4-Hour Workshop

Date: Saturday, June 29, 2024

Time: 1pm-5pm

Description: In this workshop, students will learn how to deconstruct and reconstruct the elements from fashion magazines, and then transfer them into wearable fashion jewelry by using fabric and basic metal materials. Students will investigate simple mold making in cut fashion magazines, and also expect to learn hand sewing skills. After finishing the fabric sections, Dongyi will instruct some basic metal techniques, such as sawing, soldering and cold connections. It will help students to build connections with their fabric and human bodies.

Artist Talk: Instructor Dongyi will be part of an Artist Talk along with Regional Artists-in-Residence Teresa Audet and Kathryn Shriver at 10:30am the morning of the workshop. The talk is free to attend but we ask that you register here so we know how many people to expect.

Tuition: $65 + $20 materials fee

Materials: All materials will be provided. If you have any of your own fashion magazines that you would like to bring, please do!

Location: Contemporary Craft (5645 Butler St., Pittsburgh, PA 15201)

Cancellations and Refunds: Workshop cancellations are decided three business days before the start date. If workshops must be cancelled due to insufficient enrollment, the entire class fee will be refunded by check, to your credit card, or Contemporary Craft account for future workshops.

Refund Policy: Student refund requests must be made at least three business days before a class begins. There will be a $25 cancellation fee. No refunds will be given without three-business days notice. Processing of refunds takes approximately three weeks.

If you require accessibility accommodations, please let us know by calling 412.261.7003 and we are happy to assist you.

About the Artist

Dongyi Wu is a contemporary jewelry artist who plays with a wide range of materials, giving them special texture, distinct dactility, and new meaning in the process of her wearable artwork creation. Collecting her ideas from literature books, her own experiences, and researching psychology, Wu lets free imagination and inspiration guide her in desiging wearable objects. Wu received an MFA from Rochester Instutite of Technology in 2018, and a BFA from Beijing Institute of Fashion Technology in 2014. Dongyi’s works have exhibited nationally and internationally, including Preziosa Young 2020 in Italy, and Schmuk 2018 in Munich.