Sculpting with Light: Bullseye Glass and the Power of Color
This class will explore kiln-casting and pâte de verre through hands-on making, demonstrations, discussions and lectures. The emphasis will be on color and its phenomenological, symbolic, narrative, scientific and technical aspects. Using Bullseye billets, sheets, frits and powders, we will test different ways of colour application and appearance, then move on to develop individual projects through one-on-one discussion. Lectures, discussions and demonstrations will cover history of colour in glass, optical properties, colour and meaning, model-and mould making, firing and annealing, and cold working.
Originally from Germany, Heike Brachlow studied glass in the UK, eventually gaining a PhD focused on colour in glass. She works as a self-employed artist from her studio in Cumbria, England, and as a tutor at the Royal College of Art in London. She exhibits and teaches internationally, has won a number of awards and is represented in many collections including the V&A, the European Museum of Modern Glass and the Museum of Glass in Tacoma, Wash.
Mils Bridgewater is an award-winning London-based fine artist who uses glass to communicate stories and social political views. She holds a first class degree in Fine Art from City & Guilds London Art School and a Masters in Ceramics & Glass from the Royal College of Art. Bridgewater exhibits her thought-provoking installations internationally and is currently showing in the Bullseye Project: Transition in Kiln Glass Exhibition, touring North America.
