CLASSES AT LEITRIM SCUPTURE CENTRE
GLASSBLOWING FOR BEGINNERS WORKSHOP
Dates: Fri 1st & Sat 2nd June, Sun 3rd & Mon 4th June
Trainer: Louise Rice & Graham Reid
Course Fees: €240 (two days) - 10am to 5pm
Participants: 4
Experience: No experience required
In this two-day workshop you will explore the extraordinary medium of hot glass. You will learn how to gather glass out of the furnace, to control and shape the hot glass, to blow a bubble and make a simple vessel. Working in two small teams, the emphasis of this course is hands-on experience, with demos and support from an experienced glassblower.
Louise Rice is based at the Sculpture Centre in Manorhamilton and studied glass at Edinburgh College of Art and the Rietveld Acadamie in Amsterdam. Rice has work in Ulster Museum, and National Glass Museum, Netherlands.
Graham Reid received a Bachelors degree in Sculptural Glass from Massachusetts College Of Art. He built Knockbeg Studios where he taught glassblowing, and now works as sculptor in glass, wood and metal from his Studio in Sligo.
SAND CASTING WITH HOT GLASS WORKSHOP
Dates: Tuesday 5th June
Trainer: Keith Seybert
Course Fees: €140 (one day) - 10am to 5pm
Participants: 6
Experience: No experience required
This two-day course will introduce you to the potential of molten glass as a creative material through the process of “Hot” casting into sand moulds. You will have the opportunity to ladle glass straight from the furnace and pour into prepared “open faced” sand moulds made with found and sculpted objects. This is the most direct method to create your own solid sculptural forms in glass. No previous glass working experience required and all materials are provided. Feel free to bring in your own objects to press in the sand. Appropriate footwear is a must: leather boots preferred, leather shoes acceptable; No open toed shoes or sandals!
Keith Alan Seybert received masters’ degrees in Sculpture, and Glass and Ceramics from Washington University, St. Louis in 1987 and 1995. He has led numerous workshops in a variety of glass and sculpture techniques in the US, Europe and beyond. From 1999 to 2001 he was a Senior Researcher at the Royal College of Art, London, where he headed an in-depth examination of investment type refractory moulds for casting glass and bronze; a topic he has lectured on at many international venues including 2002 and 2009 at the annual conference of the Glass Art Society. He currently lives in Ireland and works in his Blarney studio.
REFRACTORY MOULDMAKING FOR KILN CAST GLASS & BRONZE CASTING WORKSHOP
Dates: Fri 1st & Sat 2nd June, Sun 3rd & Mon 4th June
Trainer: Louise Rice & Graham Reid
Course Fees: €240 (two days) - 10am to 5pm
Participants: 4
Experience: No experience required
In this two-day workshop you will explore the extraordinary medium of hot glass. You will learn how to gather glass out of the furnace, to control and shape the hot glass, to blow a bubble and make a simple vessel. Working in two small teams, the emphasis of this course is hands-on experience, with demos and support from an experienced glassblower.
Louise Rice is based at the Sculpture Centre in Manorhamilton and studied glass at Edinburgh College of Art and the Rietveld Acadamie in Amsterdam. Rice has work in Ulster Museum, and National Glass Museum, Netherlands.
Graham Reid received a Bachelors degree in Sculptural Glass from Massachusetts College Of Art. He built Knockbeg Studios where he taught glassblowing, and now works as sculptor in glass, wood and metal from his Studio in Sligo.
SAND CASTING WITH HOT GLASS WORKSHOP
Dates: Tuesday 5th June
Trainer: Keith Seybert
Course Fees: €140 (one day) - 10am to 5pm
Participants: 6
Experience: No experience required
This two-day course will introduce you to the potential of molten glass as a creative material through the process of “Hot” casting into sand moulds. You will have the opportunity to ladle glass straight from the furnace and pour into prepared “open faced” sand moulds made with found and sculpted objects. This is the most direct method to create your own solid sculptural forms in glass. No previous glass working experience required and all materials are provided. Feel free to bring in your own objects to press in the sand. Appropriate footwear is a must: leather boots preferred, leather shoes acceptable; No open toed shoes or sandals!
