2009 Glass Craft and Bead Expo – Las Vegas, Nevada:
EXPLORING GLASS POWDERS: A Creative Approach to Exceptional Work
Glass Craft and Bead Expo, Las Vegas, Nevada
April 1, 2 or 3, 2009
Location: Glass Craft & Bead Expo, Las Vegas, Nevada
Number of Sessions: 1
Explore the possibilities of personal expression with this underused form of glass in a hands on, fun, experimental atmosphere. Working with small components, students practice a variety of techniques unique to glass powders, including color blending and shading for painting, sgrafitto, combing and feathering, line work, resists, templates, faux sandblasting, and how to pull out oversifted powder. Students will also discover how to correct a problem, after it has been fired. Design and color issues will be discussed and practiced. Students will take home a set of samples to remember the techniques allowing them to easily replicate this work in their own studio.
CLAY PLAY WITH GLASS POWDERS: An Innovative Pâte de Verre Method
Glass Craft and Bead Expo, Las Vegas, Nevada
April 4, 2009
Location: Glass Craft & Bead Expo, Las Vegas, Nevada
Number of Sessions: 1
Learn how to mix powdered glass into a paste, similar to clay, then sculpt it into a variety of small forms that can be used for jewelry, magnets, or architectural applications. We’ll start with powder wafers to heat things up, then using a non-toxic liquid binder. You’ll discover the secrets of a very unique method. Applying modified polymer clay techniques to our paste we can achieve similar results that in the past were only relevant to clay or could only be achieved using molds. We’ll also make small paste pattern bars with intricate detail, that can be used as cabochons, buttons, beads, or components in other projects. From this class, you’ll take home a finished small sculpture and as many paste pattern bar projects as one day allows.
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