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Debra Ruzinsky’s great Lost Wax Casting class finished up their projects in the cold shop. Here are some images of the students and their work.
Monthly Archives: November 2009
Escaping the Lure of Black Friday
>The Glass School provided a much needed respite for a number of artists after Thanksgiving.
Instead of hitting the malls, glass artist Teddie Hathaway hit the diamond lap wheel.
Teddie Hathaway cleans her bas-relief glass panels.
Nancy Donnelly unloads her glass castings.
Escape to the Washington Glass School.
Talking Turkey
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The Washington Glass School wishes everybody a wonderful and safe Thanksgiving with family and friends.
2010 Glass Art Society Conference
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This coming June, the 40th GAS conference will be held, this time in nearby Louisville, KY – some great events, lectures, demos and honors are scheduled! Lino Tagliapietra will be doing a demo; Mark Peiser is honored with a Lifetime Achievement Award; lectures by some of the glass gods – like Richard Jolley; panels with Glass School favorites Tommie Rush and Jeremy Lepisto, Eddie Bernard, Judith Schaechter; Lec-Mos (Lecture + Demo?) by Oben Albright, Jeff Wallin, and so much more.
Registration opens Dec 1. For a pdf of the Conference Brochure click HERE
Get Ready for the Washington Glass School Holiday Sale!
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It may be cold and nasty outside – but it is warm & toasty at the Glass School.
The Washington Glass School annual Holiday Sale is coming soon!
So many of the Glass School artists and instructors will have their work available – artwork for sale in many styles and media; beautiful jewelry & craft.
Plus the surrounding artist studios (ceramic studios like Red Dirt & Flux Studio, art studios like Ellyn Weiss’, Alec Simpson’s, Janis Goodman’s) will be open.
The Gateway Arts District will have their Fine Art and Craft Sale along Route 1 / Rhode Island Ave – make it a day of art.
Mark Your Calendar At Once!
Washington Glass School Holiday Sale
Saturday, December 12, 2009
2 – 6 pm
Food, Music, and Glass, Glass, Glass!
Washington Glass School Going South
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This December, the entire art world turns its focus to Miami. Anchored by Art Basel Miami (the sister event of Switzerland’s Art Basel, one of the most prestigious art shows worldwide for the past 40 years), there is a convergence of art, celebrities, sunshine and over-the-topness, creating a cultural and social highlight for the Americas. The success and prestige of Art Basel Miami has created satellite art shows, including Art Miami and Red Dot Art Fair – all located near or adjacent to each other.The simultaneous art fairs create a combination of an international selection of top galleries with special exhibitions, parties and crossover events featuring music, film, architecture and design. Tourists, art collectors, curators and art lovers come from around the globe to attend this annual art frenzy.
Artists from the Washington Glass School will be showing at this year’s art explosion that is Art Basel Miami. Mayer Fine Art is one of the galleries showing at Red Dot, and they will showcase the work of the Tim Tate, Erwin Timmers and Michael Janis. If you are getting your tan on – come and get your art on!
RED DOT ART FAIR HOURS:
Dec 2 -6, 2009
Wednesday, December 2nd,
VIP and Press Preview, 5 – 6 PM
Opening Reception, to benefit GreenMiami, 6 – 9 PM
General Admission:
Thursday, December 3rd, 11 AM – 7 PM
Friday, December 4th, 11 AM – 8 PM
Saturday, December 5th, 11 AM – 8 PM
Sunday, December 6th, 11 AM – 6 PM
LOCATION:
Wynwood Art District
NW 31st Street and NE 1st Avenue (Midtown Blvd), Miami, FL 33137
Booth B105
Artist Salon @ Washington Glass School
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L-R: Phil Davis, Maryland-National Capital Park & Planning Commission; Mary Resing, Active Cultures Theater; Erwin Timmers, Washington Glass School; Tim Tate, Washington Glass School; Alec Simpson, Artist; Chris Shea, Artist/Blacksmith
The Prince George’s Arts Council held its latest ‘Artist Salon’ at the Washington Glass School – a spirited meeting of artistic minds held over wine and nibbles. Artists from the theater, dance and visual arts community mixed it up with musicians and government organizations.
Prince George’s Artist Salon @ Washington Glass School
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Prince George’s Arts Council invites you to join in Arts Buzz in Prince George’s County: Join in a gathering about art… your art, others’ art, the world of art,
November 17, 2009, 6:00 – 8:00 p.m.,
Washington Glass School
3700 Otis Street, Mount Rainier, MD 20712
Prince George’s Arts Council is supported by:
Inside The Kiln: Lost Wax
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Erwin Timmers checks out the lost wax firing
Debra Ruzinsky’s “Introduction to Lost Wax Casting” class started off with great success – the art works will continue firing and annealing in the kiln until Wednesday. Shown here is Erwin Timmers as he checks on the work to ensure the integrity of the plaster casts and the glass levels in each mold during the process. Although the mathematics to determine of the amount of glass needed to fill the molds were practiced – some were more precise in their calculations than others.
The inside of one very hot kiln.
Lost wax class with Debra Ruzinsky
>Today was the second class with Debra Ruzinsky, where we got down and dirty with plaster and wax.
You take your carved wax model, and cover it in plaster…
… then the wax is boiled or steamed out of the mold…
It’s called lost wax, but I still see it… everywhere!
And then it all goes into the kiln. Next week we see the results.