Fused Glass

GLASS & PMC WORKSHOPS

MAKING GLASS JEWELRY

& MUCH MORE

with Jim Boles

Friday, Oct 22, 2010

6 to 9pm - $85

This is a make and take home experience. You will make more items in value than you paid for the class! Easy to make, these beautiful wearable and functional glass art pieces make wonderful holiday or special occasion gifts. The course will focus on creating a series of personalized fused glass items using diachronic glass and many other glass options. Students typically make between 8-12 items such as: money clips, decorative pins, key chains, book marks, tie bar/clasp, pendants, ear rings, office spring clips, and refrigerator magnets. Six kilns will be provided for class use, and you will watch your creations become glass art through the viewing window in the kiln. No special skills are necessary. You will be amazed at the beauty and the ease of creating miniature glass art pieces for yourself or as gifts. Let your imagination run wild. Bring a lunch and be prepared for a day of fusing fun. Glass and supplies for each glass art project will be provided. Jewelry findings and/or other hardware can optionally be purchased from the instructor at the end of the class to finish your miniature glass art items. A display board is provided with many examples of designs as well as guidelines for making great designs. Besides the use of diachronic glass a full range of other glass types and colors is provided. There will also be demonstrations on:

• How to use glass paste to draw designs

• How to bend glass stringer with a flame to create twisty pieces of glass

• How to stencil patterns

• How to etch glass to create patterns

• How to design using glass powders, shards/confetti, frit, pixy dust and much more.

Glass & PMC Art Workshops Offered:

Precious Metal Clay - A New Medium

Intro to Stained Glass . Stained Glass Sun Catcher

Art Glass Wind Chime WS .

Intro to Enameling . Enameling & Fused Glass .

Fused Glass Jewelry . Fused Glass Christmas Ornaments .

Fused Glass Floral Gifts

Adult & Child Fused Glass Ornaments

November 12 & 13

Precious Metal Clay (PMC)—Working with A New Medium

with

Kim Bakken-Parr

Learn the basics of working with Precious Metal Clay to design and create beautiful Jewelry. Manufactured by Mitsubishi Corporation, Precious Metal Clay (PMC) is composed of fine silver particles, water and an organic binder. It comes in clay, paste, syringe and paper forms. There is also 24K gold PMC. Working with PMC is like working with sticky “Play-Doh.” The clay can be rolled, shaped, textured, carved, and painted on. The possibilities are endless. We have a saying “as long as it is not breathing, we can put PMC on it.” After dried and kiln or torch fired the result will be an object that is 99.9% pure silver. The different types of PMC are PMC Standard, PMC+ and PMC3 each varying on the size of the silver particles. Factors that will also change based on the particle size is the shrinkage of clay, firing times and temperatures and if you can put different inclusions like glass and gems into the piece. Workshop price includes Materials

Friday Nov 12 1 to 4PM and

Saturday Nov 13, 10AM-12PM

Price: $95

STAINED GLASS SUN CATCHER THE BASICS OF THE COPPER FOIL METHOD

with Jim Boles

(TBA)

This is a make and take home experience. Create a cheerful and colorful addition to your home. Stained Glass is perfect for creating dazzling ornaments to catch the warming sun's glow. During workshop participants will learn the basics of creating stained glass artwork using the classic copper foil method. Students will be taught basic technical skills of: copper foiling; cutting and grinding glass to a pattern; and soldering their creations. Your personally designed abstract or more realistic patterned sun catchers would be perfect in a south facing window or make a wonderful gift! Books of stained glass patterns will also be provided as options. This is an introductory course emphasizing basic skills.

Bring a lunch and be prepared for a day of creative fun. Glass and all necessary supplies for each glass art project will be provided, including a collection of sample glass patterns.

ENAMELING & FUSED GLASS SAMPLER with Jim Boles

Friday, Sept 17

6 to 9pm

Introduction to

Enameling Jewelry

JIM BOLES

Price: $85

Note: Workshop Prices includes all materials and equipment.

This is a make and take home experience. You will experience the excitement and surprise of creating your own miniature works of art using the techniques of fused glass and enameling on copper.

You will first create pendants, earrings, and other jewelry items using beautiful dichroic glass. Dichroic glass and a vast array of other types of fusible glass will be provided for you to choose from in creating your personal wearable glass art. Example will be provided so you can quickly understand how to assemble your pieces for the best results.

After your fused glass pieces are placed in the kiln the class will move onto copper enameling. Enameling is easy, colorful and fun to do. You will learn the basics and watch your creations come alive in a small kiln with a viewing port. You will learn how to clean and prepare the copper, and how to apply the enamels using several different easy to use techniques such as sifting and stenciling to create beautiful color combination and patterns.

