Sculpture
August 18 & 19  6:00PM - 9:30PM
902 1st Ave S Seattle WA 98134

This workshop on sculpting with Milestone Hybridized Cement is organized through the Pratt Fine Arts Center. Please see their website at www.pratt.org for sign up information.

Note!
Our workshops for Floors, Countertops, Fireplaces and Showers focus on the preparation of the substrate, the formation of underlying layers and the shaping of forms as required by the project. If you have no previous experience working with Milestone we strongly encourage you to also take a class on Finishes since they are not really addressed in the other workshops. For that reason we have scheduled every second workshop to be on Finishes. That way, if you want to build a countertop you will have the choice of taking a class on Finishes either right before or after the Countertop Workshop.

Important Information and Price
These will be intense workshops so be ready. Bring old clothes, gloves, and any favorite plastering tools or safety equipment you would like to use. All materials and tools necessary will be provided. We will NOT have a minimum class size on any of the workshops, and there will be NO class cancellations due to low enrollment. We hope this will help make it easier for you to plan ahead. A two-day workshop will cost $300.00. The maximum number of people in any workshop will be 20. We currently have DVD's on Counter Tops, Floors and Fireplace Surrounds available. Your choice of one of those will be included in the price of the class. Please let us know which one you'd like to have in advance.

How to Register
A deposit of $150.00 (half down) will be required per person to register. E-mail, call in your credit card information or send a check. Make checks payable to Artisan Finishes and send to: Artisan Finishes 902--1st Ave S. Seattle, WA 98134. Please let us know which workshop you are interested in attending. Call for information about group rates or discounted prices to attend more than one workshop. All workshops will be held at: Artisan Finishes (Note: Formally known as Artists’ Gallery of Seattle.) 902 1st Ave S Seattle WA 98134 (One block north of SAFECO field) Office Hours: Mon.-Fri. 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM, Sat. 10:00 AM-3:00 PM   > Contact

Instructor's Biography
Donald R. Latimer is the president of Artisan Finishes. He has been working in the plastering field since the early seventies when he worked with a plastering crew that did 'Ferro-Cement' boats. Don also worked on swimming pools and a variety of concrete projects. Over the last eight years, he focused on working with Milestone and developing techniques and processes for doing a variety of applications:
*Decorative Walls *Patios *Furniture *Stairs *Decks *Fireplace Surrounds *Concrete Coatings *Art *Showers *Concrete Stains *Floors *Roofs *Fountains *Countertops *Exterior Siding *Sculpture ...

Don Latimer successfully completed hundreds of jobs both residential and commercial and regularly coaches people through projects around the country. He was involved with Don Miles in putting on workshops at Artists’ Gallery of Seattle and regularly teaches workshops in sculptural art at Pratt Fine Art Center, a local Seattle art school.

Finishes Workshop Description
This workshop will be very beneficial to you regardless of what your next project may be. You will be working with several finishes that can be systematically applied on any surface, in a variety of textures and movement patterns with our integral color system. A new addition to our workshops will be the application of the Milestone onto vertical surfaces. In the course of this workshop you will gain hands-on experience in the application of 3 different finishes as well as 3 different combinations of sealers needed to sufficiently protect surfaces exposed to moisture, food stains and heavy usage.

Countertops Workshop Description
This workshop will give you ideas about how to use Milestone on your own counter top project. Each student will be given a mock counter top to build from the plywood substrate up to being prepared for the final finish using our metal lath method. We will also show you how to go over existing counter top surfaces such as Formica and tile. All samples created in class can be taken home.