Lampworking

MATTHEW ESKUCHE

This class will cover the basics of flameworking, concentrating on blown vessels and the use of jacks and diamond shears. Students will benefit from technical and aesthetic explorations designed to build a solid base for their work to progress from. Projects in this class will use mainly borosilicate glass and be designed with the student's input. Experience of all levels is welcome.

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Matthew Eskuche

Matthew Eskuche began flameworking in 1998 in a garage in Nederland, Colorado. A year later, he studied with Emilio Santini for a two month concentration at Penland in North Carolina. He again attended Penland for Cesare Toffolo's tutelage in 2002. He exhibits his work annually at the American Craft Council show in Baltimore, Maryland, having received a merit award from the council in 2004. Thomas Riley Galleries show his work at their Cleveland and Columbus, Ohio galleries and represents him at Glass Weekend in Wheaton Village, New Jersey and the exhibitions of SOFA in Chicago and New York City. Images of his work have been published in Craft magazine, The Flow, and in the 2004 issue of New Glass Review, published in part by the Corning Museum of Glass. In 2005 he demonstrated at the International Flameworking Conference, held at Salem Community College in New Jersey before traveling to Adelaide, Australia to demonstrate at the Glass Art Society conference. The Art Glass Invitational in Pennsylvania offered him a third exciting challenge in the design, production, and assemblage of a piece in the presence of his peers. Demonstrating and instructing have greatly increased the enjoyment Matt experiences in working with glass. In the coming year he'll be teaching classes at the Pittsburgh Glass Center during their summer and fall sessions, along with classes and workshops at Corning, Urban Glass, Penland, the Eugene Glass School, Technolux, and Glasscraft. Classes at Annieglass in New Zealand, Plowden & Thompson in England, and the Glass Furnace in Istanbul, Turkey are also in the works for 2006. www.blownglass.ws

* An additional US$20 registration fee is charged during application