Art of Relief Composition
With George Nista
October 26 - 31, 2025
This workshop will cover techniques for creating low, middle, or high relief of a sacred subject based on a painting of the student’s choice.
Techniques for reproducing, transferring, and executing will be demonstrated to enable the student to sculpt a pictorial relief in clay.
The work will be done on a wood panel using non-hardening plasticine clay with basic tools. Finished work can later be molded and cast in a
permanent material such as plaster if desired. Students should come with a reproduction of a painting they would like to translate to relief.
This week-long workshop’s studio time lasts five consecutive days and begins Sunday night at 5:30 pm with a dinner for students and instructors. Dinner is followed by a workshop introduction and conference which ends at 9:00 pm. Hands-on instruction begins early Monday morning. The entire workshop ends Friday at 1 PM.
Commuter: Workshop + Daily Lunch and Dinner: $1010.00
Shared Room: Workshop + Daily Meal Package* + Shared Room: $1335.00
Private Room: Workshop + Daily Meal Package* + Private Room: $1485.00
*Hot Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner, and snacks.
For more reservation details, contact us at: (860) 536-0565
About the Leader
George Nista
George Nista is a sculptor, designer, and teacher who maintained a studio in Philadelphia for about twenty-five years. He moved his studio to Wallingford CT in 2022. His company is called Nista Design. He taught in the Industrial Design Technology department of the Art Institute of Philadelphia for over twenty years, though over the years […]
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