Instructor: Johnathan Derry
Monday - Friday
July 29 - Aug 2
9am - 12pm
5 sessions

We live in a material world filled with the objects and detritus of our lives. In this class we will source the abundance of material that surrounds us. Students will explore the social, cultural and personal implications of using found and domestic objects in our work. We will learn how to manipulate found objects using tools and techniques including applied heat, cutting, grinding, bending and crushing. Subsequently, we will integrate these altered elements with a conventional subtractive, crafted through the carving of rigid insulation and Hydrocal Plaster. The multidimensional relationship between form and meaning will be discussed as it takes shape in the pieces we craft.

Johnathan Derry, graduated from Parsons School of Design with a BFA in Sculpture and from the Rhode Island School of Design with a MFA in sculpture, He has participated in numerous national shows including solo shows at the Bromfield Gallery and Boston Sculptors Gallery in Boston. Group shows were at Rapture Proof at 25CPW in New York, Object/Medium at 5 Traverse gallery in Providence RI, and the Provincetown Art Association. Derry was also the recipient of a full Fellowship to the Vermont Studio Center in 2006. His work has been collected by individuals and institutions including Brown University. In addition, he has taught at the Rhode Island School of Design, Wheaton College and, for the last 11 years, as a professor of