Grow your skills with Hempel Studios

General Information
Location: All classes are now being held at Frederick Community College in Frederick, Maryland.
Finishing and Casting: You will be able to take your clay sculpture home, but we will not have the time or resources for mold making and casting. If you are interested in casting, I can connect you with mold-makers, though I prefer to think of classes & workshops as being more about the process than the finished product. I encourage all of my students to recycle the clay and create another sculpture. And another. And another. Learn more about the kind of clay we use here.
2024 Class Information
Mondays & Wednesdays from 3:00-5:00pm, begins January 22nd
In these classes we will focus on sculpting the figure from life using oil-based clay over an armature.
ARTT 210 - Sculpture (3 credits)
Introduces students to a variety of sculptural practices. A number of methods for producing sculpture will be explored including both subtractive and additive processes. Sculpture's long and broad history will provide students with precedents for class projects and will connect student work to the continuum of art history. Students will provide all materials required for completion of projects.
ARTT 220 - Intermediate Sculpture (3 credits)
Prerequisite: ARTT 210
Offers further investigation of material and techniques introduced in Sculpture. Assignments will focus on a limited number of concepts. This provides the students with a framework to begin the process of portfolio development and the opportunity to work in series. Students will provide all materials required for completion of projects.