Sculpting with Foraged Materials (In-person)

Sculpting with Foraged Materials (In-person)

In-Person: Adult | This program has been canceled

10/6/2022-11/17/2022

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225.00 USD

Member Discount Available

Materials Join award-winning ecological artist, Claire Lima, in an exploration of her pioneering art form and incorporate foraged, organic matter into your art making. Each week you will experiment with various techniques in assembling and sculpting with fibers and foraged elements. Demonstrations and conversations on materials, textures, and overall design will help guide you in your creative process. During the final portion of the class, you will have the option to experiment more with techniques you’ve learned or you may work towards completing a sculpture. This class is for anyone looking to experience art making and materials in a new way!

  • COVID Requirements
    ACA instructors and students (age 5+) enrolled in our indoor, in-person classes and workshops are required to submit proof of full vaccination or negative COVID test at least three days in advance of the start of their program by completing our Student Participation Form, where they can upload a photo, scan, or digital record of your COVID vaccination card or record. 

    As an alternative, unvaccinated participants in ACA programs, events, and activities must complete and sign the above form before the beginning of the program for which they are enrolled/attending, agreeing that they will test for COVID-19, utilizing a rapid or PCR test, before each visit to ACA and will only participate in ACA's programs should they test negative. 

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  • A suggested natural materials list (including guidelines of the "honorable harvest" and photos of materials and places to look for them) will be sent out a few weeks prior to the class start date. Students will also need:
  • - Felting needles and a felting cushion
  • - Bits of wool, felt, yarn, fabric and thread
  • -4oz container of white craft glue
  • -A bowl for mixing materials in
  • -A wire cutting tool.
Lima, Claire

(she/her/hers) Claire Millett Lima is a mixed media sculpture artist who was raised in the coastal town of Newport, Oregon. In her sculptures today, she utilizes what is immediately around her and often overlooked, the gathering of and relationship to the territory and each collected element as important as the vision and assemblage. The experience of combining these elements is multi sensory, an earthy scent is released as dried leaves are crushed, twigs are snapped, materials are mixed by hand. The sculpture that emerges is a beautifully distorted map of her contact with the terrain and an examination of the human dimensions of place attachment.