UPCOMING CLASSES

Looking for a perfect Mother's Day gift for that creative mom in your life? Why not enroll her (and yourself, for that matter) in one of our upcoming classes?
Platemaking Basics, one of our most popular workshops and an excellent introduction to working with glass, still has openings. And so has Bullseye Box Casting, which also focuses on a relatively simple technique.

Following are the details on the these two upcoming classes.

PLATEMAKING BASICS • $150
Nathan Sandberg

May 14—15 & 17 (CL0832)

Monday & Tuesday, 6:00pm—8:30pm
Thursday, 6:00pm—7:00pm

In this introduction to kilnwork's most popular form, participants make two fused and slumped plates with precut elements. Discussion of kilnforming basics, including glass and mold materials, firings, and more, integrate with demonstrations and hands-on workshop activity. This class offers a taste of the process for those who are curious and want to make something functional. Glass-cutting experience is helpful but not required.

BULLSEYE BOX CASTING • $275
Tom Jacobs

June 2—3 & 5 (CL0844)

Saturday, 10:00am—5:00pm
Sunday, 10:00am—2:00pm
Tuesday, 6:00pm—8:00pm

Those who are intimidated by the prospect of kilncasting glass might enjoy box casting. Box casting is a simple kilncasting technique in which an object is made inside of a box-shaped mold assembled from reliable high-temperature materials. The result is a reverse-relief, cast-glass object with the optical clarity of a furnace casting. Participants make one piece and leave the class with the skills to continue working in this method. A background in ceramics or 3-D modeling is helpful. For more information, review TipSheet 5: Bullseye Box Casting from the TipSheets section of http://www.bullseyeglass.com/education/

To register, contact resourcecenter@bullseyeglass.com or call 503-227-2797.

For information on our other upcoming classes, visit http://www.bullseyeglass.com/education/

Bullseye Glass Company is a leader in promoting glass art worldwide through quality production of colored glass for art and architecture, research and education, and the presentation of innovative glass art in its Portland gallery.