SUMMER GLASS CLASSES AT
FLOWERFIELD ARTS CENTRE
Lampworking: making glass beads for jewellery
Two-day workshops: Tuesday & Wednesday August
7 and 8, and again on Tuesday & Wednesday August 28 and 29, 10am-4pm
each day. Tutor:
Catherine Keenan. Fee: £85 (includes materials costs). A choice of two two-day courses
running from 10am-4pm each day, with a one hour lunch break at 12.30pm.
There are FIVE places available for each course.
Day 1: Learning the basics: Turning the torch on, familiarisation
with tools and work space; Health and safety; Making a round bead; Ways
of pattern application and experimenting with form
Day 2: Refining
technique: Practising the techniques learnt on day one; Working towards a
completed jewellery piece, ie. necklace, earrings, bracelet.
Information provided to participants will include:
List of tools and equipment required; List of suppliers for materials;
List of useful websites.
Students should bring
lunch, something to tie your hair back with if your hair is long - and a
bottle of water.
T: (028) 7083 1400
Pate de Verre Workshop
Saturday August 25, 11am to 4pm
Tutor: Alison Lowry. Fee:
£45 (includes materials costs). Maximum 10 students.
‘Pate de verre’ is French for glass paste. In this
exciting workshop, crushed glass is combined with glue and pressed into
moulds to form thin walled glass vessels.
In this fun, hands-on class, participants will
produce their own unique 3D vessel or form from scratch. The design,
mould making and glass packing will all be covered on the day with
demonstrations and individual instruction. No previous experience is
necessary, just a willing and enthusiastic attitude! Tutor Alison Lowry attracted a
lot of attention with her pate de verre workshop last craft year, which
focused on flat pate de verre forms. This new workshop will allow
students to create bowls and 3D shapes. Alison will supply all the
equipment and materials. Alison Lowry has been working with glass for a
number of years and recently won the Warm glass/Bullseye prize, 2011.
She is currently glass artist in residence at the University of Ulster. See some examples of pate de
verre on her website at: www.alisonlowry.co.uk.
T: (028) 7083 1400
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