Short Term Programs - 2004

Spring 2004

Session 1:

11 April - 24 April
Session 2:
Kilncasting / Koichi Matsufuji »
02 May - 15 May
Session 3:
Fusing / Marc Grunseit »
23 May - 05 June

Summer 2004

Session 1:

Beadmaking / Maria Michaela Moller »
13 June - 26 June
Session 2:
Fusing / Rene Culler»
Mixed Media / Therman Statom»
04 July - 17 July
Session 3:
Architectural Fusing / Philippa Beveridge»
25 July - 07 August
Session 4:
KilnCasting / Lucartha Kohler »
Fusing / Helga Feuser - Strasdas »
Beadmaking / Ursula Distler »
Mixed Media / Jonathan Tepperman »
15 August - 28 August
Session 5:
KilnCasting / Jody Bone »
Mixed Media / John Drury»
05 September - 18 September
Session 6:
Kilncasting / Anna Boothe »
Fusing / Gery King »
Lampworking / Julie Anne Denton »
26 September - 09 October





Spring 2004 Course Descriptions






SESSION 1: 11 APRIL - 24 APRIL, 2004
Arrival: APRIL 10th
Departure: APRIL 25th



Glassblowing (Intermediate to Advanced) / Petr Novotny


This glassblowing course, in which students will explore manipulation of hot glass in glarious practices, will give participants the opportunity to work with a master. Working with Petr Novotny, further techniques of glassblowing and glass sculptures will be covered. Various hot glass applications will be made through discussions and lots of hands-on practice. Students who have previous experience and would like to improve their skills to a further level are adviced t>


This glassblowing course, in which students will explore manipulation of hot glass in glarious practices, will give participants the opportunity to work with a master. Working with Petr Novotny, further techniques of glassblowing and glass sculptures will be covered. Various hot glass applications will be made through discussions and lots of hands-on practice. Students who have previous experience and would like to improve their skills to a further level are adviced to participate in this course.

Artist's Resumé:

Petr Novotny was born in Ústí nad Orlicí in 1952. He studied glass manufacturing and a glass technology at Apprentice Glass Centre in Novy Bor and later on he continued to study at Secondary Industrial School in Novy Bor. He also taught blowing and hand-forming glass at Apprentice Glass Centre in Novy Bor. In 1983 he was awarded a Master of glass fine arts and crafts. As one of the first in the former Czecholovakia, he started own studio for manufacture of replicas of ancient glass. He works for many world leading artists and designers, including: Renč Roubicek, Dale Chihuly, Marvin Lipofsky, Edward Leibovitz, Willem Heesen and others. He is attending world significant glass conferences and symposiums. He is regularly teaching at summer glass sessions and workshops in Pilchuck in USA and he has taught two workshops at the Glass Furnace in 2003. At present he is together with Libor Fafala co-owning and heading Ajeto glassworks, Lindava in Czech Republic.

Artists Internet Address:   www.ajeto.com

FEES: 1250 US$ (Accomodation Included), 900 US$ (Accomodation Excluded)

20 US$ of registration fee is charged during application.




SESSION 2: 02 MAY - 15 MAY, 2004
Arrival: MAY 01st
Departure: MAY 16th



Glassblowing (Beginner to Intermediate) / Eric Dahlberg


This class is designed to introduce students to a variety of techniques for using glass as an artistic medium, and emphasizes building a strong foundation of skills in the hotshop as well as an understanding of casting small glass objects. During this course students will progress through a series of assignments designed to develop skill and confidence. These skills will be used to realize functional objects, sculptures or elements of larger scale pieces and installations. Possible field trips to Istanbul may inspire your imagination.

Artist's Resumé:

Eric Dahlberg has received multiple degrees in art including a B.F.A. from The Ohio State University and a M.F.A. from Rochester Institute of Technology's School For American Crafts. He has attended courses at the Penland School of Crafts and The Studio at The Corning Museum of Glass. In addition, Dahlberg has served as a teaching assistant for notable artists such as Michael Taylor, Robin Cass and Einar & Jamex De La Torre.

Eric has received numerous awards including a recent grant from the New York Foundation for the Arts (NYFA) and both the Harris Popular Vote Award and the Gertrude & Isabel Herdle Award from the Memorial Art Gallery.

Currently, Dahlberg divides his time as the head instructor of More Fire Glass in Rochester New York, an instructor for The Corning Museum of Glass as well as an independent glass artist. FEES: 1250 US$ (Accomodation Included), 900 US$ (Accomodation Excluded)

20 US$ of registration fee is charged during application.




SESSION 2: 02 MAY - 15 MAY, 2004
Arrival: MAY 01st
Departure: MAY 16th



Kilncasting / Koichi Matsufuji


This class will introduce students to a broad range of mold making and glass casting techniques. Students will be encouraged to bring a new and individual idea to work on during the class. This can take the form of a sketch or drawing, an image, an object to be used as a starting point. Students will be guided through developing their ideas from their chosen starting point through to modeling clay or wax and finishing a piece of cast glass. Mold making will include working with wax and clay positives, taking rubber molds of clay, wax or found objects and making refractory molds. Casting techniques will include kiln casting in open-face and lost-wax molds. This class will also demonstrate low temperature metal casting technique and silver clay casting technique. Students will enjoy their culture dichotomies through living and working in Istanbul.

Artist's Resumé:

Koichi Matsufuji is an artist from Japan. He received his M.F.A. in Glass and Sculpture from Illinois State University, Department of Art in the United States in 2001 and his B.A. from Aichi University of Education, Department of Art and Crafts in Japan in 1995. He was a fellow at the Creative Glass Center of America in 1997 and he received a visual artist fellowship from the Edward F. Albee Foundation in New York in 2002. In 2003, Koichi was invited in for Artist-in-Residence (Ono Art-Wave), Fukui, Japan and exhibited his sculpture at the Samurai Residence of the Old Uchiyama Family which was rebuilt in 1882. Koichi's work is in numerous public collections including the Rockford Art Museum in U.S., the Museum of American Glass in U.S., the Glasmuseum in Denmark. He is currently instructor at Nagoya University of Art, Department of Art and Crafts in Japan.

