GlassStock West

Glass Stock 2012, Our 10th year, WOOHOO!

INTRODUCTION AND ENTRY DIRECTIONS

2012 GLASS STOCK TORCH CLASSES

2012 GLASS STOCK TORCH DEMO ONLY CLASSES

2012 GLASS STOCK NONTORCH CLASSES

SCHEDULE OF EVENING ACTIVITIES AND DEMOS

SCHEDULE OF CLASSES

The sign up is open for GS West, 2012, read on for how to enter!

Come and join us for the 10th annual Glass Stock 2012! A sharing, collaborating event which has run for 9 years on the Oregon Coast by Deb Crowley and many other fantastic artists with much success! From a small gathering of 30 of Deb's friends in 2003 to almost 80 in attendance in 2011, this event has grown in popularity with artists willing to teach and share for the opportunity to do the same. It is a chance to get "out of the box" and learn new skills, get priceless feedback and inspiration.

Glass Stock West 2011 was such a huge success that Eugene Glass School and the GSWest team are excited for us to come back again for GS West in 2012!
It will be in Eugene, OR on Labor Day weekend, August 30th through September 2nd, 2012.

IMPORTANT INFORMATION

The price for the 4 day event is $550.
This includes 6 half day classes, all supplies, plus open torches, evening festivities and Sunday evening auction. Some classes in the "Other" sections will have fees, torch classes and demos have no fees unless noted.
We will have a Meet and Greet to start things off on Wednesday night (August 29th) before the event begins!
A list of nearby lodgings will be posted soon, there are several hotels/motels in the area.
There are many fabulous places to eat in Eugene, we will have a list of local eateries at the event.
Lodgings and food are NOT included in tuition!
There will be a lottery draw for the 45 spots as usual, we will open up sign up here on Jan 4rth, 2012. We will draw names on Saturday, May 5th, 2012 with notification going out on May 6th via GS West Newsletter. Information on payments will be in that newsletter, we will accept payments on Saturday, June 2nd, follow instructions in newsletter. More information will be emailed in monthly newsletter on payments and class selections after the names are drawn.
Hot shop classes will be treated as an "excursion", with fee of $50 each per 6 students as an add on. Eugene Glass School will be handling these hot shop classes directly, all payments go directly to the school. More on that soon!
Featured artists are John Kobuki and Jodie McDougall, an amazing murrine artist!
The schedule and classes for Glass Stock 2012 to be posted here by March 15th. There are over 50 different classes to chose from with flameworking, glassblowing, fusing, etching, coldworking as well as wire-wrapping, PMC, Kaiser Lee Board slumping, copper enameling and much more!
Sign up for the 10th Annual GS West is NOW open, enter only once please.

EMAIL YOUR ENTRY FOR GS LOTTERY TO: GSWest@debcrowley.com
PLEASE include following info: YOUR NAME, EMAIL ADDRESS, YOUR LE OR WEBSITE NAME AND A PHONE NUMBER FOR CLASS SCHEDULING.

HARDSHIP SCHOLARSHIPS: THERE WILL BE 2 HARDSHIP SCHOLARSHIPS THAT WILL BE AWARDED AT GS WEST 2012. IF YOU ARE ENTERING FOR THE HARDSHIP PLEASE STATE HARDSHIP IN THE SUBJECT LINE OF EMAIL. IN 200 WORDS OR LESS, EXPLAIN IN THE EMAIL WHY YOU THINK YOU SHOULD BE AWARDED ONE. A STAFF MEMBER WILL READ THEM AND AWARD SCHOLARSHIPS BASED ON NEED AND THE DIFFERENCE IT MAY MAKE IN AN ARTISTS CAREER. WE NEVER ANNOUNCE RECIPIENTS OR WHO CHOSE THEM.

SIGN UP FOR CLASSES VIA TELEPHONE WILL START JUNE 2nd, 2012, RIGHT AFTER PAYMENTS COMMENCE, FROM 10 AM TO 6 PM AND WILL CONTINUE THROUGH JUNE 3rd.

YOU WILL RECEIVE 2 CALLS, ONE FOR HALF THE CLASSES AND ONE FOR THE OTHER HALF. THIS WILL MEAN MORE PEOPLE GET THE FEATURED ARTIST CLASSES. LIMIT ONE CLASS FROM EACH FEATURED ARTIST, NO MORE THAN 3 TORCH AND ONE TORCH DEMO PER ATTENDEE, OTHER 2 WILL BE
NON-TORCH CLASSES SUCH AS HOT SHOP, FUSING, PMC, ETC. SOME NON-TORCH CLASSES HAVE FEES, READ THE WHOLE DESCRIPTION BEFORE PICKING THOSE CLASSES! PLEASE REVIEW AND HAVE A LIST OF CLASSES WHEN WE CALL, WE WILL CALL IN ORDER OF PAYMENTS RECEIVED,
INCLUDE A PHONE NUMBER WITH YOUR PAYMENT WHERE WE CAN REACH YOU THAT WEEKEND FOR SCHEDULING CLASSES.

Glass Stock West 2012 is sure to be an event you'll remember long after it is over!

EUGENE GLASS SCHOOL WILL BE HAVING THE FLAME OFF THE WEEKEND PRECEDING GLASSSTOCK 2012. THIS MEANS 10 DAYS OF GLASSY GOODNESS!!! PLEASE USE THE LINK BELOW TO GET MORE INFORMATION ON THE FLAME OFF. THE FLAME OFF SHOW CASES DOZENS OF GLASS ARTISTS AS THEY COMPETE FOR REALLY GREAT PRIZES. YES, THERE IS A BEAD CATAGORY WHY DON'T YOU THINK ABOUT JOINING IN THE FUN?! CHECK IT ALL OUT AT THE LINK BELOW TO EUGENE GLASS SCHOOL.

