CURRENTLY AT BULLSEYE GALLERY
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Learn all about events at home and abroad: workshops, gallery shows, special product announcements, technical information and more. |
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MAY 2008 |
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BULLSEYE GALLERY FEATURES: Spare house forms and the abstracted suggestions of vessels by New York-based artist Jane Bruce. Bruce is the former Artistic Director of North Lands Creative Glass, Caithness, Scotland. |
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BULLSEYE CLASS AT GLASS FORUM April 28-May 2, 2008 Kilnforming with powders, frits and stringers offers the glass artist a rich medium for self-expression. This course is designed to develop a strong foundation in the use of these materials as a painterly or drawing medium, while teaching practical applications of 2D design theory. Early, guided exercises will build the student's understanding of the materials and the techniques of applying and manipulating them, and additional exercises will demonstrate the use and interaction of color. A multi-layered “thick block” project will enable the student to begin to take two-dimensional compositions into the third dimension, while the final project will allow the student to confidently pursue a subject matter of choice. Learn more… |
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E-MERGE 2008 EXHIBITION & OPENING RECEPTION The 40 finalists for e-merge 2008, our fifth biennial exhibition for emerging artists, have been selected. You can learn their names and view their work here. But we hope you'll also come in and see the show in person at the Resource Center gallery during regular business hours, May 5 to July 25. Don't miss the gala Awards Event & Opening Reception on Saturday, May 17, from 6:30-8:30 pm. The festivities will include voting for the Popular Award, so be sure to study the online images and choose your favorites before the big night. This event is free of charge, but you must RSVP by May 15. Contact classes@bullseyeglass.com, 503-227-2797 (local) or 888-220-3002 (toll free). Bullseye Resource Center |
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BULLSEYE CLASSES AT VITRUM STUDIOS This intensive workshop will introduce beginning-to-intermediate-level artists to a multitude of ways that textures can be created in kiln-glass projects. Students will do a series of texturcises (texture + exercises), using sand beds, ceramic-fiber molds, plaster-silica molds, frit, and multiple firings to begin building a generous vocabulary of techniques they can subsequently use in their own studios. The focus of this class will be on creating samples (not finished work), but students will find that the methods taught can easily be adapted to fit many types kilnforming projects—from architectural installations to works destined for a gallery. Learn more… |
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BULLSEYE CLASSES AT VITRUM STUDIOS Would you like to become a kilnforming sleuth? Know how to spot devitrification like a pro? Stand ready to expose firing-cycle problems or find the culprit any time glass breaks? Well here's your chance. Join Nathan Sandberg and a roomful of other clue-hounding detectives to investigate the sticky problems and basic kilnforming principles known to glass art inspectors everywhere. Learn more… |
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BULLSEYE KILNCASTING/COLDWORKING CLASS Bullseye Instructor Erik Whittemore offers this popular class in San Antonio. Participants create two small glass sculptures, using the state-of-the-art kilncasting and coldworking methods employed in Bullseye's Research & Education studios. Steps include building clay models, taking refractory molds, loading them with glass, firing and finishing the resulting pieces with coldworking methods. There are no prerequisites. Learn more about this class… |
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BULLSEYE GALLERY FEATURES: Selected works by Australian glass artists tracing the impact and legacy of kiln-glass master Klaus Moje, held concurrently with the Klaus Moje retrospective at the Portland Art Museum. |
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JUNE 2008 |
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BULLSEYE GALLERY FEATURES: Historic and current work by sculptor Clifford Rainey, Chair and Professor of Glass, California College of the Arts, Oakland, California. |
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FORMING FRONTIERS Join us in our own hometown, the City of Roses. We look forward to meeting you in our technical booth, during factory tours and at Bullseye Resource Center. Take in a multitude of glass exhibitions city-wide, including the e-merge 2008 finalist show at Bullseye Resource Center. Plan ahead to make the most of your visit to Portland with SEE BE: A Roadmap to Bullseye at GAS. This brochure details demonstrations, presentations and events for conference-goers who are especially interested in kilnforming. It also includes listings and maps of selected Portland kiln-glass exhibitions that are open to the public. View the preview video: http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=6174027885029954442 |
