Field Guide to Dynamic Narratives
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This workshop is designed to develop technical proficiency, material fluency and creative expression in sculpting with borosilicate glass. Participants will explore three-dimensional forms and dynamic sculptural action, expanding the visual vocabulary of their work by building on flameworking fundamentals to create complex forms. Alongside technical refinement and advancement, the workshop will integrate experimentation and storytelling, guiding students to develop a personal sculptural language and to articulate narratives through form, structure and detail. Explorations in color rod and frit applications will add dimension and excitement to the creative process. Balancing innovation, intuition and technical skill with unconventionality, the workshop invites students to reimagine the potential of glass sculpture. Instruction includes group and individual demonstrations, emphasizing process, craftsmanship and progressive creative growth.
Kimberly Thomas is a flameworker, miniaturist and interdisciplinary sculptor whose narrative works function as sculptural illustrations of reimagined worlds, speculative futures and imagined inventions. Through themes that merge corporeal and ethereal realms, her work invites viewers into allegorical landscapes and alternate realities. Thomas earned a BFA in Ceramics from the Rhode Island School of Design and previously worked as a special effects makeup artist in the film industry. She was selected for the 2021 Pilchuck Emerging Artist in Residence Program and has completed residencies at the Museum of Glass and Chrysler Museum. Her work is held in the collections of the Imagine Museum and Fort Wayne Museum of Art. She has recently completed a three-year residency at the Penland School of Craft.
