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SUMMARY:Pyrography Workshop with Artists Melissa Engler and Graeme Priddle
DESCRIPTION:Pyrography Workshop with Artists Melissa Engler and Graeme Priddle | Sun. Sept 7\, 2025 | 4:30 – 7:30 pm ET | NextFab 1800 N American Street\, Philadelphia 19122 | In-person\nGeneral Ticket – $275 (pyrography kit included)\nMembers Ticket – $250 (pyrography kit included) \nJoin us for a hands-on evening exploring the art of pyrography—creating stunning patterns\, textures\, and images by burning designs into wood. Renowned artists Melissa Engler and Graeme Priddle will guide you through using your own pyrography kit\, and even teach you how to craft custom tips for unique effects. \nThis is a rare opportunity to learn from two of the finest artists in the wood community. Whether you’re a beginner or an experienced maker\, you’ll leave inspired and ready to create. Space is limited. Reserve your space today. \n \nMelissa Engler is a wood-sculptor based in Asheville NC. She received an Associates degree in studio furniture at Haywood Community College and a BA in Sculpture from UNC-Asheville. She is influenced by both her practical and artistic training to create pieces that honor the craft of woodworking while incorporating color\, texture and pattern. Her work tells stories of our complex relationship with the natural world\, focusing on themes of reverence and responsibility. She teaches nationally and internationally with her partner and fellow wood sculptor Graeme Priddle. \nStudio Artist; teaching: Center for Furniture Craftsmanship (ME)\, Penland School (NC)\, Appalachian Center for Craft (TN) John C Campbell Folk School (NC); publications: American Craft\, Carolina Home+Garden\, Woodwork Magazine; group exhibitions/ collections: Museum for Art in Wood (PA)\, Messler Gallery (ME)\, Moss Arts Center (VA) Michener Museum (PA); representation: Penland Gallery (NC)\, The Gallery at Flat Rock (NC)\, Green Hill Center (NC) Grovewood Gallery (NC)\, Museum for Art in Wood (PA) \nGraeme Priddle has 26 years experience in the woodworking field\, best known for his sculptural turnings/carvings reflecting his life and environments in Northland\, New Zealand. He has won numerous awards for his work\, which has been exhibited widely in New Zealand\, UK\, Japan\, Taiwan\, France\, Germany\, U.S.A and Canada. He is very active in the wood turning world and commits his time and talent to many creative endeavours. He has served on the committee of the New Zealand National Association of Woodturners for five years as well as being instrumental in establishing the New Zealand ‘CollaboratioNZ’ Conferences in 1998. Graeme has demonstrated and taught for numerous woodworking and woodturning groups and at many woodworking events throughout the world. \nAbout NextFab\nNextFab is a membership-based makerspace that provides access to tools\, technology\, education\, events\, and services for makers and creatives. They offer a variety of education and startup programs\, as well as professional design\, production\, and placemaking services for whatever your fabrication needs. \nQuestions? Please contact Katie Sorenson\, Director of Outreach and Communications at katie@museumforartinwood.org.
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LOCATION:NextFab\, 1800 N. American St\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19122\, United States
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SUMMARY:Gallery Talk with Winter Residency Fellow Lin Elkins
DESCRIPTION:Gallery Talk with Winter Residency Fellow Lin Elkins | NextFab\, 1800 North American Street | Fri. March 13\, 2025 | 6:30 pm EST | In-person event\nClick HERE to RSVP \nJoin us for a gallery talk with the 2026 Winter Residency Fellow Lin Elkins. The residency is designed for artists in Greater Philadelphia who work in the medium of wood and is a collaboration between the Museum for Art in Wood and NextFab. An exhibition of the work created over the two-month-long program will be presented at NextFab. \nABOUT LIN ELKINS \nLin is an artist\, furniture maker\, and craftswoman based in Philadelphia\, PA. Lin holds a BS in Furniture Design from Appalachian State University. Post graduate\, Lin has been a Fellow at UNC Asheville\, a craft education intern at North House Folk School\, the Staff Fellow and Media Coordinator at the Center for Furniture Craftsmanship. She also has assisted and led education courses at a variety of institutions\, including Penland School of Craft and Haystack Mountain School of Crafts. \nShe is driven by the dichotomy between the natural and the built environment and how that tension affects the spiritual and physical connection we have to ourselves and the world around us. She explores this through purposeful functionality\, playfulness\, and art\, creating opportunities for moments of comfort\, wonder\, and curiosity. \nABOUT NEXTFAB \n\nNextFab is a network of membership-based makerspaces that provide access to tools\, technology\, education\, events\, and services for makers and creatives. They offer a variety of education and startup programs\, as well as professional design\, production\, and placemaking services for whatever your fabrication needs. \nABOUT THE MUSEUM FOR ART IN WOOD \nThe Museum for Art in Wood is a museum of contemporary art\, craft\, and design in the material of wood. The Museum presents the work of emerging and established artists from the United States and abroad and offers thought-provoking exhibitions\, a permanent collection of over 1\,300 objects and works of art\, publications and documentation\, events and workshops\, and a library with over 26\,000 artist files\, books\, and documents that span the history of craft. The Museum also brings artists and researchers from around the world to Philadelphia every year to attend its unique Windgate Artist Residency Program. \nIf you have questions\, please contact Katie Sorenson\, Director of Outreach and Communications at katie@museumforartinwood.org.
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