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Become a Pilchuck Magic Maker

Become a Pilchuck Magic Maker

First 100 to join receive a limited-edition tote
Keep the Pilchuck magic alive
First 100 to join receive a limited-edition tote

Session 06

Nature and Illusion

Aug 30

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Sep 10, 2025

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.

Instructors
Jessica Loughlin
Ryan Tanner
Sayaka Suzuki
Alicia Lomné
Tim Drier
Annette Blair
Jen Elek
Dante Marioni
Ben Edols
Artists in Residence
Tom Otterness
Hannah Levy
Gaffers
Jimmy Anderegg
Megan Stelljes
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Application information
All Levels

Advanced: 5+ years of frequent practice in the technique(s) listed

Intermediate: 2-4 years of frequent practice in the technique(s) listed

Beginner: 0-1 years of frequent practice in the technique(s) listed

All Levels: Encompasses all of the above, all are welcome

Cutting Through the Surface

Aug
30
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Sep
10
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Instructed by 
Ryan Tanner
Workshop Topics:
Kiln-Forming
Printmaking
Cold Working

Expand past the boundaries of traditional glass engraving techniques in this cross-disciplinary cold working course. Focusing on the use of handheld rotary tools, students will explore ways to combine their studies with vitreography (printmaking using glass plates), kiln-fusing, and more. Through demonstrations and guided practice, the fundamentals of carving glass will build our foundation for experimentation in this ancient art form.

Workshop details
Workshop full
Apply now
Apply now
Applications open Oct 4
Applications are closed
Intermediate

Advanced: 5+ years of frequent practice in the technique(s) listed

Intermediate: 2-4 years of frequent practice in the technique(s) listed

Beginner: 0-1 years of frequent practice in the technique(s) listed

All Levels: Encompasses all of the above, all are welcome

Eat.Make.Collaborate

Aug
30
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Sep
10
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Instructed by 
Annette Blair
Jen Elek
Workshop Topics:
Glassblowing
Cold Working
Color Application
Wood & Metal

Inspired by the magic of Pilchuck, this class is for those who love food, fun, design and glassblowing. We will work individually and collaboratively to design and create tableware which enhances the experience of eating and drinking. Focusing on PNW produce and the nourishment of our glass community, we will consider functionality and culinary aesthetics as we explore production processes.

Workshop details
Workshop full
Apply now
Apply now
Applications open Oct 4
Applications are closed
Intermediate

Advanced: 5+ years of frequent practice in the technique(s) listed

Intermediate: 2-4 years of frequent practice in the technique(s) listed

Beginner: 0-1 years of frequent practice in the technique(s) listed

All Levels: Encompasses all of the above, all are welcome

Essence

Aug
30
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Sep
10
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Instructed by 
Jessica Loughlin
Workshop Topics:
Kiln-Forming
Cold Working
Wood & Metal

Explore the transition from idea to object to find and express the essence of our ideas. In parallel, we will learn advanced kiln-forming techniques to create 3D forms, with multiple layers of glass, in molds and enhanced through cold working processes. This workshop will consist of tight projects to master simplicity and provide the space and time to develop individual works.

Workshop details
Workshop full
Apply now
Apply now
Applications open Oct 4
Applications are closed
All Levels

Advanced: 5+ years of frequent practice in the technique(s) listed

Intermediate: 2-4 years of frequent practice in the technique(s) listed

Beginner: 0-1 years of frequent practice in the technique(s) listed

All Levels: Encompasses all of the above, all are welcome

Hip Slide and Roller - Scientific Drinkware

Aug
30
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Sep
10
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Instructed by 
Tim Drier
Workshop Topics:
Flameworking

This workshop will explore the use of rollers and a hip slide torch mount to create cups and vessels from borosilicate tubing. Everyone in the class will have shared access to rollers and a hip slide torch mount.  Using clear borosilicate tubing (9MM to 50MM OD) will be blowing cups and vessels of assorted shapes and sizes, as well as feet, coils and ring seals. Assembling and detailing with the aid of small hand torches as well.

