experience these different materials how they might
inspire us, and lead us on a new creative journey. A
creative experience through Try It class could be the first step on that journey.

You won’t risk much by signing up. The three-hour

contemporary craft classes are very affordable, from $20 to $40, and
taught by some of our most-requested instructors. So,
why not Try It? I guarantee you’ll experience winter in a
new creative light.

Sincerely,

Janet L. McCall
Executive Director
jmccall@contemporarycraft.org
412.261.7003 x14
General program support provided by the Allegheny Regional Asset
District, Pennsylvania Council on the Arts, Elizabeth R. Raphael Fund of
exhibition
The Pittsburgh Foundation, and many other foundations, corporations & store hours
and individuals like you. mon.-sat. 10 a.m. – 5 p.m.
 Try It!
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Metal. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-3 Want to try your hand at a new craft? These quick, fun
PMC Certification Class classes will help whet your appetite for a new media.
Water-Etched PMC Whistles The tuition includes the materials fee.
Playful PMC Rings
Surface Design in Enamel Enamel [T001]
Intro to Jewelry Part II date & time: Wednesday, January 27, 6 p.m. – 9 p.m.
Creative Use of Molds with Metal Clay instructor: Lindsay Huff
Enamel is the art of fusing glass to metal. Students learn
Book Arts & Paper. . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-5 to create sample pieces that may be made into earrings,
Bookbinding for Beginners
pendants or charms.
Watercolor Marbling
Buon Giournal
Tuition: $30
Folded Book Structures
Panorama Concertina Felted Beads [T002]
Pop-Up Flag Books & Tunnel Books date & time: Tuesday, February 2, 6 p.m. – 9 p.m.
Carousel Books instructor: Annie Lawrence
Come alone or bring a friend for an evening of fun, making
Wood. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 fast and easy felt beads using merino wool and a little soap
Introduction to Woodturning: Candlesticks
and water. The beads can be little or big, fat or skinny, colorful
Tune Up for Windsor Chairs
or subdued… the possibilities are endless.
Japanese Woodworking
Turning Green with Envy Tuition: $20
Cutting Boards
Precious Metal Clay Charms [T003]
Fiber . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 date & time: Thursday, February 11, 6 p.m. – 9 p.m.
Deconstructed Screen Printing instructor: Donna Penoyer
Introduction to Nuno Felting Learn the basics of PMC and make some pure silver charms
Crochet Felted Bead Jewelry
from start to finish. You’ll be amazed at the result! Pieces are
Catching the Fugitive
fired and polished in class for students to take home.
Exploring Images on Fabric
Tuition: $40
Mixed Media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-9
Peyote Stitch Primer Polymer Clay Tasting [T004]
Herringbone Primer date & time: Tuesday, March 16, 6 p.m. – 9 p.m.
Mixed Media Encaustic instructor: Laura Tabakman
Tin Can Collage Students learn basic techniques such as Skinner blend,
Don't Spill the Beans simple canes, textures and stamping. Assemble a pendant
Explorations in Glazing Techniques
or pair of earrings while having a little taste of polymer
Teachers' In Service Day at SCC. . . 10 clay possibilities.
Tuition: $30
Summer Workshop Preview . . . . . 11
Woodturning [T005]
date & time: Saturday, March 20, 2 p.m. – 5 p.m.
instructor: Turners Anonymous
Students get an introduction to the lathe as they create a
small wooden honey dipper.
Tuition: $30
 metal
PMC Certification Class
dates & time: Friday, Saturday & Sunday
May 7, 8, 9
9 a.m. – 5 p.m. (bring a bag lunch)
Instructor: Tim McCreight
This class is a three-day, intensive workshop
designed to teach students advanced skills
and techniques in working with PMC®.
Senior instructors evaluate students’ work on
seven PMC projects and award certification
based on a uniform standard. Fun and
challenging, certification is demanding and
for the serious artist who seeks accreditation
in PMC. Classes are small, offering
opportunities for one-on-one instruction.
Simply by attending the class, you become
enrolled in Rio Rewards, a special
purchasing program through which members
receive discounts on PMC and over 500
PMC-related products. It’s another way that
Rio Grande helps you achieve success.
Once they have completed the class,
students also receive a one-year membership
to the PMC Guild..
Cost: $425 (includes tuition, a basic PMC tool
kit, and all the supplies and clay needed for
the class)
To Register: Call Rio Grande’s Education Team
contemporary craft
at 866-346-2698
Adrienne Borkowski
Last Letter Locket
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Donna Penoyer
Tube Whistle
Water-Etched PMC Whistles
[M006]
date & time: Saturday
March 13
9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. (bring a bag lunch)
instructor: Donna Penoyer
Making a whistle in pure silver PMC is easier
than it looks when the instructor is known
around the world as the Whistle Lady!
Students will discover what makes a whistle
work, gain expert troubleshooting tips, and
make a tube-shaped whistle pendant with a
sweet-sounding note. To decorate, students
will try the fun and easy water-etching
technique, resulting in a unique, raised design
on the silver.
Tuition: $100
Materials Fee: $50
Playful PMC Rings [M007]
date & time: Saturday
March 6
9:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. (bring a bag lunch)
instructor: Donna Penoyer
Students will be thrilled with the wonderful
designs they can achieve with pure silver
PMC. Spend the day making ultra-simple
bypass rings, fired flat and bent afterward, or
explore ways of joining seams in moist clay
and controlling shrinkage for accurate sizes.
Other demos will include achieving the look of
granulation, using PMC syringe, and setting
cubic zirconia in place before firing.
Tuition: $90
Materials Fee: $60 (includes PMC for 2-3 rings)
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Membership Levels & Benefits