FEES: 1250 US$ (Accomodation Included), 900 US$ (Accomodation Excluded)

20 US$ of registration fee is charged during application.




SESSION 3: 23 MAY - 05 JUNE, 2004
Application: APRIL 2nd
Arrival: MAY 22nd
Departure: JUNE 6th



Glassblowing / Tim Shaw


'Form, Texture and Patterns'; The Interpretation of Ideas into Glass!

This glassblowing course, for all levels of expertise, will teach concept and design development through to the production of glass objects. The focus of this course will be the exploration of Form, Texture and Patterns. It will include the development of ideas, mold making, free blowing and mold blowing. The application of colour, the use of optics and the creation of surface texture and patterns through the use of hot and cold processes will be explored.

Students with little or no skills in glass blowing will be taught how to produce their glass objects. During this hands-on course, all students will be encouraged to work the glass and their sketchbooks with equal amounts of zeal, extend their skills and produce their own finished objects. Glassblowing is fun and exciting and this course will have ample lashings of both.

Artist's Resumé:

Tim Shaw has three degrees in Glassblowing. BA (Hons) from North Staffordshire Polytechnic, an MA from the avant-garde Gerrit Rietveld Academie in Amsterdam, a second MA attained at the prestigious Royal College of Art in London.

Since leaving full-time education Tim has pursued his career as a professional glass artist. He was awarded a scholarship to the Pilchuck Glass School in the USA and a fellowship to attend the Creative Glass Centre of America. He has received invitations to teach and demonstrate around the world, including Fraunau Glass Summer School in Germany, University of Hawaii, Palomar College in San Diego, High Wycombe and Wrexham Colleges in the UK, as well as the University of South Australia and the Sydney College of the Arts. Tim has continued to maintain his professional profile through exhibiting in the UK, Europe, USA, Asia and Australia. Tim is a member of G.A.S. and is a Board Member of Ausglass. Recent Exhibitions include S.O.F.A. 2002 & 2003 (Chicago USA), 'Glass Weekend', Wheaton Village (2003 USA), 'Artlantis' (Australia, 2003), 'Mitsukoshi' (Taiwan 2002) and 'Sensorium' (Australia, 2002).

Tim Shaw owns and operates his own hotglass workshop, nestled amongst the Stringybark forests of the beautiful Adelaide Hills, South Australia, famous for its fine wines and idyllic lifestyle. Tim is constantly inspired by nature and all things beautiful, and believes his role as an artist is to bring pleasure and joy into people's lives. Tim's art glass is seductive and alluring.
Artists Internet Address:   www.timshawglass.com

FEES: 1250 US$ (Accomodation Included), 900 US$ (Accomodation Excluded)

20 US$ of registration fee is charged during application.




SESSION 3: 23 MAY - 05 JUNE, 2004
Application: APRIL 2nd
Arrival: MAY 22nd
Departure: JUNE 6th



Fusing / Marc Grunseit


Painting with Glass

Some processes used to require working in conjunction with a hot-shop but all can be done one way or another, in a small, warm-glass studio. They are ideally suited to those who want to find a use for all those little off-cuts that tend to accumulate...too good to throw out but what can I do with them. This fusing workshop will explore various techniques for producing a broad palette of glass elements with which to compose kiln formed works. This visual vocabulary is limited only by the imagination. Once students have produced a range of design components, they will be encouraged to explore their own ideas to create images in glass which may then by formed into three dimensional shapes either on kiln forms or in conjunction with the hot-shop as roll ups. Students will also learn how to source and adapt various economical forms for shaping their glass into sculptural and free standing works.

FEES: 1250 US$ (Accomodation Included), 900 US$ (Accomodation Excluded)

20 US$ of registration fee is charged during application.








Summer 2004 Course Descriptions






SESSION 1: 13 JUNE - 26 JUNE, 2004
Arrival: JUNE 12th
Departure: JUNE 27th



Kilncasting / Chantal Royant


This class will explore the almost endless possibilities of kiln formed glass. Students will learn how to master fusing and slumping techniques and how to incorporate them into kiln cast sculptures. Besides the control of these techniques, students will be invited to explore how the glass fluidity allows expressing the movement, the colors and interactions of both in creating unique forms.

Through both a theoretical and practical approach, the students will discover the physical properties of glass, the techniques, the materials and the tools, open faced molds design and construction, heating and annealing, how to identify flaws and how to avoid them. Works of contemporary artists will be presented too.

The workshop is based on the personal work of Chantal Royant and the development of a personal project by each participant.

Artist's Resumé:

Chantal Royant (France, 1957) practiced stained glass and fusing and slumping in Californian studios for ten years.

In 1989, enriched by that experience in the heart of the studio glass movement she came back to Brittany (France), her homeland and developed her own researches in kiln casting.

Her work is the expression of a personal world that emerges to reality as fluid and colored forms suddenly fixed in the glass. Flows, waves, streams, nets, archaic forms, come to us from a remote and deep space and create a new microcosm within the glass.

Chantal Royant participated in many exhibitions around France and Europe: Italy, Spain, Portugal, Belgium, Netherlands. Her works were recently showed at Reticello-2002 exhibition, Glass Museum, Ebeltof, Denmark.

She gave workshop at Fundación Centro Nacional del Vidrio, La Granja, Segovia, Spain and teaches since 1993 at Centre Européen de Recherche et de Formation aux Arts Verriers (European Research and Training Centre for Glass arts, CERFAV), Vannes-le-Chatel, France. FEES: 1250 US$ (Accomodation Included), 900 US$ (Accomodation Excluded)

20 US$ of registration fee is charged during application.




SESSION 1: 13 JUNE - 26 JUNE, 2004
Arrival: JUNE 12th
Departure: JUNE 27th



Beadmaking / Maria Michaela Möller


In this course, the students will get to know how to work with the bohemian and the minor bench burner to make glass beads. They will be taught very different techniques from simple trips and dots over gold and silver leave to self-made murrine and little vessels. Students should get an idea of different technicians to experiment with glass realizing their own design style. To compose this beads is only another them. Simple technicians to finish complete jewelry's will be explained but not in a high quality as jewelry work should be done.

