Some pix of the great work made by the roll-up class – where the students made a fused glass panel here at the Washington Glass School, and the following week, the class was held at DC Glass Works, where the fused panel gets…. well… rolled-up and blown into vessel shapes.
The rollup class gets a history of the process from Audrey Wilson
This process gets all the benefits of fused glass— creating differing inside and outside imagery, precise color placement, and full cross-sections of color.
The flat fused panels get rolled up and blown.
Audrey and Dave working in the DC Glassworks hotshop.
This fused panel…
…became this sweet vessel.
Betsy Mead’s fused glass artwork transformed…
…into 3-D sculpture.
Tracy Benson’s fish panel flat…
…now ready to hold sharks and mermaids!
The blown work getting ready for the anneal cycle at the hot shop.
New York’s Heller Gallery will be presenting a solo exhibition of Marc Petrovic – in a show titled ‘Avian’. Marc often uses bird imagery as a metaphor for relationships, parenting, home, shelter, and geographical identification. In his most recent series, Avian, he takes a closer look at his subject as he pixelates, deconstructs and then reconstructs the figure.
To create his sculpture, Marc first creates a murrini flat patterned sheet that is later worked in the hot shop, using the roll-up process. The flat fused panel is a result of painstaking detailed cutting and firing of flat colored sheets of Bullseye glass.
Marc Petrovic with Jonathan Chapman work in the hot shop to shape the glass into a dimensional piece.
Using Bullseyecolored glass, Marc cuts the sheet glass, arranges and fuses it into abstract patterned slabs (beautiful as an abstract flat plate). He then uses the “Aussie Roll-up” technique to transform them into incredibly detailed blown glass sculptures. If you are familiar with Marc’s work, his knowledge of anatomy of (seemingly all) living creatures comes into play, as his work easily travels between obsessive, meditative labor, visionary abstraction and poignant representation. He has been working on this show for most of the past year, and it really shows in the beauty and detail of the work.
Marc Petrovic “Avian”Hot-sculpted and blown Bullseye murrini roll-up. H 9, W 15, D 10 in.
Marc and his work will be featured in an article in the upcoming Fall 2012 print edition ofGLASS Quarterly magazine. Click HERE to jump to a set of photos on Facebook of his process.
MARC PETROVIC – AVIAN
September 7- October 6, 2012
Reception for the artist: Thursday, September 6, 6-8pm
Demo: Saturday, September 8, 2012 11am at Brooklyn Glass to benefit Urban Glass Studio.
>Some great classes are coming up – old and new favorites!
Roll-up = Fused and blown glass
Up first is the Bullseye Roll-up. In this class you get to fuseand blow glass! This process allows the detail and care that you can get in a fused piece can be transferred to the hotshop and blown into a dimensional piece. If you are a fuser – a great introduction to the world of blown glass. If you are a blower – imaging the detail you can get!
Nancy Donnelly’s Green Eggs & Ham fused glass panel.
Blowing at DC Glassworks studio.
The finished work.
Class 1007 – The Great Bullseye Roll-up
If you’ve ever been interested in making your fused glass panels into blown vessels- then this is the class for you! Come experience one of the most exciting trends in glass – where you get the best of both worlds. One class will be spent fusing Bullseye Glass into a panel at the WashingtonGlassSchool. The next class will be held at DC GlassWorks where you will help blow the glass into a vase, or bowl, or even go more sculptural! This class is for all experience levels, both fusers and blowers who want to see their imagery in blown glass.
Instructors: Dave D’Orio & Michael Janis
Dates: Saturday, February 27 & March 6, 1:30 to 5:00 pm each day
Tuition: $350
Also coming up everyone’s favorite way to work with photos – emulsion transfer! This fun class gets the photographer in you working! Your photo images (taken during class or from your slides) are transferred via polaroid-style film to glass, paper, whatever. A great way to get imagery in your art!
Class 1008 – Photographic Image Transfers On Glass
The photo-emulsion transfer process did not die with Polaroid. Learn how to make your images, manipulate them and put them onto almost any surface using Fuji‘s instant print film. Instructors Alison and Pete Duval will show you several tips and tecniques so you can get the most from your images. This will be a hands-on workshop, so com prepared to get your hands dirty All materials will be supplied by the instructors – but students are encouraged to bring their own slides and any materials they would like to transfer images to. There is a $20 lab fee for supplies to be paid to the instructors on the day of the workshop.
Instructors: Pete & Alison Duvall
Dates: Sunday, February 28, 1:00 to 4:00 pm
Tuition: $150 (+ $20 lab fee)
and – don’t forget:
Class 1009 – Introduction to Rubber Mold Making
In this weekend class you will tackle the basics of making rubber molds. These molds can be used for the production of parts that can be dupicated in wax – the first step in the Lost Wax Process for casting glass, bronze or aluminum. (Hint: Debra’s amazing Lost Wax Casting class will be offered next semester – plan ahead!) Students will bring in their own pieces to review and explore mold production, undercuts, multipart mold-making, and casting of wax. Students will learn about a variety of materials and which to use in different situations. Students will be asked to bring a minimum of 3 small objects (not more than 1.5″ in any direction).
Kilncast glass got the blown glass treatment in the roll-up class this past weekend. The class explored the innovative glass working method often referred to as “the Australian Roll-Up” – a technique that allows the artist to blow 3-dimensional forms without the necessity of a furnace and allows for an extended time for focused design of the patterning, as compared to the faster pace required for traditional hot glass.
This class combined working on both the Washington Glass School and at DC GlassWorksallowing for a fun cross-pollination of ideas and techniques.
Nancy’s flat fused glass
Nancy Donnelly torches her glass on a pastorelli
Rolling up the glass panel
Bringing the ends together
Mike Showalter shapes while Nancy gives a bench blow.
