5107. Metal Forming Master Class with Betty Helen Longhi

5107. Metal Forming Master Class with Betty Helen Longhi

Class - Metals | This class has been canceled

251 N Spruce St. Winston-Salem, NC 27101 United States

Metals Studio - 209

all levels

4/9/2020-6/4/2020

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$440.00

$396.00

Shell forming is a wonderful way to create three-dimensional structures for jewelry and sculpture from flat sheet metal. Explore the fundamentals of sheet metal behavior and gain an understanding of the relationship between technique, tools and resulting forms. Specific techniques will include synclastic sinking, anticlastic raising and transitions from one form to another resulting in more complex structures. We will be working in the context of the book Creative Metal Forming written by instructor Betty Helen Longhi and co-author Cynthia Eid. Working for 8 classes, students will be able to work deeply into each process. A supply list will be emailed. All experience levels welcome. Lunch break each day.

Longhi, Betty Helen

Betty Helen Longhi is a nationally recognized metalsmith who creates finely crafted jewelry and sculpture in gold, silver, and niobium and pewter. A master craftsman, Ms. Longhi incorporates various texturing techniques with forging, shell forming and die forming in her pieces. Her work is recognized for it's sculptural quality, flowing lines and subtle use of anodized niobium as a source of color. Ms. Longhi's work has been exhibited at the Virginia Museum, Delaware Art Museum, American Craft Museum, South East Center for Contemporary Art and the Renwick Gallery Museum Shop as well as numerous retail galleries. She has marketed her work through the American Craft Council Fairs and Philadelphia and Smithsonian Craft Shows. Ms. Longhi is a Distinguished Member of the Society of North American Goldsmiths. She has received a number of awards including an Individual Artist Fellowship funded by the Delaware State Arts Council and the National Endowment for the Arts. A much sought after teacher, Ms. Longhi has lectured on Shell Forming for the Society of North American Goldsmiths and been guest artist at the Univ. of Wisconsin and the Maryland Institute of Art. She has taught at Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, Penland School, Parsons School of Design, Peters Valley Craft Center and many more training centers in the USA and Canada. She maintains a studio and retail sales space in her lakeside home near Lexington, NC.