MARILYN & JACK da SILVA "Color & Form in Metal"

Notice: Sorry this workshop has filled but please send an email to: Chris Eggers to get on the waiting list. if an opening becomes available you will be notified on a first come first serve basis.

In this two day workshop students will be divided into two groups. Group A will spend the day with Marilyn experimenting with non-traditional color exploration. Group B will spend the first day with jack as he demonstrates anticlastic and synclastic forming for jewelry. On day two, the groups will switch places and spend the day with the other da Silva. Marilyn and Jack have given this workshop across the country. It allows each participant to gain information on both techniques during the two days.

BIOS: Marilyn da Silva is professor and Program Chair of the Jewelry/ Metal Arts Department at California College of the Arts in Oakland where she has been since 1987. Before moving to California, she taught from 1978-87 at Bowling Green State University. She was made a Fellow of the American Craft Council in 2007. Jack da Silva serves as the tenured professor and coordinator for jewelry and Metal Arts and 3D Art programs at Evergreen Valley College, San Jose. He was raised in a family of artisans and entertainers who worked in a variety of media. Jack brings a background as a third generation gravestone maker from a family business of 85 years. Jack's work is represented nationally and internationally in museum and private collections in the USA, the Victoria Albert Museum, London, England, as well as in Portugal and South Korea. He currently has five public art installations on permanent display in Ohio and California.

Skill Level: Intermediate
Workshop Fee: ADC Member $300, Non-Members $325