discovery
Each membership level gives your household:
Surface Design in Enamel
Subscription to Contemporary Craft News, SCC’s [M008]
newsletter; Invitations to exhibition openings, SCC lectures date & time: Sunday
and other special events; Participation in members–only February 21
classes in the Studio; 10% discount on art supplies at Artist 10 a.m. – 4 p.m. (one-hour lunch break)

expression &
& Craftsman Supply; Opportunity to earn Studio discounts§ instructor: Lindsay Huff
Students focus on a variety of surface design
Friend $60 + above (all but $10 tax deductible)
• All the benefits listed above.
techniques such as transparent enamels,
basse taille, mosaic, glass frit rubber stamping,
Patron $125 + above (all but $15 tax deductible) and liquid enamel to create unique sample
• All of the above pieces. Findings to create earrings, pendants
• Enjoy 10% off in the Store*
and charms will be available for purchase.
• Invitation to new exhibition lectures by artists
and/or staff Tuition: $75
• Discounts on study trips Materials Fee: $15-25 (depending on project)
• Complimentary trial subscription to
American Craft (as requested) Intro to Jewelry Part II [M009]
• Membership to North American Reciprocal
Museum (NARM) program & Southeastern
dates & time: 4 Thursdays
April 1, 8, 15 , 22
Reciprocal Membership (SERM) Program°
6 p.m. – 9 p.m.
Sponsor $250 + above (all but $25 tax deductible) instructor: Adrienne Borkowski
• All of the above Continuing on the path to becoming a skilled
• As a one time recognition gift, a $25 gift jewelry maker, students are introduced to
certificate that can be used in the Store or
several stone setting techniques, including
applied toward a Studio class
• Discounts on ticketed events other than the
tube and prong setting. They also learn to
annual benefit fabricate a custom designed piece of
• Exhibition Director tours of exhibitions jewelry that contains several solder joints.
• Donor recognition Some previous metal working experience
is recommended.
Benefactor $500 + above (all but $50 tax deductible)
• All of the above Tuition: $160
• Personalized tour of the Store to learn more about Materials Fee: $40-75 (depending on project)
the artists
• Free copy of all SCC-produced exhibition Creative Use of Molds with
catalogs (as requested)
• Invitation to pre-opening night receptions
Metal Clay [M010]
• Friend level membership to give as a gift dates & time: Wednesday & Thursday
May 5, 6
Collector $1000 + above (all but $50 tax deductible) 9 a.m. – 5 p.m. (one-hour lunch break)
• All of the above instructor: Tim McCreight
• Enjoy 15% off in the Store* Students explore ways to use molds that go
• As a one time recognition gift, Craft in America
beyond simple replication of forms.
DVD (as requested)
• Executive Director tours of SCC
Demonstrations include silicon rubber,
• Private meet-the-artist receptions Plasticine, and plaster molds taken from
• Invitation to exclusive Collector's Circle event common objects and used to capture special
§ For the first $400 spent on classes during one membership year, a textures. Experience with silver metal clay is
credit equal to $50 will be given for the next class purchased. A person’s helpful but not required. Materials will be
membership year and any earned but unused credits will expire on the
date set forth on their membership card. available for sale and participants are
* Some restrictions may apply. See Store for details.
° NARM & SERM provide reciprocal membership benefits including free encouraged to bring their own.
admission and store discounts to over 300 museums and arts
organizations across the country. The complete list of participating Tuition: $200
museums is available on our website under membership.
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Molly Robbins, student
Carousel Book (flat)
Bookbinding for Beginners
[PB011]
dates & time: 2 Saturdays
January 30 & February 6
10 a.m. – 1 p.m.
instructor: Lily Hoy
This course introduces students to basic
book structures, materials, tools and
techniques for creating handmade books.
The book structures range from simple folded
paper books and pamphlets to the more
complex case bound or hardcover book.
Through hands-on exercises students
produce at least six book structures.
Tuition: $60
Materials Fee: $15
Watercolor Marbling [PB012]
date & time: Saturday
May 15
10 a.m. – 4 p.m. (one-hour lunch break)
instructor: Diane Maurer
contemporary craft
The magic of marbling is explored in this
introductory marbling workshop. Students
master the comb, rake, and stylus
movements to create classical patterns and
Persian fantasy designs. Students create
stunning papers suitable for framing or a
variety of projects.
Tuition: $100
Materials Fee: $12
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Buon Giournal [PB013]
date & time: Saturday
June 19
9 a.m. – 4 p.m. (one-hour lunch break)
instructor: Pam Sussman
Make this classic Italian style leather journal,
seen in the best artisan paper shops all over
Europe. Fine leather with contrasting tapes
and decorative stitching are found on the
cover, with heavy watercolor pages sewn
using the longstitch binding.
Tuition: $100
Materials Fee: $20
Folded Book Structures
[PB014]
