Happy 6th Birthday, Folio!

Here's a spiffy new video teaser to celebrate the first published catalog survey of my artwork.


Keith Lo Bue's Folio Edition documents work from each year of making, from 1989 to 2006, In 24 full-color plates. Lavishly packaged in a sleek matte-black embossed folio case. Measuring 6" x 8.25" (21 x 14.8cm), each plate has a postcard back listing information about the work.


Rounding out the publication is an eight page booklet of notes and anecdotes about the selected pieces, providing a rich perspective on the artist's creative methods and thought processes.


The folio in addition is equally at home on your shelf of art books, for giving as a gift, or for sending individually as large postcards.


On this, the sixth anniversary of the folio's publication, the price has been cut in half from $50 to $24.99. To order:


http://www.lobue-art.com/books_dvds.html


Music in this trailer generously provided by Akira Rabelais: http://www.akirarabelais.com/

STEELING BEAUTY: Chains, Clasps & Forms in Steel Wire - The New Online Workshop from Keith Lo Bue

REGISTRATION DEADLINE: AUGUST 1st!!!


JULY 15 - SEPTEMBER 8, 2012 (Class extended two extra weeks!)

CLICK HERE FOR INFO / TO JOIN

In the search for interesting materials with which to create,
the richest surprises can come from the most unexpected quarters...

Join internationally-known artist and found-object 'stuffsmith' Keith Lo Bue as he takes you joyfully and intensively into the world of steel wire. Whether you're interested in jewelry, sculpture, mixed-media, textiles or any number of other creative pursuits, STEELING BEAUTY will open your mind to the creative potential of this magic stuff.

With some simple tools and layman-ready information and skills, this mundane material comes thrillingly to life. Super-strong, versatile and - best of all - beautiful, this amazing wire can perform like no other material can.

This online workshop digs even deeper into the world of steel wire than any of his physical classes have dared to go! It's also a great value for the price, with almost EIGHT HOURS of educational, entertaining, informational – and inspirational – tuition.

The seven detailed lessons of Steeling Beauty teach you why steel wire is so special; how to forge it; make jump-rings; create decorative chain links; design and make clasps and hanging elements; develop structural forms, cages and settings; and explore creative possibilities.

Filmed in closeup detail in Lo Bue's Sydney studio, you'll feel like you have a benchside seat from the comfort of your own home.

So learn to create beautiful things with steel wire from one of the artists responsible for bringing it to a mainstream audience and making it such a popular alternative to precious metals.

This course runs over a six-week period - July 15 to September 8, 2012. You'll be able to work at your own pace over the generous eight-week period, watching the video lessons as many times as you'd like, while accessing Lo Bue, who will be available daily to answer questions and offer feedback, tips and advice. All this will make your online experience the next best thing to a live tutoring situation.

So jump online and share Keith's passion for steel wire in his newest and most exciting offering yet!

Video Workshop Length: 7 hours 49 minutes
Workshop Cost: $150

To sign up:
http://artfulgatheringfest.ning.com/page/steeling-beauty-with-keith-lo-bue

A Brand-New Online Workshop: TOOLS OF THE TRADE.

Jewelers, sculptors, mixed media makers, creative explorers of all stripe:  I'm thrilled to announce my first online workshop - TOOLS OF THE TRADE: Essential Tools for Artists. This is the online adaptation of my class of the same name which has been getting rave response in the US and Australia for the last eight years. 

How many of us have a tool - a Dremel, a power drill, a jeweler's saw - that sits, practically unused, in a corner, because we don't know how to properly use it?

In this course, which runs over an eight-week period - July 16 to August 27, 2011 - students will watch practical and detailed demonstrations of drilling and shaping metal, wood, plastic, mica, bone, stone, glass, ceramic and shell safely and efficiently. You'll learn in plain and easy-to-follow detail what tool to use for what material.  In addition, the amazing jeweler's saw will also be explored, with easy-to-follow instruction on how to work with it and understand its basics.

I've been filmed in my studio here in Sydney, where you'll feel like you're sitting in a chair at my side as we thoroughly explore the world of the most essential tools for makers of objects. 

This also marks the first opportunity for those outside the US and Australia to take a workshop with me - I've long yearned to get to Europe to teach, but until that opportunity knocks, this will be the chance. 

The event that the workshop takes place within, called ARTFUL GATHERING, is the first 'online convention' of art classes ever presented. Sixteen teachers' classes will take place under the same virtual roof during those six weeks. An exciting idea, and one I'm proud to be involved with.

So whether you're a beginner in creative exploration, or an old hand looking to get some great new insights into your tools, this workshop is packed with great tips, information - and many of my own low-tech variations on traditional methods - that will enhance your own creative path.

The dates again are July 16 to August 27, 2011.

For more information, and to register:

http://artfulgathering.com/

I hope you'll join me!

Keith