International Workshop - Classes and Workshops

Web design

2008-05-18T11:57:00.000-07:00

Oscar Nogueras visits the school to give the web design workshop. Basic Http and programming and Dream weaver is taught. You learn how to make your own web page and host it on metafora.org. Lots of tips and tricks of how to be seen on the web.

Clay sculpting

2008-05-18T11:49:00.000-07:00

Sculpting from the model. Short and medium poses.

Mould making and casting-techniques

2008-05-18T11:30:00.000-07:00

A silicone cast is made from a previously plaster molded clay object made by each student in the workshop.

Action Painting

2008-05-18T11:18:00.000-07:00

Throwing around with buckets of paint, painting with a broom or a window-wiper… two days with blue
feet and paint under your nails. Introduction to the history of American Abstract Expressionism and
then… lots of action…

Screen-printing

2008-04-18T06:17:00.000-07:00

Screen-printing is a printmaking technique that creates a sharp-edged image using a stencil.
It began as an industrial technology, and was adopted way before the [1900s]. It is currently popular both in fine arts and in commercial printing, where it is commonly used to print images on T-shirts, hats, CDs, DVDs, ceramics, glass, polyethylene, polypropylene, paper, metals, and wood.

Oil painting: “en Blanco” - Advanced color theory

2008-04-08T05:58:00.000-07:00

Introduction to oil paint by Piotr. We work with all shades of white to explain the still life.

Working with Wood - February 2008

2008-04-02T06:48:00.000-07:00

A two day workshop, where students a taken through some of the basics of wood work techniques. From basic carpentry to wood carving.

Graffiti - March 2008

2008-03-23T11:49:00.000-07:00

Graffiti is becoming widely used in contemporary art practice. Even for artists with no graffiti aspirations,
this workshop contributes with curious technical tricks and interesting information about contemporary
(urban) culture. History of Graffiti, guided tours of the walls in Barcelona, technical skills for making
stencils and using spay cans, . . .

“Bits and pieces” Materials in sculpture - March 2008

2008-03-23T10:37:00.000-07:00

Welcome to Frank's universe. The moment a sculpture stops being "something you bump into, when trying to see a good painting from a distance", you submerge yourself in the world of understanding space and 3-dimensions. The idea behind this workshop is to explore the object and the space around it. Introduction to object making and a range of different sculpture techniques.