Description
This course will cover basic techniques and approaches to the creation of kiln-cast glass sculptures. Kiln cast glass involves heating glass to a molten state inside a mold. Glass offers unique opportunities for artists to work with light, transparency, opacity, and to create forms with distinct texture and depth in a variety of colors. Students will be introduced to a variety of methodologies and materials suitable for the creation of prototypes for molding and will create their own investment molds from prototypes and/or found objects. Packing and filling molds with glass, basic kiln loading and firing information for glass casting, and finishing techniques appropriate for kiln formed glass sculptures will be covered. The course is open to students of all knowledge and experience levels in glass.