Students provide their own camera, film and paper. This course acquaints novice nature-lovers with plants and animals that characterize the Holly Spring National Forest. Using such tools as sweep nets, dipnets, seines, binoculars and field guides, students learn about the insects, amphibians, fish, reptiles, birds and plants that are encountered. Location will be announced upon registration. Students explore the many ways to utilize local honey, including pollination benefits for the garden and orchard, raising honey wax and pollen, and making royal jelly.
Participants also discover ways to use venom therapy for reducing symptoms of arthritis.
Students will draw and transfer their drawing to a linoleum block for cutting. Students will also hand print a small edition in black water base ink as well as print in several colors progressively reducing the linocut block to achieve variation of the original print. Bryant Hall, room 220. Students will construct two or more printing plates. They will also ink the plates and experiment with superimposing images and various color combination, which will be hand printed.