Artist's Resumé:

Michaela Maria Möller owns and works in her own studio. She is a trained glazier and studied craft design at the Akademie für Gestaltende Handwerke in Aachen, Germany. Michaela Maria Möller is a member off the Glaskünstlervereinigung NRW, an German Glass Art Society. Her first contacts with making glass-beads was 7 years ago first as a hobby. Since then she is doing more and more beadwork and teaching in several countries. FEES: 1250 US$ (Accomodation Included), 900 US$ (Accomodation Excluded)

20 US$ of registration fee is charged during application.




SESSION 2: 04 JULY - 17 JULY, 2004


Glassblowing (All Levels) / Jiri Suhajek


This course will emphasise basic glass blowing techniques and their relationship to the art making process. Student will experience all glass furnace working possibilities. These will include offhand blowing, mold blowing, solid sculpting and basic colour techniques. Contemporary art making practices and philosophies as include in performance, installation and the object as sculpture, will be addressed. Collaborative class projects, as well as individual assignments, will be both presented and critiqued. Students will be asked to bring an open mind and to be prepared for hard work and creative fun.

Artist's Resumé:

Czech glass artist Jiri Suhajek was born in 1943. Jiri Suhajek started to study glass in 1957-61 in glass art school in Kamenicky Senov CR. He graduated from VSUP College of Applied Arts where he studied in the studio of Prof. Stanislav Libensky and Royal College of Art in London-MDes RCA Glass. From 1972 till now he has been working as a designer and instructor. Since 1974, he has been regularly participating at Glass Symposiums in the Czech Republic and abroad and sharing his experience with other generations of glass designers lecturing and guest teaching in Pilchuck Glass School, USA, Konstfack Scholan Stockholm, Sweden, Universities in Mexico, U.S.A., Japan, Ukraine, Russia, Bild-werk Frauenau in Germany and others. During the last few years, he has been working in free composition on the giant figurative sculptures. Jiri Suhajek is a talented artist whose designs were awarded in his home country and abroad. Jiri's work has been exhibited internationally in 25 one man shows and his work is represented in 20 Museums, galleries and private collections. He performed an outstanding glass demonstration during the International Bosphorus Glass Fest which took place at the Glass Furnace in October, 2003.
FEES: 1250 US$ (Accomodation Included), 900 US$ (Accomodation Excluded)

20 US$ of registration fee is charged during application.




SESSION 2: 04 JULY - 17 JULY, 2004


Fusing (Intermediate to Advanced) / Rene Culler


"The Exquisite Surface- An Exploration of Surface and Subsurface design in Fusing and Slumping: inspired by the Jewels of the Topkapý Palace."

This course would be inspired by the exquisite objects of the Sultan's Topkapý Palace as a take off for glass techniques. There would be an emphasis on color and pattern as seen in the beautiful Iznik tiles and jewels of the palace. Students would learn how to create inclusions of design within the glass, with attention paid to the finishing of the surface. They would be creating objects through Fusing and Slumping techniques which utilize various methods for the inclusion of drawing and design within the glass and the surface. This course will include instruction in high and low fire enameling- the use of grisaille techniques in fusing, printmaking in glass with enamels, the use of silver stain for richness of color, glue resists and sandblasting, the making of decal designs for the creation of pattern and multiples, silk screen techniques, Cloisonne and Champleve- the filling of created cavities,(as inspired by enameling on metal) with frit to create designs; fiber paper and talc techniques, precious metal foil in fusing, the inclusion of metals within the glass- powders, wire and screens, drawing and painting pattern with the use of ceramic underglaze products, learning about various fusing temperatures for fusing "topography" and how to fire polish after cold working, cold working and surface design treatments and coloration of the glass

Artist's Resumé:

Rene Culler has researched and worked in glass for over 25 years. She is passionate about the material and its possibilities for expression through the use of color in fused and cast glass. Culler creates her "Grail Variations", formed through her unique technique of fusing blown glass components into formalist compositions. Rene Culler also creates painterly fused compositions at Icon Studio Arts, which she co-founded in Cleveland, Ohio, USA. Culler has presented a paper on her work in Barcelona, Spain, and has written articles and reviews on glass in various publications. Rene Culler's kiln-transformed sculpture has been included in the permanent collection of the Renwick Gallery, the American Museum of Art of the Smithsonian Institution. She holds degrees in Glass; BFA -1992, Cleveland Institute of Art and MFA-1994, Kent State University, where she served as Acting Head of Glass. She has received numerous grants from the Ohio Arts Council. Culler continues to teach workshops at The Studio of the Corning Museum of Glass, the Cleveland Institute of Art, and the Fundacio Centre del Vidre de Barcelona, Spain and the Glass Furnace Ýstanbul.
Artists Internet Address:   www.reneculler.com

FEES: 1250 US$ (Accomodation Included), 900 US$ (Accomodation Excluded)

DEADLINES:

930 US$ (Accomodation Included), 580 US$ (Accomodation Excluded)

20 US$ of registration fee is charged during application

SESSION 2: 04 JULY - 17 JULY, 2004


MIXED-MEDIA / Therman Statom

This class is open to artists, designers, and anyone interested in working with different materials. There is no experience necessary and there are no guidelines per age, old and young can participate in the class. Anyone taking this class should expect to have fun and learn a lot about themselves, glass, and the art process. Students will be encouraged to experiment and develop their personal visions of creativity. This is a broad- based class and any material and methodology of working can be investigated. There need not be any technical or material boundaries. Work will be in the classroom and outside the classroom. There will be group activities and collaboration will be encouraged. The school offers the use of cold and hot glass. There will be a strong emphasis on cold glass fabrication and construction techniques. .

