An exciting opportunity to study hot glass sculpture with Theo Brooks. Develop skills in solid and blown glass sculpting, add unique textures and surface patterns and learn how to build larger, intricate, and composite sculptures.
Delve into the fascinating world of vitrigraph murrine with glass artist and innovator Tabitha Burrill. In an immersive three-day masterclass, you will explore both fusing and hot techniques, creating unique design elements in the kiln to be used in a blown glass vessel and more.
Have you ever wanted to re-create the colours that inspire you into glass but not sure where to start. Ruth Shelley will guide you through the Bullseye colour palette with demonstrations, practical hands-on experiments and discussion.
Explore ‘lost wax’ casting techniques without wax. Antonis will guide you through the process of creating positive and negative forms in silicone for a cleaner, more efficient, and more accurate realisation of almost any shape for casting in glass.
A fast paced masterclass on Venetian style glass stemware. The course aims to provide a grounding in the technique used to blow delicate, thin-walled goblets. You will be taught how to use optic moulds, to create blown stems and blown feet, as well as working efficiently as a team. With demonstrations and plenty of hands-on learning, this course will push your glassmaking to new limits.
Explore the techniques of colour application in the hot glass studio using solid colour as well as frit and powders. Bruce will share his extensive knowledge of the many ways of introducing colour.
Create textile-like patterns on glass using screen-printing and kiln forming techniques with artist Anthony Amoaka-Attah. Brainstorm collective patterns in relation to cultural traditions and learn how to design your own textile pattern.
Create beautifully textured glass vessels with the ‘pâte de verre’ or 'paste of glass' technique. Using a range of grades of frit, you will experiment with colour mixing and blending to produce a palette of unique hues and tones. A speculative and playful approach to colour application and mixing will very much be encouraged.
Explore the exciting potential of hand-pulled, silk screen printing onto glass. Using traditional glass paints and enamels, you will build up layers of print to create stunning one-off works of art.
Drawing concepts and ideas from the movement of the material, you will explore the potential of flame worked Borosilicate (Pyrex) glass. Rods and tubes will be transformed, using gravity, centrifugal force, blowing and manipulation with tools into components that will then be connected to form assembled structures.