Murrini Patterns with Bullseye Glass
Students will learn how to make blown murrini vessels using colored Bullseye Sheet Glass. I will teach the techniques that I use to make my work. We will look at ways of generating patterns to translate into compositions using stacked colored sheet glass. I will show how to load kilns to fuse sheet glass stacks and how to stretch these into square murrini canes in the hot shop. We will learn different ways to process the canes to prepare them to be formed into vessels. We will go through the process of rolling up the murrini to make blown vessels.
Giles studied art at the Australian National University. He graduated and set up a studio in Adelaide in 1997. He has taught workshops in France, Switzerland, Australia and the United States. His work has been exhibited in museum survey exhibitions in the U.S., Europe and Australia and shown in solo exhibitions at galleries in Switzerland, Italy, Germany, the U.S. and Australia. He continues to exhibit in Australia and internationally and works from his studio in Adelaide South Australia.