Workshop details
Workshop full
Apply now
Apply now
Applications open Oct 4
Applications are closed
Advanced

Advanced: 5+ years of frequent practice in the technique(s) listed

Intermediate: 2-4 years of frequent practice in the technique(s) listed

Beginner: 0-1 years of frequent practice in the technique(s) listed

All Levels: Encompasses all of the above, all are welcome

Staying Centered

Aug
30
-
Sep
10
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Instructed by 
Dante Marioni
Ben Edols
Workshop Topics:
Glassblowing

In this course, Ben and Dante will demonstrate and explain traditional off-hand glass making with an eye toward the vessel. Cane patterns and murrini will be a part of the program. Using skills they have learned over several decades, they will be passing on what each of them have gleaned from being life-long professional glassblowing artists. This class is geared toward aspiring professionals with lots of glassblowing experience that want to further skill and knowledge.

Workshop details
Workshop full
Apply now
Apply now
Applications open Oct 4
Applications are closed
All Levels

Advanced: 5+ years of frequent practice in the technique(s) listed

Intermediate: 2-4 years of frequent practice in the technique(s) listed

Beginner: 0-1 years of frequent practice in the technique(s) listed

All Levels: Encompasses all of the above, all are welcome

Super-Vision/Duo-Lingo

Aug
30
-
Sep
10
-
Instructed by 
Alicia Lomné
Sayaka Suzuki
Workshop Topics:
Kiln-Forming
Casting
Cold Working
Mold-making

Students will have the opportunity to study two different approaches to pate de verre. In this class students will create color samples, clay models, rubber molds, waxes, and refractory molds. Students will learn to apply color in design, inlay, and layers creating painterly effects. Students will learn to reverse engineer images into pate de verre design.

Workshop details
Workshop full
Apply now
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Applications open Oct 4
Applications are closed

Artist in Residence

Tom Otterness

Tom Otterness is one of the most prolific sculptors living in the US today; his work is in major international museums, including the Museum of Modern Art, the Whitney and MONA and has created over fifty private and public commissions internationally, including Germany, Holland, Qatar, South Korea, Canada and the US. Tom Otterness was born in Wichita, Kansas and moved to New York City in the early ‘70’s.  He studied at the Arts Students League and Whitney Independent Study Program and was a founding member of artist movement Collaborative Projects with a leading role in organizing Colab’s ground-changing 1980 Times Square Show.  He subsequently joined Brooke Alexander Gallery in 1983, during which the Museum of Modern Art acquired several sculptures, including his large bronze Head.  In 1992 New York opened Battery Park with the Otterness sculpture playground “The Real World” and in 2005 the MTA opened Otterness’ Life Underground sculpture installation on the A line at 14th Street subway, near the Whitney Museum and designed the “Humpty Dumpty” balloon for Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade.  Tom has designed several sculpture parks for US Federal Plazas as well as creating new sculpture parks for private clients internationally.

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Artist in Residence

Hannah Levy

With spare gestures and skilled execution, Hannah Levy (b. 1991, New York, NY) creates sculptures that are uncannily familiar, transforming ubiquitous elements of interior design into unnamable objects that appear to merge the organic and the industrial. Her work draws attention to the relationship between our bodies and the built environment, considering how we are impacted by the design choices around us.

Gaffer

Jimmy Anderegg

Drawing inspiration from spontaneity, Jimmy Anderegg�s work layers colored elements that undergo a carving process, revealing lively interior and exterior relationships. Introduced to glass in 2001, Anderegg has lived and worked in the Seattle metropolitan area ever since.

Gaffer

Megan Stelljes

My work is the visual manifestation of my values and emotions. It is most often my daydreams which spark my imagination as the mind wanders beyond self-imposed boundaries. I employ the associations of familiarity and comfort attached to foodstuffs and mine a deep fascination with color and light, to evade my audience's taboos and engage in a camouflaged yet frank dialogue about sex, sexuality, sexual health and consent.

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2025
Program

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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2025 Program
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May 7
–
May 16, 2025

Spring Session

Session 01
:
May 22
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May 29, 2025

Construction

Session 02
:
Jun 4
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Jun 15, 2025

Living with Glass

Session 03
:
Jun 20
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Jul 1, 2025

Placemaking

Session 04
:
Jul 6
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Jul 23, 2025

Archetypes and Icons

Session 05
:
Aug 7
–
Aug 18, 2025

Traducción

Session 06
:
Aug 30
–
Sep 10, 2025

Nature and Illusion

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Pilchuck Glass School is located on the ancestral homelands of the Skagit, Tulalip, and Stillaguamish tribes, who continue to thrive and who are the contemporary custodians of the land where our campus is situated. We honor the ancestors and respect the elders of the past and present of these tribes.

Pilchuck does not discriminate on the basis of gender, sexual orientation, race, religion, nationality or ethnic origin in employment or in artistic or educational programs.

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