Glassblowing for Potters
The new STARworks Glass Lab will be offering potters an accelerated, introductory course in glassblowing (Glass I for Potters) that touches on the fundamentals of glass, including basic hot shop techniques, tools and equipment.
Classes would be intensive 3-day classes meeting Friday evening, all day Saturday and all day Sunday for about 20 hours of instruction.
Class Schedule:
Friday: Shop orientation, safety training, history, demo, equipment operation. (4 hours)
Saturday: (8 hours)
* Ergonomics: rod and pipe procedure, posture and stance, bench orientation, marvering, hot shop communication
* Gathering: safety, where, how far up punty rod, how much
* Bench operation: positioning, how to turn, tooling.
* Use of jacks, make marbles other simple shapes
* Starter bubble, jackline
* Second gather, blocking, marvering second gather
* Paddles
* Transfer to punty, open up bubble, making cups
Sunday: (8 hours)
* Recap Saturday, continue making cups
* Rolling in color, demo an overlay
* Handles, bits
* Add all elements into cylinder shape and we'll see how far you get!
Price: $295 including lunch on Saturday and Sunday.
Instructors: Mike Linzy, Eddie Bernard, and Evan Morgan
Class size: Maximum 8
We are interested in offering a first class before Christmas on December 19-21 if there is sufficient interest. A more advanced class (Glass II for Potters) will be offered after the New Year as well as a repeat of Glass I. Other plans are to teach a glass casting class in the spring as well.
For more info, contact Mike Linzy @mike@starworksnc.org or call 910-428-9001.
The new STARworks Glass Lab will be offering potters an accelerated, introductory course in glassblowing (Glass I for Potters) that touches on the fundamentals of glass, including basic hot shop techniques, tools and equipment.
Classes would be intensive 3-day classes meeting Friday evening, all day Saturday and all day Sunday for about 20 hours of instruction.
Class Schedule:
Friday: Shop orientation, safety training, history, demo, equipment operation. (4 hours)
Saturday: (8 hours)
* Ergonomics: rod and pipe procedure, posture and stance, bench orientation, marvering, hot shop communication
* Gathering: safety, where, how far up punty rod, how much
* Bench operation: positioning, how to turn, tooling.
* Use of jacks, make marbles other simple shapes
* Starter bubble, jackline
* Second gather, blocking, marvering second gather
* Paddles
* Transfer to punty, open up bubble, making cups
Sunday: (8 hours)
* Recap Saturday, continue making cups
* Rolling in color, demo an overlay
* Handles, bits
* Add all elements into cylinder shape and we'll see how far you get!
Price: $295 including lunch on Saturday and Sunday.
Instructors: Mike Linzy, Eddie Bernard, and Evan Morgan
Class size: Maximum 8
We are interested in offering a first class before Christmas on December 19-21 if there is sufficient interest. A more advanced class (Glass II for Potters) will be offered after the New Year as well as a repeat of Glass I. Other plans are to teach a glass casting class in the spring as well.
For more info, contact Mike Linzy @mike@starworksnc.org or call 910-428-9001.
1 comment:
Looks like the first Glass I class (Intro to Glassblowing) is filled for early January but there are still openings for January 16-18.
There will also be a Glass II class in late January.
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