BAGI's Core Group of Glass Instructors - Instructor information and links
Instructor Timesheet Form - Instructor use only
Fusing and Kiln Working
Johnathon Schmuck -Johnathon started glassmaking at San Jose State in 1988, and ten years later received a Fulbright Scholarship to study glass in Australia, where he received a Master of Visual Art. He has worked with Klaus Moje, Lino Tagliapietra, Pino Signoretto, Jiri Harcuba, Stephen Procter, Dan Dailey, and Flo Perkins. Johnathon has taught at the Studio at the Corning Museum of Glass, the Eugene Glass School, Pittsburgh Glass Center, and Escuela del Vidrio in Spain. He is well traveled -- having worked glass on four continents, and well versed in fusing, blowing and coldworking. Johnathon recently published a book, The Joy of Coldworking - a guide to grinding smoothing and polishing blown and fused glass. Presently, he lives and has a studio in Santa Cruz, CA. www.schmuckglass.com
April Zilber - April Zilber has been fusing, slumping and flameworking glass since 1992. April introduces students to a variety of techniques and encourages learning through working with the materials. “ Heat, gravity, light and imagination“ have been her guiding principles in working with glass. She taught beadmaking and fusing at StudioOneArtCenter for 11 years and The Crucible in Oakland for 6 years, and at Public Glass for 1 year.
http://www.zilberglass.blogspot.com/
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April Zilber - April Zilber has been fusing, slumping and flameworking glass since 1992. April introduces students to a variety of techniques and encourages learning through working with the materials. “ Heat, gravity, light and imagination“ have been her guiding principles in working with glass. She taught beadmaking and fusing at StudioOneArtCenter for 11 years and The Crucible in Oakland for 6 years, and at Public Glass for 1 year.
http://www.zilberglass.blogspot.com/
http://www.acga.net/cgi-bin/DJmbr_showmbr.cgi?T=member.html&MBR=00478
Glassblowing
Treg Silkwood - Treg Silkwood was born and raised in the big sky country of Montana. Growing up he knew that he wanted to work with his hands. He studied pre-medicine at the University of Montana before deciding to pursue a career in the arts. In 1996 he received his BFA from Alfred University graduating the Top Student of the Art and Design school. At Alfred, he was exposed to a variety of art making materials and processes and concentrated primarily on mixed–media sculpture and cast glass. In 1995 he spent a semester studying at the Academy of Applied Arts in Prague. In the Atelier of Glass he learned Czech mold-melted glass and cold-working techniques.
Treg spent the next five years working as a production glass blower recreating early American glass at the Henry Ford Museum & Greenfield Village. At the “Village”, he deepened his knowledge and appreciation for the history and the craft of working with glass. It was there that he developed his exceptional skill as a gaffer and discovered the value of using blown glass as a vehicle of expression. After pursuing a year of graduate studies with Jack Wax at Illinois State University, Treg was honored to become one of the first Gaffers for the Hot Glass Road Show of the Corning Museum of Glass and continues to work closely with The Studio of the Corning Museum of Glass.
Treg moved to the Bay Area in 2002. Shortly thereafter, Treg and Candace Martin formed Silkwood Glass-- a custom, handcrafted glass company. As a team, Candace and Treg continue to create many new innovative designs largely inspired by the natural world. In 2008, Treg had his first solo show at the Steuben Flagship Store on Madison Avenue in New York City. He was honored to be one of only two artists invited to take part in the “Steuben Selections Series,” which showcases some of the world’s foremost artists in glass. Treg’s work has been exhibited internationally and showcased in many prestigious galleries. He has become widely recognized as a premier California Marine Glass Artist. Treg and Candace’s work can be seen at www.SilkwoodGlass.com
Treg thoroughly enjoys sharing his love and knowledge of glass. He has demonstrated and taught glassblowing at numerous institutions across the United States and abroad. He has been a teaching assistant for numerous glass maestros including Elio Quarisa, William Gudenrath, Randy Walker, and Karen Willenbrink-Johnsen. Treg was a three-year Resident Artist and Teaching Assistant at San Jose State University and has worked closely with Mary White. Treg is currently working as an independent glass artist and instructor in the Bay Area. He is the Senior Glass Instructor and Visiting Artist Coordinator at the Bay Area Glass Institute, as well as an active Board Member.
Dean Bensen - www.deanbensen.com
Ryan Rodamer
Jon Scally
Jon Yao
Esteban Salazar
Richard Small - Rich stumbled into glassblowing in 2000, and was drawn like a moth to the flame. Initially self taught, over the years he has studied with Randy Walker, Laura Donefer, Boyd Sugiki, Jenny Pohlman & Sabrina Knowles, Jay MacDonnell, Marc Petrovic, Charles Lowrie & Michael Menconi, and Cassandra Straubing. His work tends to focus on texture (both tactile and visual) and contrast. www.asmallproduction.com
Treg spent the next five years working as a production glass blower recreating early American glass at the Henry Ford Museum & Greenfield Village. At the “Village”, he deepened his knowledge and appreciation for the history and the craft of working with glass. It was there that he developed his exceptional skill as a gaffer and discovered the value of using blown glass as a vehicle of expression. After pursuing a year of graduate studies with Jack Wax at Illinois State University, Treg was honored to become one of the first Gaffers for the Hot Glass Road Show of the Corning Museum of Glass and continues to work closely with The Studio of the Corning Museum of Glass.