Artist's Resumé:

Therman Statom received his bachelor of fine arts degree at the Rhode Island School of Design in 1974, and his MFA from Brooklyn's Pratt Institute in 1978. Statom has two decades of extensive teaching experience at several institutions, some of which can be listed as, Bild-Werk Frauenau, Germany, California College of Arts and Crafts, Pilchuck Glass School, Penland School of Crafts, USA, The Glass Furnace, Ýstanbul, Nijima Glass Art Festival, Japan, and National University of Australia, Canberra, Australia. He received several awards for his artwork. Therman Statom's works belong to several collections. Some of these collections are, Carnegie Museum of Art, Corning Inc. Museum, Mint Museum of Craft and Design, Musee des Arts Decoratifs, Palais du Louvre, Paris, France, Musee de Design et D'Arts Appliques/Contemporain, Lausanne, Switzerland Phillip Morris Company, New York Renwick Gallery of the Smithsonian's American Art Museum, US Department of State, Art in Embassies Program, Moscow Collection.

FEES: 1250 US$ (Accomodation Included), 900 US$ (Accomodation Excluded)

20 US$ of registration fee is charged during application.




SESSION 3: 25 JULY - 07 AUGUST, 2004


Glassblowing / Jane Cowie


In this class the focus will be on the basic bubble and vessel making. Bubbles will be blown; lots of them, big, small, thin and thick. Students will also pull glass rods, sculpt the glass, melt in colour and begin to creatively explore their ideas in glass. During this course, glass vessels and objects will be made, created, collected and assembled. It will be an intensive learning period that is challenging, exciting and offer as much hands' on experience as possible. The course will start with exercises where the students learn basic movements and the flow of the viscous material. Students will first develop simple forms and work towards more difficult glass colouring techniques including cane and murrine techniques. Gravity, heat and centrifugal force will be the main tools along with the tacit experience gained from repetition. The emphasis will be on posture and a philosophical understanding of how the glass moves. Team work will be emphasized along with the development of individual creativity and a sense of fun.

Artist's Resumé:

B. Jane Cowie has been working with glass for over 20 years. She studied at Sydney College of the Arts, Australia, and was awarded a Degree in the Visual Arts in 1983. Currently she is finishing a Masters Degree in Visual Arts at the University of South Australia. Jane has been to the Benjamin Moore studio, watched Dante Marioni and Lino Tagliapietra blow glass on many occasions and worked in Dale Chihuly's studio on an occasion. Her strong commitment to her work, desire to learn and interest in glass making has inspired her to travel extensively. Jane has worked in numerous glass studios and factories in England, Europe, USA and Japan to develop technical skill and an understanding of the glass. B.Jane Cowie exhibits her work widely in Australia, Asia and the USA, and is icluded in numerous public and private collections. Jane is a founding member of the blue pony studio in Adelaide, has taught at the Bild-Werk Academy in Germany and has recently relocated to Singapore where she is employed to establish a hot glass studio for a private company. She continues to develop her practice as an artist as well as support, develop and actively participate in the emerging studio glass community of Singapore.
FEES: 1250 US$ (Accomodation Included), 900 US$ (Accomodation Excluded)

20 US$ of registration fee is charged during application.




SESSION 3: 25 JULY - 07 AUGUST, 2004


Artist's Resumé:

Philippa Beveridge currently works in her Barcelona studio, 'La Ventana Indiscreta'('Rear Window'), on architectural commissions, installations and sculpture in glass. She holds a degree in Landscape Architecture from the University of Greenwich and studied sculpture, painting and glass at the fine arts school, the Escola Massana, Barcelona. Her teaching experience includes heading the glass course for Syracuse University Abroad, the Barcelona Glass Center (Fundació Centre del Vidre), The Studio at Corning and Urban Glass, New York.

She actively exhibits both in Europe and the US and her exhibitions include a two-person show at the Barcelona Archaeological Museum and a solo show sponsored by the British Council. She was recently awarded supporting prize for the Jutta-Cuny Franz Memorial Award 2003 for sculpture in glass and has just finished co-authoring a book on kilnforming techniques.
Artists Internet Address:   www.philippabeveridge.com

FEES: 1250 US$ (Accomodation Included), 900 US$ (Accomodation Excluded)

20 US$ of registration fee is charged during application.




SESSION 4: 15 AUGUST - 28 AUGUST, 2004


Glassblowing / Eddie Bernard & Pamina Traylor


This high-energy workshop will review the fundementals of hot glass, including blowing and hot sculpting. Emphasis will be on teamwork and developing a strong sense of form, whether it be used to make vessels or sculpture. A wide range of techniques wil be demonstrated including traditional Venetian methods and other innovative approaches. Repetitive practice will alternate with imaginative experimentation. Daily demonstrations will be supplemented by individual and classroom discussions which will focus on creative concepts and how to accomplish them effectively. Students will be encouraged to draw to help discover a particular aesthetic and assist in communicating ideas. Field trips, brainstorming sessions, adventures and slide shows will also be part of the class. Eddie & Pamina will combine their talents to create goblets with hot-sculpted stems during demonstrations.

Pamina Traylor and Eddie Bernard have been teaching intensive workshops together for 8 years, inspiring artists to challenge themselves both aesthetically and technically. Pamina has extensive experience making Venetian -style goblets, while Eddie specializes in sculpting innovative blown forms. Their complementary skills allow them to explore different approaches to technical problems student artist may have.

Artist's Resumé:

Pamina Traylor and Eddie Bernard have been teaching intensive workshops together for 8 years, inspiring artists to challenge themselves both aesthetically and technically. Pamina has extensive experience making venetian style goblets, while Eddie specializes in sculpting innovative blown forms. Their complementary skills allow them to explore different approaches to technical problems student artist may have.

Pamina Traylor is an artist and educator, currently Adjunct Professor at the California College of the Arts where she was Chair of the Glass Program 1999-2000. she received her M.F.A from the Rochester Institute of Technology and her B.A from Bryn Mawr College, with additional studies at the Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, Pilchuck Glass School and San Francisco State University. The Creative Glass Center of America awarded her a fellowship in both 1995 and 2003 she received a CCAC Faculty Development Grant in 1998. She has lectured and demonstrated at schools in Australia and Japan and has taught workshops throughout the United Satates, including Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, Penland School of Crafts, The Studio of the Corning Museum of Glass, and Urban Glass. Her work is exhibited inernationally. She is in the permanent collections of the Museum of American Glass, NJ and the Tittot Glass Art Museum, Taiwan.

