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High Intensity Imagination Training (HIIT)
This was the hardest class I have ever tried. Working with a talented diverse group of creatives we created a four week long workshop meeting every Friday afternoon in February. The class, a playful take on interval training, allowed participants to develop individual strategy plans to enhance their specific creative practices. We covered a lot […]
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Figure Drawing Workshop
Tying your brain to your hand by way of looking and drawing is always the greatest time spent. We had several great sessions teaching figure drawing this spring at The Community Arts Workshop in Santa Barbara. Here are a few photos snapped with the models still clothed.
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Build An Axe Workshop
In collaboration with Steven Soria of Makesmith we created a build an axe workshop. We had eight participants who sharpened a vintage axe head, then shaped the top of a new hickory handle and then hung the axe head. They installed permanent wood and metal wedges in the top to hold the head on the […]
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Obstructed Drawing Workshop
A drawing workshop with the students of Stanford’s Italics program.
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Patrick Melroy Online Portfolio
Online portfolio. 1) Build an Axe Workshop – participants assembled an axe and sheath, then learned to split wood. 2) How We Carry – Fabric and wood wall hangings installed at Elephant Project in Los Angeles. 3) Author’s Hammer – a new hammer half submerged in 126lbs of concrete that the artist then unsuccessfully attempted […]
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Duct Tape Abstractions
Once again the Santa Barbara Museum of Art invited us over to produce an interactive art experience. Along with my very talented teen interns and a couple hundred visiting students from local high schools we were able to pull off this project to celebrate Pasadena to Santa Barbara, in conjunction with Pacific Standard Time. The […]