date & time: Saturday
February 20
9 a.m. – 4 p.m. (one-hour lunch break)
instructor: Alice Austin
Students make two books. The first is a
double pamphlet with a folded insert. The
second is a Vade Mecum, which is a
deceptively small book that opens to six times
its size, allowing for large amounts of
information to be stored in a small structure.
All levels of students are welcome.
Tuition: $100
Materials Fee: $15
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Panorama Concertina [PB015]
date & time: Sunday
February 21
9 a.m. – 4 p.m. (one-hour lunch break)
instructor: Alice Austin
The panorama concertina, designed by Hedi
Kyle, is an accordion book with a series of
wide panels in which the center is slit and
folded to allow the addition of artwork. Artwork
for the panels can be made in class using
Mylar stencils, rubber stamps, photos,
drawings or prints that students bring to class.
The book has six front panels and six back
panels—3½ x 5 inches. Students make
cloth-covered boards with an inlaid design
motif for the covers.
Tuition: $100
Materials Fee: $25
Funky, Fabulous Pop-up Flag
Books & Tunnel Books [PB016]
date & time: Sunday
May 16
9 a.m. – 3 p.m. (one-hour lunch break)
instructor: Diane Maurer
Both of these structures are ideal for
introductory bookmakers. The flag book holds
surprises between its covers. When the book
is opened, narrow flag-like pages pop out
from an accordion-folded spine. Students
also create a “Collage Canyon” tunnel book,
a series of pages attached to a concertina
spine that decrease in size to give a
telescopic or peep hole view of the
entertaining back page.
Tuition: $100
Materials Fee: $10
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create
express, experiment &
Recruit a Friend and Save!
To our students who spread the word
about our great workshops, we are
offering a special thank you. Bring a first-
time student to SCC and receive a $20
coupon toward your next class.
Carousel Books [PB017]
dates & time: Saturday & Sunday
May 22, 23
9 a.m. – 4 p.m. (one-hour lunch break)
instructor: Carol Barton
A carousel or “star” book consists of several
accordion-fold sheets bound together to
create dimensional stage-like pages. Students
learn the basics of constructing this book form
from nationally-recognized pop-up artist Carol
Barton. A few pop-up forms will be
demonstrated which also can be
incorporated into the carousel book. This
book can also be constructed as a “lantern
book” with a candle illuminating translucent
pages. Students develop layered imagery
around a theme or text, and should bring
images or collage materials to use in creating
a visual story.
Tuition: $200
Materials Fee: $16
Alice Austin
Folded Structures
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Thanks!
The Studio would like to thank The Priory Hotel,
www.thepriory.com, for its support of our visiting
artist program.
Introduction to Woodturning:
Candlesticks [W018]
date & time: Saturday
February 6
9 a.m. - 4 p.m. (one-hour lunch break)
instructor: Craig Smith
In this introduction to woodturning, students
explore the process of making simple
candlesticks on the lathe. The instructor
introduces students to the basic components
of various types of lathes, safety
considerations, tools and their uses. Students
learn a few basic cuts, and apply this
knowledge to turn a simple candlestick.
Tuition: $85 (includes $10 Materials Fee)
Tune Up for Windsor Chairs
[W019]
date & time: Saturday
June 19
10 a.m. – 3 p.m. (one-hour lunch break)
instructor: Craig Smith
Take a day to prepare for the Windsor chair
class. During this tune-up session, students
learn to sharpen some of the specialized tools
contemporary craft
used in chairmaking, especially the drawknife,
spokeshave, scorp, and travisher. The class
also reviews techniques for using these tools
in chairmaking. The session provides some
flexibility in how students spend their time.
Tuition: $60
Register for Craig Smith’s Making a Fan-Back
Side Chair [S038] and receive $20 off the
total tuition for Tune Up for Windsor Chairs.
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Japanese Woodworking [W020]
date & time: Sunday
February 21
9 a.m. – 5 p.m. (bring a bag lunch)
instructor: Tadao Arimoto
Woodworker Tadao Arimoto works one-on-
one to help students learn traditional Japanese
woodworking methods. Create a unique
project using Japanese hand tools such as
chisels, planes and saws. Some woodworking
experience is recommended.
Tuition: $120 (includes non-refundable
Materials Fee)
Turning Green with Envy
[W021]
date & time: Saturday
January 30
10 a.m. – 4 p.m. (bring a bag lunch)
instructor: Linda VanGehuchten
Learn to use a bowl gouge, a spindle gouge,
and a shear scraper to turn a thin bowl from
green, or fresh-cut, wood. First time
woodturners are welcome.
Tuition: $75
Materials Fee: $25
Cutting Boards [W022]
date & time: Saturday
February 27
9 a.m. – 5 p.m. (bring a bag lunch)
instructor: Brian Ferrell
Work a rough piece of hardwood into a
finished cutting board or cheese tray while
learning basic woodworking skills. Students
can choose the type of wood as well as the
style and shape of the piece. Students of all
levels are welcome.
Tuition: $75
Materials Fee: $20