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TRANSLATION • $1000 Monday, June 23–Monday, June 30, 2008 9am–5pm except June 30, 9am–1pm There is often more to successful work than its fabrication. This class is designed for students who already have strong kilnforming knowledge and who wish to push their work further by focusing on idea development and translation of their ideas into glass. In the workshop we will discuss the reasons why we make our work and what informs the decisions during the design process. Time will be spent on group discussion, model making and glass testing before completing a final piece. The technical focus will be on mastering kilnforming and cold finishing techniques relevant to individual student ideas. Demonstration (techniques covered) will include fusing with sheet and powders, fiber and plaster silica mold making, slumping, and an emphasis on cold finishing, particularly lathe working. Juried: Students should have intermediate to advanced kilnforming skills. |
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THINKING IN GLASS • $750 Saturday, June 14–Wednesday, June 18, 2008 9am–5pm, except June 18, noon–4pm Silvia Levenson's work is never based on technique or technical virtuosity, but rather on how to make visible her thoughts and her sense of perplexity about the world. In making objects or designing an installation, she does not begin by thinking of what she can do, but rather what she wants to do. In this workshop, she will accompany students in the realization of works using the same methodology that she uses in her own studio. The basic glassworking techniques will be open-faced kilncasting. |
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KILNCAST GLASS • $1000 Monday, June 23–Monday, June 30, 2008 9am–5pm This class will develop a foundation in the techniques of mold-melted glass and coldworking. Students will learn a variety of mold-making processes, kiln-firing procedures, and extensive coldworking and carving of Bullseye glass. The aim of the class will be for students to gain skills necessary to develop a creative dialogue with the material and to discover new perspectives for thinking through cast glass and its potential. There are no prerequisites, but students with some experience in glass and/or sculpture will get more out of this workshop than absolute beginners. |
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WHAT, WHY, AND HOW • $900 Friday, June 13–Wednesday, June 18, 2008 9am–5pm It is important to engage one's work from many different perspectives simultaneously to bring it to thoughtful resolution. This class is designed to illustrate how to do so, from the exploration of ideas through to the actual production of an object. Exercises in conceptual development, drawing, and model making will combine with demonstrations and hands-on work in kilnforming, kilncasting, flameworking, and coldworking to help students develop an overall methodology for creating their work. | |
JULY 2008 |
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NICON ARTISTIC GLASS 2008 NICON Artistic Glass 2008 is the first Norwegian international conference on artistic glass. It will take place July 5-6, 2008, on the small island of Haaholmen, just off the larger island of Averoy. The conference is organized and hosted by GlassForum and may be the first-ever glass conference to ferry participants on a Viking Ship. Speakers will include Jane Bruce, Silvia Levenson, Richard Meitner, Peter McGrain, Bob Leatherbarrow, Jean Luc Olivié, Wiktor Borowski, and Jørgen Schou-Christensen. The first application deadline is April 15. To learn more visit http://www.mamut.net/glassforuminternational/ |
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BULLSEYE CLASSES AT ART GLASS FUSING CENTER Kilncast glass objects may be made using a variety of glass materials. This workshop focuses on the particular advantages of using glass frits in the kilncasting process. Simple three-dimensional forms are used to explore the careful modulation of color that can be achieved by tint mixing. Students create open-faced castings while learning basic moldmaking processes, firing procedures, and basic coldworking skills. There are no prerequisites; however, a background in ceramics or 3-D modeling is helpful. Learn more… |
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BULLSEYE CLASSES AT ART GLASS FUSING CENTER Would you like to become a kilnforming sleuth? Know how to spot devitrification like a pro? Stand ready to expose firing-cycle problems or find the culprit any time glass breaks? Well here's your chance. Join Nathan Sandberg and a roomful of other clue-hounding detectives to investigate the sticky problems and basic kilnforming principles known to glass art inspectors everywhere. Learn more… |
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AUGUST 2008 |
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KSI: KILNFORMING SCENE INVESTIGATION • FREE SPECIAL EVENT
Sunday, August 17, 2008 • 1-4pm Do you know devitrification when you see it? When is the firing cycle the culprit? Why does some glass break? When does it break? What are the limits of Tested Compatible glasses? This session expands on the wildly popular session KSI: Kiln-Glass Studio from BECon 2005. In this interactive investigation, we break into teams working with sample pieces and the firing cycles for those samples. Then we come together to discuss our findings and conduct an in-depth review of how they fit the theory of firing, specific glass chemistries, and other kilnforming principles. Learn more... | |
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