Young Adult Workshops - Classes
Each student will get to participate in each of the classes below
Glassblowing
Designs and techniques involved with BLOWN AND CAST GLASS will be offered (in addition to the many other techniques available described) during these first two weeks of this summer program. Students are introduced to the fundamentals of glassblowing and glass casting while executing colorful creations and Venetian vessel forms while working closely with GlassWorks' faculty. Many times, students' glass projects incorporate other studio areas as well, combining blown glass with ARCHITECTURAL METAL SCULPTURE OR PRINT ENGINEERING.
Kiln Cast-Glass, Fusing, and Slumping
Glass sculpture is further discovered through kiln-fired glass, glass fusing and slumping techniques. Sculptural forms are created integrating metal armatures, cast molds with plate glass, and NEW to the glass curriculum, printing on glass! Working with flat, plate glass, and stained glass students create designs by heating the glass in a kiln until it becomes soft and malleable. Glass can be literally slumped into sculpted forms, creating designs of all shapes and sizes. Jewelry, platters and large scale, glass, print and metal creations are all forms that can be executed.
Stained Glass & Glass Mosaics
Optical Glass Kaleidoscope: Reflective colored glass as an art form. New students learn the basics of stained glass (cutting & grinding glass, soldering and finishing techniques) and the process of oxy-acetylene welding, creating a functional, colorful creation using mirrors, transparent stained glass and metal. The completed project will include a kaleidoscope made of soldered copper, glass and metal incorporating the patterned kaleidoscope into a unique sculptural form. Returning students are challenged by complex, 3-dimensional forms and pattern making in stained glass as well as glass mosaics, creating tables, sconces, lighted sculptures, wall hangings & frames.
Scientific Glass Flame Working using Borosilicate & Morretti Glass
All skills used in torchworking are the same as those employed in glassblowing, but just on a smaller scale. Flame working is the process in which colored glass rod (called cane) is manipulated using the heat from a single table-top torch. Students will have a comprehensive introduction to bead and sea creature sculpture - learning the basic methods of preparing small sculptures on mandrels to creating brilliant complex color patterns, feathering, the incorporation of metal foils and dichroic glass, multicolor cane twists and three dimensional overlays. Once students have learned the process, torchworking is perfect for a home studio set-up. A combination of torched worked glass, copper, and steel will be combined to complete a myriad of individual projects.
Glass Etching and Priting
For students who wants to bring their designs and drawings to the translucent matrix of a glassy surface. Young adults will be introduced to glass etching and sandblasting - creating designs with a resist and then etching the glass. Various methods of carving a etching with glass creates sculptural light reflections that can be applied to students' renderings. Carved and etched glass plates are then printed, employing the use of a flat-bed, Whelan printing press, creating a 2-d version of the sculpted glass original. Advanced students are introduced to methods of permanently printing images onto flat glass, combining enameling, print and kiln-firing.
Metal Sculpture and Welding
Young adults will be introduced to the art of metal engineering and creative design through welding, including fabrication of armatures and sculpted structures using welding, cutting, bending, and the finishing of metal - utilizing the principals of kinetics and motion. Students are encouraged to combine the creations executed in glass and print into their metal sculpture projects. As the student's skill level advances, they will begin to develop such projects as wall hangings, outdoor metal sculpture, creative light fixtures & glass and metal tables.
Printmaking
Block Printing, Etching, Vitreography, Screen Print & Paper Marbling
Traditional flat-bed printing presses and photographic methods will be used to make one-of-a-kind images on papers, metal, glass or anything flat while learning relief, intaglio and additional image-making systems encompassed within the grand scope of printmaking. Students will learn an array of skills, including copper etching and engraving, vitreography (printing with glass plates), Japanese wood block printing, and Italian paper marbling - and how to incorporate each style into their own individual projects. Thursday and Fridays are T-Shirt Extravaganza! Students draft intricate designs throughout each week that will be used to create fun, whimsical attire of their choice (students supply their own t-shirts).
Bookbinding, Architectural Pop-Up Engineering
Young adults can combine their printed images and creations from other studio areas to execute 3-D communicative forms. The result is a one of a kind, personalized, architectural pop-up hand-bound book using printmaking and collage. Students are encouraged to follow their own creative vision but will be given the technical skills to ensure each young adult leaves with a rich understanding of basic bookbinding that will lead them to constructing more advanced and challenging architectural and paper engineered pop-up books.
Copper Enameling
Further combining print and glass, copper enameling allows the artist to fashion an etched copper plate into a work of art as well! Young adults will learn the traditional methods of firing glass enamels and powder onto copper - champleve, baise-taille, cloisonné, and plique-a-jour. Enameled creations can be combined into other projects in print, glass and metal.
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