METAL QUILTS - AMISH MODERN WITH ARUNAS OSLAPAS
July 21-23, Port Orchard, WA
To all our fellow metal lovers, this workshop is for you! Join Bellingham artist Arunas Oslapas of Red Rivet Studios for a weekend of creating metal quilts.
When not schlepping his artwork around the country at various art festivals, Arunas is a Professor of Industrial Design at Western Washington University in Bellingham, WA.
We are big fans of his work and have been waiting for the opportunity to have him teach a Bellissima Art Escape.
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“PHILOSOPHY
Create daily.
Never settle; compromise weakens the spirit.
Balance technology and the primitive.
Invest absolute faith.
Fear not.
Embrace the chaos.
Be teachable.
Overbuild.
Craftsmanship, craftsmanship, craftsmanship.
Relish the challenge.
Taste life.
Find the magic.
Nurture your spirit.
Daydream often.
Persist eternally.
Ultimately, it’s all about people.”
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In this workshop you will learn how to cut, paint, distress, and rivet metal to a cradled board. The pieced metal panels can be embellished with found objects, ephemera, and transferred images or text onto metal.
Surveyor Bird
Itinerary
Day One, Friday July 21. We will meet in the studio at 9:30 for introductions and to go over the workshop schedule. Lunch and dinner will be provided.
Day Two, Saturday July 22, It’s a whole day in the studio working on cutting and assembling our metal strips. Arunas will also address how to patina our metal strips. Lunch and dinner will be provided.
Day Three, Sunday July 23, We will meet in the studio at 9:30 a.m. to finish up our pieces. We will stop for lunch, then finish any last minutes details before we clean up and have our Show ‘N Tell. Class will be over at 3:30 p.m.
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COVID
You must be vaccinated in order to attend this workshop and you will need to take a rapid test at least two days prior to the workshop. Your card and negative test will need to be shown to Bellissima Art Escapes in order to join the workshop. Thank you for your cooperation and for considering your fellow artists.
This Escape Includes
three days instruction
assorted metal scrap pieces
banding
spray paints
paint pens
rivets
three lunches, two dinners
new art tribe
This workshop will be held at Bellissima Art Escapes studio in Port Orchard, WA.
The price for this workshop is $800
A $400 non refundable deposit is due at registration with the remaining $400 due May 21.
The workshop is limited to 12
STUDENT SUPPLY LIST
Two 12’x12” x 1-5/8” cradled birch panels
organic vapor respirator
safety glasses
gloves (knit garden gloves with vinyl coated palms
Below are some of the beautiful baskets that Arunas creates.
Log Cabin
Arunas has taught Industrial Design at Western Washington University since 1991 torturing his loyal students with solving the world’s problems. In order to maintain his academic sanity he weaves metal baskets and metal quilts and schleps his art to festivals throughout the west. When things get too rainy they pack up the family and head south of the border to dry out. Educationally, he got a few degrees from Montana State University and the University of Illinois. Prior to teaching, Arunas worked for Haworth designing office furniture, a Chicago architectural firm, and has consulted on many products from carbon fiber snowshoes to hog feeders.
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 30 years of experience organizing trips for foodies and artists.