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THIS IS THE 2012 SCHEDULE OF CLASSES BY DATE AND TIME. PLEASE SCROLL DOWN TO SEE DESCRIPTIONS AND PHOTOS OF CLASSES.

THE CLASSES LIST TOOLS YOU MUST BRING TO PARTICIPATE, ALSO ANY FEES FOR SUPPLIES ARE LISTED FOLLOWING TITLES IN RED!

Thursday, Aug 30th 2-6pm

Class/Instructor Class ID# Table # Torch Type

Beginning Boro Marbles with Hugh Salkind CLASS #HS-01 1 CC

Blown Boro Perfume Bottles with Shawn Tucker CLASS # ST-02 2 CC

Boro Sculpted Flowers with Hannah Rosner CLASS # HR-01 3 HC

Funky Fish Murrine with Jodie McDougall CLASS #JM-01 4 MiniCC

Rose Technique Beads with Lendy Middendorf CLASS LM-01 5 Minor

Hawaiian Holiday Boro with John Lindquist CLASS #JL-01 6 Cricket

“Shroomeries” with Melanie Graham DEMO ONLY CLASS #MG-03 7 DEMO Area

Viking Knit with Karen Hardy FEE $20 CLASS # KH-02 Fusing area 1

Dichroic Etching & Dicro-Slide with Kris Ball CLASS #KB-02 Fusing Area 3

Treasure Bracelets with Cheryl Matson FEE $3-10 CLASS #CM-03 Fusing Area 2

Friday, Aug 31^st, 9-1pm

Class/Instructor Class ID# Table # Torch Type

Boro Basic Flower Marbles with John Kobuki CLASS #JK-01 1 CC

Boro Flower Pendants with Eric Edner CLASS # EE-01 2 CC

Soft Glass shell beads with Doretha Jones CLASS # DJ-01 3 HC

Funky Fish Murrine #2 with Jodie McDougall CLASS #JM-02 4 MiniCC

Soft Glass Rings with Stacy Frost CLASS SF-01 5 Minor

Beginning Boro Sculpture with Shawn Tucker CLASS #ST-01 6 Cricket

Floral Canes and Beads with Nancy Gant DEMO ONLY CLASS #NG-02 7 DEMO Area

Fused Pendants - Decals and Dichro-slide with Sue Bradley CLASS # SB-01 Fusing area 1

Copper Enameling with deb crowley CLASS #DC-03 Fusing Area 2

Kaiser Lee Board with Kris Ball CLASS #KB-03 Outside Area .

Friday, Aug 31^st, 2-6pm

Class/Instructor Class ID# Table # Torch Type

Bridging Boro Sculpture with Eric Edner CLASS #EE-02 1 CC

Blown Boro Ornaments with Shawn Tucker CLASS # ST-03 2 CC

Boro Dragon Marble with Polly Toombs CLASS # PT-02 3 HC

Curved Soft Glass beads with Leslie Thiel FEE $10 CLASS #LT-01 4 MiniCC

“Fingerpainting” Soft Glass beads with Melanie Graham CLASS# MG-01 5 Minor

Playing with Enamels with Felicia Wartnik CLASS #FW-01 6 Cricket

Seascape Sculpture with John Lindquist DEMO ONLY CLASS #JL-03 7 DEMO Area

Wet Felted Purse with Doretha Jones FEE $35 CLASS # DJ-02 Fusing area 1

Etched Copper Bead Caps with Patty Pulliam FEE $25 CLASS #PP-02 Fusing Area 2

Vitrograph FUN with Sue Bradley CLASS #SB-02 Fusing Area 3

Saturday, Sept 1st, 9-1pm

Class/Instructor Class ID# Table # Torch Type

Boro Rose Flower Marbles with John Kobuki CLASS #JK-02 1 CC

Boro Turtle Pendants with John Lindquist CLASS # JL-02 2 CC

Blown Boro Shells with deb crowley CLASS # DC-01 3 HC

Soft Glass Halloween Beads with Cheryl Matson CLASS #CM-02 4 MiniCC

Soft Glass “Mirror-Mirror” beads with Melanie Graham CLASS# MG-02 5 Minor

Boro Color Striking/Reducing with Patty Pulliam CLASS #PP-01 6 Cricket

Hollow Lizard Sculpture with Shawn Tucker DEMO ONLY CLASS #ST-04 7 DEMO Area

Beaded Kumihimo Bracelet with Stacy Frost FEE $15 CLASS # SF-03 Fusing area 1

Masking & Etching Beads with Felicia Wartnik BRING BEADS + $15 FEE CLASS #DC-03 Fusing Area 2

Faceting Beads with Polly Toombs BRING BEADS OR GLASS CLASS #PT-03 COLD SHOP

Saturday, Sept 1^st, 2-6pm

Class/Instructor Class ID# Table # Torch Type

Human Form Boro Sculpture with Eric Edner CLASS #EE-03 1 CC

Fuming Boro with Hugh Salkind CLASS # HS-02 2 CC

Soft Glass Deep Sea Beads with Polly Toombs CLASS # PT-01 3 HC

Murrine Meltdown Soft Glass beads w/ Jodie McDougall FEE $15 CLASS #JM-03 4 MiniCC

