Fusing and Kilncasting

EMMA VARGA

During this class Emma will introduce her original method of fusing and casting multiple layers of glass, which she has been exploring and developing, with great success, for the last 12 years. This innovative technique enables fusing/casting of thin glass sheets used to set up layers composed of tiny mosaic-like elements, thus achieving three-dimensional images inside the transparent fused/cast sculptural object. This course will focus on a new way of 3-dimensional thinking in creating glass objects; on using properties of glass to achieve visual effects as well as to achieve sense of movement within cast glass objects. Students are not required to have previous experience in glass fusing. Beginner will be able, along with students possessing advanced glass fusing skills, to create and finalise their own 3-dimensional glass objects during this 2 weeks course. A detailed information about various firing schedules will be introduced and discussed.
Additionally, students will receive basic information about grinding and polishing 3-D glass objects, including short practical work on grinding machines. (A limited number of student's cast objects can be polished during class.)** At all times during the course, students will have access to extensive digital gallery on file in Emma's Laptop: images of recent work as well as close-ups revealing fine details on layers inside the glass object. Expect to discover an exciting new method of creating images within transparent 3-dimensional glass objects.
** Students can hire finishing workers to be polished their pieces.

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Emma Varga

Emma Varga was born in former Yugoslavia, in 1952. She graduated from the University of Applied Arts in Belgrade in 1975 as Bachelor of Arts, majoring in Glass design and Ceramic sculpture. Since 1975She works as a freelance Artist producing her own Glass Art and Design. In 1995. Emma migrated to Australia where she currently lives and works at a studio on one of the Northern Beaches of Sydney. In early stages of her career in Europe, Emma participated in landmark exhibitions such as the 1st 'Coburger Glaspreis' 1977 and 'New Glass' in Corning 1979, 'Vicointer' in Valencia 1983, 'Contemporary European Sculpture in Glass' in Liege 1989, as well as in 3rd & 4th 'Interglass Symposium' in Novy Bor (Czech Republic) in 1988 and 1991. In recent years Emma Varga's work has been consistently shown in exhibitions in Australia, as well as in the United States, Europe and South East Asia. Selected recent group exhibitions: Import Export: Global Local, at Victoria and Albert Museum in London and Object Gallery in Sydney, 2005 Ranamok Glass Prize finalist, touring exhibitions in Australia, 2005, 2006 & 2008. Masters of Australian Glass, Sabbia Gallery, Sydney, 2007 Kanazawa 2007 -International Exhibition of glass, Kanazawa, Japan, 2007 Contemporary Glass, new collection of Palm Springs Art Museum, Palm Springs, CA (US) SOFA Chicago, 2007 SOFA New York, 2008 Recent solo exhibitions: "Dreamtime Down Under", Museum of Applied Art, Belgrade, Serbia, 2006 "10 Years in Australia", Axia Modern Art Gallery, Melbourne, Australia, 2006 "Lava Red", "Grass Green", "Ocean Blue", Compendium Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand, 2007 "The Story About Red", JamFactory Gallery, Adelaide, Australia, 2007 "One Fine Day", Hodgell Gallery, Sarasota, FL (US), 2007 "Vibrant", Sabbia Gallery, Sydney, Australia, 2008.
http://www.emmavarga.com

* An additional €20 registration fee is charged during application
** The amount of deposit to be paid is €300
*** The accommodation is full board and the fee is € 40 euro per person/per night in room for 3-4 people. Single and double rooms are limited.
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