Glass Blowing

CLAIRE KELLY / Beginner

This is a beginning glassblowing class with gentle emphasis on color application and engraving techniques.
We will work through a process of proper glassblowing technique to get started and then add the dimension of surface decoration using color overlays and engraving processes. This will add a fun and very personal dimension to the work the students create. Naturally- our ideas and influence will be augmented by the beauty of Turkey and its cultural design and pattern.
My experience is honed to work with artists and individuals new to glassblowing. This class will concentrate on successful techniques to enable the student to be able to realize their designs.

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Claire Kelly

Claire Kelly worked collaboratively with Anthony Schafermeyer from 1997 to 2008. Claire graduated with her Bachelor of Fine Arts from Alfred University in 1996. Claire has been an instructor at Penland School of Crafts, Pilchuck Glass School, the Pittsburgh Glass Center, The Studio at the Corning Museum of Glass, Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, and the Centro Fundacion del Vidrio. She was a demonstrating artist at the Amsterdam Glass Art Society conference and an Artist in Residence at the Tacoma Glass Museum and the Pittsburgh Glass Center. In 2004 she was granted the EnergyXchange fellowship in Burnsville, North Carolina, a three-year residency. In 2007 Claire moved to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, then in 2008 to Providence, RI to work with acclaimed glass artist Toots Zynsky and pursue a new body of work. Claire's work is exhibited internationally.
www.SchafermeyerKellyGlass.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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