Soft Glass Twisted Canes with Stacy Frost CLASS# SF-02 5 Minor

Soft Glass Foil Moon beads with Nancy Gant FEE $10 CLASS #NG-01 6 Cricket

Assembling Goblets with Deb Tarry DEMO ONLY CLASS #DT-01 7 DEMO Area

Wire Crochet with Doretha Jones FEE $35-45 CLASS # DJ-02 Fusing area 1

Making Display Mannequins with Leslie Thiel FEE $10+ BRING A FORM CLASS #LT-02 Fusing Area 2

Sunday, Sept 2nd, 9-1pm

Class/Instructor Class ID# Table # Torch Type

Boro Orchid Flower Marbles with John Kobuki CLASS #JK-03 1 CC

4 Hours with Bob Snodgrass CLASS # BS-01` 2 CC

Soft Glass Foil Fish with deb crowley CLASS # DC-02 3 HC

Soft Glass Eye Pendants with Cheryl Matson CLASS #CM-01 4 MiniCC

Boro Sugar Skull beads with Karen Hardy CLASS# KH-01 5 Minor

TAG Color Striking/Reducing with Jenny Newtson CLASS #JN-01 6 Cricket

Soft Glass Vessels with Patty Pulliam DEMO ONLY CLASS #PP-03 7 DEMO Area

Fused Fine Silver Necklace with Felicia Wartnik $40 APPX FEE CLASS #FW-02 Fusing Area 2

Silk Dying Scarves & Ribbons with Kris Ball FEE $12 CLASS #KB-01 Kitchen Area

WE WILL BE UPDATING FULL CLASSES ABOVE WHEN SIGN UP COMMENCES JUNE 2-3RD, 2012!

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Featured artists for GS West this year are John Kobuki and Jodie McDougal!

LIMIT ONE CLASS FROM EACH FEATURED ARTIST, NO MORE THAN 3 PARTICIPATING TORCH AND ONE TORCH DEMO PER ATTENDEE, OTHER 2 WILL BE NON-TORCH CLASSES SUCH AS METAL WORK, FUSING, PMC, ETC. SOME NON-TORCH CLASSES HAVE FEES READ THE WHOLE DESCRIPTION BEFORE PICKING THOSE CLASSES!

TORCH CLASSES:

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Featured Artist Class: Basic Flower Marbles with John Kobuki.
CLASS # JK-01
Skill Level: Intermediate

In this class I will demonstrate and instruct the students on a simple flower pattern with a basic style stringer. The students will learn flame management and and the fundamentals in the compression process.

Tools Needed for all marble classes: Basic tools like tweezers, ball-holders or hot glove and Boro Didymium glasses!

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Featured Artist Class: Rose marble with John Kobuki.
CLASS # JK-02
Skill Level: Intermediate/Advanced

In this class I will demonstrate the rose pattern and students will learn how to pull color overlay stringers and simple tooling tricks to get more interesting leaf patterns.
There will be a strong emphasis on flame management, heat control and some of the other fundamentals of the compression process to achieve the multiple layers of petals for a fully blooming rose in the marble.

Tools Needed for all marble classes: Basic tools like tweezers, ball-holders or hot glove and Boro Didymium glasses!

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Featured Artist Class: Orchid Flower Marbles with John Kobuki.
CLASS # JK-03
Skill Level: Advanced

This class I will demonstrate the Cattleya Orchid. The students will learn color overlay stringers and application techniques to get complex petals in the compression process. Students should already have a good understanding of the fundamentals of the compression and will gain an understanding of an asymmetrical pattern and how it translates into the orchid.

Tools Needed for all marble classes: Basic tools like tweezers, ball-holders or hot glove and Boro Didymium glasses!

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Featured Artist Class: Funky Fish Murrini with Jodie McDougall.
CLASS # JM-01 AND # JM-02 (This class offered twice!)
Skill Level: Intermediate

In this class we will make a simple fish murrini cane, learning the basics of layering and components.

Tools needed: Brass and graphite shaping tools, 2 mandrels 5/8",Tweezers, scissors (basic glass or diamond shears.)

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Featured Artist Class: Murrini Meltdown with Jodie McDougall.
CLASS # JM-03
Skill Level: Intermediate

Example, actual class photos coming soon!

Learning how to create a layered encased bead with murrini, and the many ways to work with it. Student can choose between a Sea Life or Garden Theme.

I will have murrini sets for each student at $15 each set for Sea Life or Garden Theme.
Tools needed: Basic lampworking tools

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The Classic: 4 hours with Bob Snodgrass.
CLASS #BS-01
Skill Level: Be able to do just about anything....

NO picture

In this class, if you have to ask anything about it, this is NOT the class for you! Limited room, serious only need sign up!

Tools Needed: Marvering paddle, Octagonal reamer, Tweezers, Glasses, who knows???

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Soft Glass Fish beads with foil with Deb Crowley.
CLASS # DC-01
Skill Level: Intermediate

Learn some great tips on sculpting soft glass fauna (animals) and keeping it all hot enough and in one piece! If you have tried to sculpt in soft or soda-lime glass but things crack or explode... then this is the class for you! We will complete two beads, a fun, fantasy-wearable fish bead and a fish with foil inside for super flash. Learn to crimp great fins, types of eyes, lips, expressions and more!!

Tools Needed: Mini-mashers, small hemostats, graphite or brass paddle and didymium glasses!

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Blown Borosilicate Shell Pendants with Deb Crowley.
CLASS #DC-02
Skill level: Intermediate, some tubing exp required!

Learn to make 2 beautiful shell pendants in this Adv Boro tubing class with Deb. Learn some of the secrets to layering colors for that soft watercolor effect. Learn how to strike perfect pinks, rubies for a treasure hidden inside the shells. Blow, cut, twist and pull your way to beautiful, realistic shells!

