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Newy will be teaching:
26W - “Creative Combing Techniques” Lecture / Hands-on
Wednesday, May 2, 1pm – 4pm
Combing or raking is most often associated with dragging a metal hook across the surface of molten glass to create a ‘feather’ design. For thousands of years, this ancient hot glass technique has found its way into blown vessels and hand made glass beads. It wasn’t until 1981 that artists like Gil Reynolds started using this process in their fused kiln work. Super-heating the glass allows it to become soft enough to be easily combed, yet working in a kiln that hot creates its own set challenges. In this class you will learn how to safely deal with the nuances of this exciting design activity.
Newy will have tools to comb with, fences to comb in and lots of “before and after” samples to pass around. Her slide show of ancient and contemporary work will survey some of the different effects you can achieve with combing and last but not least, her students will have the opportunity to give combing a whirl. This is a great way to experience the thrill of combing hot glass in a safe environment while exploring how this unique visual effect can enhance your fused tiles, bowls, sculptures and jewelry.
27T – “Frit Masks” Thursday, May 3
28F – “Frit Masks” Friday, May 4
 29S – “Frit Masks” Saturday, May 5
This NEW seminar is actually three classes in one – Mold making for Casting, Advanced Fusing and Manipulated Forms. First you will learn all about “Container Molds” – in this case, mask shaped high temperature molds made from materials such as wet felt, fiber board, refractory plaster, metal and bisque fired clay forms that can be filled with a glass.
Secondly, you will lean how about advance fusing design concepts (such as fusing strips on edge, stringer fabric, hot parts, pre-fused elements, image up or image down and inclusions) and how to utilize them in the class projects.
Third, you will see how shaping hot glass by manipulation eliminates the need for a second firing for bending or slumping. The molds filled with glass will be heated to fusing temperature where the masks will be removed from the hot kiln, shaped on a face mold and then transferred to an annealing kiln. This is a pretty exciting experience and you take home a trio of techniques that can be put to use right away.
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"Newy is great, a talented creative person as well as an artist! I will take another class from her."
M. T.
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 Horsing around has become second nature to Newy, who will be teaching at her 25th Hot Glass Horizons. As a renowned artist, Newy is recognized nationally for her exciting and entertaining art glass seminars as well as her unique kiln-forming techniques. Newy has loved horses since she was a little girl and has been creating them in her artwork her whole life. In 1983, she began incorporating them into her glass work. Her stylized horse forms (pictured above) have been widely exhibited and have earned her many honors, including "Best of Show" at the International Glass Craft Expo in 1991. Newy credits her time at Camp Colton in Oregon and at Penland School in North Carolina with helping her take her talents and skills to new levels. She received her degree in Art Education at Southern Connecticut State University and has taught art glass classes at all of the major national glass events.
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