Natasha Seedorf : C.V.
telephone#:
970-618-2944 email:
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Education:
2007
M.F.A. Jewelry and
Metalsmithing- The
1993
B.F.A. Jewelry and
Metalsmithing- The University of Georgia,
Teaching Experience:
Upcoming Instructor- Small Smithing: Steel Fabrication, one week workshop, Anderson
Ranch Arts Center, Snowmass Village, CO
2013 Instructor - Small Smithing: An
Exploration of Steel from ¼” down, one week workshop, Florida Society of Goldsmiths,
Instructor- Steel:
A Precious Metal, weekend workshop November 2012, Carbondale Counsel for the
Arts and Humanities, Carbondale, CO
2012 Instructor - Small Smithing:
An Exploration of Steel from ¼” down, two week workshop, Penland
School of Crafts,
Instructor – Steel: A Precious
Metal, weekend workshop, Carbondale Counsel for the Arts and Humanities,
Carbondale, CO
Current-2008 Instructor
on record- beginning 3 credit
and intermediate 1 credit jewelry classes and workshops- basic forming, chain
making, cold connections, cuttlebone casting, hollow construction, bezel
setting, steel soldering, box clasp pendant, mnemonic pendant, spin ring and
shrine belt buckle Colorado Mountain College, Aspen, CO
2007 Program
set up – Beginning Jewelry class
for spring of 2008 -
Purchased and prepared all tools and supplies needed to
start jewelry classes at community college, prepared syllabus, organized
classroom, prepared and maintain safety supplies
Instructor on record – Intermediate Jewelry – created syllabus, taught
mechanisms including spring and box clasp, hinges and hydraulic die forming as
well as basic drafting using Auto CAD, The University of Georgia,
Faculty -
Firespark! Summer camp at Brenau
University, set up and maintained studio, taught beginning metals and jewelry,
including basic enameling, soldering and bezel making and setting, Gainesville,
GA,
2006 Instructor
on record – Intermediate Metalsmithing – created syllabus, taught raising, tool making and basic forging techniques, The
University of Georgia,
Teaching Practicum – Three Dimensional Design–taught basic brazing and torch welding,
assisted students with projects, led critique, assisted instructor, created
syllabus, The University of Georgia,
Related Experience:
2012 Lecturer- Contemporary Art
Jewelry, Senior Center, Aspen, CO
2011 Visiting Artist- lecture
and steel jewelry making demonstration at Colorado State University, Fort
Collins, CO
Attended- Resin Jewelry Making workshop with Jennie Milner,
Present-2010 Goldsmith
– Ross Andrews Gold, Aspen, CO
2010 Visiting
Artist- demonstration of steel jewelry making to Tiny Shiny Guild,
Attended
– COMA Conference, Salida, CO
Attended
– Hinges and Catches workshop with
Pat Flynn, Richard Sweetman Studio, Denver, CO
Attended- Personal Adornment and the Narrative Object with Bob Ebendorf, Anderson Ranch, Snowmass village, CO
2009 Attended- two week workshop at
Penland School of Crafts, taught by Leslie Noell, Penland, NC
Present
-1998 Blacksmith, Designer, Project
Manager - Myers and Co. Architectural Metals, Basalt, CO
Responsibilities included designing, producing shop
drawings and fabricating ornamental and architectural iron work. Design work
included the use of Auto-CAD, Inventor, Scan-to-CAD, Photoshop and Sketch Up.
2008 Attended-
two week bronze casting workshop at
2007 Furniture
Fabricator- Aspen Cabinetry
and Millworks,
Curator and handler- for
various student exhibits including BFA exit- Lamar Dodd Gallery, The University
of Georgia,
Website
design and launch- photographed
work and modified images using used Adobe Photoshop. Used Dreamweaver to design
and organize own website
Design
Committee member- for Masters
of Fine Art Candidates Exhibit Catalog and postcard, helped design catalog and
postcard, organized fellow artist’s statements and images
Attended- SNAG conference in
2006 Attended - student design conference at Savannah College of Art
and Design.
