BRYAN RANDA:
Intro to hot glass sculpting
Saturday & Sunday, April 14th & 15th
This will be a great weekend workshop for all levels .
A wide variety of sculpting techniques will be covered using both hollow and solid forms.
Bit work , color application , adding components using a hand torch and garage will all be covered
with emphasis on teamwork and having fun!
Students are encouraged to bring objects or sketches of what they want to work on .
Class will meet from 9am - 4pm both days. All tools, materials, and lunch will be provided. COST $350 per person
This will be a great weekend workshop for all levels .
A wide variety of sculpting techniques will be covered using both hollow and solid forms.
Bit work , color application , adding components using a hand torch and garage will all be covered
with emphasis on teamwork and having fun!
Students are encouraged to bring objects or sketches of what they want to work on .
Class will meet from 9am - 4pm both days. All tools, materials, and lunch will be provided. COST $350 per person
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Bryan Randa began working with glass in 2004 at McDermott Glass Studio in Sandwich, Massachusetts.
Working under David McDermott and Yukimi Matsumoto in an intense apprenticeship. With this priceless education, Randa gained great skill and passion for glass. Then in 2006, Randa began his lampworking career making small figurines for the Sandwich Glass Museum . After years of blown glass production work Bryan began focusing on growing his skills in sculpting and has built a home studio on Cape Cod where he continues to create one one of kind glass sculptures . Randa has studied with well-known artists such as Marc Petrovic , Martin Janecky , Grant Garmezy , Robert Michelson, Milon Townsend and Sally Prasch. His work can be found in galleries nationwide, including The Corning Museum of Glass. |
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MARA Lombardi:
the art of jewelry making
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Saturday & Sunday, April 28th & 29th
A wide variety of techniques will be covered exploring how multiple layers of glass can effect the complexity of the finished product. The first day will be spent learning/ reviewing proper cutting techniques and understanding how the different colors and transparencies work together. We will be producing jewels and learning about different kind of pendant attachments and jewelry findings. Day two will build on what we learned by making more complex jewels and discussing and experimenting with inclusions of gold and silver leaf, enamels, and dichroic glass.We will also learn how to properly finish the work from the previous day as it comes out of the kiln. All experience levels are welcome. Class will meet from 9am - 4pm both days. All tools, materials, and lunch will be provided. Mara was born in Milan and studied at the Brera Academy of Fine Arts. Knowledge of etching and painting techniques allows her to pursue her desire to express the magic in emotion, love and passion, travel and discovery, nature and force. She studied the art of glass blowing and glass fusing in Murano, with Maestro Giancarlo Signoretto and from there set up a glass kiln and studio where she now works. Mara considers Murano glass one of the most impressive materials to shape, because of its transparencies and colors, and she uses it for Jewelry and Design, creating unique pieces and designing and realizing light sculptures.
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NANDA SODERBERG:
HOt working with found and recycled glass
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Saturday & Sunday, June 23rd & 24th
During this workshop, students will learn how to transform recycled and found glass via traditional glass working techniques in the hot shop. Through demonstrations, students will be introduced to using found glass in the hot shop through heating glass in ovens and garages, picking up on punty’s and pipes and altering using the glory hole, torch, and other hand tools. Students will be exposed to using different types of glass and glass objects to make art out of including beer bottles, shot glasses, marbles, punch bowls, etc. Since this class is only a two day class, participants should have some previous glass working experience. If you can make a punti, remember to keep turning, and use basic hand tools then you’re all good. Class will meet from 9am - 4pm both days. All tools, materials, and lunch will be provided. Nanda Soderberg earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts with a focus on Glass from the University of Hawaii in 1998 and a Masters of Fine Arts from Virginia Commonwealth University in 2007. As well as keeping a professional art practice, Nanda has taught at Virginia Commonwealth University, California State University at Fullerton, Cleveland Institute of Art, Pilchuck Glass School, Haystack School of Crafts, Urban Glass and Pittsburgh Glass Center. Nanda currently lives in New Hampshire where he teaches glass blowing at Franklin Pierce University and St. Paul’s school. He has committed himself to educating others on the infinite possibilities of working with glass. |
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