Eddie Bernard is an artist and an expert glass studio technician, owner of Wet Dog Glass in New Orleans, LA. Eddie has been working with glass since 1988, and earned a B.F.A in Glass at Rochester Institute of Technology in 1996. Eddie has taught and assisted in intensive workshops at The Corning Museum of Glass, Penland School of Crafts and Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, and has instructed in glass at the Tulane University. His company, Wet Dog Glass runs a glassblowing facilitity where artists can work with glass and teach glasses for local enthusiasts. Wet Dog Glass has designed and built glass blowing equipment for studios across the United States, including, California College of Arts, Tacoma Museum of Glass, and Rochester Institute of Technology
Artists Internet Address:   www.wetdogglass.com
www.paminataylor.com

FEES: 1250 US$ (Accomodation Included), 900 US$ (Accomodation Excluded)

20 US$ of registration fee is charged during application.




SESSION 4: 15 AUGUST - 28 AUGUST, 2004


Kilncasting / Lucartha Kohler


A hands on workshop that will introduce mold making for kiln cast glass. Technical aspects of kiln work such as what types of glass to use, the compatibility issue and proper annealing schedules will be covered. Students will have the opportunity to make small clay objects, invest the clay with mold material, prepare the glass, fill the molds and then fire them during this 3 day glass. The class will begin with simple open face molds then proceed quickly to more advance multi-part mold making. Finishing and cleaning methods as well as adhesive will be covered. All levels are welcome.

Artist's Resumé:

Lucartha Kohler attended Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh and Moore College of Art in Philadelphia majoring in fine art and design. By chance she relocated to Southern New Jersey in an area known for glassmaking since the 18th century. Over a 20-year residency in New Jersey she took advantage of her proximity to glass factories and Wheaton Village to train herself in the traditions and applications of many glass making techniques. A quest for more information and technical skill led her to Penland School for Crafts for a Glass Concentration. Over time she developed her own methods of forming and decorating glass based on ancient processes. The subject matter of her art is also based on ancient cultures and is unique in its fusion of symbolism and figuration.

In 1985 she moved to Philadelphia where she currently lives and works. In addition to her studio production and sculpture, Lucartha teaches, demonstrates and conducts workshops at venues including The University of the Arts and Fleisher Art Memorial in Philadelphia PA, The Studio of The Corning Museum of Glass in Corning, NY and Wheaton Village, a glass center in Millville NJ. She also thought a course at the Glass Furnace, Ýstanbul, in 2002.

Her work has been shown in many one woman and group exhibitions in the US and abroad including the Morris Museum, Morristown, NJ, University City Science Center, Philadelphia, PA, The Design Arts Gallery, Drexel University, Philadelphia PA, The Newark Museum, Newark, NJ, The New Jersey State Museum, Trenton, NJ, and Budapest Gallery, Budapest, Hungary.

Lucartha is a recipient of both New Jersey and Pennsylvania Council on the Arts Visual Artist Fellowships and 2 Masterworks Fellowships from The Creative Glass Center of America. A Wales/Philadelphia Artist Residency, a British-American Arts Council travel grant, a Leeway Foundation Window of Opportunity Grant and an Independence Foundation Fellowship. Her work is in a number of museums as well as many public and private collections, and is included in a variety of publications including her own book "Glass: An Artists Medium". Lucartha Kohler lives in Philadelphia and has been working with glass since 1974. She has lectured, taught and frequently exhibited her work in the US and abroad. In addition to numerous grants, fellowships and awards, Kohler has published two books, Glass a Medium for Artists, and Women Working in Glass. FEES: 1250 US$ (Accomodation Included), 900 US$ (Accomodation Excluded)

20 US$ of registration fee is charged during application.




SESSION 4: 15 AUGUST - 28 AUGUST, 2004


Fusing / Helga Feuser - Strasdas


In this class, students will be introduced to various fusing techniques. The instructor will show basic issues like cutting glass, processing and diagnosing tension in glass with a hands-on approach and students will have a chance to make bowls, plates and free style objects by using relief slumping and sheet glass slumping techniques. Besides they will be able to work on the surface of glass by using high temparature glass paints.

Artist's Resumé:

Helga Feuser-Strasdas studied painting on glass in Rheinbach Glass School and she graduated with a master degree. The artist, who has been working in her own studio for 25 years, mainly prefers to combine painting on sheet glass and glass tubes with fusing and stained glass. Most of her works are being used for architectural purposes. Helga Feuser-Stradas is also a member of NRW association of glass artists and some other artist associations.

FEES: 1250 US$ (Accomodation Included), 900 US$ (Accomodation Excluded)

20 US$ of registration fee is charged during application.




SESSION 4: 15 AUGUST - 28 AUGUST, 2004


Beadmaking / Ursula Distler


Glassbeads are a fascinating stuff to children and adults. Also the ancient people loved it and sometimes it has been an important legal tender. Making glassbeads is a special world. The students are invited to visit this world to play with forms and colours and it will be a never-ending trip. In this course the students will learn the basic knowledge of beadmaking with the bohemian style torches, to handle hot and soft glass and make experiments with the hot and cold material. Finally, the students will enjoy composing jewelry from their beads and other components. Therefore the students will have the possibility to integrate other techniques or materials in their objects. It is possible to bring personal objects and materials to be integrated in jewelry which is made during the course.

