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Learn to create tall thin vessel forms while experimenting with new tones and subtle color blending. This 3-day introductory course covers how to build flat glass blanks taking into consideration mass, heat, time, color and opacity. Students will produce color samples to widen their palette and research vessel designs. Coldworking techniques (cutting, grinding, hand lapping, engraving, sandblasting) will be explored as ways to continue the creative design process, with the goal of giving the vessel an identity while also ensuring its stability. Presentations will document the development of Simmons’s work with this technique. She'll also provide guideline firing schedules and suggest starting points for larger projects. Participants will produce at least two small finished vessels, color samples, and a blank to try at home. Prerequisite: Basic glass fusing and slumping experience.

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New York / Amanda Simmons / October 31 - November 2 (CLN233-0001) / Friday-Sunday 10am-5pm / 8 students / $525