WHEELING AND SITTING CREATURES WITH MORGAN BRIG
September 26-29, 2024
Port Orchard, WA
Back by popular demand is another whimsical workshop with Morgan Brig. We just can’t get enough of her amazing creatures.
Conjuring Mischief
Itinerary
Day 1, Thursday, September 26
We will meet in the studio at 9:30 am for introductions and Morgan will provide a class overview with samples. She will also demonstrate foil, masking tape, and Apoxie Sculpt.
We will break for lunch which will be provided around 1:00. Afterward, we will continue working on our sculptures. At the end of the day, Morgan will demonstrate painting and dry brush. Class is over at 4:30. Dinner is on your own this evening.
Homebound
Day 2 - Friday, September 27
Meet in the studio at 9:30 am when Morgan will demonstrate torching, annealing, and fitting metal pieces to clay bodies, brazing ears, wings, antlers, and cones. Safety will be discussed.
We will break for lunch at 1:00 and then afterward, Morgan will demonstrate how to cut pipe, and make legs/arms. Class is over at 4:30. Dinner is on your own this evening.
Her Majesty
Day 3 - Saturday, September 28
We begin at 9:30 am with demos on scraffito, fabric eyes, attaching parts to figures and attaching wheels.
Lunch will be at 1:00 and afterward, Morgan will demonstrate how to make charms, jump rings and wire hangers.
Dinner will be provided this evening.
Tiger in the Creative Tank
Day 4 - Sunday September 29
We start at 9:30 am as we continue working and refining our sculptures. Lunch will be at 1:00, then you will make any last minute changes to your pieces. At 3:00, we will clean up and have our Show “N tell. Class is over at 4:00.
LoveBug
Murky Man
This workshop is full. A waitlist has been started.
This Art Escape includes
Four days instruction from Morgan
A beautiful studio to create in
4 lunches, 1 dinner
Some supplies
New art tribe
The cost for this Escape is $950. A $500 nonrefundable deposit is due upon registering. The remaining $450 dollars is due May 14, 2024. Once registered, you will be sent information for payment.
Princess
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
elmers glue
epoxy glue
nitrile gloves
Student Supply List
Aves Apoxie Sculpt, white, size 4 lbs.
Clay tools
Box or at least 20 Phillips flat head wood screws #4, 1/2”
Small Phillips screwdriver
Rag
Scissors
Small and medium paint brushes
Several sheets of copy paper for pattern cutting
Pencil
Exacto knife with extra blades
Blue or black extra fine point Sharpie pen
Needle nose pliers
Found objects: anything you love to be used as a body part or for decoration. Morgan likes wood forms (old wood net floats), large fishing flashes, dice, etc.
Small ruler
Scotch tape
Beads, charms, stringing wire or string
Optional
4 toy wheels, approximately 2 3/8” diameter
vintage casters
plain jute twine
glass eyes
round nose pliers
fur, feathers
tin snips
wire cutters
colorful interesting string - small quantities
Threaded rod with nuts
Bellissima Art Studio
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.
