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Glass Skills Classes

Skills Classes for 2013 include lampworking with Ian Pearson, glass painting with Jeff Zimmer and sculptural flameworking with Carrie Fertig.

CONTEMPORARY GLASS PAINTING AND LAYERING
27 – 31 May
Cost: £550

Jeff Zimmer will lead a five day class about creating three dimensional images on glass using both traditional and photographic approaches.  The class will exploit the transparency of glass and layer techniques and images to collage and create a sense of space.  Hand painted enamels, photo-sensitive sandblast resists and printed transfers will be used.The experience will be enhanced through discussions and presentations. There will be discussion about how creating a 3-D image affects its content and our experience of it.

The course will be of interest to individuals looking to expand their practice into a new dimension.  Those with experience of image-making on glass will learn to see their work in a new way while those new to painting on glass will learn the both the basics of the craft and novel applications.

SCULPTURAL FLAMEWORKING TECHNIQUES
5 – 9 August
Cost: £550

Led by Carrie Fertig, this five day technical course will use the bench burner and hand torch to build skills for making sculpture in clear borosilicate glass. The course will cover health and safety of the studio, torch, canisters of gas, and the flameworker. We will concentrate on solid sculpting and building with glass rod and developing blowing skills with hollow glass.
The course will teach the use of the hand torch to enable larger-scale work. New assignments each day will build on and refine the previous skills learned. Evening activities include slide talks covering historical and contemporary flamework practice, discussions, and building your own studio. This course is suitable for all levels of experience but lots of individual attention will grow your abilities at every skill level.

Carrie teaches in the United States and Britain and her work is in the collections of the Perth Museum and Art Gallery, Broadfield Glass House Museum, The Roslin Institute, and North Lands Creative Glass. She is currently resident in the glass department of the School for American Crafts at Rochester Institute of Technology in New York State.

AN INTRODUCTION TO LAMP WORKING
23 – 25 September
Cost: £300

Ian Pearson will lead a three day introduction to the art of lamp working (using gas/oxygen torches to blow, manipulate and join glass tube and rod).

Ian has been practicing the skill known as lamp working since 1961, and is an acknowledged master of the craft bringing a mix of outstanding technical knowledge and creative flair. For many years a scientific glass blower creating highly complex laboratory equipment, Ian now uses his blend of ancient craft and modern technology to make art objects and gifts at his studio Glass Creations in Thurso.

This class is suitable for all skill levels and abilities.

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For more information email grace.macbeath@northlandsglass.com or call 01593 721 229