GLASS – SUMMER SESSION 6
JULY 27-AUGUST 8, 2025 (11 STUDIO DAYS)
Kimberly Thomas
Work Small, Think Big
Glass loves to work and play with other materials, and its versatility makes any object, shape, or form possible. With a primary focus on building technical literacy in borosilicate glass and expanding visual vocabulary, students in this project-based workshop will create narrative sculptures by combining flameworked elements with mixed-media. We’ll cover hollow and solid sculpting, color rod and frit applications, and working with wire, epoxy, paint, and shellac. Students will discover and experiment with new techniques, learn to move seamlessly from one material to the next, create multidimensional sculpture, and build a practice that illuminates the depths of an unbridled imagination. All levels.
Penland School resident artist; teaching: Pilchuck (WA), Penland, former professor of glass at Salem Community College (NJ); Pilchuck Emerging Artist in Residency Program (WA); work exhibited at galleries and museums nationally; spent six years as a special effects make-up artist before she began flameworking in 2009.
November 15-December 16: Scholarship applications accepted
February 3: Regular enrollment opens