Tools needed: Paddle, Tweezers, rubber blow tube with swivel, Glass Shears or Bonzai scissors and BORO Didymiums.

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Working the Trautman Reactive 104 with Jenny Newtson.
CLASS # JN-01
Skill Level: Beginning/Intermediate

Partly art, partly science. The new silver glass colors are a wonderful addition to the soft-glass palette, but are you getting all you can out of these colors? In this 4 hour class, students will get a review of the colors in the TAG 104 line, and learn tips, tricks and techniques to work these colors to their best effects. Students will also learn proper torch settings for reducing and striking them. Jenny Newtson, the 104-coe gal at Trautman Art Glass, will share good combinations to go with the reactive glasses, and how to get maximum bang for your buck.

Beginning/Intermediate level students will just need enough experience on the torch to understand the terminology, such as neutral settings and what she means by "candles" in the torch flame.

Tools Needed: Tweezers, Graphite Marver, Graphite plate and basic lampworking tools.

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Beginning Borosilicate Marbles with Hugh Salkind.
CLASS #HS-01
Skill Level: Beginning

Picture coming soon.

This is a beginning class on learning how to make basic marbles out of borosilicate glass. We will cover punties (off mandrel work), seals, heat base and using marble molds.
Tools Needed: Basic lampwork tools and Boro Didymium glasses

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Gold and Silver Fumed Borosilicate Pendants with Hugh Salkind.
CLASS #HS-02
Skill Level: Int, some boro exp required

Picture coming soon

This is a pendant class using volatized precious metals like gold and silver to create beautiful pendants. We will apply various backgrounds to the pendants and cover loops, with lecture and demos by instructor. Then student will make pendants to take home.

Tools Needed: Tweezers Medium, Graphite reamer 2-15mm

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Sculptural Seashell Beads in soft glass with Doretha Jones.
CLASS #DJ-01
Skill Level: Beginning/Intermediate, lampwork exp helpful!

Learn to make 4-6 different kinds of seashell beads with soft glass. Learn color tricks/reactions to make them look so real your customers will think they came off the beach! Last year's 1/2 day class did 6-9 shells each! We will be making a conch, scallop, olive, sand dollar, snail/nautilus, cone, etc. As many as time allows. Doretha has become widely known for her incredible seashells and is a very enthusiastic teacher.

Tools Needed: Basic lampworking tools plus x-acto or similar knife

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"Fingerpainting" with glass with Melanie Graham.
CLASS #MG-01
Skill Level: Beginning/Intermediate, some lampwork exp!

We will be making pressed organic beads that feel like 'fingerpainting' with glass.

We will be focusing on how to choose colours that work together in organic designs, and how to free

your inner critic and allow yourself to just play at the torch. We will make several pressed (or

unpressed, if you like) beads and practice various surface decoration techniques.

Tools required • Brass Press, Bead Roller or other favourite bead-shaping tool• Graphite marver• Straight steel pick or beading awl (NOT TUNGSTEN)• Tweezers

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"Mirror, Mirror" soft glass beads with Melanie Graham.
CLASS #MG-02
Skill Level: Intermediate/Advanced

We will be making framed organic window beads that capture an alien landscape under their

encasement layer.

We will be focusing on how to create dramatic silver glass effects under encasement, how to maintain

even heat in a large, thin bead. encasing very large beads and how to retain the lustre of silver glass

under encasement.

Tools required • Jumbo Roll-About Mashers from gracefulcustoms, or other large surface-area-creating beadflatteningtool. (e.g. Wide Crunch Press, Barbecue Mashers, XL Nugget or XL Kalera Press)

• Graphite marver• Straight steel pick or beading awl (NOT TUNGSTEN)• Tweezers• 3/32” Mandrel (not a nice new one, we're using it to build cane on)

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Basic Borosilicate Sculpting with Shawn Tucker.
CLASS #ST-01
Skill Level: Beginning

A beginner class for lampworking 3-D animals off mandrel. I will demo making a few critters with the student trying each one as we go.

Tools Needed: Marvering paddle, Octagonal reamer, Tweezers

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Borosilicate Perfume Bottle with Shawn Tucker.
CLASS #ST-02
Level: Intermediate

Borosilicate tubing is blown into a perfume bottle and shaped with the option of adding various accents to make a custom keepsake.

Tools Needed: Marvering paddle, fingers (adjustable locking type), blowhose (the larger diameter swivel is best), octagonal reamer

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Borosilicate Ornaments with Shawn Tucker.
CLASS #ST-03
Level: Intermediate

A class where tubing is blown into an ornament and shaped unto completion with the option of adding various accents to make a custom
keepsake ornament.

Tools Needed: Marvering paddle, fingers (adjustable locking type), blowhose (the larger diameter swivel is best), octagonal reamer

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Deep Sea Beads in soft glass with Polly Toombs.
CLASS # PT-01
Skill Level: Intermediate

This class will focus on making different canes and encasing techniques to make deep sea beads with coral, seaweed, rocks and even barnacles. In this class we'll make silvered ivory stringer and some complex canes, some of which will be used as murrini, and work on some encasing techniques for different looks. These beads can be as simple or as complex as you like so this class is suitable for any level of experience. Basic tools and larger size presses can be useful.

Tools Needed: marver, tweezers, raking or poking tool, small flat edged tool

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Dragon Marble in Borosilicate glass with Polly Toombs.
CLASS # PT-02
Skill Level: Advanced

We will be making small marbles and wrapping dragons around them, great torch skills a MUST!