Artist's Resumé:

Ursula Distler is working as a freelance glass artist in her own workshop in Nuremberg since 1989. Since 1991 she is lecturer for glassdesign in the Bildungszentrum of the city of Nuremberg. After starting with stained glass, Ursula Distler became more and more interested in forming molten glass to achieve new appearances. Various techniques of glass forming were taken into possession by attending workshops, summer academies (e.g. 1990-91 at the Bildwer in Frauenau, Germany) and as a guest student in the Berufsfachschule für Glas und Schmuck in Neugablonz, Germany. Ursula Distler's artistic creations comprise installations and objects with pate-de-verre-elements (kilncasting) Exhibitions in German museums (Zeidelmuseum Feucht, Glasmuseum Wertheim, Handwerksmuseum Deggendorf and others), in the Kunsthaus of the city of Nuremberg and the exhibition " Glas-Kunst-Orte" in Weiden. Glaskunstbeurs in Leerdam, Holland und "Glas in historisch licht" in horn, Holland. Permanent presentation in German and international galleries. Acquisitions by Perlenmuseum Ulzen-Berlin, Glasmuseum Wertheim, Kreismuseum Walderbach. FEES: 1250 US$ (Accomodation Included), 900 US$ (Accomodation Excluded)

20 US$ of registration fee is charged during application.




SESSION 4: 15 AUGUST - 28 AUGUST, 2004


Mixed Media / Jonathan Tepperman


Mix'n it up

In this dynamic two-week class the students will explore multiple ways to create mixed media sculpture and express their ideas through a variety of different materials. Focusing on the material of glass they will work with this complex material to make art. This class will enable students to make glass art with very basic tools or the most complex. How to cut, glue, paint and grind glass. How to join and combine many materials with glass. During this class, students will also briefly explore basic fusing, enamling, and working with glassblowers to realize their artistic vision. This will be a knock down drag out fun class that has no limits on creativity. Together the instructor and the students will push the limits of glass and themselves.

Artist's Resumé:

Jonathan Tepperman is a mix-media glass artist from California who is now living in Columbus OH. He is one of the co-founders of the Bay Area Glass Institute (BAGI) and has recently received his MFA from Ohio State University. Jonathan has worked with Katherine Gray and the De La Torre Brothers. He has been a TA at Penland school of Craft in North Carolina and The Glass Furnace in Istanbul Turkey. He has taught at California College of art and Crafts, Ohio State University, BAGI and Glass Axis. In addition he has participated in an artist in residency program at MIT in Boston and The Glass Furnace.
FEES: 1250 US$ (Accomodation Included), 900 US$ (Accomodation Excluded)

20 US$ of registration fee is charged during application.




SESSION 5: 05 SEPTEMBER - 18 SEPTEMBER, 2004
Application:JULY 16th
Arrival: SEPTEMBER 4th
Departure: SEPTEMBER 19th



Glassblowing / Boyd Sugiki


INTERMEDIATE GLASS BLOWING

This class will provide students with a strong foundation to build upon. Cylinders, bowls, and bottles will be the point of departure. By raddressing some of the basics of vessel making and through repetition, the course will cover a step by step method that will create a network of skills for working efficiently. Through individual attention and personalized instruction students will discover and explore new realms. Traditional Veneteian methods and other innovative techniques will be demonstrated.

Artist's Resumé:

Boyd Sugiki started working with glass at Punahou in Honolulu, Hawaii in 1986. He received a B.F.A in glass from California College of Arts and Crafts in 1991, and in 1992 Boyd was a fellow at the Creative Glass Center of America at Wheaton Village. In 1996 he received a M.F.A in glass from the Rhode Island School of Design. He has taught workshops at pilchuck, Penland, Kanazu Forest of Creation in Japan, Public Glass, Pratt Fine Arts Center, Rhode Island School of Design, and California College of Arts and Crafts. He has exhibited internationally, and currently lives in Seattle,WA . FEES: 1250 US$ (Accomodation Included), 900 US$ (Accomodation Excluded)

DEADLINES:
Deposit : AUGUST 06th, 2004 (320 US$)
Remainder Balance: AUGUST 20th, 2004
930 US$ (Accomodation Included), 580 US$ (Accomodation Excluded)

20 US$ of registration fee is charged during application.




SESSION 5: 05 SEPTEMBER - 18 SEPTEMBER, 2004
Application:JULY 16th
Arrival: SEPTEMBER 4th
Departure: SEPTEMBER 19th



Kilncasting / Jody Bone


Glass meets Clay

This is a class using Raku ceramics, sand cast glass as well as kiln cast glass. First kiln cast glass will be done, then using the scrap clay from the forms, paper pulp will be added to make raku clay to raku. Also some sandcasting will be done for additional elements. All three mediums will then be put together into the designs that are created during the class. Also some time will be spent on design elements and ideas for working in a series.

Some background in ceramics and glass is recommended but not absolutely necessary.

Artist's Resumé:

Jody Bone is a glass artist from Seattle. She creates cast glass pieces, many of primitive head or mask shapes. The pieces are one-of-a kind glass sculptures. They are set in bases of wood and stone to complement the glass. She has an extensive background in both Ceramics and Glass. She received a BFA in painting and drawing from the University of Idaho. She moved to Seattle WA and started working in clay, doing an Independent study with Bob Sperry. While working at Pottery Northwest in Seattle she took workshops with: Paul Soldner, Ken Ferguson, Peter Voulkos, Rudio Audio, and Patti Warashina. While studying ceramics she traveled to Japan and worked in some of the pottery centers. Jody started casting glass at Pratt Fine Arts in Seattle with Steven Dale Edwards. She has taken many individual workshops and classes from a variety of glass artists such as Paul Marioni, Dick Marquis and Geoni Toso. After attending Pilchuck Glass School and studying painting on glass with David Hopper, she received a fellowship from the Creative Glass Center of America (CGCA) in Milleville New Jersey. She has her work in numerous private collections, as well as the Safeco Insurance Corporate Collection, and the American Museum of Glass, MIlleville, New Jersey. Recently she was included in the new book by Lucartha Kohler, "Women Working in Glass"
FEES: 1250 US$ (Accomodation Included), 900 US$ (Accomodation Excluded)

DEADLINES:
Deposit : AUGUST 06th, 2004 (320 US$)
Remainder Balance: AUGUST 20th, 2004
930 US$ (Accomodation Included), 580 US$ (Accomodation Excluded)

20 US$ of registration fee is charged during application.




SESSION 5: 05 SEPTEMBER - 18 SEPTEMBER, 2004
Application:JULY 16th
Arrival: SEPTEMBER 4th
Departure: SEPTEMBER 19th



Mixed Media / John Drury


A Glass Overview - Say Something with Your Work 2004

An intensive investigation into the increasing use of the material glass in contemporary, international art practices, the world around. Emphasis is placed on projects based on strong conceptual foundation, rather than technical proficiency. Instruction during this fast paced class includes hands on technical experimentation with glass including the fundamentals of glass blowing, casting, mosaic and surface treatment (including glass enamels, adhesives and mixed media construction). Students will look outside of the classroom to particular experience, histories and their own envireonments for strong basis to their work; with an eye to recycled and found glass. While no prior experience with glass is necessary, participating students with a background in sculpture, painting and design will find this non-traditional class beneficial and challenging.