Deconstructed Screen Printing
[F023]
dates & times: Friday, Saturday & Sunday
May 21, 22, 23
9 a.m. – 4 p.m. (bring bag lunch)
instructor: Kerr Grabowski
Explore a different facet of screen printing
on fabric; the unpredictable, the intuitive, the
“happy accident”. Using fiber reactive dyes,
deconstructed printing, “solar” discharge,
and polychromatic printing, experiment with
the silkscreen as a painting and monoprinting
tool to create fabrics of depth, texture and
personal imagery.
Tuition: $300
Materials Fee: $15
Introduction to Nuno Felting
[F024]
date & time: Saturday
March 6
9 a.m. – 5 p.m. (bring a bag lunch)
instructor: Annie Lawrence
Make a light and airy scarf using the technique
referred to as nuno felting or laminate
felting. Lightweight silk and fine merino wool
roving are combined to make a luscious,
lightweight, elegant scarf. Students learn the
basics of nuno felting and go home with a
finished scarf. All fiber and tools are provided.
Tuition: $75
Materials Fee: $30
Crochet Felted Bead Jewelry
[F025]
date & time: Saturday
January 30
9:30 a.m. – 5 p.m. (one-hour lunch break)
instructor: Barbara Westman
Students create beads using a simple crochet
technique, then hand felt the beads and string
them to create earrings, a necklace
or bracelet.
fiber
Tuition: $75
Materials Fee: $35-40
(depending on project)
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Catching the Fugitive: Fugitive
developing
Media Made Permanent [F026]
date & time: Monday
May 24
9 a.m. – 4 p.m. (bring a bag lunch)
instructor: Kerr Grabowski
seeing, creating &
Have you ever wanted to use materials
traditionally designed for paper on fabric,
but hesitated because you worried about
permanency? In this workshop students learn
to make fugitive media permanent. Using
screen printing and direct mark making
create rich rubbings, imagery and texture
using water-soluble crayons, charcoal,
watercolor pencils, graphite, and other media.
Tuition: $100
Materials Fee: $20
Exploring Images on Fabric
[F027]
date & time: Saturday
April 24
10 a.m. – 4 p.m. (one-hour lunch break)
instructor: Laura Tabakman
There are many ways of getting an image onto
fabric, from digitally printing directly onto the
fabric to transferring images using
transparencies, iron-ons and other techniques.
Students try as many variations as time allows
and leave with a rich sampler to apply to their
future projects. This workshop continues the
techniques explored in the fall workshop, but
first-time students are also welcome.
Tuition: $75
Materials Fee: $30
 mixed me
Lorraine Glessner
Red Flower Box

