MARCH 8, 2018 // 21
Draw your fine feathered
friends at Seaside library
SEASIDE — Do you like
birds? Do you like to
draw? Sign up for our
“Mini Bird Drawing
Class” with local artist
and illustrator Dorota
Haber-Lehigh!
The workshop will
take place 1 p.m. Sat-
urday, March 17, and is
sponsored by The Friends
of the Seaside Library.
You must sign up for this
class and can do so at the
circulation desk or by
phone. All levels of artis-
tic ability are welcome.
Participants will cre-
ate a whimsical mini bird
portrait using colored
pencils on walnut ink
paper. They will begin
with a foundation sketch,
then learn how to trans-
fer their drawing and
layer gentle colors using
colored pencils. Loose
texture application and
color blending will also
be a focus.
With step-by-step
guidance you will create
a beautiful bird portrait.
There will be the option
to use watercolor or
gouache as a foundation
for your bird, so bring
a set of watercolors or
gouache if you already
have one. All other ma-
terials will be provided,
including watercolor pen-
cils and gouache. Bring
a reference photo or two
of the bird you intend to
draw.
Dorota Haber-Lehigh
received a bachelor of
arts degree from Pacific
University with a focus
on printmaking and art
history. She designed,
illustrated and published
a children’s book, “ABC
of Native Plants of the
Coastal Pacific North-
west,” and is currently
working on books about
native berries and wild-
flowers of the Pacific
Northwest. She is a mem-
ber of the Oregon Botan-
ical Artists and Native
Plant Society of Oregon.
The Seaside Public
Library is located at 1131
Broadway St. For more
information, call 503-
738-6742, or visit us at
seasidelibrary.org.
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A drawing of an owl by local artist Dorota Haber-Lehigh
Sharon Amber teaches ancient
jewelry-making technique
CANNON BEACH — Re-
nowned jewelry artist
Sharon Amber presents an
intimate, hands-on, three-
day repoussé and chasing
workshop in Cannon Beach.
Over the course of
three afternoons — 1 to 4
p.m. Tuesday, March 20,
to Thursday, March 22 —
students will design and
create their own piece of
handmade, one-of-a-kind
copper jewelry. No experi-
ence is necessary.
“If I can teach fifth
graders to do it,” Amber
said, “I can teach anyone.”
Repoussé and chasing
are ancient forms of met-
alworking developed some
5,000 years ago.
Designs will be devel-
oped, transferred to the
copper, traced, hammered
and cut out. As the low-re-
lief process is tapped out
in a bowl lined with tree
pitch (which cushions the
blow), works of repoussé
and chasing exhibit more
three-dimensional qualities.
While Amber will assist
with design-making and
provide examples, she sug-
gests that students consid-
er what they might like to
put on their copper canvas
in advance.
“I want everyone to
bring some designs in
mind,” Amber said. “But
I will also bring some art
nouveau designs in books.
Celtic knots, faces, flow-
ers and art nouveau lend
themselves to this tech-
nique very well.”
Amber began her jew-
elry career working in re-
poussé and chasing, partly
because of the low barrier
to entry. “You just need a
few hand tools,” Amber
said. “It’s very mobile.”
Students will gain all the
necessary skills to continue
working on their own. The
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Repoussé and chasing pieces created by Cannon Beach jewel-
ry artist Sharon Amber
cost of equipment — most-
ly a set of hand chisels —
is also relatively modest.
Other forms of jewelry
making, such as wax cast-
ing, require more intense
equipment, such as a kiln.
“Wax casting would
be a much bigger invest-
ment,” Amber said. “It’s
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harder to do at home on
an amateur budget. But
repoussé and chasing is
really accessible, and
the results are absolutely
beautiful.”
It’s a very meditative
art, and “you end up watch-
ing this piece of jewelry
just appear before your
eyes,” Amber added. “It’s
really cool.”
The workshop costs
$200. All materials are
included. Class size is
extremely limited, and an
RSVP is required.
To register, contact the
Tolovana Arts Colony at
tolovanaartscolony@gmail.
com or call 541-215-4445.
Classes will be held at
Tolovana Hall (3779 S.
Hemlock St.).
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Volunteers