Fusing & Kilncasting

TIM TATE & MICHAEL JANIS

Creating high-relief kilnformed glass imagery combined with incredible detail and visual impact is the focus of the class. Using an unusual technique called "dry plaster casting", students will learn how to affect glass to incredible sculptural and architectural possibilities. This versatile casting method is also one of the easiest to learn and the class is suitable for beginners, intermediates, designers, artists and architects. Through demonstration, discussions and practical projects, students will also learn the unique properties, schedules, techniques that are available for using plate glass for fusing, including the new color options that have become only just available. Students are invited to bring personal objects, found objects, strange objects, etc. which can be used to form the molds and integrated in certain projects.

Tim Tate

Tim Tate is a Washington, DC native and has been working with glass as a sculptural medium for the past 25 years. Co-Founder of the Washington Glass School, Tim's work is in the permanent collections of a number of museums, including the Smithsonian's American Art Museum's Renwick Gallery and the Mint Museum. Recently, he worked with the Smithsonian Museum of American Art, creating information and a display on glass art for the visitors and students of the museum. www.washglass.com

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Michael Janis

Michael Janis first began working with glass as an architect in Australia, where his projects received international awards. Returning to the United States, he studied glass blowing and kilnformed glass at Penland School of Arts and Crafts, Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, UrbanGlass and the Washington Glass School. Michael began teaching glass casting techniques at the Washington Glass School in 2004, and is now the studio's Director of Architecture and Public Art. His work is part of the permanent collection of The Art Institute of Chicago. www.washglass.com

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

** The amount of deposit to be paid is US$320