Two artists from the Rocky Neck Gallery will talk about and demonstrate processes they use to create their fine art craft work on Wednesday, September 23 at 7:30 pm at the Rocky Neck Gallery, 53 Rocky Neck Ave., Gloucester.
Jeweler, Mary Healy will talk about working with metal and stone and demonstrate a variety of procedures including: forming with metal and treating it like clay, including synclastic and anticlastic forging and form folding; doming; texturing; patination; and reticulation. She will demonstrate the process for using the Byzantine weave starting with a spool of wire and ending in a finished bracelet. In addition, she will briefly discuss the lapidary process in stone work from beach pebbles to fine gems. She will also discuss the types of tools or machines used for the different processes and talk about safety issues.
Ceramic artist Susan Hershey will talk about creating a piece of wood fired pottery, including selecting the clay, making the pot, and applying the glaze. She will outline the entire process from a lump of clay to a finished piece. Firing a kiln that is powered by heat from fire includes wood selection, wood splitting, loading the kiln, stoking the fire and unloading the kiln. Most often this requires at least two, preferably four people to get the job done.
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