Full 2009 Schedule Registration information

Penwork One-Day Workshop, with Mary Emery Lacoursiere
Monday, August 17: 9 A.M.–1 P.M.
Member $125; Nonmember $175

Penwork was a popular art form from the late 1700s and developed in response to expensive etched ivory being imported from India. Decoration is applied with pen and ink to boxes, frames, tea caddies, and small furniture. Students will use motifs from the NHA scrimshaw collections as inspiration for decorating a small box. All the steps of this delicate historical art form, from preparation of the surface to final finishing, will be taught in this One Day Workshop.

All materials provided. Maximum class size: 10

MARY EMERY LACOURSIERE graduated from Pratt Institute with an MFA in printmaking and painting. She had a studio in New York City for fifteen years, specializing in hand-painted sisal rugs, murals, and restoring historical painting. A member of the Historical Society of Early American Decoration since 1978, Mary has been a contributing artist for Lifetime Television and Hearst Entertainment and currently owns and operates Emery Design here on Nantucket.