Tools Needed: Marble mold (1", we have to keep them small in a 1/2 day clas!) marver, tweezers, raking or poking tool, small flat edged tool

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"Hawaiian Holiday" Borosilicate Sculpture with John Lindquist.
CLASS # JL-01
Skill Level: Beginner

In this class we will cover basic techniques including gathering, mashing, cutting, and pulling stringer. These pieces will be made off mandrel from borosilicate glass. I will show how you can use some of the same technique to make simple palm trees, starfish and hibiscus flowers.

Tools needed: Graphite paddle,Graphite plate,*Good* glass shears, Tweezers

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Borosilicate TurtlePendants with John Lindquist
CLASS #JL-02
Skill Level: Intermediate

In this class we will cover the techniques of gathering, mashing, stringer pull, and pulling your own color stock, as well as tips on symmetry. I will be demonstrating and teaching a basic shell pattern, but you can make this project your own by using your own ideas for née and different shell patterns.

Tools Needed: Tweezers, Mashers, Graphite Marver, Graphite plate.

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Borosilicate Flower Sculpture with Hannah Rosner.
CLASS #HR-01
Skill Level: Intermediate

In this class Hannah will use borosilicate glass and several techniques to
create beautiful a detailed, lifelike floral sculpture. Students can make 1-2
in class time.

Tools Needed: Tweezers, Mashers, Graphite Marver, Graphite plate

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Curved Soft glass beads with Leslie Thiel.
CLASS #LT-01
Skill Level: Beginning

FEES: $10 each to all share items needed to make these beads.

Tools needed: didymium eye protection ,hand held graphite marvering paddle, 4x4 marving pad , Your favorite hand tools. Teacher will bring: shaping cans, "C" clamps, sleeving, bead release, bent nose pliers, gloves.

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Borosilicate Sugar Skulls with Karen Hardy.
CLASS #KH-01
Skill Level: Beginning/Intermediate

Come and have fun making these Dios de los Muertos (Day of the Dead) inspired skull beads. We will learn a quick and easy way to shape the beads, and decorate them with stringers and murrini. While the class is in boro, the skills learned are easily transferable to soft glass. Students should feel comfortable using a basic lentil press, applying stringers, and have some basic glass shaping skills.

Tools Needed: Tweezers, Mashers, Graphite Marver, paddle/masher, Glass Nippers, Lentil Press (I use a zoozis Large+ 30mm lentil press http://www.zooziis.com/lentillargeplus.aspx, but you can bring any size that you have. I'll bring a few to share too). Recommended: bring lots of pictures of Dios de los Muertos skulls for inspiration!

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Playing with Enamels with Felicia Wartnik.
CLASS # FW-01
Skill Level: Intermediate

Learn how to make beads with COE 104 glass and Thompson Enamels. This class will focus on how to use enamels safely, how to obtain different effects by altering the amount and focus of heat and how to create various surface designs using stringer and texture tools.

Tools Needed: Bring your favorite shaping tools, a razor blade or straight
edge tool, tweezers, a paddle marver and any texture tools that you have, such
as a ribbed marver and/or Tandy or Jim Moore stamps. P100 or N100 mask or respirator.

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Rose Technique Beads with Lendy Middendorf.
CLASS #LM-01
Skill Level: Beginning/Intermediate

Make gorgeous cake decorating techniques into beautiful beads!

Tool list is: mashers, tweezers/pliers, knife, marver

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Intermediate Borosilicate Flowers with Eric Edner.
CLASS #EE-01
Skill Level: Intermediate Boro

In this class you will see how to make component petals and assemble a gorgeous
orchid pendant.

Tools Needed: Basic lampworking tools, grabbers, paddle/masher, reamer, tweezers

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Boro Flower Stem, Bridgeworking with Eric Edner.
CLASS #EE-02
Skill Level: INTERMEDIATE/ADVANCED

Example, students will make flower branch only.

Bridgeworking with borosilicate glass, how, when and why we use bridges. Complete a small flower branch.

Tools Needed: Basic lampwork tools, grabbers/fingers, paddle/mashers, reamer, tweezers

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Human forms in Borosilicate with Eric Edner.
CLASS #EE-03
Skill Level: ADVANCED

Students will make figures only!

Sculpting borosilicate glass in human forms, learn where to start and how. Complete a small figure or two. ADVANCED students only!

Tools Needed: Basic lampwork tools, grabbers/fingers, paddle/mashers, reamer, tweezers

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Soft Glass Rings with Stacy Frost.
CLASS #SF-01
Skill Level: Intermediate

In this workshop you will learn to effectively use big-hole mandrels to make stunning glass rings! I will show you tricks to getting your initial footprint of glass around the mandrel evenly, and how to fix it if it isn’t, how wide and thick a ring you can get away with for maximum wearability and a variety of whimsical decoration. I will also discuss proper cleaning and finishing so your rings will be beautiful both inside and out. Intermediate beadmaking skills a must.

Students should bring glasses, pliers or tweezers, a graphite marver, some sort of poker (a sharpened mandrel will do) and any tools you use in your normal lampworking practice. In addition, you will need to bring big-hole mandrels, either of your ring sizes or at least large enough to practice and take home the techniques taught in class. Please pre-mark your mandrels so that we will be able to tell them apart as I will be taking them in advance of class to dip them in bead release to insure that they will be dry by the time class begins. I find that colored electrical tape wrapped around the base of the mandrel (no “flags” as they will not stick into foam) or nail-polished ends are very effective.

