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T Barny, Healdsburg, CA :
Stone Carving 4 sessions
A native Californian, T Barny has spent his life in a love affair with stone. Abstraction is his fascination and power tools are his forte. T Barny is known for his stone mobius “Celtic Knots” and curvilinear shapes.
He also works in wood, bronze, steel, water and ice. His two hundred, seventy exhibitions and awards span three decades and his sculptures hold prestigious placement in collections internationally.
T Barny will demonstrate rapid roughing out of stone blocks using power tools with diamond
blades, Core drills, diamond chainsaws and splitting techniques. He will demonstrate pneumatic power carving, grinding, sanding and polishing. He will show how to achieve different finishes and textures. T Barny will also demonstrate how to take a mold from a stone sculpture to use for casting bronzes. He will also

Nathen Blackwell, Ventura, CA:
Lecture/Presentation
Nathen will present a public lecture including imagery of the impressive variety of his life’s work, “The Things I have Done”. Nathen has been an accomplished artist during his 85 years of creative living. He has carved for the British Royal Family, the Hearst Castle, the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library and for private homes and other public institutions.
His excellence in artistic design and superb craftsmanship is an inspiration to many. It is our pleasure to welcome Nathen to Camp Ocean Pines for the 4th consecutive year. Saturday, April 25th 3:00 pm

JoAnne Duby, Ventura, CA :
JoAnne will be available during the day to help individuals solve technical problems on a one on one basis. She will give 15 minute demonstrations such as: repairing a break in stone, fill gaps and cracks, use of stains and acids, and what’s new in stone carving. Bring your questions for JoAnne.
JoAnne has been a professional artist for over 30 years. Having excelled in stone and also bronze and ceramics, many sculptors have become better artists because of the knowledge and skills she has demonstrated. She has been a primary instructor
at our symposiums since we started in 2002, and for many of the NWSSA symposiums in WA and OR.

John Fisher, Ft. Bragg, CA:
Stone Sculpting Workshop 4 sessions, 2 Life Drawing Classes
In this class we will discuss the creative process, and figurative direct carving. Over the week, I will demonstrate my process and lead a series of lectures about the importance of abstract principles during early compositional phases, a re-examination of how we use our tools, encouraging
sculptors to draw, and to carve exclusively the profile.
Two evening classes on figure drawing will stress the importance of drawing to sculpture and demonstrate the structure of the body and it’s parts.

Francine Kirsch, Santa Barbara, CA:
In this workshop we will explore the ancestral method of making pinch pots, animals or small sculptures and burnishing them with a polishing stone.
We will also enjoy the exciting experience of firing them in organic material to create a black patina.
Francine Kirsch was born in France and came to Santa Barbara, Ca in 1974 where she started to work with clay. When she moved in the country of Northern California with her family she specialized in burnishing and smoke firing
her sculptures. She continued her artistic endeavors in Japan for five years where she had many exhibitions. Her work is in private collections throughout the world. The recurrent themes in her sculptures are inspired by the soft curves in nature and the human figure. Francine still works in clay and has been carving stone since the 1st C.S. Symposium in Cambria in 2002.

Jean Cherie, San Francisco, CA
Portraits in Clay
For the last five years Jean Cherie has been sculpting from the live human form almost exclusively. From short poses to long poses time is always of the essence...how do you get started? Set your self free to enjoy the creative and fun aspects of modeling the human form in ceramic clay. With a couple of simple “hand-building” techniques you can build a clay armature which will give you a strong and fast beginning to your sculpture so you can focus your time with the model on the model.We will concentrate on capturing the gesture as quickly as possible and add to it as we turn the model. Turning the model is excellent practice for all of us who have trouble working around the whole sculpture.

Bob Gifford, Fresno, CA
Bob is a highly talented metal artist who enjoys sharing his time and skills with others. He will be creating his own metal sculptures during the symposium by welding and torching. In three workshops, he will show how to incorporate metal and stone, how to create forged and hammered forms, and the use of a welder or torch. Bob is a state certified welder and his art is represented by Chris Sorensen Gallery in Fresno.

Terry Casella, Palm Springs, CA
Sculptural Fused Glass Workshop – 2 sessions
Terry Casella will demonstrate the use of various fiber materials to create freeform molds that can be used to fuse and slump glass in one firing. Students will build unique molds of their own design. Using colored glass sheets, frit (ground glass), and glass rods, students will be able to use their molds to create one-ofa-kind artworks in glass. The pieces will be fired and available by the end of the week. Terry has been working with glass for over 4 years. He works in his studios in Palm Springs and Idyllwild, California.
- Material fee for class

Ken Ronney, Reseda, CA
Kenetic Scultpure
Ken is a retired physicist/engineer, long time rockhound, but relative newcomer to the sculpting world. After making a couple of "ordinary" freeform sculptures, he decided to try something a bit different: kinetic stone sculpture---stone sculpture that moves. This combines stone sculpture with many aspects of mechanical engineering and the dynamics of motion
Motion is imparted by using an electric motor to drive one major stone element, which in turn causes multiple other stone elements to move in synchrony. Concepts to be discussed will be: prototyping, material characteristics, balance and center of gravity, shafts and bearings, gear reductions to effect speed of motion, selection of motor and drive elements, sources for mechanical parts, and selected fabrication techniques.