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Washington Glass School’s own “Magic Mike” was just down in Houston – performing for the ladies out at the Hot Glass Houston (HGH) – a Bullseye glass Resource Center in Texas.
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| Michael Janis exposed all his secrets during his weekend review at club Hot Glass Houston. He happily line dances and pole dances (where he got the nickname “Magic Mike”), yet remains mum about what happened at the HGH karoke night… |
Michael said there were many ‘naturals’ in the class that took to the sgraffito technique instantly, and HGH’s Bob Paterson sent some photos from the class –
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| Michael Janis outlines frit powder sgraffito process to the class. |
In the three-day workshop, the artists created imagery using frit powder, enamels, image transfer, stencils, high-fire pens and paints, and later worked at creating depth by kiln-forming a stacked image panel.
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| TA Cynthia Gilkey sifts frit powder to recreate her puppy Bob in glass. |
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| Bob after his time in a kiln. |
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| Michael demonstrates how to manipulate frit powder. Its so easy! |
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| Hot Glass Houston kilns fill with image laden sheets of glass. |
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| Lynda Stoy’s frit powder sketch awaits kiln firing. |
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| Layered panel component sheets by Marilyn Dishman, Lynda Stoy and Deborah Enderle are fired to fix the frit powder on the glass and allow for further embellishment. |
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| The class dams each layered imagery panel prior to full fuse firing. |
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| Catherine Coffman assembles her layered panel in the kiln and creates a dam surround. |
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| After firing. |
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| Brooke Colvin’s romantic panel after clean up. |
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| Liz Paul’s glass artwork references a walk thru the woods. |
Michael said he had a great time in Texas, and he enjoyed hanging out with the owner Bob Paterson and TA Cynthia Gilkey – although he mentioned a karaoke night debacle, he refused to give details. Click here to jump to Hot Glass Houston’s facebook page. Click HERE to jump to Hot Glass Houston’s website.
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