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Summer Intensives 2022
Lunch Plan for classes is $12 per day. Menus will be provided on the first day of class
** Please be sure to read our cancellation policy for our summer intensive classes before booking**
***Active Glass Axis members get a 5% discount on all summer intensive classes.***
Please contact melody@glassaxis.org if a payment plan is needed or if you need the member discount code.
Digital Analogue
Jon Rees
3D Printing & Kiln Casting
Friday, May 27 - Tuesday, May 31
10:00am - 6:00pm Each Day
$800
All levels
THIS CLASS is open to all levels and will teach students how to use a 3D printer to bring their ideas to life on a 3 dimensional plane. We will then be taking the 3D printed objects and using them to create molds, where we will kiln cast glass replicas of their designs.
Jon Rees is currently the Studio Manager and an Assistant Teaching Professor at Ball State University. After receiving his Master of Fine Arts in Glass from the Rochester Institute for Technology he has gone on to work at universities and studios throughout the United States.
Mr. Rees is currently working on several artistic projects that span multiple topics. His professional artistic practice involves a phenomenological approach to sculpture, in which there is a common thread within the subjects and objects of his personal experience. Although formally trained in working with glass as a material, his work incorporates other materials as necessary to support conceptual and aesthetic aspects of the work.
His work has been exhibited in juried exhibitions across the United States as well as internationally. It is also included in the Corning Museum of Glass publication, New Glass Review #37.
He currently resides with his partner and two beautiful dogs in Muncie, Indiana.
Glass Sculpting for Everyone
Rob Stern
Friday, May 27 - Sunday, May 29
10:00am - 6:00pm Each Day
$600
CLASS WILL BE POSTPONED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE
Glassblowing - Intermediate (Must have at least 2 years glassblowing experience or completed Hot 1 & Hot 2 at Glass Axis)
This intensive workshop will give you a basic knowledge of hot glass sculpting techniques but also offer advanced ones on a need to know basis. Short demos will acquaint you with what you need to know to make what you wish. Discussions about resources, glassmaking culture, community, and opportunities will inform you of the bigger picture and how to approach the market with your work. In addition to hot sculpting knowledge, students will take away knowledge of: bubble theory, solid glass theory, punty theory, annealing theory, resource inspiration, drawing advice, photography concerns, marketing knowledge.
Learning with Gianni Toso: The Venetian Technique
Maestro Gianni Toso
Flameworking Soft Glass
Monday, July 11 - Thursday, July 21 (Off Saturday 7/16)
10:00am - 6:00pm Each Day
$1600
Flameworking Soft Glass - Intermediate (Must have at least 1 year flameworking experience or completed Torch 1 at Glass Axis)
In this class students will learn the Venetian Style of working with Effetre Soft Glass on the torch. Steeped in seven centuries of family tradition of Murano Glass, Venetian Maestro Gianni Toso has spent most of his life creating beautiful and inspiring works in glass. His constant experimentation and background in fine art led him at an early age to transcend the traditional boundaries of Murano glassblowing. Hailed as one of the foremost artists in the field today, his unique artistic vision and superb mastery of the medium combine to create extraordinary works of art which grace museums and private collections worldwide. Toso began teaching because "In America, I saw the future and continuity of my family's tradition, and the future of the Glass Studio Movement." In this class you will utilize both time and temperature to truly understand the language of glass and bring your ideas to life.
If you would like to be added to the waitlist for this class if there are cancellations, please email hello@glassaxis.org.
Exploring Jewelry Making Techniques
Sigrun Simmons- Rank
Friday, July 29 - Sunday, July 31
10:00am - 6:00pm
$600
All Levels
In this class students will explore a variety of jewelry making techniques including copper folding, Viking weaving and more. This class is open to all levels of experience and will help students develop their individual projects based on their ideas and skill levels. For those who have taken Sigrun's classes before, you will build on your previous knowledge and those new to jewelry making, will learn the building block skills needed to start producing your own handmade jewelry.
My name is Sigrun Simons-Rank, and I am an Instructor in the Jewelry and Small metal Department of the Wingate Arts School at the Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts (formerly known as the Arkansas Arts Center Museum School) in Little Rock, Arkansas. I received my training through knowledgeable instructors at the Arts Center Museum School and studied a wide variety of techniques and lapidary work. Since 2016, I am sharing my knowledge as a Jewelry- and Lapidary instructor at the Museum School, have taught various workshops in Arkansas, and in 2019, I had the pleasure to teach jewelry making techniques at Glass Axis during their Summer Program.
Artist Website & Instagram: https://www.facebook.com/MidnightSunJewelry
