A Search for Meaning: Figurative Sculpture
Bring your figurative ideas to the table in this workshop. We will explore life casting, wax and clay sculpting and mold making for casting and/or blowing — choosing materials and processes that best support your vision within our time together. Think of this workshop as a guided deep dive into the human condition through glass: emotion, detail, gesture, distortion and fragility, all fueling a journey of visual language. I will help navigate technical hurdles and material possibilities, but you drive the ideas and direction. Come ready to experiment, problem-solve, and ride the tilt-a-whirl of figurative sculpture in glass.
Dean Allison is a working artist in Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin. In 2010, he received a MA in Visual Arts in glass from Australian National University. He has since been a Resident Artist at the Penland School of Crafts and has taught at the Glass Furnace in Istanbul, Turkey; Bullseye Glass Company in Portland, Oregon; and Studio at Corning, NY. Dean has shown work at SOFA Chicago, Scope Miami, Smithsonian Portrait Gallery and Boise Art Museum and has work in the following collections: Muskegon Museum of Art, Muskegon, Michigan; The Julie Collins Smith Museum of Fine Art, Auburn, Alabama; Hinson Art Museum, Wingate, North Carolina; and Imagine Museum, St. Petersburg, Florida.