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Complex Twisted Canes with Stacy Frost.
CLASS #SF-02
Skill Level: Beginning/Intermediate

As you know, glass comes in an endless variety of colors, and in this workshop you will learn to combine them to make many unique and fascinating kinds of cane including vine, ribbon, latticino, and rainbow. I will share tips and tricks I have learned over the past eight years, and my favorite tools for making glass into this exciting and satisfying decorative addition to your beads, or finished product. Intermediate beadmaking skills helpful, beginning skills a must.

Students should bring glasses, pliers or tweezers, a graphite marver, some sort of poker (a sharpened mandrel will do) and any tools you use in your normal lampworking practice.

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Striking and Reducing Borosilicate with Patty Pulliam
CLASS#PP-01
Skill level- Beginning

We will create these easy and fun hearts and starfish pendants using reducing and striking boro glass. This class is perfect for those who are curious about boro and off mandrel work, but haven't taken the plunge yet. Patty will include information on how boro differs from soft glass and some basic boro working techniques.

Students to bring: • Basic lampworking tools• Glass cutting scissors• Tungsten pick• Small reamer• Peters tweezers or similar

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Soft Glass Eye Pendants with Cheryl Matson
CLASS#CM-01
Skill Level- Intermediate

This class uses soft glass to make eye pendants. Learn how to use reduction frits and powders and striking colors to create stunning iris colors for your eye pendants.

Tools required Basic tools like tweezers, marver and Didymium glasses.

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Monster Mash-Halloween Sculptural Beads with Cheryl Matson
CLASS#CM-02
Skill Level- Beginning/Intermediate

Students will learn to manipulate glass to make delightful and creepy sculptured beads. Explore different body shapes, placement of arms, legs, hair and wings. This class will cover a variety of animals and creatures, monsters,ghosts, severed fingers and more. Students will learn to analyze basic body shapes and components to create their own critters and creatures.

Tools required Basic tools like tweezers, marver and Didymium glasses.

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Moon Beads with Nancy Gant
CLASS#NG-01
Skill Level- Beginning/Intermediate

Making Moon Beads can be easy with simple steps.Learn how to create base beads with an open face press. Learn to use fine silver, foil and frits and improve your use of multi level strings and application. Tools Needed: Paddle or Marver,Tweezers, Razor blade tool or knife and Didymium glasses

Class fine silver fee: $10.00

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TORCH DEMO ONLY CLASSES

Complex Borosilicate Sea Sculpture Angel Fish DEMO With John Lindquist.
CLASS # JL-03

In this demo I will be making medium sized borosilicate sea sculpture in the
form of a Turtle with anemone and starfish. I will cover application of color, use of heat base,
and basic sculptural techniques (such as welding, folding, and hot adjustment).

Rocks will be available for purchase at $20-40 at the event.

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Borosilicate Goblet stems with pre-made Bowl and Foot with DEMO with Deb Tarry
CLASS# DT-01

In this DEMO class the student will learn how easy it is to put pre-made components together. The wine glass bowl and foot are pre-made so we will be focusing color application and heat control on making a simple stem, then how to successfully put the cold pieces together without cracking.

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Blown Borosilicate Gecko with Eye cane murrrini Sculpture DEMO with Shawn Tucker
CLASS# ST-04

In this demo class learn how to make hollow blown sculptures, this gecko even hangs on a wall!

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"Shroomeries" soft glass DEMO by Melanie Graham
CLASS #MG-03

I will be demonstrating framed mushroomscapes, with emphasis on mastering heat control during the
decoration process, encasing large beads very thinly, pulling organic twisted vine cane, and painting
with both stringer and twisted cane.

We will be focusing on how to draw a mushroom, and how to manipulate the glass once on the bead to
create miniature landscapes.

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Miniature Blown Vessels soft glass DEMO by Patty Pulliam
CLASS #PP-03

Learn how to create a Tink-style miniature blown vessel with soft glass and a torch. No hot shop required! With Tink's blessing, I will show you how simple it is to create these tiny works of art using many of the skills you probably already have. These vessels are perfect for holding a small amount of essential oil or perhaps sand from your favorite beach.

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Floral canes and soft glass beads DEMO by Nancy Gant
CLASS #NG-02

Making floral beads can be easy with simple steps.I show you how easy in this demo class! Learn how to create base beads with an open face press.

Learn and improve your use of multi level strings and application creating floral beads.

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NON-TORCH CLASSES

Beaded Kumihimo Strands with Stacy Frost.
CLASS # SF-03
Skill Level: Beginning

Learn to make beautiful and unique beaded kumihimo to create necklaces, bracelets and even earrings! Kumihimo is traditionally made with fibers and is commonly used to set-off larger lampwork beads and to stringing big-hole beads. By using only thread and beads you will create pieces that are very unique and exciting. Easy to learn and quick to finish, beaded kumihimo will open your eyes to new possibilities in jewelry design and options for displaying your lampworked art.

Kit Fee is $15

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Wet Felting Purse Class with Doretha Jones.
CLASS #DJ-02
Skill Level: Beginner

In this class you will learn how easy it is to wet felt a small purse. More details soon.

Kit fee: $35.00.

Tools Needed: Included or provided

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Treasure Bracelet with Cheryl Matson
CLASS# CM-03
Skill level: Beginner

Glass beads, charms, seed beads and other elements will be combined using a finger weaving technique to create a one of a kind looped treasure bracelet. Students will bring lampwork beads, buttons, pieces of broken jewelry to incorporate into their bracelet.

Material fees: one spool of Superlon Thread per student, aprox. $3.00, $6.00 seed beads.

