“Holding Close: Miniature Metal Boxes” with Haley Bates, June 28-29

Join us for this 2-day workshop where you'll design and create a small, lidded box in copper or brass.  During this workshop, participants will delve into the fundamentals of small-scale metalsmithing, etching, and patina techniques, with the goal of creating a unique, personalized container to help capture memories, hopes, secrets…or anything else you want to hold close!

We will cover:

• Box design and forming
  
• Creating a tension lid
• Etching
  
• Soldering on a (relatively) larger scale
• Patination
• Finishing techniques

Details:

• 16 contact hours, ages 14+ at the Silver Peak Studio Classroom located at 100.5 E. Cleveland St. Lafayette 80026
• Saturday and Sunday, June 28 & 29 from 9:30-5:30 each day
• # students: 3 minimum, 6 maximum
• Materials kit fee: $50 for metal and studio materials. Payable to instructor at the beginning of class via cash, check, or Venmo. Due at the beginning of the first day of class via cash, check, or Venmo.
• Prerequisite: Metals 1, Intro to Metalsmithing or equivalent. Metals 2 preferred.

By registering for a class at Silver Peak Studio, you agree to our cancellation policy, dress code for class, and studio rules.

About the instructor, Haley Bates:

Haley Bates is an Associate Professor of Art and the head of the Metalsmithing and Jewelry program at CSU-Fort Collins, and teaches all levels of undergraduate and graduate study within the concentration.  She received her Bachelor of Fine Arts from the University of North Texas in 1994, and went on to receive her Master of Fine Arts Degree from Cranbrook Academy of Art in 2002. In 2003, she accepted a position as head of the Metalsmithing and Jewelry program at Colorado State University-Fort Collins, where she is currently an Associate Professor of Art.  Through her work, she reinterprets common objects that often function as cultural signifiers or indicators, reflecting assumptions regarding class structures and social status.  Her work has been published in American Craft and Metalsmith magazine, and exhibited both nationally and internationally. 

Artist Statement:

I am drawn to objects in which design is dictated by use.  Such objects often function as cultural signifiers or indicators, reflecting assumptions regarding class structures and social status.  Through an exploration of process, reconfiguration, and material juxtapositions I undermine these assumptions and create forms that are both evocative and familiar.  Shifts in the treatment of such prosaic objects result in the creation of something new and incongruous:  aspects of the original form remain intact, yet new information and meaning can be applied through the process of such alteration.