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.
Glass, just as soon as it comes out of the furnace it comes to life. In this intro to glassblowing class, students will learn the fundamentals of glassmaking. Students will learn how to gather from the furnace, work the glass with traditional glassmaking tools and learn how a glass studio works. Students will learn the basics of blowing tumblers, cones, bowls, spheres, and traditional techniques of glassmaking.
Create sculptures and replicas of natural and imagined objects in Pâte de verre (glass paste) using non-traditional methods for kiln-forming at low temperature without using investment molds. Learn special modeling techniques, how to address technical challenges, and low-fire glassmaking. Techniques taught include Pâte de Verre, kiln-forming, mold making, cold-working, and a hot-sculpting demo.
Using borosilicate glass, we will create delightfully detailed sculptural objects at the torch. By studying objects of interest carefully, we can break them down into their parts and recreate them as glass sculptures. Instruction and demonstrations will cover project planning and patternmaking, glass rod construction, bridging, armatures, solid-sculpting, and a taste of non-vessel sculptural tube-working will round out the course.
This intermediate class is not for beginners. Through a comprehensive review of basic procedures, this workshop will examine the essential “cause and effect” principles of working hot glass. Students will repeat daily skill drills, mastering one skill before moving on to the next. Daily demonstrations of advanced hot sculpting, garage work, color powder application, discussions, and bit work will prepare students to make their own projects.
Furniture Music is a research-based studio that designs sounding goods for the home and site-responsive works for sound in situ. Founded in 2021 by Chris Kallmyer, the work is shaped by Chris’ fifteen years of studio practice as an artist and musician in Los Angeles. The studio works directly with architects, individuals, and cultural institutions on projects that use sound as a tool to address the relationship between landscape, ecology, and community. New projects have included a fountain to mark the home and studio of the blind potter, a mystic print for the Los Angeles Philharmonic, and windchimes for the iconic California design studio, Commune.
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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