Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts

Posted on August 8, 2014August 8, 2014 by jandove · 1 Comment

Show-and-Tell at Arrowmont

For the past 4 days there has been some intense creative work going on here at Arrowmont. Last night students put out the (mostly-in-process) results for an informal open house. Here is a small sampling.

From the wood turning class Derek Weidman‘s students turned out wonderful creatures. It boggles the mind to try to understand how these were created on a lathe.

The wood turning facilities here are extraordinary.

From the papermaking lab:

From the history of ceramics class:

From the metal working studio:

And our favorite place of all:

printroom — Adam Neese demonstrates for guests

Jan Dove covers stray red inkspots with "sutures" — Jan Dove covers stray red inkspots with “sutures”

We walked home to the light of a ghost moon. (Some stayed and imbibed a bit of the other moonshine.)

Posted on July 25, 2014 by jandove · 3 Comments

Magic Carpet

Oola and I are packing for our road trip to Tennessee and the Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts. Oola has dragged out the old magic carpet and is practicing. Mom’s Memorial Prius has been lubed, aired, oiled, vacuumed, and is being packed. When you think of it in the historical perspective the Prius really is something that would have been seen as magic transport.

But now, it is very dirty and not about to be washed soon. The drought in California is much worse than anyone thought — even groundwater is showing the strain. Right now, it is very anti-social indeed just to wash the car.

We don’t know what we will see but will keep you apprised of the Sierras, the desert, the Platte River, the meeting of the Missippi and the Ohio maybe, the Museum of American Art in Chattanooga, the Smokey Mountains, and other wonders as we encounter them all abounding . And of course, Arrowmont itself and my teacher, Daniel Mayer. I’m taking his week-long workshop “Low Tech/High Octane: Printmaking for Artists Books.” No computers!

We will post whenever wi-fi is available.

Posted on June 26, 2014June 26, 2014 by jandove

Road Trip to Tennessee

Oola dons her party dress once again as we plan a road trip to Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts in Gatlinberg, TN.

Oola in her new prom dress — Oola in her prom dress

I’ve warned her that it might get a bit sticky/scratchy inside that bit of polyester and nylon fluff. But she won’t hear it.

I am taking a workshop called Low-tech/High-octane: Printmaking for Artist’s Books taught by Daniel Mayer whose work I have admired from a distance. Check out his “Book Arts Jargonator”, a movable text volvelle! I think early August will be a great week for making books.

We’re leaving here at the end of summer semester and traveling generally on the I-80 — I-70 path. If anyone has any suggestions of interesting places to see along the way, we would be glad to hear of them. Please send recommendations in the reply/comments box/link at the bottom of this page.