You will try out your skills on small pieces of sheet copper then move onto precut copper shapes such as butterflies, leaves, rounds, diamonds, fish, and birds. The finished projects can be made into pins and pendants.

This sampler class will enable you to decide if you would want to one of the dedicated classes in fused glass or enameling.

Enamels and all necessary supplies for your art projects will be provided. Jewelry findings and/or other hardware can optionally be purchased from the instructor at the end of the class to finish your miniature glass art items.

You will leave the class with several fused glass and enameled items with a value that equals or exceeds the price of the class! As an attendee you are invited to visit my studio if you have further questions on glass fusing and to look around at my wonderful playground.

ART GLASS WIND CHIME

with Jim Boles

Tuesday,

Nov 2

6 to 9pm

Create a beautiful wind chime using fused art glass. The chime will look and sound great on a porch, deck, or hanging in a garden.

Your wind chime will be made from pieces of colorful glass that you will choose from a large selection of glasses. Each of the six chimes will be made from two layers of 1 by 6 inch strips of glass which will be fused together in a kiln. You will also make six small ringers which will strike the chimes when blown by the wind. All of the parts will be hung from a custom machined and elegantly shaped bar of brushed aluminum for durability and beauty.

The simple design of this project leaves you free to focus on choosing your favorite color combinations and to decorate the chimes with other small pieces of glass. You will be shown how to cut glass to create your chime parts, and how to arrange your pieces of glass into a personal design.

Your project will be fused by the instructor at his studio. They will be mailed via USPS to each student. The glass and all necessary supplies for each project will be provided.

As an attendee you are invited to visit my studio if you have further questions on glass fusing and to look around at my wonderful playground.

Sun, Sept 12 & 19

Introduction to Stained Glass with JIM BOLES

Stained Glass is perfect for creating dazzling ornaments to catch the warming sun's glow. During workshop participants will learn the basics of creating stained glass artwork using the classic copper foil method. Students will be taught basic technical skills of: copper foiling; cutting and grinding glass to a pattern; and soldering their creations. This is an introductory course emphasizing basic skills. This is a make and take home experience. Create a cheerful and colorful addition to your home.

Sunday Sept 12 & 19th - 1 to 4pm

Workshop Price: $85

Fused Glass Floral Gifts with Jim Boles

Friday December 17th,

from 1 to 4pm

Workshop Price: $85

This three hour session is an introduction to creating images in glass using glass paste, powders and fine pieces of glass called frit. You will choose from a collection of 4 by 6 inch flora designs or you can bring your own ideas. The process is very easy to learn, and the focus will be on using the techniques to create your first fused glass image. Once the technique is learned you can advance onto larger projects, creating in hours imagery that that would take months to accomplish using a stained glass approach.

This is truly an impressive and rewarding glass process to learn, and can be customized to your own style of working as you develop your own approach to glass fusing.

If you couldn’t find that special gift for the holiday season, then this just may be it.

Fused Glass Christmas Ornaments

Three December Workshops!

with Jim Boles

Sun Nov 21 or Dec 5

Fused Glass Christmas Ornaments

JIM BOLES

1 to 4pm

Ages 12 to 112

Price: $85 per student per class

CREATE HOLIDAY MEMORIES WITH THE KID IN YOUR LIFE!

PAIR UP: Fused Glass Christmas Ornaments

Sun Dec 12 from 1 to 4pm

Kids ages 5 to 11

JIM BOLES

Price: $95 per pair (1 child + 1 adult)

Extra Child: $35 (max 2 per adult)

Looking for a special stocking stuffer? Look no further! Make your own holiday decorations in bright colorful glass. Bring your own ideas or use one of the many designs provided and customize it to your desire. In this three hour session you will be able to make a personalized gifts for many members of your family. Between 3 and 6 ornaments can be made, depending on the complexity level you choose. Each will have a braided hanging wire built into it.

Add a little sparkle to your holiday gift giving, and have fun yourself creating them with someone in mind. Personalize your gift with gold lettering. This is way better than a gift card!

Glass & PMC Art Workshops Offered:

Precious Metal Clay - A New Medium

Intro to Stained Glass

Stained Glass Sun Catcher

Art Glass Wind Chime WS

Intro to Enameling

Enameling & Fused Glass

Fused Glass Jewelry

Fused Glass Christmas Ornaments

Fused Glass Floral Gifts

Adult & Child Fused Glass Ornaments

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