Festival event
Wanganui Glass School Blowing in the Dark, held as part of the Wanganui
Glass Festival 2011, was a huge success. This is the second year the School
has put on this event. We wish to thank glass artists Katie Brown and Karen
Ellet who explained the glass blowing process to our audience on the night.
Also, a special thanks to glass artist Jan Kocian who gave an impromptu hot
glass demo which was a bonus for our guests.
2010 Scholarship winner announced
UCOL BFA third year student Kate Walker has won the WINC (Wanganui Incorporated) Directors Scholarship. The $1000 scholarship is given annually to a Wanganui Glass School student who has chosen glass as their main area of study.
Kate says she chose to major in glass because she wants to develop as a multimedia sculptor. She sees tutor Lionel Teer, whose sculpting has exhibited nationally and internationally, as the ideal mentor.
As a conceptual artist working in glass, but also accompanying media, Kate is able to convey complex emotional and social issues. Much of the material she works with is either recycled or “found objects” reused in her sculptures as she is fiercely committed to environmental respect.
Kate has been bussing from Palmerston North to the UCOL Wanganui’s campus until this year. She now lives in Wanganui and is quickly becoming part of the of the local art community.
“My neighbours here are also at the Glass School,” she says.
Summer School February 6-10, 2012
ENROL NOWUpdate - 27-1-12 - Due to registration levels Glass Casting and Pate de Verre courses will not run for the 2012 Summer Programme. There are still limited spaces remaining for the Glass Blowing programme should you wish to transfer your registration. Please contact Paul Garner for further information on 027 233 4807
Introduction to glass blowing with David Traub
www.glass-newzealand.co.nzGlass Casting with Helen Stokes www.stokesglass.com.au
Pate de Verre with Sue Hawker
www.suehawker.co.nz
Introduction to Glass Blowing with David Traub - 5 day workshop $599
This workshop provides individual instruction and is ideal for students new to glass and those at an intermediate level.
During the five days you will be introduced to the wonders of hot glass and be given step-by-step assistance through the processes of gathering glass on an iron, blowing and opening up the mouth of the vessel.
You will learn the use of various tools and methods to work with glass from the furnace.
At the end of the workshop you should be able to make simple colored paper weights and basic blown forms.
