IN MOTION: BIRDS, RABBITS AND FROGS WITH MORGAN BRIG

September 11-14, 2025, Port Orchard, WA

Oh boy. Morgan Brig is back with another exciting workshop. This time, birds, rabbits and frogs (or mythical creatures) will be in motion.

If you follow Morgan on Facebook or on Instagram, you will have noticed that many of her latest creations include skeletal action legs or arms. We are thrilled that she will be incorporating this into a new class.

Join us in the Bellissima Art Studio for another fabulous Morgan Brig workshop.

Class Schedule

Day 1 - Thursday Sept. 11

We will meet in the studio at 9:30 a.m. for introductions and class overview with samples. Morgan will demonstrate constructing with Apoxie Sculpt, painting and dry brush. Lunch will be provided and class will end at 4:30 p.m.

Day 2 - Friday Sept. 12

There will be a lot of demonstrations today so make sure that you arrive at 9:30 a.m.. You will learn safety rules using a torch, how to anneal, fit metal pieces to clay bodies and how to make ears, wings, and cones. And that’s just before lunch! Afterward, Morgan will teach pipe cutting and how to make legs with body connections and how to add bird legs to a base. Class will be over at 4:30 p.m.

Day 3 - Saturday Sept. 13

Today it’s all about making charms, jump rings, and wire hangers. Class again starts at 9:30, we will break for lunch at 12:30 and dinner will be served after class ends today at 4:30ish.

Day 4 - Sunday Sept. 14

We will continue working this morning (9:30) to finish up our creations. Lunch will be served around 1:00, then we will finish up any last minute details before cleaning up and having our Show “N Tell where you will share your work. Class will be over at 4:30.

This Art Escape includes

• Four days instruction by Morgan

• Four lunches, one dinner

• Some Art Supplies

• Private Facebook Page

• New art tribe

The cost of this workshop is $950. A non-refundable $500 deposit is due upon registering. The remaining $400 is due April 15, 2025.

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

• wood bases

Artist Supply List

• Aves Apoxie Sculpt, white, size 4 lbs.

• Clay tools

• Box or at least 20 Phillips flat head wood screws #4, 1/2”

• Foil - 75 ft

• Roll of masking tape

• Small tube of Raw Umber acrylic paint

• 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 (beak, rabbit ears) or decoration. Leather bit, coins, dice for instance.

• Scotch tape

• Beads, charms, stringing wire or string

• small pieces of fabric for decorating

Optional

• plain jute twine

• small glass eyes

• round nose pliers

• fur, feathers

• tin snips

• wire cutters

• colorful interesting string - small quantities

• waxed string for wrapping legs, wing wires, etc.

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.