Holiday Classes
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Introduction to CaneworkingIn this course, students will be introduced to the art of working with cane. Each student will learn about the processes used to make a variety of glass cane styles and how to incorporate them into solid and blown forms.
We will begin by creating the simplest single-color core cane, and then move on to more complex cane styles. Students are encouraged to bring their own designs. Some glassblowing experience is required. |
$635
Dates:
August 6, 13, 20, 27 4 session course 6pm-10pm Prerequisite: Glassblowing 1A or equivalent. Min. Age Requirement: 16 Min. # of Students: 3 Max. # of Students: 4 Instructor: Treg Silkwood |
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Hot Glass SculptureThis 4-day workshop will introduce you to working with solid glass. Skills that will be addressed are bit application, proper tool use, using the garage and hot torches, creating texture, and working asymmetrically.
Although we will be spending a lot of time sculpting solid glass, many of these skills can be used to embellish your blown glass vessels. You will walk away from this class with the understanding of how to make representative and abstract sculptural objects and some new tricks for making more elaborate vessels. Come in with ideas and inspirational pictures, we’re going to hit the ground running! |
$635
Dates:
May 7, 14, 21, 28 4 session course 6pm-10pm Prerequisite: Glassblowing 1A or equivalent. Min. Age Requirement: 16 Min. # of Students: 3 Max. # of Students: 4 Instructor: Treg Silkwood |
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Australian-Style Roll Up: Blowing Fused GlassThis course will introduce a hot, third dimension to kiln-formed work. The class will work in the “Australian Roll-Up” process -- a technique where a pre-fused glass tile is picked up on a blowpipe, closed into a bubble, and blown and manipulated into a vessel and/or sculptural form.
We will design and create two tiles of glass that will then be brought into the hot shop where the students will act as the “designer” and either assist the instructor in blowing their piece, or if the student is a glassblower, blow their own piece. The first day of class will be spent creating the kiln worked tiles that will be fused and ready to be blown in the hot shop on days 2 of the class. With the hot-shop skills learned, kiln working students will have the knowledge and experience to continue to work with a gaffer (glassblower) to have their designs created in a hot shop. |
$635
Dates: April 3, 10, 17, 24 4 session course 6pm-10pm Prerequisite: Glassblowing 1A and experience. Min. Age Requirement: 16 Min. # of Students: 3 Max. # of Students: 4 Instructor: Treg Silkwood |
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Introduction to CaneworkingIn this course, students will be introduced to the art of working with cane. Each student will learn about the processes used to make a variety of glass cane styles and how to incorporate them into solid and blown forms.
We will begin by creating the simplest single-color core cane, and then move on to more complex cane styles. Students are encouraged to bring their own designs. Some glassblowing experience is required. |
$635
Dates:
May 2, 9, 16, 23 4 session course 6pm-10pm Prerequisite: Glassblowing 1A or equivalent. Min. Age Requirement: 16 Min. # of Students: 3 Max. # of Students: 4 Instructor: Treg Silkwood |
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Color 101This class is designed to demystify the art of working with color in the hot shop.
In the four week workshop we will explore a variety of ways of applying colored glass to your work that will open an entirely new world of creative possibility. In essence, we are going to learn how to play with color and make some pretty cool stuff in the process. The course includes four evenings of instruction. Come with your questions and your quandaries and a willingness to have a good time. A limited supply of color will be provided. Students are encouraged to bring their own color. Topics -Powders and Frits -C.O.E. & Compatibility -Working Properties -Color Chemistry & Mixology -Color Rod & Overlay -Decorative Techniques |
$635
Dates:
TBA 4 session course 6pm-10pm Prerequisite: Glassblowing 1A or equivalent. Min. Age Requirement: 16 Min. # of Students: 3 Max. # of Students: 6 Instructor: Treg Silkwood |
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IncalmosLearn traditional incalmo techniques in this intermediate course. The incalmo technique is a process of joining 2 or more colored bubbles to create a layered effect in your vessel. This intermediate class is designed for artists who have completed glassblowing 1B |
$635
Dates: TBA 4 session course 6pm-10pm Prerequisite: Students who have completed either Glass Blowing 1B or have 1yr. experience. Min. Age Requirement: 16 Min. # of Students: 3 Max. # of Students: 6 Instructor: Treg Silkwood |
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Hot Glass SculptureThis 4-day workshop will introduce you to working with solid glass. Skills that will be addressed are bit application, proper tool use, using the garage and hot torches, creating texture, and working asymmetrically.
Although we will be spending a lot of time sculpting solid glass, many of these skills can be used to embellish your blown glass vessels. You will walk away from this class with the understanding of how to make representative and abstract sculptural objects and some new tricks for making more elaborate vessels. Come in with ideas and inspirational pictures, we’re going to hit the ground running! |
$635
Dates:
July 10, 17, 24, 31 4 session course 6pm-10pm Prerequisite: Glassblowing 1A or equivalent. Min. Age Requirement: 16 Min. # of Students: 3 Max. # of Students: 4 Instructor: Treg Silkwood |
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Glassblowing 1BYou want more of that hot, hot, hot glass! Now that you’ve taken the first steps down a glass blower’s path... there’s no looking back.
You'll deepen your understanding of glass as you revisit and strengthen your fundamentals, explore new shapes, and learn decorative techniques like handles, wraps and feet. |
$635
Dates:
February 6, 13, 20, 27 4-session course 6pm-10pm Prerequisite: Glassblowing 1A or equivalent. Min. Age Requirement: 16 Min. # of Students: 3 Max. # of Students: 6 Instructor: Treg Silkwood |