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COPPER ENAMELING with Deb Crowley.
CLASS # DC-03
Skill Level: Beginning

Samples by Deb Crowley

In this class we will each make 2 pendants, magnets or pins with copper cut
out shapes. Incorporate threads, wire for "cells" (like cloisonne)
and italian millifiori to create wonderful little scenes in vibrant colors.
Learn why to counter-enamel, what gauges metal are best and how
to use different techniques to apply enamels to metal.

Tools Needed: Provided in class.

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Silk Ribbon and Scarf Dyeing with Kris Ball
CLASS#KB-01
Skill Level: Beginner

Using fiber-reactive dyes and Habotai silk, we'll create stunning, colorful
scarves and ribbons with color that won't fade, even after lots of washings.
The ribbons could be used in necklaces to show off your lampwork beauties, or
as part of your Kumihimo project, or for whatever your creative mind imagines.
The scarves can be popping bright (like yellow/orange/red flame combos)
or subtle earth-tones. We'll make 3 scarves and many ribbons, and all supplies
will be provided for a $12 fee.

Kit Fee: $12 for 3 scarves and lots of ribbons

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FUSING, FORMING, AND SOLDERING with Felicia Wartnik.
CLASS # FW-02
Skill Level: Beginning

Whether freeform or uniformity is your thing, you’ll have a great time designing and creating a fine silver necklace. You will learn how to form and fuse silver rings, manipulate the metal into various shapes and then solder the pieces together into the design of your choice to create a fun, modern necklace front that can then be attached to chain, rubber tubing, a string of seed beads or leather or suede cord to make a completed necklace.

Materials/Tools:

Students should bring any of the following that they have (I’ll have at least one of each for class use, as well):
wire cutters sufficient for cutting 12 gauge fine silver
2 chain nose pliers
bench block
ball peen hammer
plastic or rawhide mallet
butane torch sufficient for fusing 12 gauge fine silver wire
soldering brick or charcoal brick
steel ring mandrel

In addition to at least one of each listed above, I’ll provide:

titanium picks
tumbler, shot, soap
pickle, small crockpot, copper tweezers
solder
flux
flux brushes
12 g. fine silver – 18” per person
cross-lock tweezers
quench bowl
baking soda & bowl

Materials Fee for Fine Silver- Appx $45.

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Masking and Etching beads with Felicia Wartnik.
CLASS # FW-03
Skill Level: Beginning

Please Note: Felicia will be demonstrating these beads on Thursday night open torch so you have time to make them made prior to this class, this class is to etch them ONLY, not make the beads!

Learn how to make light-filled, brilliantly patterned beads. Explore a variety of tools, materials and techniques for bead masking and learn how to safely acid etch beads brought from home or made at open torch to create designs with high gloss and matte contrast.

Students should bring or make at open torch a minimum of 5 or 6 soft glass beads for etching. Beads should include a transparent bead with transparent raised stringer work with good color or hue contrast, focal sized flat bead (lentil, flattened cylinder, rectangle or any other shape) with dark transparent core and clear or light transparent casing, other dark transparent cored beads with clear or light transparent casing. Students should also bring safety glasses, x-acto knife, eyebrow tweezers and any bead size or smaller rubber stamps and/or paper punches they wish to use. Instructor will supply all other supplies as well as some rubber stamps and punches.

Class Fee for all supplies- $15

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Viking Knit Chains with Karen Hardy.
CLASS # KH-02
Skill Level: Beginning

In this class I'll show you how easy it is to create a beautiful, flexible
chain out of nothing *Creating the chain by weaving wire around a mandrel, then
pulling it through a draw plate. *How to finish it using end caps or cone tips.
*Both single and double knit Viking Chains. You'll make a beautiful finished
piece to display your pendants, focals, or large holed beads on. The final project
you take home will be either a necklace or a bracelet, depending on how fast
you work and how much time we have (if necessary, I'll be available after class
hours to help people put the finishing touches on the chains and answer any
questions). You'll be amazed how easy it is to make this!

Tools needed : Just your Hands! All else will be provided in kit. Big holed
beads are not needed, but can be brought to accent the chain.

Kit Fee: Approx $20.00 to cover draw plate, copper wire and dowel

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Etched Copper Bead Caps with Patty Pulliam
CLASS#PP-02
Skill Level-beginning

Learn how to etch a texture into a sheet of copper and use that etched copper to create custom caps for your beads. We will punch out disks and learn how to create a tube rivet, lining your bead in copper and permanently attaching your unique caps. These textured copper sheets can also be used for many types of jewelry creations. If time permits, students will learn to create a wire rivet, another cold connection technique, in order to attach a charm or disk bead onto the copper sheet.

Students to bring:Beads with 1/8" holes,Rubber stamps of overall patterns (optional), Disk beads (optional)

Materials fee: $25 each

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Dichroic Etching & Dicro-Slide with Kris Ball.
CLASS #KB-02
Skill Level: Beginning/ Glass cutting exp. helpful

This year were turning up the heat! We will manipulate dichro using several
methods including, Dremel, liquid and cream etching solution, masking with various
materials, and Dicro Slide. The pieces will be fired, or pre-fused, for smooth
application of the pieces to your paperweight or other hot shop items. This
will add fire to any work of art. You should be able to produce about 2-4 designs
in class depending on complexity of your pieces!

Tools needed : Just your Hands, rest is provided (glass cutter, dremels, x-acto knives, punches)

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Fused Glass pendants and water slide decals with Sue Bradley.
CLASS # SB-01
Skill Level: Beginning/ Glass cutting exp. helpful!

