Brent Sumner
1307 Oruru Rd
Far North RD2 Kaitaia
New Zealand
ph: NZ 09 4085723
fax: USA 408 3164395
sculptur
Work Shop Dates for Brent Sumner
New Zealand 2010
January 10th-17th 7day sculpture workshop at Ucol Whanganui, Contact http://www.ucol.ac.nz
February 5 day Architectural sculpting workshop on Moturora Island, studio building, Contact brent at sculptureparty@yahoo.com
February 12th-14th. 2 day Garden sculpture workshop at Origin Art Center Kerikeri. Contact brent sculptureparty@yahoo.com
March 5th, 6th and 7th. 3 day garden sculpture workshop at the Quarry Arts Center Whangarei. Contact Kristin, admin@quarryarts.org
March 13th and 14th Kobi Beck will be teaching a 2 day sculpture workshop in West Auckland, contact www.westaucklandcomed.co.nz
California Summer 2010
April 9th-11th Garden Sculpture Workshop at The Institute of Mosaic Art Oakland, Contact celeste@instituteofmosaicart.com
April 16th-18th 3 day Architectural Sculpting Workshop at Dandelion Farms, Lake County. Contact Candice info@dandelionfarm.or. See www.dandelionfarm.org for more info.
May 8th-9th Wood Fired Oven building workshop at The Institute of Mosaic Art Oakland, Contact celeste@instituteofmosaicart.com
May 22nd and 23rd, 2day sculpture workshop in Petaluma. contact Brent; sculptureparty@yahoo.com
June 11th-13th Garden Sculpture Workshop at The Institute of Mosaic Art Oakland, Contact celeste@instituteofmosaicart.com
July 25th-30 Garden Sculpture workshop at Esalen. Contact: 831 667 3005. info@esalen.org
Info about the Institute of Mosaic Art; visit.
We will be working outside but in the shade so make sure you have some work clothes, sunhats etc, just in case of weather changes! Morning and afternoon tea will be supplied but you will need to bring your own lunch.
Come with an idea or two, of what you want to create over the weekend, so Brent can give you suggestions, of how to put your sculpture together.
The workshop covers building a sculpture, starting from scratch by making a wire netting armature, or a recycled form, such as an old metal frame chairs, furniture or buckets. You will each create a sculpture to take home. There are endless possibilities of what you can make. To sculpt the final shape a plaster compound called Darjit! will be used. This is a plaster compound a bit like clay in texture but will stick almost to anything. It is a recycled plaster product-environmentally friendly, lightweight when dry and fantastic for large-scale work. The workshop starts with modeling small forms with darjit, to get the feel of it.
The Material takes about 4 days to dry completely. If you have to take your sculpture with you on the last day, bring a piece of plywood or similar, about 3ft square, to build your sculpture on so you can handle it when it is soft and heavier.
For more info on Darjit and photos of what people make at the workshops visit www.sculptureparty.com
To Bring List
1 Lunch
2 Gloves-Gardening gloves, tight fitting with a very smooth surface are best( atlas nitrol tough), or latex ones and leather for handleing mesh
3 Wire cutters, pliers, clay working tools
4 Old blanket, tarp,or piece of plywood to take your sculpture home, larger pieces can be left for a few days to fully cure and dry before moving
5 Warm clothing-sunscreen-hats
6 Marbles, mosaic pieces, stones, shells, metals, trinkets:
mixed media if you want to incorporate these into your sculpture.
7 Recycled form if required.

5 day architectural sculpting workshops cover:
The project we will be learning on is the entrance gateway, and water feature/ fountain built into a privacy wall
There are examples for these types of walls on the www.scupltureparty.com website on the Darjit page, and the steel gates page









Brent Sumner
1307 Oruru Rd
Far North RD2 Kaitaia
New Zealand
ph: NZ 09 4085723
fax: USA 408 3164395
sculptur