In this three-day course participants will explore principles of advanced pattern forming in fused glass. Using pre-formed Bullseye glass stringer sheets, students will expand their knowledge and experience of kiln-forming and cold-working techniques to produce intricate patterns which utilise symmetry and geometry to create hypnotising mandala-like patterns.

Participants will be guided through the creation of Bullseye glass stringer sheets which once fired will be deconstructed and reassembled. Participants will learn how the arrangement of tone and colour can enhance the optical properties of the pattern design and how to lay out the pattern using principles of four-fold and eight-fold symmetry. Students will utilise these concepts and techniques to create a glass tile of their own design.

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Nina Casson McGarva studied glass at the Ecole Nationale du Verre in France, and also The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts in Bornholm, Denmark. She has exhibited at Pilchuck Glass School as part of her 2015 Emerging Artists in Residency, as well as the 2018 Milano Vetro Expo, and the 4ème Biennale du verre de Colombes, France. She has assisted Sally Fawkes, Baldwin & Guggisberg, Marc Petrovic and David Kaplan.