Mixed Media Encaustic

Beading Primers
instructor: Olga Mihaylova
In these two technique-oriented classes,
students focus on learning basic stitches
and then progress through many variations
on each stitch. Students may use the skills
learned in this class for beading
embellishments and creating unique jewelry.
Tuition: $60 for one or $100 for both
Materials Fee: $5 per class
Peyote Stitch Primer [MM028]
date & time: Saturday
February 6
10 a.m. – 3 p.m. (bring a bag lunch)
Start with basic flat peyote and then learn
increasing and decreasing, peyote stitch in the
round, spiral peyote and covering a bead with
contemporary craft
[MM030]
dates & times: Friday, Saturday & Sunday
June 25, 26, 27
10 a.m. – 4 p.m. (one-hour lunch break)
instructor: Lorraine Glessner
This workshop involves the exploration of
encaustic, one of the most exciting and
versatile mediums available to the
contemporary artist. Participants are
introduced to the basics of encaustic painting
as well as a variety of advanced techniques
including equipment and safety issues, tools,
grounds and substrates, application and
painting techniques, fusing, color mixing,
incising, sgraffito, creating texture, surface
manipulation, image transfer, and collage.
Open to artists from beginning to advanced
levels. Only seven spaces are available so
don’t wait to register.
Tuition: $300
Materials Fee: $35

peyote stitch.

Herringbone Primer [MM029]

date & time: Saturday
March 13
10 a.m. – 3 p.m. (bring a bag lunch)
Start with the basic flat herringbone stitch and
then learn increasing, decreasing, herringbone
in the round and spiral herringbone.

