Glass – Spring Short Session
April 28 – May 3, 2024 (4 studio days)

Wesley Fleming
Bugs, Figures, Plants, and Beyond

Using soft glass, you will learn through demonstration, discussion, and practice to sculpt at the torch using the “Italian Technique.” We’ll show you how to create bugs, flowers, bodies, and fantastical objects without continuously reheating finished parts of the object, working from one side of your creation to the other as it cools. You will learn how to prepare components and assemble them cold in the flame without cracking. We’ll cover heat control, shaping, fine details, and proper annealing as we work through the meditative process that is flameworking. All levels. Flameworking studio.

Wesley: Studio artist; teaching: The Studio at Corning (NY), Kobe Lampwork Museum (Japan), Penland, Snow Farm (MA); collections: Corning Museum (NY), Racine Art Museum (WI), Tacoma Museum of Glass (WA); publications: American Art Collector, Make, numerous glass magazines, several Schiffer books.
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