Inside / Outside
Through hollow-core kiln-casting, students will explore how glass can contain layered interior and exterior space through transparency, magnification and depth. Using hollow-core, hanging-core, multi-part and press mold techniques, students will create sculptural cast glass works incorporating personal objects, found materials or natural forms. Demonstrations will include silicone mold making, plaster and clay modeling, kiln firing, and coldworking techniques such as cutting, grinding, and polishing. Alongside technical development, the class will investigate relationships between inner and outer space, memory, perception and personal imagery. All skill levels are welcome, with advanced students able to pursue more complex hanging-core techniques.
Erika Tada is a Japan-based glass artist working primarily with kiln casting and hollow-cast sculpture. Her work explores memory, impermanence and the natural world through layered imagery, transparency and inner space in glass. Combining geometric structures with organic forms, she creates works that merge technical precision with poetic and sculptural depth. Erika received her MFA from Rochester Institute of Technology and a PhD from Tokyo University of the Arts. She has taught internationally at institutions including Pilchuck Glass School, the Corning Museum of Glass and Tokyo University of the Arts. She received the John H. Hauberg Fellowship from Pilchuck in 2022.