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Tin Can Collage [MM031]
date & time: Saturday
April 17
9 a.m. – 4 p.m. (one-hour lunch break)
instructor: Robert Villamagna
Deconstruct tin cans and other metal
containers to create a color and texture
palette. Using their palette students create
unique works of art. Bring a garbage bag of
colorful tin cans, dig out that can opener, and
let's make art!
Tuition: $75
Materials Fee: $10
visiting
artist
Artist Talk with Kurt Weiser
date & time: Friday, February 12
6 p.m.
$5 at the door
Featured exhibition artist Kurt Weiser
discusses his mid-career retrospective
exhibition Eden Revisited: The Ceramic Art of
Kurt Weiser on display at SCC from January
15, 2010 to March 20, 2010. He shares how
the role of drawing in his work moved from
a formal design to a narrative form. Weiser
received his B.F.A. from Kansas City Art
Institute, Kansas City, Missouri and his M.F.A.
from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.
He is currently a Regents Professor of Art at
Arizona State University.
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Don’t Spill the Beans [MM032]
neighborhood
date & time: Saturday
May 8
1 p.m. – 5 p.m.
instructors: Bernadette Curran &
21st Street Coffee
If you are a coffee lover, this is the workshop
for you. Create a fun and expressive espresso
cup with ceramic artist Bernadette Curran then
enjoy a coffee tasting and brewing
energy of the
demonstration with the coffee artisans at 21st
Street Coffee. Curran’s work will be featured
in the Store at SCC on Friday, May 7 and
Saturday, May 8.
Tuition: $100 (includes materials and coffee
tasting at 21st Street Coffee)
Kurt Weiser
Raku Toucan Jar
Explorations in Glazing
Techniques with Kurt Weiser
[MM033]
dates & times: Saturday & Sunday
February 13, 14
Saturday, 9 a.m. – 4 p.m. (one-hour lunch break)
Sunday, 10 a.m. – 12 p.m.
instructor: Kurt Weiser
Join ceramic artist Kurt Weiser for a workshop
that explores the application of china paint
to create a narrative form. Students spend
Saturday morning working with Weiser on
clear glazed fired pieces applying layers of
china paint. As the pieces fire in the afternoon,
Weiser discusses his own work and
demonstrates some of his own glazing
techniques. Pieces will be removed from the
kiln Sunday morning and students critique
their work with Weiser.
Tuition: $150 (includes Materials Fee)
 for the classroom
Teachers’ In Service Day at SCC Metal Clay for the Classroom
date & time: Monday [TT035]
January 18 instructor: Donna Penoyer
9 a.m. – 4 p.m. (box lunch provided)
Precious Metal Clay (PMC) is an amazing
Looking for a fun way to earn Act 48 credits?
form of fine silver that is malleable and worked
The following workshops help teachers
like clay but that fires to pure silver with a kiln
rediscover their own creativity while
or torch. Participants try a variety of PMC
learning new techniques and processes. Each
materials to make pendants or charms and
workshop provides seven Act 48 credits and
learn how to fire pieces with a butane torch.
information on how to adapt these techniques
Teachers will love the terrific tips on how to
to your classroom.
transform original images into designs on clay,
Tuition: $150 (includes a box lunch, all
so that PMC can become part of any school
materials and a tour of the gallery with SCC’s
Director of Exhibitions) curriculum.

Wet Binding Adventure [TT034] Felting in the Classroom

instructor: Winnie Radolan
Splash around in vats of colored pulp to
create a “wet-binding” memory book to
commemorate a special holiday, celebration,
trip or area of interest. Using papermaking
techniques including sheet forming, layering,
embedding, and embossing, create a book
structure that does not require binding. Come
to the class with a collection of 2-D
memorabilia to personalize your pages
including paper with printed text, Xeroxes
of photos, ticket stubs, old money, stamps,
threads of different weights, feathers, lace,
mica, or anything that supports the theme for
your wet-bound book.
[TT036]
instructor: Sandy Trimble
Felt is a wonderful, flexible media that is great
for the classroom. Teachers begin by creat-
ing a felted form by wrapping a ball in wool
and bouncing it. Then add three-dimensional
aspects using a variety of techniques. The
form is then “hardened” by rolling, and pulling
it into shape. Add imagery and appendages
with a felting needle to finalize the piece.