Visiting
Artist - at jewelry
workshop taught by Mary Preston at Penland School of Crafts,
2005 Assistant
Instructor - Boy Scouts of America,
2004 Art
Installer-fabricated and
installed stands for contemporary artist Annaday Heizer at various homes around the Roaring Fork Valley, CO
Present-2003
Owner - Studio N Llc.,
Design and fabricate custom ironwork, create working
computer drawings for fabrication and approval of ornamental iron work
including hand rails and lighting.
1998-1996 Jewelry Fabricator - Electrum
Inc. -
Responsibilities included assembly, preparation and
packaging of jewelry, general office management and training of new employees.
2004-1993 Attended - Colorado Mountain College, Roaring
Fork Valley, CO - classes in QuickBooks, blacksmithing, jewelry making,
ceramics, sculpture and oil painting.
1999
Attended- Masters Blacksmithing Seminar, Carbondale, CO- taught
by Francis Whitaker.
Natasha Seedorf : C.V.
telephone#:
970-618-2944 email:
__________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Exhibits and Galleries:
*indicates
solo show
2013 Ferrous: a collaborative
exhibition between Velvet da Vinci and crafhaus: online,
2012 S.W.A.N-Invitational Vision to
Voice.-Support Women Artist Now,
Studio for Arts and Works Resident Artist Exhibit, Carbondale, CO
2011
S.W.A.N.-Support Women Artist Now,
Free to Touch- Carbondale Council for the Arts and Humanities, Carbondale, CO
Materials Hard and Soft –
2010 Aspen Metal Works –
Faculty Exhibit – Colorado Mountain College Gallery,
Community Story Swap-Red Brick Gallery,
Into
the Woods – fashion show at
2009
Roaring Fork Open –
The New Steel V2-Metals Museum,
The Metalworkers-The Arts Center, Grand Junction, CO
CMC Aspen
Faculty Exhibition –
2008 Prospect
1: Biennial - Gallery I/O,
L’Art Pour L’Art: One of a Kind
Champagne Flutes - Gallery I/0,
Imaginary Thing - Curated by Peter Eleey,
10 Worlds, 10 Artists-The Aspen Chapel – Juried Exhibit,
Aspen
Gallery at
*Ritual Objects- Appalachian
Center for Craft,
Refined: Abundance – SFA
2007 Exploring
Boundaries: Evolutionary Metals –
Bevier Gallery, Rochester Institute of Technology,
Roaring
Fork Open –
Freshly Minted –
Faculty Showcase –
The New Steel –
MFA Candidates 2007- The
Annual Juried Jewelry and Metalsmithing Show - Lamar Dodd
Best of 2007
-
Metal Art
- The Foundry Art Centre -
Blacksmithing with a Southern Accent: Metalwork from
the South East -
Driven-
student slide show SNAG Conference - Memphis, TN- jurors: Rebecca Strzelec and Boris Bally
Diverse Metals –
2006 *Portals
and Restraints: Recent Work by Natasha Seedorf -
7th Annual Wills Creek Survey Juried Art Show -
17th Annual Georgia National Fair - Jurors: Jane Simpson, David Bernard, Donna
Metalwork
- Up/Down
2005
Student
Exhibit -
2004
Local
Artists- Aspen Artist Cooperative,
1993 *
Publications:
Jewellry Design-Frechmann Kolon Distributing,
Steel Wire Jewelry,
Lark Books
Art Buzz the
2008 Collection, Mid
Herald-Citizen
“Seedorf Exhibit” January 13, 2008
Aspen Times Time Out Oct26-Nov12007
Jewelry Artist
Magazine, September 2007 pg.12
Flagpole “New Work” April 11, 2007
Scholarships, Grants and Awards:
2010 Professional Development Grant,
Winterskulpt Snow
Sculpture competition- member of first
place team,
2009
Professional Development Grant,
2007
2006
First and Third Place in Fine Arts: Fine
Crafts Category in the17th Annual Georgia National Fair
Graduate
Assistantship, The
Mary
Rosenblatt Graduate Scholarship, The
2005 Recruiting Scholarship, The
1993-1989
Honors Scholarship, The