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Wire-Working with Visiting Artist Julia Harrison
7-Hour Workshop
Date: Saturday, June 13th, 2026
Time: 10am-5pm
Description: In this intensive workshop, we’ll explore using wire for both practical purposes and creative expression. We’ll cover fundamentals like measurements, straightening, and hardening, as well as strategies for success with tools like pliers, cutters, hammers, and the rolling mill. Demos will introduce a wide variety of forms and techniques, including brooches, rings, findings, cold connections, textured and patterned sheet, and wire-based sculptural forms. Students will work in brass to make a length of soldered chain and a range of technical samples. Suitable for beginning and intermediate students.
Tuition: $105 + $30 materials fee
Materials: All materials will be provided
Location: Contemporary Craft – Raphael Building (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 through Eventbrite, or you may leave your workshop fee in your 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
Julia Harrison is a North Carolina-based artist and educator specializing in carving at a variety of scales in any material that will sit still (including wood, wax, bark, cork, gravel, glass, amber, and coal). Julia was a 2020-24 Resident Artist at the Penland School of Craft and a 2024 Maker-Creator Fellow at the Winterthur Museum, and a current National Artist-in-Residence. As an instructor, Julia’s goal is to make carving an accessible and flexible part of her students’ creative practice.
