Event Title:

Organization:

  Visual Arts

  San Francisco

Start Date:

  8/2/2025

End Date:

  8/2/2025

Start Time:

  10:00 AM

End Time:

  4:00 PM

Event Info: 

  August 2, August 9, and August 16 from 10AM - 4PM

Explore materials and woodworking techniques to create your own custom light in this three-week intensive workshop. Through three engaging woodworking demonstrations and an introduction to basic electrical work, you'll gain a hands-on crash course in techniques like steaming wood, carving wood, and texturizing wood. You'll then apply these skills to craft a unique light fixture, leaving the course with a newfound understanding of these woodworking methods and your own finished creation.

Bring to first class: Your preferred method of note-taking. All basic materials provided. Students should wear close-toed shoes, clothing they don't mind getting messy, and have a way to tie back long hair.

Prerequisite: None. Students must be 18+ years or older at the start of the class.

Instructor Bio: Artist and designer Katie Gong joined CCA as the Wornick Distinguished Visiting Professor of Wood Arts for the fall 2022 semester. Trained as a woodworker and painter, she has developed a signature steam-bending practice where she twists and forms wood poles into riveting sculptural pieces. She says, "The story I portray in my work is that it is about a frozen moment in time where something that is rigid can become flexible and then again return to rigid. So my sculptures are really about possibility and transformation."

See more about Katie at her website here: katiegong.com

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Location:

  California College of the Arts - 145 Hooper

Room:

Address:

  145 Hooper St

Phone:

City:

  San Francisco

State/Province:

  CA