Part I: Going wild – Shape Shifting for Glass Fusers
Let’s go on a journey to nurture and free the creative mind!
In creating the interplay of expectations and limits is a fickle one. While both are necessary to turn an idea into an actual object, if considered too early in the process they turn out to restrict our creativity instead of supporting it.
The goal is to stretch our creativity and move out of individual comfort zones. We will work on idea finding, concept development and work process. The focus will be on developing 2D-shapes that go beyond our familiar geometric shapes. You will make two glass pieces that are unique in 2D-shape with and without color. Both pieces will be slumped in a new way and give you a taste of the path of creative slumping. This is just the beginning of your next creative adventure!
Part II: Breaking the Mold – Fearless Creative Slumping
Part II of Unleashing Creativity in a Safe Space for your Own Pleasure explores how you can extend your unusual shapes into 3D-Space. We will slump and drape for dynamic visual movement and gain a better understanding of the forces and limitations at work.
Translating Inspiration into Powder
USING FREE-HAND POWDER TECHNIQUES TO ADD COLOR AND TEXTURE
IThanks to camera phones most of us take pictures of surfaces, colors, and textures that inspire us. Or we browse for images that capture details of what we want to make. TRANSLATING INSPIRATION INTO POWDER guides you through the process and provides you with techniques and ideas on how to translate these inspirations onto your glass piece with powders. As with all my classes, the format is a workshop that consists of developing the conceptualization of a glass project as well as the practical execution of your ideas. We will use (mostly) free-hand applications of Bullseye powders to achieve different textural and color effects.
