Hot Glass Sculpture

Prerequisites: Glassblowing 2 or Glassblowing 3 (just one), and Glassblowing 1.

This 4-day workshop will introduce students to solid glass sculpting and working "asymmetrically" (as opposed to the more "symmetrical" work of blown vessels) in the hot shop.

Skills that will be taught include: bit application, proper tool use, using the garage, the pick-up oven, and more. Students will learn how to safely and properly use oxygen and propane torches to create texture and form. Each student will walk away from this class with an understanding of how to make representative and abstract sculptural objects and some new tricks for making more elaborate vessels.