Elissa Menefield

Background

About Elissa Menefield

PRINTMAKING: Emboss, linoleum cut, collagraph, woodcut, monotype, screen print, etching, lithography, press beds, acrylic and oil based inks, photo emulsion techniques. PHOTOGRAPHY: Nikon Digital 35 mm SLR, Canon Digital 35 mm SLR, Manual Olympus 35 mm SLR, Mac operating systems, Adobe Photoshop, Scanning and Printing processes, Portrait, Landscape, Commercial, Conceptual, Experimental, Photojournalism, Natural Lighting, Artificial/Studio lighting, Zoom lens, black and white darkroom processes, enlarger, rolling film, developing film, wet and drying mounting techniques, matting process. CERAMICS: Hand-building techniques; pinch, coil, hard slab, soft slab, drape mold, press mold. Throwing techniques; cylinders, mugs, pitchers, bowls, jars, teapots. Mixing clay, mixing glazes, pit firing (loading and firing), gas kiln (loading and firing), oxidation kiln (loading and firing), slip, paper clay, wedging, pulling handles, pug mill, spray guns, clay mixer, various glazing techniques, mix and use kiln wash, slab roller, coil extruder, making stamps. SCULPTURE: 3-dimensional anatomical rendering of the figure, model making, woodshop tools, metal shop tools, additive, subtractive, and substitutive processes, plaster casting, metal working, welding 3-DIMENSIONAL DESIGN: constructing prototypes, model making, 3d rendering with cardboard, woodshop tools. 2-DIMENSIONAL DESIGN: Principles of Art, Elements of Design, Color theory, Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop, India ink, Gouche, Colored pencils ART HISTORY: Art in the Western World from Pre-historic to the present, Christian Art, Women & Society ADDITIONAL: Power Point, Scanning and printing processes, thumbnails, color schemes.