Wire Sculpture
Adult | Unavailable
Delve into the world of random weave with this one day intensive workshop and learn to negotiate with steel wire, a stubborn material that holds the history of being tightly coiled. Students will learn the process of random weaving and apply this toward creating small scale sculptures. Create multiple pieces or work modularly and watch your work grow throughout the workshop.
Everyone will begin with the same technique, but leave with something unique. No experience necessary.
Students will use 18 gauge and 21 gauge annealed steel wire with pliers, files and hammers to make small sculptures. Each student will have the opportunity to create one finished piece or focus more on material experimentation. Instruction will be provided on how to create a small bowl, a basket with a handle or a closed form through the use of a slow, repetitive hand weaving process. Students also have the freedom to develop self-guided projects with the assistance of the instructor. No experience required, only an open mind to a unique medium that lies somewhere in between sculpture and textiles.
There is a $4 registration fee included in tuition.
Members will have the $4 deducted from tuition.
There is a $24.00 materials fee included in tuition.
This class is held in the Jewelry Studio which is beneath the Gallery.
There will be a set of steps to walk down.
Please note that classes at Brookfield Craft Center must meet a minimum number of 2 registrations for the class to run. Students will be notified within a week's notice whether their class will be held. If the class is canceled due to low enrollment, students may request to be transferred to another class or be refunded in full.
Becca Barolli
Becca Barolli was born in 1988 and raised in North Granby, Connecticut. She received a BFA in photography from the University of Connecticut in 2010 and an MFA from the San
Francisco Art Institute in 2016. As a graduate student she received a Cadogan scholarship from The San Francisco Foundation and SOMArts Cultural Center in 2015 and a year later was awarded the Ella King Torrey Award at graduation for creative innovation in her studio practice. Becca currently lives and works in Bethlehem, Connecticut. She has completed a residency at
The Studios at Mass MoCA in North Adams, MA and was the 2019 Senior Fellow at Gallery
Route One in Point Reyes Station, CA. She has exhibited work at the de Young Museum,
Andrea Schwartz Gallery and Chandran Gallery in San Francisco, CA, Miranda Kuo Gallery in New York, NY and Last Projects in Los Angeles, CA. Her work is collected internationally.