Become a Pilchuck Magic Maker
Become a Pilchuck Magic Maker
First 100 to join receive a limited-edition tote
Participants may select one workshop per session, during which they will be fully immersed in a vibrant educational environment on the breathtaking Pilchuck campus for the duration of the session. All participants eat, work, and sleep on campus for the entire session. Days include intensive instruction and demos throughout the day and evening, as well as ample opportunities for personal exploration and studio time. Housing is warm and rustic and most accommodations require a brief walk through fields and forest to reach the studios.
This class will focus on glassblowing, sculpting, sandblasting and concept. Preston and Martin have been collaborating on a new body of work, blending their techniques and ideas to create a new direction. This process will be highlighted in demonstrations. Discussions will center around mythology, symbolism and creating a personal narrative around your work.
This course will use kiln-casting, mold making, relief and core casting, lostwax casting, and colored Czech glass. We will look at negative and positive space and explore concepts of looking at the glass or through glass. Students will make vessels, plaques, a sculpture in colored glass, and personal works that combine techniques learned in core, relief and color.
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Painting with glass is new and complex. This course explores recently developed techniques. The whole creative arc will be addressed, covering the process from inspiration to finished artwork. Students will complete two pieces. The course includes presentations on art in architecture and the history of stained glass, from its origins to contemporary uses in fused glass.
This sculptural and functional class will utilize your mind and body to elevate your work and sooth your soul. Students will be pushed to execute multi-part assembly for a complex piece. Using our minds to develop original ideas and concepts, we will show the importance of sketching to plan out projects and push ideas farther. Daily activities on campus will keep your blood flowing and the inspirations coming. You can look forward to learning everything from fundamentals, color application, solid sculpting, hollow sculpting, to advanced assembly and scientific techniques. Turn your dreams into reality with Coyle and Sibelley!
Discover the creature lurking inside of you (mythical, real or imagined), and bring it to life in the hotshop. Approach challenging forms by breaking them down into manageable sections. Develop detailed roadmaps to translate your vision into glass. Communication/teamwork and planning will open the door to unleash your beast. This class will utilize bit-work, hot-torch/garage assembly, and color layering.
This class has a heavy focus on hot sculpting and garage assembly. Supplementary techniques will be utilized to achieve clean connections and forms such as the oxy-pro torch and simple Cold Working. Color applications will include color layering and powder application.
Mark Thomas Gibson lives in Philadelphia. He is an Associate Professor of Painting at Tyler School of Art and Architecture, Temple University. Recent solo exhibitions include Whirlygig!, Sikkema & Jenkins, New York; and A Retelling, MOCAD, Detroit. In 2022, he was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship from the Guggenheim Memorial Foundation.
Drawing on conceptual art strategies, and Crow traditions within which she was raised, Red Star pushes the conversation surrounding history in new directions. Red Star’s second monograph, Bíilukaa, was published by Radius Books in April 2023. Red Star lives and works in Portland, Oregon.
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Born in 1982, Raven Skyriver (Tlingit) was raised in the San Juan Islands. When he was sixteen, Raven was introduced to glass by his family friend and mentor, Lark Dalton. Exploring every opportunity to work in glass led to Raven being invited to work with Karen Willenbrink-Johnsen for the William Morris team in 2003. This was his introduction to sculptural glass, and where building a vocabulary for narrative in his work began. In 2018, Skyriver returned to the island where he was born; he and his wife Kelly O'Dell constructed a home studio where they create their art.
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Kelly O’Dell studied glass at UH Manoa and at Pilchuck Glass School, where she joined the William Morris Team. Kelly's work mainly examines species extinction and our impact on the natural world. Currently living and working on Lopez Island with her husband Raven Skyriver, O'Dell teaches and exhibits internationally.
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Every summer since 1971 the glass world has come together for innovative and rigorous workshops with an international cohort of instructors and artists. In 2025 we will host seven sessions.
The summer is filled with an all-star roster including Jen Elek, Annette Blair, Ben Edols, Jessica Loughlin, Sibelly, Danny Coyle, Dante Marioni and more. An advanced topics Spring Session will include an opportunity to be a part of Pilchuck history by rebuilding one of the program furnaces with Fred Metz. Session 3 will see the return of lampworking maestro Lucio Bubacco for a 30-year reunion of his Flame to Furnace collaboration with Brian Kerkvliet and Ed Schmid. Preston Singletary and Martin Janecký will bring their combined approach to Session 4. Silvia Levenson returns during Session 5, Pilchuck’s first bi-lingual (Spanish/English) session.
Join us for another transformative year on the hill.
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