Advanced Pattern Making in Glass with Ian Chadwick
The Glass Hub Stowford Manor farm, WingfieldOver three days you 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.
Masterclass: Advanced Pattern Making in Glass with Ian Chadwick
The Glass Hub Stowford Manor farm, WingfieldOver three days you 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.
Masterclass: Form and Colour with Katie Huskie
The Glass Hub Stowford Manor farm, WingfieldKatie Huskie will lead this weekend in the Hot shop, and focus upon the fundamentals of form and colour in blown glass. Her class will concentrate on the core principals of glassblowing, through the process of blowing basic forms well, and the exploration of colour with your chosen designs.
Postponed Masterclass: Casting Nature with Colin Reid
The Glass Hub Stowford Manor farm, WingfieldEngage with nature - taking the immediate environment as a source of form, texture and inspiration for casting in glass. In this four day kiln-casting course you will explore a variety of moulding techniques to translate natural forms into cast glass, working both outside in the landscape and in the studio.
Masterclass: Form to Fuse with Andrea Spencer
The Glass Hub Stowford Manor farm, WingfieldExplore the potential of using flameworking techniques to create elements that can be fused to the surface of sheet glass. Over three days you will investigate solid-sculpting, drawing, colour applications, carving/texturing and construction at the torch, and then use these…
Masterclass: Flexible Fusing with Matthew Szösz
The Glass Hub Stowford Manor farm, WingfieldBuild flexible, inflatable, and expandable fusings that can be brought out of the kiln to be worked in three dimensions. Students will learn methods and techniques for assembling fusible structures in flat glass, and bringing those structures to a working point from which they can be manipulated either inside or outside the kiln.
Masterclass: Collage for Kiln Casting with Georgia Redpath
The Glass Hub Stowford Manor farm, WingfieldModels and moulds often open-up new ways of seeing work, and avenues for future exploration. Over four days you will explore the use of collage and paper sculpting techniques to create original relief models, focussing on form and textural qualities, then develop your moulds which will hold and shape the glass in the kiln.
Masterclass: Hot Glass Sculpture with James Devereux
The Glass Hub Stowford Manor farm, WingfieldAdept at working with solid forms as well as blown pieces, James Devereux has established himself as one of the foremost glassblowers in the UK. This three-day class will offer an intensive immersion into hot glass sculpting, exploring a variety of different sculpting techniques.
Masterclass: Graal Techniques with Sonja Klingler and Ruth Dresman
The Glass Hub Stowford Manor farm, Wingfield'Graal' is an amazing colour technique developed by Orrefors in Sweden in 1916. Get to grips with the processes involved under Sonja and Ruth's expert guidance. Open to those who want to blow themselves, and also those who want to direct the blowing An intensive but rewarding class, focusing on technique, both hot and cold, with an emphasis on colour and the application of your designs.
Printing Techniques for Glass with Philippa Beveridge
The Glass Hub Stowford Manor farm, WingfieldFrom linoleum cuts to decals, this four-day course will cover surface decoration and printing techniques using both mediums, as well as kiln-forming techniques from fusing and slumping to basic mould-making. The techniques covered and individual responses will be assessed in light of their great potential for both architectural and sculptural glass work.
Fusing with the ‘Wow’ Factor with Opal Seabrook
The Glass Hub Stowford Manor farm, WingfieldExplore various techniques involved in developing intricate 3D designs in fused glass with a 'Pop Art' style such as spray painting with glass enamels to bring shading and fine detail to your designs. Opal’s style is inspired by a wide range of sources, including tattoo, comic, pop art, nature, photography and art in its wider context.
Advanced Pattern Making in Glass with Ian Chadwick
The Glass Hub Stowford Manor farm, WingfieldOver three days you 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.