In the jewelry studio, Ruthie Cohen and David Alberts will teach Creating Jewelry without a Torch. In this workshop, students will make a Byzantine chain bracelet and earrings with mixed metals. In addition, they will create a pendant, earrings or a pin with textured metals, screen and beads. Students can bring their own treasures to combine with the workshop materials to create their own heirloom works of art. The workshop will be held Saturday, April 28, 9 a.m. – 4 p.m., and Sunday, April 29, 1-4 p.m.
On Saturday from 9 a.m. – 5 p.m., Jerry Pospisil will offer a “Kaleidoscope – Fantasy World of Color” workshop. Pospisil will teach students how to make a stained glass kaleidoscope incorporating a handmade marble. Some experience with glass foiling and soldering is recommended.
For those with a hankering for fiber, there are two workshops.
In the two-day It’s All in the Bag Workshop, students will design and make their own felt bag, purse or carry-all. They will create their own designs, adding pockets, flaps and straps as desired. The bags can be used to go out, haul towels to the beach or for everyday stuff. The workshop will be taught by Vasanto Saturday, 9 a.m. – 5 p.m., and Sunday, noon – 5 p.m..
In the second fiber workshop, students will learn hot wax resist methods and the mysteries of dyeing in Christine Mariotti’s Batik on Silk Workshop on Saturday, April 28, 9 a.m. – 5 p.m. Students will make two samples and one large piece using silk and silk dyes. The goal is to learn how to use different wax mixtures to create textural effects, color layering and wax removal methods.
A pizza lunch will be provided to all workshop attendees and instructors. On Saturday evening, Tryon Arts and Crafts members and the general public are invited to attend a dinner event catered by 12 Bones Smokehouse Restaurant from 6 – 7:30 p.m. Dinner tickets must be ordered before 3 p.m. on Tuesday, April 24. During dinner there will be pottery and raku firing demonstrations.
Advance registration for all workshops and the Saturday evening dinner is required.  For more information about instructors and workshops, including tuition and supply costs, call 828-859-8323 or email tryonartsandcrafts@windstream.net.
More details and examples of projects are available on the Tryon Arts and Crafts School website, www.TryonArtsandCrafts.org.
– article submitted by Julia McIntyre