Hello Helen~ I have been out of town and just returned, so I am just reading this email. Since I am past the deadline, could you please forward me information on the workshop so that I might consider attendance for the next workshop? What are the dates of the workshop? Sounds like a very interesting and resourceful experience. please email me at [log in to unmask] Thanks, Faith --- Original Message --- From: Helen Alten <[log in to unmask]> To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Mannequin Course extended >IMPORTANT NEWS FROM THE CAMPBELL CENTER >Anyone interested in taking this year's Mannequin Workshop needs to act >immediately. The class will be cancelled unless two more people sign up >within one week. The deadline for applications to attend the Mannequin >Workshop at the Campbell Center for Historic Preservation has been >extended to May 22, 2002. The popular four-day workshop teaches >students how to measure historic garments and use those measurements to >determine the size of a mannequin support, then offers a number of >cost-effective options for creating the support. Students complete up >to three mannequins in as many days. The mannequins are made using >Coroplast, Ethafoam and Buckram. Demonstrations show casting and >molding techniques for realistic details. Lectures cover museum-quality >materials, materials testing, reusing old mannequins and dressmaker >forms, human proportions, historic silhouettes, undergarments, casting >from a live model, and examples of many successful and unsuccessful >museum mannequins. The instructor, Helen Alten, is one of the authors >featured in Museum Mannequins: A Guide for Creating the Perfect Fit, >edited by Margot Brunn and Joanne White (2002). The book will be >available to students attending the class. Students leave with a large, >comprehensive notebook containing all the information needed to create >perfect museum-quality mannequins for any garment in your collection. > >To register for the Mannequin Workshop contact the Campbell Center for >Historic Preservation, 203 East Seminary, P.O. Box 66, Mount Carroll, IL >61053, (tel) 815-244-1173, (fax) 815-244-1619, (e- mail) >[log in to unmask] >Be sure to ask about the available scholarships. For the Campbell >Center catalog go to www.campbellcenter.org. > > > >===================================================== ==== >Important Subscriber Information: > >The Museum-L FAQ file is located at http://www.finalchapter.com/museum-l-faq/ . You may obtain detailed information about the listserv commands by sending a one line e-mail message to [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should read "help" (without the quotes). > >If you decide to leave Museum-L, please send a one line e-mail message to [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should read "Signoff Museum- L" (without the quotes). ========================================================= Important Subscriber Information: The Museum-L FAQ file is located at http://www.finalchapter.com/museum-l-faq/ . You may obtain detailed information about the listserv commands by sending a one line e-mail message to [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should read "help" (without the quotes). If you decide to leave Museum-L, please send a one line e-mail message to [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should read "Signoff Museum-L" (without the quotes).