Description
April 29 – May 3, 9:00 AM- 5:00 PM
This workshop will focus on creating glass and 96 compatible-colored glass from scratch. We will work from known formulas and adjust ingredients and colorants over the course of the week. There will be a review of glass ingredients and their purpose in a formula. Guided experimentation will use common colorants including, but not limited to, cobalt, copper, silver, manganese, chromium, selenium, nickel, neodymium, phosphorus etc. Participants will also learn how to test glass expansion in the studio and how to adjust the formula of their colors to fit their studio glass. Participants will start by working and experimenting with the melts of the day. Followed by a discussion, formulating, mixing and charging the next melts. Participants will create and keep color bars from the successful melts.
Prerequisites: Students should have ample hot shop experience including gathering hot glass, creating objects, and assisting others in a hot glass studio.
