If you're new to glass fusing, this introductory class is for you. Anyone wishing to get familiar with the basics of kiln formed glass work should take this seminar. During this hands-on class, you'll learn the fundamentals of kiln-forming while experiencing the excitement of creating your own fused glass pieces. Techniques covered include setting up a kiln, shelf preparation, glass compatibility, annealing cycles, terminology and how to avoid breaking glass during firing. Special techniques such as assembly methods and firing to create textures are featured along with tips on how to give your work a finished and professional appearance. You will also learn to fire on your own in an 8” kiln. This class is essential to those new to the world of hot glass.
Tools to Bring: glass cutter, safety glasses, breaking pliers, notebook and pencil.
2 T- "Inside and Out"
Thursday, Oct. 2nd
3 F- "Inside and Out”
Friday, Oct. 3rd
4 S- "Inside and Out"
Saturday, Oct. 4th
This popular class is designed to give you a multitude of ways to enhance the inside (between the layers) and outside (underside embossing and topside surface treatments) of your fused work. You will discover exciting new ways to add textures to the back of your glass as well as the front. Surface treatments such as dichro slide, liquid stringer, decals and gold paint pens will be used to add a new design twists to your pieces. To give your art work that extra dimension you will experiment with different types of inclusions such as gold and silver leaf, copper and brass sheet and mesh. We will also experiment with controlled air bubbles and then how to eliminate them. This class is designed with lots of hands on projects so that you can go home with your own examples. Don't let this one pass you by - you'll use these techniques again and again.
$30 Lab Fee
Lab fee $30 (includes a gold pen and metal leaf samples for students to use and take home.)
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Vicki Day
We welcome Vicki back to her 25th Hot Glass Horizons. An excellent teacher who enjoys sharing her love of glass, Vicki helps her students discover their talents and develop their own glass-working styles. She has worked with stained glass for 23 years and been teaching hot glass for 20. In 1986, what began as a hobby a couple of years earlier turned into a business she truly loves when Vicki and her business partner, Nola Cabral, purchased The Stained Glass Shop in Glendale, Arizona. Vicki also designs and constructs both commercial and residential custom windows. Running a full-time business, which includes teaching five classes a week on a variety of glass techniques, doesn't leave her much free time, except for the occasional round of golf!