Since 1979, Ron has been developing and teaching innovative programs in the curricular areas of Design Studies, Fabrication Studies and more recently 3-D Art and Design. His Education programs have been Facility based - what you can do in your existing facility, with problem solving as a focus; moving from ideation through process to completion and critique.
Ron offers work shops in:
- Maximizing your Facility in relation to your skill sets.
- Project Development.
- Process skills including: Lost Wax and Sand Casting, Glass Slumping and Fusing, Hand built ceramics and tool making for ceramics.
- Collaborating with Technical Programs for large sculpture projects.
Ron is a member of the Alberta Printmakers' Society, Visual Arts Alberta Association, Alberta Craft Council, art!Bowmont (an artists' collective), Sculptors' Association of Alberta and CARFAC.
TO CONTACT RON, use email: robsand1@telus.net
Over the past few years, Ron has worked with some local Calgary artists that include Nikki Gour who works in mixed media and sculpture and Marie-Helene Bilodeau who is a photographer and graphic designer.
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