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Glass Craft & Bead Expo 2008
South Point Hotel & Casino
Las Vegas, Nevada
www.glasscraftexpo.com
800-217-4527
April 3rd 2008
Thursday 9-1
Contemporary Glass Enameling is Hot! Painting with Powders and Frit
All skill levels.
Lecture, Demonstration & Slide Presentation
This fascinating workshop is a comprehensive overview of new and innovative enamel techniques. Explore traditional and contemporary techniques of enameling and creating designs using enamel powders, paints and frits, decals, and stringers on various types of glass. Learn how to combine hot glass inclusions (sheet copper, gold and silver leaf, and mica flakes) to achieve special effects. Demonstrated special effects with wet enamel paints using various shaped brushes and rubber stamps. Sift dry enamel powders and frit using unique tools and gadgets. Covering a wealth of ideas and techniques, this workshop will demonstrate stencil construction and decorating glass by sifting dry enamels through stencils onto glass. Techniques shown can be applied to create plates, panels, tiles, sun catchers, and jewelry with glass enamels. Kay is the author of the recent books Contemporary Glass Enameling-Painting with Powders, Paints & Frit and Designs for Glass Enameling: Techniques and Patterns.
April 4th 2008
Friday 9-4
Fantasy Solder Sculpting
All Skill Levels
In a fun workshop chock full of information, Kay will teach sculpting with solder for creating special effects, exploring various solders, working with sheet copper, a solder pot, and no-fire color stains.
Use a metal plate to solder sculpt ornamental designs. Learn to create decorative solder patterns seams. Stamp designs into molten solder with metal stamps.
Using unique tools and gadgets to manipulate pliable copper, learn to drape, pierce, hammer, and embossed designs. Learn how to create or enhance box tops, book covers, faces, jewelry, lamp bases, door pulls, flowers, holiday ornaments, picture frame corners, and overlays.
Kay is the author of the book and CD Solder Sculpting and Beyond and three other decorative solder books. This dynamic instructor will demonstrate dozens of innovative ideas to give your glass art a unique and professional touch. This is a fun workshop that will stimulate your creativity.
April 5th 2008
Saturday 9-1
Creative Designing: Innovative Glass Art
Lecture, Demonstrations/slide presentation (some hands-on)
Kay is the author of the award winning design book Creative Designing: Innovative Glass Art. This dynamic instructor will show you how to design unique patterns without any drawing experience. In a fun workshop, renew your creative energy so you can generate a constant source of exciting ideas and patterns. Tap into your inventiveness and improve your design ability with a stimulating array of diverse materials and improvisational exercises, and slides. Discover how to select glass for dramatic color combinations and how warm/cool, complimentary colors create illusion, depth and mood. Valuable tips on how to give your art a professional touch by learning how to create rhythm, variety, perspective, repetition and focal points. Whether you are a beginner or advanced, you will be fascinated in this fun workshop. You'll take home many extraordinary ideas and design concepts. Students bring: paper, pencil, 1 manila folder, stencil knife, spool of wire and one old magazine.
To sign up go to www.glasscraftexpo.com
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