Act 48 Clock-Hour Credit

Attention Educators: The Pennsylvania
contemporary craft

Department of Education has extended

the Society for Contemporary Craft’s Act
48 Approved Provider Status until 2010.
Take any Studio class and receive clock-
hours toward your Act 48 requirement.
Simply note on your registration that you
would like us to report your clock-hours and
provide your professional i.d. number. There
is a $10 processing fee per class.

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summer workshop preview
Save the dates!
Space is limited in these members-only
workshops, so hurry to register now.
Book & Paper Frenzy [S037]
dates & times: Monday-Friday
June 14-18
9 a.m. – 4 p.m. (one-hour lunch break)
instructor: Pam Sussman
Feed your passion for all things book and
paper with this weeklong, intensive workshop
featuring more than a dozen projects. Hard
and soft-cover books, boxes, and decorative
papers are explored during the course of the
week, with special emphasis on improving
book making skills at all levels of experience.
Students are also exposed to a wide variety of
the latest book making resources: instructional
publications, periodicals and journals, online
sites, tools and materials.
Tuition: $375
Materials Fee: $65
Making a Fan-Back Side Chair
[S038]
dates & time: Monday-Saturday
July 12- 17
9 a.m. – 5 p.m. (one-hour lunch break)
instructor: Craig Smith
The fan back chair is an elegant and refined
Windsor featuring a carved and bent crest
that is supported by two turned stiles.
Students build woodworking skills as they
complete a chair using a combination of
traditional and modern tools. This class is
limited to seven participants.
Tuition: $525 (includes $125 Materials Fee
that is not refundable after June 12)
Student from summer 2009 Making a
Sack Back Windsor Chair class
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nature
be inspired by
Felting: A study in the Elements
of Art & Principles of Design
[S039]
dates & times: Monday-Friday
June 21-25
9 a.m. – 4 p.m. (one-hour lunch break)
instructor: Lisa Klakulak
Whether you are a novice or seasoned felter,
this class presents the fundamentals of felting
while focusing specifically on design. Sample
studies of the Elements of Art (color theory,
line, partial felt shape, texture, form) offer a
plethora of techniques for masterful handling of
fleece to create well crafted felt. Felting small-
scale compositions will follow, offering insights
into using the Principles of Design (balance,
emphasis, variety, gradation, movement,
proportion) to manipulate the Elements of
Art to enhance the visual communication of
your work.
Tuition: $425
Materials Fee: $65
Mix It Up: PMC & Mixed Metals
[S040]
dates & times: Monday-Friday
August 9-13
9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. (one-hour lunch break)
instructor: Donna Penoyer
In this exploratory workshop, students will be
exposed to a variety of ways that fine silver
PMC can be joined with other metals in order
to make interesting jewelry. Emphasis will
be placed on materials to be fired in place.
Projects may include adding PMC surface
decoration to a sterling silver cuff bracelet
or ring; embedding wire, nuts, and bolts for
imaginative connections; inlaying brass wire
as a design element; incorporating wire mesh;
and other exciting possibilities. Beginning
students are welcome!
Tuition: $375
Materials Fee: starts at $150 and will vary
according to number of projects completed
Registration
Please read all information carefully.
REGISTER EARLY
Registrations are processed in the order received.
No spaces will be held without full payment.
WAYS TO REGISTER
By mail: Return the completed registration form to:
Laura Rundell
Society for Contemporary Craft
2100 Smallman Street
Pittsburgh, PA 15222
By phone or fax:
412.261.7003 x25 or 412.261.1941
Only if you will be paying by credit card.
In person:
10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Tuesday through Saturday.
By e-mail:
thestudio@contemporarycraft.org
Payment Options
• Check payable to Society for Contemporary Craft.
(A $25 fee is charged for returned checks.)
• Credit card. We accept Visa, Mastercard,
and American Express.
CLASS INFORMATION
• Students who register by mail or fax will receive a
confirmation call within seven days.
