Yay!! It’s officially Fall. I LOVE the Fall. Sweater weather, scarf weather and, BOOT weather!! 🙂
Glass casting workshop (small scale)
Working with beautiful crystal – Gaffer Glass, soda lime- Bullseye glass as well as recycling wine and/or beer bottles students will learn different firing and annealing schedules for casting glass.
Items made during this workshop may include: tiles, components for jewelry, small sculptural pieces, cabinet knobs, belt buckles, scientific models 😉 botanicals, etc.
Overview of glass casting methods and inspirations
Process for designing your own unique pieces
Pate de verre will be discussed and demonstrated. Pate de verre involves making a paste of glass that is applied to the surface of the mold, then fired. Bullseye glass will be used for this method.
Sculpting techniques: clay and wax
Mold making techniques: working with Alginate, open face box casting and, shell with Castalot
Kiln preparations
Firing/Annealing of your piece
Cold working/polishing
Once objects have been cast in glass, various cold working processes will be demonstrated that can further change the form and surface of the piece. Students are encouraged to bring objects to mold, drawings, ideas, and enthusiasm. Safety issues will be discussed! Each student will receive 1 pair of safety glasses and, 1 disposable particulate respirator. Students are welcome to bring in their own respirators and, safety glasses. All materials and, expendables are included! Or, BYOB 🙂
Glass casting workshop (small scale)
Intro starts Friday, January 11 2013 6-8:30pm, then runs Saturdays Jan 12, 19, 26 11am – 4pm, and Sundays Jan 13, 20, 27 11am – 4pm 5 Student max., 3 student min. $500pp Deposit of $200 to hold space.
Meanwhile, here’s some inspiration: Rene Lalique, Shinichi and Kimiake Higuchi, Jessica Townsend, Anna Boothe (who I studied with), Rob Snyder
The possibilities are endless! I will post images of my current work soon!