Studio NEXT
The Studio continues to work on building our new expanded facility. We will open significantly expanded class facilities in June, when summer classes begin. We are also adding several exciting new programs including a new 2-year teaching program called the Glassmaking Institute, and a new 5,000 ft² research center for cast glass. By October 2024, the expansion will be complete!
TOM MALONE PRIZE, PERTH, WESTERN AUSTRALIA
I recently flew all the way to Perth, Western Australia to be a judge for the Tom Malone Glass prize at Linton and Kay Galleries. I collaborated with Robert Cook and Elizeabth Malone on the judging and we selected Liam Fleming’s Transitory Form #8 as the winner for this award. Congratulations Liam!
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TEACHING THIS SUMMER
I am delighted to be teaching again this summer in the new and expanded facilities at The Studio. My Summer class is full, but please looking for more classes, that will drop on August 15 at the the link below:
ROMAN CAMEO RESEARCH
In 2019, I worked with Bullseye Glass to explore if cameo vessels could be created with hot pressing and pate de verre processes. I used glass that Bullseye formulated to match Roman cameo glasses and experimented with pressing molten glass into molds. These tests were successful demonstrating possibilities for how these Roman vessels could have been produced. The tests showed how the white layer could have been hot pressed to the surface and how the formation of rotational scratches, on the inner surfaces, could have been produced. This image is a CT scan of a 1st century Roman cameo from the collection of the Australian National University (ANU). The scan shows bubbles and glass formations consistent with a pate de verre and pressing process. This image was captured with the assistance of Dr Tim Senden and the Research School of Physics & Engineering, ANU.