During the first year of our Objects lab, we are assigned a technology project in which we can explore new materials and techniques of a craft. For my project, I chose to learn about leaded stained glass.

This January, I participated in an encaustic painting workshop, where I learned about historical materials/techniques and painted my own panel.

In Paintings Lab I, first-year Fellows made an egg tempera panel painting using traditional techniques.

Graduate Fellows had the opportunity to attend a tintype workshop at the Scully and Osterman Studio in Rochester, NY.

In the first semester of Objects, we welcomed special guest, Fran Ritchie, an Objects Conservator at Harpers Ferry, who gave a workshop on natural science materials.

Using the handmade paper made during Paper Lab, first-year Graduate Fellows learned to letterpress at the Western New York Book Arts Center in Buffalo, NY.

As part of our first semester Paper Lab, we practiced producing Western-style handmade paper.