Glass Workshops
2012 Glass Workshops - Full Listings Now Available!
Weekend Workshops
May 11-13
Basic Glass Beadmaking
Louis Cage
Fee: $300
Skill Level: Beginning-Intermediate (No prior experience necessary.)
Instructor Contact:
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or 615-512-3595
Description: Using the bead as a format, the class will cover the major techniques for working glass at the torch. Participants will make beads using raking, dots, pulling, and employing murrini and latticino sculptural techniques.
Bio: Louis Cage has worked with glass since 1985. He started with stained glass, but moved into working with furnace, lampworked and fused glass through workshops taken at the Craft Center. He has been teaching glass beadmaking workshops for over eleven years.
June 1-3
Intro to Stained Glass
Tyree MacFarland
Fee: $300
Skill Level: Beginning
Materials Fee: $15 (to be paid directly to the instructor)
Instructor Contact:
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; heliosartglassworks.com or heliosofnashville.com
Description: Participants will learn a brief history of leaded glass techniques and design. Then get hands-on by practicing cutting, building, and assembling a simple panel to be completed during the workshop. The class will feature copper foil technique, with a discussion and comparison to lead assembly.
Bio: Tyree MacFarland owns Helios Artglassworks in Nashville, TN, and has been working with leaded glass since 1976. Her commissions include both regional and national clients.
June 22-24
Paperweight Possibilities
Damon MacNaught
Fee: $330
Skill Level: Beginning-Advanced
Instructor Contact:
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; www.dmacnaught.com
Description: Students will explore the endless possibilities as they learn proper shaping and color application for paperweights. They will create works with a distinct and expressive quality while using hot and cold techniques. Beginning to Advanced level participants will benefit from the experienced instruction in this workshop.
Bio: Damon MacNaught brings fifteen years of experience to the art of glass making. He has taught numerous workshops around the country. He operates Bare Glass studio in Silver Point, TN, where he explores the tradition of Millefiori paperweights. He holds an MFA in Sculpture from the University of Illinois Champaign-Urbana.
June 29-July 1
Intro to Hot Glass: Pull, Pinch & Twist Solid Glass
Thomas Spake
Fee: $330
Skill Level: Beginning
Instructor Contact:
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; www.thomasspakestudios.com
Description: This class will focus on working with solid glass. Students will use colored glass and tools to pull, pinch, and twist the hot glass, coming up with inventive and creative ways to make one-of-a-kind, solid pieces and paperweights. The workshop will also focus on creating the pieces in the hotshop, as well as grinding and finishing in the cold shop.
Bio: Thomas Spake has been working with glass since 1994, and works in his own studio outside of Chattanooga, TN.
One-week Workshops
*OPTIONAL: One-week workshops are available for 1 university credit hour; credit hour fees are in addition to workshop fee. For more information about credit hours, please click here.
May 20-25
Int-Adv Glass Beadmaking
Marjorie Langston
Fee: $500
Skill Level: Intermediate-Advanced (Prior glass beadmaking experience required.)
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Description: This class will focus on the mastery of skills beyond the basics of glass beadmaking, including making a variety of shapes, color reactions, raking, feathering, foils, frits, and more. Studio safety and set up will also be included if time permits and students are interested. Plan to go home with many small treasures!
Bio: Marjorie has been making beads since 1993, and teaching beadmaking since 1999. She is the co-author of Just Plain Beads, and her work can be found in a variety of books and publications.
June 10-15
"Pop" Stained Glass
Joseph Cavalieri
Fee: $500
Skill Level: Beginning-Advanced
Instructor Contact:
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; www.cavaglass.com
Description: Start with the basics of stained glass cutting, copper foiling and soldering, then quickly move on to printing and painting techniques on glass. Enamel paint is kiln-fired onto the glass. More modern styles of painting, silk screening, airbrushing (using an atomizer), stamping, and layering will be taught, along with design. All can expect to bring home completed works from the class.
Bio: Cavalieri has been teaching here in the USA as well as Europe, India, Australia and Brazil. His award winning work has been exhibited at art galleries and museums including the Museum of Arts and Design, and Duane Reed Gallery. He comes from a graphic design background.
July 8-13
Incalmo, Inchunko, Inslapo: Putting It All Together
Cal Breed
Fee: $550
Skill Level: Intermediate-Advanced
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Description: This workshop will begin with an exploration of the traditional methods involved in the incalmo technique, and then students will experiment with some of the possibilities beyond the traditional. One purpose of this class will be to discover a wide range of methods of making multiple bubbles and reassembling them to create color and texture. A sense of teamwork, experience in the use of the garage, a creative approach to the material, and some patience are recommended.
Bio: A student of glass for seventeen years, Cal Breed, owner of Orbix Hot Glass, has become known for his great attention to form, clarity, and use of color in his glass pieces. Starting with a BFA from Ohio State University, and after many awards and scholarships from Pilchuck and Haystack, Cal has always maintained a love of the incalmo process as he builds his complex sculptural pieces.
Intensive Workshop in Glass*
*OPTIONAL: This workshop is available for 3 TTU elective credit hours; credit hour fees are in addition to workshop fee. For more information about credit hours, please click here.
July 24-August 10
Faster, Lighter, Smarter: Understanding the Material
J. Nate Cotterman
Fee: $1,895
Skill Level: Intermediate
Instructor Contact: 216-973-3460 ;
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; www.jnatecotterman.com
Description: Students will review the fundamentals of hot glassblowing with continual emphasis on teamwork and communication. The class will focus on building on these basics to work more efficiently, creating more intricate objects faster and easier. Building upon the sphere, students will learn to manipulate the material into a variety of shapes, from simple to complex.
Bio: Nate Cotterman received his BFA from the Cleveland Institute of Art in Cleveland, OH. He has taught and worked with glassmakers such as Therman Statom, Benjamin Moore, Adam Holzinger, and Joe Cariati. Nate is currently a gaffer at Joe Cariati Industries.
**Workshop check-in is Tuesday, July 24, 2012; class begins Wednesday, July 25 @ 9am.