Treg moved to the Bay Area in 2002. Shortly thereafter, Treg and Candace Martin formed Silkwood Glass-- a custom, handcrafted glass company. As a team, Candace and Treg continue to create many new innovative designs largely inspired by the natural world. In 2008, Treg had his first solo show at the Steuben Flagship Store on Madison Avenue in New York City. He was honored to be one of only two artists invited to take part in the “Steuben Selections Series,” which showcases some of the world’s foremost artists in glass. Treg’s work has been exhibited internationally and showcased in many prestigious galleries. He has become widely recognized as a premier California Marine Glass Artist. Treg and Candace’s work can be seen at www.SilkwoodGlass.com
Treg thoroughly enjoys sharing his love and knowledge of glass. He has demonstrated and taught glassblowing at numerous institutions across the United States and abroad. He has been a teaching assistant for numerous glass maestros including Elio Quarisa, William Gudenrath, Randy Walker, and Karen Willenbrink-Johnsen. Treg was a three-year Resident Artist and Teaching Assistant at San Jose State University and has worked closely with Mary White. Treg is currently working as an independent glass artist and instructor in the Bay Area. He is the Senior Glass Instructor and Visiting Artist Coordinator at the Bay Area Glass Institute, as well as an active Board Member.
Dean Bensen - www.deanbensen.com
Ryan Rodamer
Jon Scally
Jon Yao
Esteban Salazar
Richard Small - Rich stumbled into glassblowing in 2000, and was drawn like a moth to the flame. Initially self taught, over the years he has studied with Randy Walker, Laura Donefer, Boyd Sugiki, Jenny Pohlman & Sabrina Knowles, Jay MacDonnell, Marc Petrovic, Charles Lowrie & Michael Menconi, and Cassandra Straubing. His work tends to focus on texture (both tactile and visual) and contrast. www.asmallproduction.com
Flameworking
Shirley Cook - Shirley took her first torch working class in January of 2000 and became totally infatuated with the medium. Since that time she has studied with a list of professional glass workers that is too long to list here. In 2003 she became a full-time glass bead maker and began teaching bead making classes at BAGI the following year. Shirley is a member of the International Society of Glass Beadmakers, the Bead Society of Northern California, and the Society of Glass Beadmakers Northern California. Her work was juried into the ISGB Auction "Obsession: The Ten Year Affair With The Bead" and the Lark Books publication "1000 Glass Beads". She sells her glass beads online and at shows around the country. www.jumpingjackglass.com
Brayton Furlong - Brayton Furlong has been flameworking since he was 19 years old. His narrative sculpture in glass has been shown in some of the most prominent contemporary glass galleries and museums in the country including, The Bergstrom Mahler Museum, The Southern Ohio Museum, the National Liberty Museum, Stewart Fine Art, and the Gallery Of Fine Glass during Glass weekend. In 2009 Brayton was nominated as a Niche Awards finalist for his sculpture “Hair Of The Earth”. Most recently Brayton was invited with 8 other glass artists to take part in the first ever flameworking Professional Artist In Residence at Pilchuck Glass School. Brayton has been teaching flameworking since 2004 and in 2010 he was selected as a teaching assistant to Kari Russel Pool at pilchuck glass school. In his spare time Brayton also writes technical and educational articles for glassline magazine and the flow magazine. To learn more about Brayton and to view his work please visit, www.braytonfurlong.com
Kevin Leopold - Kevin Leopold is a self-taught artist who first experienced glassblowing in the early nineties, while watching a friend make marbles in his small, self-built studio. Leopold is consistently trying new techniques and adapting his unique style. He has an eye for detail and symmetry, as seen in both his abstract and realistic works. His reproducing and customizing skills were fine-tuned during the years spent producing glass jewelry for a Santa Cruz company.
Janice Peacock - Janice has been flameworking since 1992, and has studied with many glass masters including Vittorio Costantini, Lucio Bubacco and Loren Stump. Her glass beads and jewelry have been featured in several exhibitions nationally and internationally, the most recent being "Convergence II" a traveling exhibition which will tour the U.S. during 2010 and 2011. Her work has been published in several books, including Beads of Glass: The Art and the Artists by Cindy Jenkins, 1000 Glass Beads by Lark Books, Design! by Steve Aimone, andContemporary Glass Beads from America by Torbin Sode. Janice has taught flameworking and glass bead making in the San Francisco Bay Area for the last 12 years and also travels nationally to teach intermediate and advanced classes. Janice has been a featured speaker on several occasions for the Northern California Bead Society, as well as many other bead societies, at the California Glass Exchange in 1998 and 2002, and presented demonstrations and lectures at the national conference of the International Society of Glass Beadmakers 2002 and in 2009. www.janicepeacock.com
Demetra Theofanous - www.sculpturebydemetra.com