Artist's Resumé:

John Drury earned a BFA from the (CCAD) Columbus College of Arts and Design in 1983 and a Master of Fine Arts degree in sculpture including a minor in painting, from the Ohio State University in 1985. In 1994, he earned the Pernod Liquid Arts Award. Drury was awarded a Louis Comfort Tiffany Award for the Visual Arts and was included in the Corning Museum of Glass New Glass Review 18 in 1997.


John Drury taught at various institutions as the Glass Furnace (2002, istanbul) the University of Hawaii (visiting artist, 2002) the Pilchuck Glass School (2001, 1999 and 1996) Urban Glass (2000 and 1998) and The Rhode Island School of Design (visiting artists, 1998).


The artist's work have been exhibited in Holly Solomon (NYC) Exit Art (NYC) Bronwyn Keenan (NYC) Willoughby Sharp (NYC) Velan; per l'arte contemporanea (Italy) , La Panaderia (Mexico City).


John Drury has been featured in the books Art Glass:2003 and Glass Art From UrbanGlass (2000), Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation: 1997 Awards, Corning New Glass Review 18 (1997) , Glass magazine (2002, 2000, 1995), Sculpture magazine (1999), Paper magazine (1995, 1994 and 1993).

FEES: 1250 US$ (Accomodation Included), 900 US$ (Accomodation Excluded)

DEADLINES:
Deposit : AUGUST 06th, 2004 (320 US$)
Remainder Balance: AUGUST 20th, 2004
930 US$ (Accomodation Included), 580 US$ (Accomodation Excluded)

20 US$ of registration fee is charged during application.




SESSION 6: 26 SEPTEMBER - 09 OCTOBER, 2004
Application:AUGUST 06th
Arrival: SEPTEMBER 25th
Departure: OCTOBER 10th



Glassblowing / Charles&Constance Parriot


Blow Molds and Graal Technique (Intermediate to Advanced)
'Inside the Mountain' - This course will utilize the students' talents in painting and sculpting. Students will explore and develop integrating painted graal blanks within mold blown glass sculpture. The Swedish term Graal is a thick glass cup form. After painted with high temperature glass paints it will be reheated, attached to the blow pipe and blown into original plaster molds made by each student. Other cold processes such as cutting and polishing will be encouraged. Aswell gilding will be shown during the class. Students should prepare to bring with them a drawing and/or photo journal along with excerpts from journals or their favorite writers. Regional artists will be invited to demonstrate the Turkish process of glass painting.

Artist's Resumé:

Charles Parriott is a 30 year veteran of the studio glass movement in North America. His studies in glass began with Marvin Lipofsky at the California College of Arts and Crafts and at the Pilchuck Glass School. In 1985 he received an IREX grant to study with Professor Stanislav Libensky in Prague. Currently he has established the Dual Purpose Project offering the glass arts to people with physical disabilities. He continues to produce blown and cast works in Seattle and abroad. He has been awarded the National Endowment for the Arts Award (1990) and is a Fulbright Scholar (1995).

Constance Parriott is a known regional artist of the Pacific Northwest. She received her painting BFA from the Evergreen State College in 1977. She has produced bodies of works on paper in both painting and printed media and editioned the works of other artists. Her collaboration in glass began with her husband and later working with the master Czech glass painter, Zdena Kolcova. Constance has taught most recently in Nuutajarvi, Finland and participated in several IGS symposia in Novy Bor, Czech Republic.

FEES: 1250 US$ (Accomodation Included), 900 US$ (Accomodation Excluded)

DEADLINES:
Deposit : AUGUST 26th, 2004 (320 US$)
Remainder Balance: SEPTEMBER 10th, 2004
930 US$ (Accomodation Included), 580 US$ (Accomodation Excluded)

20 US$ of registration fee is charged during application.




SESSION 6: 26 SEPTEMBER - 09 OCTOBER, 2004
Application:AUGUST 06th
Arrival: SEPTEMBER 25th
Departure: OCTOBER 10th



Kilncasting / Anna Boothe


Component Sculpture: Hot and Cold Assemblage of Kiln-Cast and Fused Elements

This workshop will "run the radius" between the conceptual and the technical and thus, will focus on the development of ideas through their realization in glass via a variety of technical processes. Students will be given an open-ended assignment that will serve to introduce the challenge of assembling glass parts to each other, to other materials and to a presentation surface. A variety of kiln-fusing techniques will be presented with stress given to the addition of non-glass inclusions with the goal of creating parts or sections to incorporate into larger objects. As well, basic through advanced frit-casting processes will be covered as other methods through which components may be fabricated for assembly. Students will be encouraged to carefully preplan the assemblage of their elements either through mechanical or other means. In order to do so, numerous options will be discussed including "hot" connections, mechanical systems and the use of appropriate adhesives. Finishing techniques along with presentation trouble-shooting will also be addressed. The class will culminate with an informal critique. Course information will be presented through slide lectures, demonstrations, and lots of hand-outs.

Note: In kilnformed work, the size of the kiln or the thickness of the piece to be fired and cooled can too often dictate and limit the finished scale of a glass object. Even though the objects produced in this class will be small in size, the information provided in this course attempts to free kiln-workers from the constraints of scale by offering a new perspective on how glass and other materials can be combined.

