FABRIC AND METAL CREATURES WITH MORGAN BRIG
September 11-14, 2023, Port Orchard, WA
Morgan Brig is back with another magical class combining fabric and copper into unique creatures.
This four day class will include learning how to create the body, braising techniques, and assemblage.
The class will be held in Bellissima’s new art studio in Port Orchard, WA. The studio combined with Builder Bob’s collection of tools will provide you with everything you may need to bring your creature alive.
Itinerary
Day 1, Monday September 11
We will meet in the studio at 9:30 for introductions and Morgan will go over the class schedule with samples. Today’s demo will be sewing and making bodies.
Lunch will be served from 12:30-1:30 and then it’s back in the studio to continue work. Class is over around 4:30-5 with dinner provided this evening.
Day 2 - Tuesday, September 12
Class will start at 9:30. Today’s demos will be torching, safety, annealing, fitting metal pieces to fabric bodies. Brazing ears, antlers, connectors, cones and grinder and drill safety.
We will break for lunch and then continue working until 4:30. Dinner is on your own this evening.
Day 3 - Wednesday, September 13
Class starts at 9:30, breaking for lunch and then stopping around 4:30. The demos today will be painting bodies, making and attaching charms. Dinner will be provided this evening.
Day 4 - Thursday, September 14
Class continues to work at 9:30, stopping for lunch and then at 3:00 we will clean up and have our Show ‘N Tell.
This Art Escape Includes:
Four days instruction from Morgan Brig
Some supplies
Four Lunches and Two Dinners
The price for this workshop is $950 and does not include lodging or transportation.
A $500 non refundable deposit is due at registration with the remaining $450 due Aug 10.
The workshop is limited to 12
Port Orchard is the site for the workshop. The location is 9 miles north of Gig Harbor, WA which is listed as one of the most desirable cities in the US to visit (or live). It is located south of Seattle, across the Narrows Bridge on Hwy 16.
The Bremerton-Kitsap Airporter stops in Gig Harbor and in Port Orchard.
There are many Arbnbs and B&Bs in the area. A list of accommodations will be provided if requested.
We will provide
copper kit
torches
firing stations
brazing rod
acrylic paint
drills, drill bits
grinder
tin snips
metal and wood forming blocks
forming hammers
sewing machines
elmers glue
Student Supply List
3/4 yard medium weight fabric - white cotton is great or printed. Optional is silk or interesting vintage fabrics
8-12 oz bag of polyester stuffing
sewing needle and thread
scissors
small and medium paint brushes
several sheets of paper for pattern cutting
pencil
exacto knife with extra blades
Blue or Black extra fine Sharpie pen
needle nose pliers
found objects: anything you love to be used as a body part or decoration. Morgan likes wood forms (old wood net floats), large fishing flashers, dice
small ruler
scotch tape
beads, charms, stringing wire or string
Optional
matte medium
round nose pliers
fur, feathers
tin snips
wire cutters
3/4” or larger wood base at least 1/2” thick
colorful interesting string in small quantities
Morgan Brig is a mixed media artist from Vashon Island, WA. She loves to capture emotion in her sculptures using multiple layers of media that bring the subtlety of expression to each character. Her layers include etched metal detail, enamel patinas and found objects that suggest the old and familiar, but ask to be viewed in a new light. She often uses language and occult symbols in her designs to support her belief that there is always guidance to be found from external and internal sources as we go through life. There also is playfulness in her design inspired by her love of old metal and tin toys and her desire to lay humor next to truth or fear in her work.
Kathie Vezzani, who is hosting the workshop, also is an artist who paints, rusts and waxes. She organizes trips for other artists and in a former life was a caterer. She has over three decades of experience organizing trips for foodies and artists.