Winter Session Six | February 7-12 (one week)
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Graphic and Color Systems in Glass
Mark Matthews | Glassblowing
February 7-12, 2011
Using colored rods, powders, frits, and techniques such as color overlaying and canemaking, students will create their own combinations of graphic patterns and will experiment with color schemes. These patterns will then be used to produce marbles. The instructor will demonstrate his color theory, and students will have the opportunity to apply these color schemes in their own work. Participants should bring an ample supply of color bars, frit, and powder. One year of glassblowing experience is required.
Mark Matthews is one of America’s premier makers of collectable marbles and other spherical decorative glass objects. His sophisticated color systems and complex graphic designs in glass have earned him widespread critical acclaim. His work has been published in New Glass Review, Glass Magazine, and Greenberg’s Guide to Marbles.
Beginning Flameworking
Jim Byrnes | Flameworking
February 7-12, 2011
This class will focus on the means more than the end. Through explanation and demonstration, students will be guided through numerous sequential exercises designed to target specific skills. As students become familiar with a few skills, they will begin combining them. The goal of the class is to equip students with an understanding of how the glass behaves. No glassworking experience is required.
Jim Byrnes spent 30 years as a scientific glassblower while making decorative items on the side. He is now devoted full time to teaching his craft and selling his decorative work, such as hanging ornaments and wine glasses. Mr. Byrnes’ work is available at quality craft retailers throughout the United States.
Glass Painting
Cappy Thompson | Painting
February 7-12, 2011
In this class, students will learn grisaille, or grey-tonal painting, a versatile method of painting on glass that involves several
applications and firings of vitreous enamels. Students will look in-depth at the instructor’s work as well as that of other contemporary glass painters, and will paint on flat glass and vessel forms. Useful handouts, including firing schedules, will be provided. No experience is required.
Cappy Thompson has been painting glass since 1976. She started her career as a stained glass painter and became known in the glass art world for her reverse-painted narrative vessels, which have been shown and collected internationally. Recent works include architectural-scale public art installations in painted glass.
An In-Depth Introduction to Venetian Techniques
William Gudenrath | Glassblowing
February 7-12, 2011
This course will provide a firm foundation in the basic movements of Venetian-style glassblowing. It will include the making of well-formed and thinly blown vessel bodies, excellent necks, delicate mereses, and blown feet and stems. When students have mastered these techniques, they will proceed to making canes and studying caneworking processes. Objects from The Corning Museum of Glass collection will be closely studied, initially to frustrate, and then to inspire students. One year of glassblowing experience is required.
William Gudenrath resident adviser of The Studio, is a glassblower, scholar, lecturer, and teacher. An authority on historical hot glassworking techniques from ancient Egypt through the Renaissance, he has presented many lectures and demonstrations. Mr. Gudenrath also is the president of the Fellows of The Corning Museum of Glass.
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