If you are unable to attend one of my scheduled workshops or would prefer 1-on-1 instruction; I can prepare a private class to meet your needs. All of the topics presented in my group workshops can be presented as a private class. Perhaps you need a foundation in the core techniques of Tracing, Matting & Silver Staining. May I suggest "The Glass Painter's Primer". If you're ready for more advanced techniques select Airbrushing, Enameling or Sand blasting & Engraving flashed glass. These are, in my opinion, best learned in a private setting anyway. You'll find description of each of these below. My day rate is $325 which includes 6 hours of instruction at my studio at Wheaton Arts and access to tools, pigments, glass and firings. Our typical day is 10AM to 5PM with a 1 hour lunch break. Please contact me by email to discuss private instruction to meet your goals.
Glass painting is a technique that developed to produce imagery for the great stained glass windows of medieval Europe. Lines and tones that appear in the faces and drapery of saints, for instance, were created with this process. Glass painting allows the artist to letter inscriptions, render the texture of fur or feathers, produce the subtle folds of drapery or flesh and create the illusion of the third dimension. This workshop will give you a solid foundation in the core techniques of tracing, matting & silver stain.
This intensive 1-day workshop is designed for advanced students who want to take their work to the next level. Working with an airbrush allows the artist to create an infinite range of subtle gradations with almost photographic results. In glass painting the airbrush allows the painter to apply multiple layers of pigments without firing the glass between applications, thus saving time and money.
Enamels are pigments mixed with glass frit that enable the artist to paint with transparent color. They require special mediums and firing cycles from other glass pigments. Their use is essential for more advanced applications such as rendering flesh tones or color changes that are too intricate to be separated by lead lines. Enamels fire at a temperature lower than trace and matt so are usually applied after these other techniques. Students should bring to this class projects already traced and matted with black or bistre brown on clear glass to apply enamel to. Otherwise students will learn mixing and firing techniques and make color samples but not a completed project. Enamel is not recommended to be applied to the tin side of float glass as it effects the way the enamel fires.
This 1-Day workshop will introduce the student to the use of a sandblaster for shading and carving glass. Students will work with flashed glass and practice techniques of creating masks and stencils.
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