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Casting Conference Full Schedule

Full list of presentations and demos at Pilchuck Glass School's Casting Conference

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Alicia Lomné

Peculiar Peregrination

Aug 22, 2025 8:00 AM
The Lodge

Images will reflect the artist journey through 26 years of creating work and innovating the process of Pâte de Verre.

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Bri Chesler

Zircar Mold Making Basics

Aug 22, 2025 9:30 AM
Mold Room

Discover the versatility of Zircar Mold Mix 6 in this mold-making workshop. Attendees will learn how to cast wax positives using alginate and transform them into durable Zircar molds.

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Clifford Rainey

Thinking Through Casting

Aug 22, 2025 11:00 AM
Studio Building

My presentation will endeavor to take the mystery out of what is a simple technical process and share knowledge I have gained through fifty years of studio practice. I will focus on multiple part investment mould-making and core-casting.

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Ted Sawyer

Success with Bullseye

Aug 22, 2025 1:30 PM
The Lodge

Having spent over 28 years at the nexus of communications of with artists working with Bullseye Glass in kilncasting operations, while also hosting visiting artists and overseeing large-scale fabrication of works in glass, Sawyer has seen - and been party to solutions for - issues great and small. He will share a distillation of what he's learned and share some case studies.

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Anja Isphoring

Organic Forms: Color & Texture

Aug 22, 2025 2:30 PM
Mold Room

Throughout this presentation I will share my artistic life story from my beginnings in glass engraving to my current work, demonstrating how I create my intricate bee's wax models for lost wax kiln casting.

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Sayaka Suzuki

Precision in color control

Aug 22, 2025 3:30 PM
Studio Building

Do you want to work like a painter and mix and control colors with precision? My method of pâte de verre gives you control and predictability when working with color.

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Daniel Clayman

Incredibly Strong Molds for Large Scale Kiln-Casting

Aug 22, 2025 5:00 PM
Mold Room

Starting with slide presentations, we will examine the problems encountered when scaling castings up in size and weight.  At the end of the lecture, we will cut a large completed casting out of a mold to see the results made possible with these materials and techniques.

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Diane Wright

History of cast glass and Pâte de Verre

Aug 22, 2025 7:30 PM
The Lodge
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Sat, Aug 23 Schedule

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Joanna Manousis

Mirrors of the Third Dimension

Aug 23, 2025 8:00 AM
The Lodge

Mapping the trajectory of Manousis’ practice-based PhD, this lecture explores the reflective potential of cast glass as a canvas for a range of mirror effects. With over a decade of enquiry, she will share how mould fabrication, glass bodies, refractories, firings and original models affect surface precision and translucency.

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Matthew Day Perez

The Before and After of Glass Casting

Aug 23, 2025 9:30 AM
Studio Building

Glass is the final step in an often long and laborious process that uses proxies and stand-ins along the way. The casting process is generally executed in 6 - 12 hours, but the steps to get the mold into the kiln and then the steps out of the kiln are rarely discussed.

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Karsten Oaks

Coldworking 101 for Casters - working w/ crystal and large scale work

Aug 23, 2025 11:00 AM
Mold Room
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Tone Ørvik

Expanding Glass Narratives

Aug 23, 2025 1:30 PM
The Lodge

Translucency, opacity and sustainability: The shifting perceptions of narrative. In this lecture Tone Ørvik opens up the vast, rich narratives created by contemporary glass artists in cast glass and Pâte de Verre.

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Morgan Gilbreath

The Sustainable Future of Glass Casting

Aug 23, 2025 2:30 PM
Mold Room

This lecture will present my research into the vast potential of found, reclaimed, and recycled glass for use in casting and kiln forming. Guided by a slideshow of process images, I will use physical tests and real-life glass samples in order to share tips for how to best determine annealing, compatibility, and flow for found and recycled glass bodies.

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Irene Frolic

Always True to You Darling: Using Recyled Glass in the Kiln

Aug 23, 2025 4:00 PM
The Lodge

This presentation explores a 40-year journey with various types of glass: from dumpstered plate glass, to container glass, to the clarity of Gaffer lead crystal, to the cornucopia of Bullseye. I’ll share images of techniques and leave ample time for questions. Glass is a hard mother, but if you follow her simple rules, she will reward you with endless possibilities.

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Dean Alliison

Mixing a Glass from scratch for Casting: Finding a path that works for you

Aug 23, 2025 5:00 PM
Mold Room

Success, failure, and problem solving - experimentation is the core of a journey into glass casting. Discover the endless possibilities of glass mixing and the limitations of commercial glass.

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Sun, Aug 24 Schedule

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Angela Thwaites

Making the Unmakeable

Aug 24, 2025 8:00 AM
Mold Room

This will be a step by step show and talk of making an investment mould for kiln-casting glass. Using a hollow 3D print with internal detail, I will set it up, mix and apply the refractory investment.

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Owen Johnson

Color, pattern and forms in open face kiln-casting

Aug 24, 2025 9:30 AM
The Annex

My two-part presentation will practically display the inserting of murrine sheet patterns and objects into liquid glass in kiln casting, and the making of the murrine for these sheet patterns.

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Evelyn Gottschall Baker

Non-Traditional Pâte de Verre

Aug 24, 2025 11:00 AM
Mold Room

Exploring the science behind Non-traditional Pâte de Verre, this presentation will include the properties of glass powders, binders, and heat’s role in transforming the materials.

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Richard Whiteley

New Directions in Cast Glass

Aug 24, 2025 1:30 PM
The Lodge

This year, The Studio will introduce The James Flaws & Marcia Weber Casting Center, a dedicated foundry and resource center focused on advancing cast glass. This talk will explore the center's mission to provide artists, designers, architects, and others with the tools and support needed to realize their ideas in this dynamic medium.

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Silvia Levenson

Experimental printing in kiln-casting

Aug 24, 2025 2:30 PM
Mold Room

Sharing experiences and information is an integral part of Silvia Levenson's artistic practice. She will present her research and findings on incorporating images and words into kiln-casting objects.

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Brian Gillespie

Layers of Light: Casting Waterjet Cut Glass

Aug 24, 2025 3:30 PM
Bot Lab

Discover how digital modeling, waterjet cutting, and traditional casting techniques combine to create layered glass forms that would be difficult—or impossible—to achieve by hand. Brian Gillespie shares his process of slicing 3D models, cutting glass sections, and fusing them into intricate castings, including a hauntingly detailed glass-encased human skull.

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Rebecca Arday

(Ad)Ventures in Color

Aug 24, 2025 4:30 PM
Studio Building

What began as a rather naive interest in melting casting color has evolved into 6 years of exploration and evolved my work and process. Now faculty at Alfred in the Sculpture Dimensional Studies division, what were once small batches have transitioned into larger melts for glass students and billet production for personal projects.

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Percy Echols II

Casting Light

Aug 24, 2025 5:00 PM
The Annex

Discover how cast glass can be transformed into dynamic plasma light sculptures. This presentation covers key concepts like core casting and open-face casting as a vessel for plasma, surface preparation, and electrode installation for optimal performance.

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