• It is the responsibility of the student to appear in class
on the correct day and time without additional notice.
• Students may be pictured in SCC promotional
materials.
• SCC makes every effort to maintain the schedule of
courses as announced in the catalog. However,
SCC reserves the right to cancel any course or
to substitute faculty when necessary.
MATERIALS
Instructors may request that students have certain
supplies. Students will receive a list of those supplies
upon registration. Unless otherwise noted, Materials
Fees are payable to the instructors for supplies
provided by the instructors. Occasionally, the materials
fee is built into the tuition fee and this is clearly noted
next to the tuition fee.
CANCELLATIONS AND REFUNDS
Class and workshop cancellations are decided three
business days before the start date. If a class must be
cancelled due to insufficient enrollment, the entire class
fee will be refunded by check.
Refund Policy
Student refund requests must be made at least three
business days before a class begins. There will be a
$25 cancellation fee. No refunds will be given without
three business days notice. Processing of refunds takes
approximately three weeks.
Week-long Workshops
Cancellations with 14 or more days notice:
A student may cancel a registration for a week-long
workshop up to two weeks prior to the start-date of the
class. There will be a $50 cancellation fee.
Cancellations with fewer than 14 days notice:
If a student cancels a registration within two weeks of
the start-date of a week-long class, there will be a 50%
cancellation fee.
There will be no refund issued without three business
days notice of a cancellation.
MEMBERSHIPS
SCC members can accumulate credits toward future
classes. For each $400 spent on classes during a
membership year, a $50 credit will be given for the
next class purchased. Unused credits expire with your
membership year, which runs for a full year from the
first day of the month after you join. A range of
membership levels is available starting at $60 for a
household. See page 5 for details. Memberships
apply to immediate family members only. Membership
fees are non-refundable. Call 412.261.7003 x28 for
more information.
NON-DISCRIMINATION POLICY
The Society for Contemporary Craft does not
discriminate on the basis of sex, age, race, color,
religion, sexual orientation, national origin, handicap,
disability, or veteran’s status. Further, Society for
Contemporary Craft will continue to take affirmative
steps to support and advance these values consistent
with its mission.
LOCATION & DIRECTIONS
SCC is conveniently located on the corner of 21st
and Smallman Streets in the Strip District.
Bus Stops
The following buses serve the Strip District
54C; 77D, F, G; 86A, B; 91A, S
Parking
A paid, monitored parking lot is located on 21st Street,
behind the private building lot. Metered parking is
also available.
OUR FACILITY IS FULLY ACCESSIBLE.
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Phone: 412.261.7003 x25 Fax: 412.261.1941
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Flexible Options
One-on-One: Private lessons in many media can be arranged upon request. Students
will discuss their goals with instructor prior to the lesson to ensure a productive experience.
Private lessons are $50 per hour, with a two hour minimum.

A Few Good Friends: Bring together a group of your friends to participate in a class at a
time that works for you. Choose from many of our current and past class offerings or let us
create a special class just for you. Prices and availability vary.

Classes to Go: Let us bring our classes to you. You and your friends can learn from SCC's
talented artist instructors in your own office, home or other convenient location. Prices and
availability vary.

Give the Gift of Creativity: A great way to encourage friends and loved ones to get in
touch with their creative selves. Gift certificates may be purchased in any denomination.

For information, contact the Studio at 412.261.7003 x25, or thestudio@contemporarycraft.org.

The official registration and financial information of Society for Arts in Crafts may be obtained from
the Pennsylvania Department of State by calling toll free 1.800.732.0999. Registration does not
imply endorsement.