CLASSES AT LEITRIM SCUPTURE CENTRE
Dates: Fri 1st &
Sat 2nd June, Sun 3rd & Mon 4th June
Trainer: Louise Rice &
Graham Reid
Course Fees: €240 (two days) – 10am to 5pm
Participants:
4
Experience: No experience required
In this two-day workshop you
will explore the extraordinary medium of hot glass. You will learn how
to gather glass out of the furnace, to control and shape the hot glass,
to blow a bubble and make a simple vessel. Working in two small teams,
the emphasis of this course is hands-on experience, with demos and
support from an experienced glassblower.
Louise Rice is based at the Sculpture Centre in Manorhamilton and
studied glass at Edinburgh College of Art and the Rietveld Acadamie in
Amsterdam. Rice has work in Ulster Museum, and National Glass Museum,
Netherlands.
Graham Reid received a Bachelors degree in Sculptural Glass from
Massachusetts College Of Art. He built Knockbeg Studios where he taught
glassblowing, and now works as sculptor in glass, wood and metal from
his Studio in Sligo.
SAND CASTING WITH HOT GLASS WORKSHOP
Dates: Tuesday
5th June
Trainer: Keith Seybert
Course Fees: €140 (one day) – 10am
to 5pm
Participants: 6
Experience: No experience required
This
two-day course will introduce you to the potential of molten glass as a
creative material through the process of “Hot” casting into sand
moulds. You will have the opportunity to ladle glass straight from the
furnace and pour into prepared “open faced” sand moulds made with found
and sculpted objects. This is the most direct method to create your own
solid sculptural forms in glass. No previous glass working experience
required and all materials are provided. Feel free to bring in your own
objects to press in the sand. Appropriate footwear is a must: leather
boots preferred, leather shoes acceptable; No open toed shoes or
sandals!
Keith Alan Seybert received masters’ degrees in Sculpture, and Glass
and Ceramics from Washington University, St. Louis in 1987 and 1995. He
has led numerous workshops in a variety of glass and sculpture
techniques in the US, Europe and beyond. From 1999 to 2001 he was a
Senior Researcher at the Royal College of Art, London, where he headed
an in-depth examination of investment type refractory moulds for casting
glass and bronze; a topic he has lectured on at many international
venues including 2002 and 2009 at the annual conference of the Glass Art
Society. He currently lives in Ireland and works in his Blarney studio.
REFRACTORY MOULDMAKING FOR KILN CAST GLASS & BRONZE CASTING
WORKSHOP
Dates: Sat 2nd to Mon 4th June
Trainer: Keith Seybert
Course
Fees: €210 (three days) – 10am to 5pm
Participants: 8
Experience:
Some basic experience required
This in-depth workshop covers the
theory and techniques used in casting either bronze or glass. Tips for
wax working, (pour cups, sprewing, gating, and venting) investment type
refractory mould construction approaches (face-coats {brush on &
splash}, Roman or Italian hand built, cores and poured monolithic)
will be discussed with an aim towards enabling participants to
“customize” their approach to fit their vision. A range of primary model
materials will be demonstrated, principally wax, working through to the
final refractory moulds, thus some previous knowledge of, and
experience with: clay, wax, or plaster work is helpful to participants.
All pertinent aspects of refractory moulding will be covered.
Participants will need both sketch book and note book; be ready with
ideas to pursue, and open to learn. Large amounts of material will be
covered in a relatively short time. Participants need to come with a wax
positive or rubber mould. This can be made in the ‘Reproduction
Moulding for Artists & Architects workshop’. Prerequisite: Wax
positive or rubber mould.
Keith Alan Seybert received masters’ degrees in Sculpture, and Glass
and Ceramics from Washington University, St. Louis in 1987 and 1995. He
has led numerous workshops in a variety of glass and sculpture
techniques in the US, Europe and beyond. From 1999 to 2001 he was a
Senior Researcher at the Royal College of Art, London, where he headed
an in-depth examination of investment type refractory moulds for casting
glass and bronze; a topic he has lectured on at many international
venues including 2002 and 2009 at the annual conference of the Glass Art
Society. He currently lives in Ireland and works in his Blarney studio.
E: info@leitrimsculpturecentre.ie
W:
www.leitrimsculpturecentre.ie
T:
071 985 5098