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Phone ................................Email____________________________________________________________________________________Making Vitrigraph Stringer: One Day Workshop $ 50Make a Plate: One Day Workshop $ 50
Class Size: 6 - 8 People Materials includedThis is another chance to experience hands-on glass fusing. Create your own unique glass plate that you design with glass, frit and stringer. Then you choose a plate mold from a selection of eight different styles for a second firing. Includes a 10" glass plate, design materials and two firings.
Saturday afternoon 1 PM - 3 PM To be announced
Class Size: 4 - 6 People Materials included
This is a very unique technique that's been set up in my studio and it's FUN to do!
In this workshop we will load compatible glass in to a vitrigraph kiln and heat it until molten glass is flowing out of the bottom of the kiln. As it is flowing out, we will form the molten glass into twisted stringer and rods. Each student will take home a pound of stringer or rod chosen from the large selection of colors and sizes. This stringers can be used for your future glass designs and the rods can be used for making beads. Examples of vitrigraph stringer being made and stringer used in glass designs can be seen on the Gallery page.
Sunday afternoon 1 PM - 4 PM July 27Kiln Casting Glass Tiles: One Day Workshop $ 75
Class Size: 6 - 8 People Materials included
This hands-on application of kiln casting tiles will include instruction in box casting, design basics, glass cutting and carving. This workshop will introduce ways to create a glass tile measuring 5.5" square by 1" thick, by fusing nine layers of transparent glass into an open face mold. Each student will design and construct a relief design that they will carve into plaster silica that has been poured into the bottom of the mold. The firing schedule and mold making instructions will be discussed, so that techniques learned in class can be duplicated and expanded upon in your own studio.
Sunday afternoon 3 PM - 7 PM To be announced
Class Size: 8 - 10 people Materials includedThis class is an opportunity to make fused glass objects without a lot of technical lectures. No knowledge of glass art is required. Most projects can be made using the collage method. This class will include the basics of designing and preparing small projects for fusing and slumping. The class projects are completed during the first two classes and the third class is for enhancement on projects, final questions and picking up finished projects.
Two projects will be completed, for which materials will be supplied. These materials include an extensive selection of compatible glass pieces, frit and stringers, plus copper wire, screen and foil. The firings will take the class through fusing at different temperatures. After the initial firings, the glass blanks can be placed on molds and fired again to slump them into plates or bowls. A wide range of mold shapes will be available to choose from, including high-fire plaster. For every project, students will each have a 12" x 12" kiln shelf to use for their class work.
Monday evenings 7 PM - 9 PM June 9 through June 30
Wednesday evenings 7 PM - 9 PM June 11 through July 2
Glass Fusion: Two Projects $ 76
Class Size: 8 - 10 people Materials included
Wednesday evenings 7 PM - 9 PM July 16 through July30
Thursday evenings 7 PM - 9 PM July 17 through July31
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