Make beautiful fused glass pendants! It is easy and fun to make fused glass
art jewelry. In this class we will learn how to make fused cabs to
wire wrap or put a bail on. We will also design pendants to be fired with a
fiber paper channel for instant hanging. We will cut and grind glass, add water slide decals and fire.
This will give you a variety of skills to make many styles of jewelry

Tools needed: Glass cutter, Running pliers, Grozers, Tweezers (We can provide basic cutters and pliers)

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Kaiser Lee Board CLASS with Kris Ball
CLASS# KB-03.
Skill Level: Beginning

SeaDragon tile by Deb Crowley

In this class you will make a slumped glass tile with a raised surface design.
Create your own unique design by carving into Kaiser Lee Board. Be amazed at
the ease of creating beautiful custom glass pieces. Each student will take home
their Kaiser Lee Board that can be re-used for multiple pieces. KLB will open
your eyes to a whole new world of fusing and slumping opportunities Tools needed:
Students need only bring their imaginations, all hand tools provided and you
get to keep your mold too. An apron or change of clothes is suggested as carving
the KLB can be a bit messy!

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FACETING YOUR LAMPWORK BEADS with Polly Toombs.
CLASS # PT-03
Skill Level: Beginning

Beads by Deb Crowley

Learn to facet glass through 5 different grits to reveal gorgeous interiors!

Facet up to 3 windows in a bead you bring with you or make at the event! Tools
needed : Just your Hands AND SOME PRE-MADE LARGE BEADS WITH HIDDEN BEAUTY INSIDE!

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EASY Beadwoven Wire Crochet with Doretha Jones.
CLASS #DJ-03
Skill Level: Beginning

You aren't going to believe how easy yet effective this technique is for making
a WOW over the top necklace. This necklace is a beautiful backdrop for lampwork,
either with a lampwork focal hanging from the middle of the necklace, or putting
lampwork interwoven into the necklace. This is one of my TOP sellers at juried
fine art and craft shows. Every necklace ends up being it's own individual work
of art. I expect that in the 1/2 day class all of the students will complete
their necklace and walk out with it on!

Tools needed included in kit below.

Kit fee: $40-45 to cover materials, bead soup mix, stainless steel or copper
wire, clasp, crochet hook Beginners welcome! It's easy!

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Vitrograph FUN! with Sue Bradley.
CLASS # SB-02
Skill Level: Beginning

In this class Sue will show you how to make your own gorgeous canes by using a vitrograph kiln and
scrap glass! This cane can be fused, torched, even used as is!

Tools Needed: Provided in class, bring Didymium glasses!

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Make your own Display Mannequins with Leslie Thiel.
CLASS #LT-02
Skill Level: Beginning

If they wish, Students may bring a small item to copy like a doll (6" x 12" body not including head or legs) or a styrofoam head.
Forms will be provided to copy.Otherwise no special materials will be needed.

Materials Fee- $10

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EVENING DEMONSTRATIONS and ACTIVITIES-
OPEN TO EVERYONE!

Thursday Evening

Using Presses with Hannah Rosner

Learn how to use some of the common presses out there. Learn how to calculate how much glass,
how wide and how to fire polish after pressing without losing the shape!

Round Table Marketing Discussion with Karen Hardy

Marketing your work can be difficult and time consuming! Learn some new ways to
get your work out there and make better use of your time spent marketing!

Open torch from 7-10PM

LIVE AUCTION AND RAFFLE FOR GS SCHOLARSHIPS 7-9PM AUCTION FOR GS
7-8:30 PM: MAN AUCTION. MEN KEEP HALF THE MONEY, WORK IT GUYS! 7-9PM:
WOMAN AUCTION. WOMEN KEEP HALF THE MONEY! 7-9PM:OPEN TORCH

FRIDAY EVENING:

BEST HAT USING GLASS CONTEST 7:30 PM

ALL TEAM SCULPTURE- HELP US COMPLETE SOME COLLABORATIVE SCULPTURES FOR OUR SPONSORS!
Come watch the the fun, or just jump in!

Glass Sculptures Above by Deb Crowley

Borosilicate Sea Sculpture with John Lindquist DEMO ONLY

I will be making a large component borosilicate Octopus sea sculpture. I will
cover application of color, use of heat base, and intermediate-advanced sculptural
techniques (such as welding, folding, hot adjustment, use of kiln as a garage,
and large accent structure assembly. Get ready to watch us work BIG and HOT
using components made by many other lampworkers in a huge, collaborative project.

OPEN TORCH 7-10PM

SATURDAY EVENING:

PAJAMA JAM IN BOTH SOFT AND BORO ROOMS, WEAR JAMMIES TO PLAY!
OPEN TORCH 7-10PM

SUNDAY AFTERNOON:

Working the Trautman Reactive 104 DEMO with Jenny Newtson.

Partly art, partly science. The new silver glass colors are a wonderful addition to the soft-glass palette, but are you getting all you can out of these colors? In this 4 hour class, students will get a review of the colors in the TAG 104 line, and learn tips, tricks and techniques to work these colors to their best effects. Students will also learn proper torch settings for reducing and striking them. Jenny Newtson, the 104-coe gal at Trautman Art Glass, will share good combinations to go with the reactive glasses, and how to get maximum bang for your buck.

Students will just need enough experience on the torch to understand the terminology, such as neutral settings and what she means by "candles" in the torch flame.

GROUP PICTURE 1:30PM
Elimination Competition at 2pm....come play!
T-SHIRT SIGNING PARTY DRAWS FOR PAJAMA JAM PIECES, DEMO PIECES AND DOOR PRIZES.
OPEN TORCH UNTIL 6PM

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