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 invites you to understand the delicate craft of engraving glass, and harnessing light and shadow to create captivating compositions as well as carving through layers of glass (cameo engraving). In the vitreography (glass print) portion of the class, students will dive into the fusion of printmaking and glass carving, learning to create prints through a process that combines traditional printmaking techniques with the unique translucence of glass as a medium.
Students will devise ways for blown glass objects and neon light to interact, augment, inform and disrupt one another. Demonstrations on foundational techniques in neon tube bending and installation will accompany time spent in the hot shop, blowing glass and playing with color. Creative prompts will bring these explorations together into assemblages that record gesture and cultivate wonder.
Tell a story in images using classical stained glass, fusing and screen printing techniques. Students will learn the fundamentals—traditional glass painting, fusing and screen printing—to develop and create their own glass pictures. Using photos from family albums, graphics from newspapers and magazines, and/or from imaginations, students will make collage projects to be used as the starting point for glass artworks, bringing the past and present together.
Karen and Jasen plan on sharing their extensive knowledge of different techniques that can be for sculpting glass at the furnace. They plan to cover as much information as possible in this two-week class. Extra emphasis will be put on learning about colors that can help with realizing your concepts. Plan on working hard as a team and you will learn a huge amount about hot glass sculpting.
This hot shop-focused class will (re)discover and define the emotive qualities of glass through an analytical approach to the material’s formal properties. Through daily discussions and explorations of technical glassmaking concepts, students will create compositions reliant on assemblage, color application and optics. Cold-working will assist in the process, and development, planning, drawing, and record-keeping will be emphasized.
Experimental approaches combining glass and mixed media will be emphasized as students learn hollow core and solid casting along with basics of Paté de verre. We will explore silicone and plaster mold making to create components and multiples. Then, we will explore ways to combine components as fired inclusions or as cold connections. We will troubleshoot integrating mixed media.
Iván Carmona Rosario is a Puerto Rican artist who was born in 1973.Their work is currently being shown at multiple venues like Portland Art Museum, Oregon. Numerous key galleries and museums such as Fourteen30 Contemporary have featured Ivan Carmona Rosario's work in the past.
Northwest artist Jeffry Mitchell calls himself a gay folk artist. He creates playful and joyous ceramic artworks and installations, as well as prints and drawings. His art explores ideas of gender, spirituality, vulnerability, and self-discovery. Jeffry Mitchell earned a Bachelor of Arts degree (1980) in painting from the University of Dallas. He moved to Japan to teach English and stayed for three years, apprenticing with a traditional production potter and studying calligraphy. In 1988, he earned a Master of Fine Arts degree in printmaking at the Tyler School of Art in Philadelphia. In 2012, the Henry Art Gallery in Seattle organized a retrospective exhibition "Like a Valentine: The Art of Jeffry Mitchell".
Emmanuel (Manolo) Aguilera (b. 1986, MX) is an emerging artist, working in hot glass. Originally from Veracruz, Mexico he now calls Seattle, Washington home. Manolo is currently focused on designing works of art that honor his Native Mexican heritage. His attention to detail and focus on fluidity combined with years of independent and professional practice make him a sought-after artist in the vibrant Northwest glass community.
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.
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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