GLASS 601 001
Beginning Glassblowing
June 8-June 14, 2008
1 credit hour
Instructor: Jerry Catania
$100 Lab Fee
GLASS 601 002
Beginning Glassblowing
June 29-July 5, 2008
1 credit hour
Instructor: Jerry Catania
$100 Lab Fee
This course will offer hands-on glassblowing experience to the beginner. Participants will learn a variety of techniques for manipulating molten "hot glass" into vessel or sculptural forms. Lectures, videos, demonstrations, and critiques will augment studio instruction.
GLASS 602 001
Multilevel Glassblowing
June 15-June 21, 2008
1 credit hour
Instructor: Jerry Catania
$150 Lab Fee
GLASS 602 002
Multilevel Glassblowing
July 6-July 12, 2008
1 credit hour
Instructor: Jerry Catania
$150 Lab Fee
GLASS 602 003
Multilevel Glassblowing
August 17-August 23, 2008
1 credit hour
Instructor: Jerry Catania
$150 Lab Fee
A hands-on studio workshop for those with some glassblowing experience. Students will learn a variety of techniques for manipulating molten "hot glass" into vessel or sculptural forms. Lectures, demonstrations, videos, and critiques will augment studio instruction.
GLASS 618 001
Venetian Cane Making
June 22-June 28, 2008
1 credit hour
Instructor: Wes Hunting
$150 Lab Fee
Students will experiment with the process of 14th century Venetian cane-making, using glass to create complex and detailed patterns. The class will make milifiori, murrini, lattichino and zamfirico cane as well as explain the use of various colored glasses and how they react to one another. Students will learn both traditional and non-traditional techniques of incorporating the cane made during class into their blown glass. Basic Glassblowing skills required.
GLASS 616 001
Experiments in Glassblowing: Sculptural Forms
July 13-July 19, 2008
Instructors: Daniel Petraitis and Piper Brett
1 credit hour
$150 Lab Fee
This class is intended for intermediate to advanced level glass students who wish to broaden their scope with this versatile medium. Students will focus on integrating technical skills with experimentation in form. Working from drawings, students will have the opportunity to develop their own visual language with glass. Demonstrations and class excercises will cover a broad range of experiments in form, shape, and color application, as well as traditional and non-traditional techniques. Students should be prepared to work in teams and let go of expectation.
GLASS 603 001
Glassblowing
July 20-August 2, 2008
3 credit hours
Instructors: George Jercich and Jerry Catania
$250 Lab Fee
This studio course will allow students to refine their skills, learn techniques, and develop a critical approach to the unique aesthetic of the blown glass form. Students will be required to keep a sketchbook and develop a series of works. Shared studio time, demonstrations, lectures, and critiques comprise the balance of the course that culminates in a group exhibition. Prior glassblowing experience is required to sign up for this course.
GLASS 612 001
Glass Casting
August 3-August 16, 2008
3 credit hours
Instructor: Jerry Catania and John vanAmerogen
$250 Lab Fee
This course is for artists of any experience level wishing to better understand their own creative path through an intense and intimate "hands on" exposure to the medium of molten cast glass. Molten glass poured into simple open-faced sand molds will be used to create glass sculptural elements. These works will be thoughtfully integrated into sculptures that utilize other materials on their way to completion. Students will learn the process and teamwork necessary to pour 'hot' glass and to use metal, concrete and other materials as compatible sculptural finishing elements.