Keith Alan Seybert received masters’ degrees in Sculpture, and Glass and Ceramics from Washington University, St. Louis in 1987 and 1995. He has led numerous workshops in a variety of glass and sculpture techniques in the US, Europe and beyond. From 1999 to 2001 he was a Senior Researcher at the Royal College of Art, London, where he headed an in-depth examination of investment type refractory moulds for casting glass and bronze; a topic he has lectured on at many international venues including 2002 and 2009 at the annual conference of the Glass Art Society. He currently lives in Ireland and works in his Blarney studio.
REFRACTORY MOULDMAKING FOR KILN CAST GLASS & BRONZE CASTING WORKSHOP
Dates: Sat 2nd to Mon 4th June
Trainer: Keith Seybert
Course Fees: €210 (three days) - 10am to 5pm
Participants: 8
Experience: Some basic experience required
This in-depth workshop covers the theory and techniques used in casting either bronze or glass. Tips for wax working, (pour cups, sprewing, gating, and venting) investment type refractory mould construction approaches (face-coats {brush on & splash}, Roman or Italian hand built, cores and poured monolithic) will be discussed with an aim towards enabling participants to "customize" their approach to fit their vision. A range of primary model materials will be demonstrated, principally wax, working through to the final refractory moulds, thus some previous knowledge of, and experience with: clay, wax, or plaster work is helpful to participants.
All pertinent aspects of refractory moulding will be covered. Participants will need both sketch book and note book; be ready with ideas to pursue, and open to learn. Large amounts of material will be covered in a relatively short time. Participants need to come with a wax positive or rubber mould. This can be made in the ‘Reproduction Moulding for Artists & Architects workshop’. Prerequisite: Wax positive or rubber mould.
Keith Alan Seybert received masters’ degrees in Sculpture, and Glass and Ceramics from Washington University, St. Louis in 1987 and 1995. He has led numerous workshops in a variety of glass and sculpture techniques in the US, Europe and beyond. From 1999 to 2001 he was a Senior Researcher at the Royal College of Art, London, where he headed an in-depth examination of investment type refractory moulds for casting glass and bronze; a topic he has lectured on at many international venues including 2002 and 2009 at the annual conference of the Glass Art Society. He currently lives in Ireland and works in his Blarney studio.
Trainer: Keith Seybert
Course Fees: €210 (three days) - 10am to 5pm
Participants: 8
Experience: Some basic experience required
This in-depth workshop covers the theory and techniques used in casting either bronze or glass. Tips for wax working, (pour cups, sprewing, gating, and venting) investment type refractory mould construction approaches (face-coats {brush on & splash}, Roman or Italian hand built, cores and poured monolithic) will be discussed with an aim towards enabling participants to "customize" their approach to fit their vision. A range of primary model materials will be demonstrated, principally wax, working through to the final refractory moulds, thus some previous knowledge of, and experience with: clay, wax, or plaster work is helpful to participants.
All pertinent aspects of refractory moulding will be covered. Participants will need both sketch book and note book; be ready with ideas to pursue, and open to learn. Large amounts of material will be covered in a relatively short time. Participants need to come with a wax positive or rubber mould. This can be made in the ‘Reproduction Moulding for Artists & Architects workshop’. Prerequisite: Wax positive or rubber mould.
Keith Alan Seybert received masters’ degrees in Sculpture, and Glass and Ceramics from Washington University, St. Louis in 1987 and 1995. He has led numerous workshops in a variety of glass and sculpture techniques in the US, Europe and beyond. From 1999 to 2001 he was a Senior Researcher at the Royal College of Art, London, where he headed an in-depth examination of investment type refractory moulds for casting glass and bronze; a topic he has lectured on at many international venues including 2002 and 2009 at the annual conference of the Glass Art Society. He currently lives in Ireland and works in his Blarney studio.
W: www.leitrimsculpturecentre.ie
T: 071 985 5098
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