Artist's Resumé:

Anna Boothe trained as a sculptor at the Rhode Island School of Design and has worked with glass since 1980. She holds a MFA from the Tyler School of Art, where she was a member of the Glass Program faculty for 13 years. Currently, as the Instructional Chair of the Glass Art Degree Program at Salem Community College in southern New Jersey, she is expanding and helping to create a vision for the new program's curriculum that focuses studies on kiln-forming, kiln-casting and lampworking. She lectures and teaches workshops on frit and pate de verre casting regularly and has taught at the Studio of the Corning Museum of Glass, Urban Glass in Brooklyn, NY and in many university art settings, as well as in Belgium, Switzerland, and Japan. In 2004, apart from the Glass Furnace, she is scheduled to teach at the University of the Arts in Philadelphia, the Pittsburgh Glass Center's new casting facility (which she helped to design), and at the Studio. Anna's kiln-cast figurative work is in the collections of the Corning Museum of Glass, the Wustum Museum of Fine Arts, and in numerous private collections. Recently, she was included in the Tittot Glass Art Museum's exhibition of American Educators in Taipei, Taiwan. Currently, Anna serves as the Vice President of the Glass Art Society's Board of Directors, for which she chairs the nominating committee and is the Education Editor for the organization's bi-monthly newsletter.

FEES: 1250 US$ (Accomodation Included), 900 US$ (Accomodation Excluded)

DEADLINES:
Deposit : AUGUST 26th, 2004 (320 US$)
Remainder Balance: SEPTEMBER 10th, 2004
930 US$ (Accomodation Included), 580 US$ (Accomodation Excluded)

20 US$ of registration fee is charged during application.


SESSION 6: 26 SEPTEMBER - 09 OCTOBER, 2004
Application:AUGUST 06th
Arrival: SEPTEMBER 25th
Departure: OCTOBER 10th



Fusing / Gerry King


Suitable for beginners, emerging artists and advanced practitioners, this course will provide skills and education in a range of kiln working techniques and the application of them to creative works. There will be concentration on the many ways in which colours can be combined and controlled in the kiln. Some techniques will involve combination with furnace, glory hole and cold working techniques.

Students will be able to pursue an individual program of development based upon their previous experience, interests and ambitions. Starting points and introductory exercises will help reveal skill and design directions that participants wish to develop. While most techniques employed will be variations of fusing, slumping and draping some opportunity for easy ways of casting can be included.

Technique will not be isolated from design and aesthetics. The workshop will be equally applicable to artists, production workers and designers. Some time will be devoted to looking, drawing, designing, critiques, history and current trends in contemporary glass from around the world.

Artist's Resumé:

Born in Australia in 1945 Gerry King has been engaged in contemporary glass since 1973 when he undertook a Master's Degree at Alfred University in the USA. His works are exhibited, collected and published internationally. They are represented in public and private collections in Australia, Denmark, England, Japan, New Zealand, Portugal, Spain and the USA.

Gerry is one of the pioneers of Australian contemporary glass. A founding member of Ausglass he is currently Chairperson of the Board of Directors. He was instrumental, with colleagues, in the development of the Glass Programme at the University of South Australia and has lectured/demonstrated/taught in Australia, Chile, Denmark, Germany, Japan, New Zealand, Spain, Taiwan, the Philippines and the USA.

Originally trained as a glassblower he has a wide experience in all forms of glass working and has concentrated upon kiln working since the 1980's. Awarded a Doctor of Creative Arts in 1993 he has various academic qualifications from Australia, Canada and the USA. As well as being a prominent artist/designer he is also highly regarded as a consultant, manager and author in the visual arts.
Artists Internet Address:   www.habatat.com

FEES: 1250 US$ (Accomodation Included), 900 US$ (Accomodation Excluded)

DEADLINES:
Deposit : AUGUST 26th, 2004 (320 US$)
Remainder Balance: SEPTEMBER 10th, 2004
930 US$ (Accomodation Included), 580 US$ (Accomodation Excluded)

20 US$ of registration fee is charged during application.




SESSION 6: 26 SEPTEMBER - 09 OCTOBER, 2004
Application:AUGUST 06th
Arrival: SEPTEMBER 25th
Departure: OCTOBER 10th



Lampworking / Julie Anne Denton


Lampworking: The Figure In Glass

This course is designed for the beginner and intermediate alike. During the two week class, the students will spend a day familiarising themselves with the body from the inside out using slides. Beginning with the body as skeleton, then with muscle, finally with skin and then in movement. This will involve drawing, discussion and study; so the students are adviced to bring their pencils and thinking caps. As the class progresses, the student will begin making small male and female torso's. Then they shall tackle legs, arms and finally the head. Once the components have been mastered, the students will be shown how to position these figures in life like poses holding flowers, goblets, birds etc…Until finally students will learn to make glass lampworked plinthes to stand finished figures on. In this class, the students will be emmersed into the world of elaborate beadmaking, colour theory, heat control, importance of annealing and most essentially the students will gain the knowledge to make complicated forms from simple techniques.

Artist's Resumé:

Julie Anne Denton was born in the Isle of Man. She began her art education at the Isle of Man College of further study before venturing across the water to Wolverhampton University to study glass and philosophy at a degree level. Four years later, she achieved a 2:1 degree with honours. Whilst completing her course she taravelled to Seattle to study lampworking under the tutelage of Glass Maestro Emilio Santini for a period of time at the Pilchuck Glass School. After finishing her degree and showing her work in several exhibitions she travelled to U.S.A once again, but this time to Virginia to learn, work and teach with Emilio Santini. Since leaving the States in the summer of 2001 she has continued to exhibit and teach in Britain, Eire and the U.S.A. Before taking up a year long residency at the Courtyard Gallery, Isle of Man, she was chosen to attend masterclass taught by sandcasting maestro Bertil Valien. During the residency, she travelled to America to learn the figure in soft glass by Luccio Bubacco and since finishing her residency with a successful solo show under her belt, she now runs her flameworking studio/ workshop in the Isle Of Man.

Artists Internet Address:   www.habatat.com

FEES: 1250 US$ (Accomodation Included), 900 US$ (Accomodation Excluded)

DEADLINES:
Deposit : AUGUST 26th, 2004 (320 US$)
Remainder Balance: SEPTEMBER 10th, 2004
930 US$ (Accomodation Included), 580 US$ (Accomodation Excluded)

20 US$ of registration fee is charged during application.