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Adult Education Courses
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Exploring Mosaics in Glass
with Bonnie Fitzgerald
3-Day Workshop Developed Especially for Anything Stained Glass!
April 27th 10am - 5pm
April 28th 10am-5pm
April 29th 10am - 12pm 2018
$285
A comprehensive workshop offering a strong foundation for
constructing decorative art mosaics. Students will be introduced to several
types of glass materials applicable to mosaics. On Friday we begin with a lecture and picture presentation about contemporary glass mosaics and
the role of classical mosaic techniques when working in glass. Each student will be guided
through the design process to create a 10” x 10” home décor piece for interior display.
Students are welcome to bring their own designs, however instructor will have optional patterns available for those
who feel more comfortable creating from an existing design. We spend a portion of Friday analyzing our design,
deciding how we wish to “lay” our tesserae, our “tiles”. Once we know how we want our tesserae cut we begin preparing our materials.
Saturday is a full working studio day filled with fun and creativity. Sunday will be spent on grouting and finishing techniques,
friendly critique and Q & A.
Included in workshop fee will be your mosaic substrate measuring 10” x 10", adhesive, grout and supplemental specialty materials including vitreous tiles, art glass tiles, millefiori, fused glass and glass gems. Students have access to the scrap bins at AISG (yummy, free!)
Students will be responsible for providing their own stained glass, glass cutting tools and mosaic wheel nipper (available from AISG).
This workshop is suited for anyone new to mosaics or
folks wishing to take their work to a new level. Students can expect a great
deal of personal instruction and guidance and no question will go unanswered!
About the Instructor:
Bonnie Fitzgerald is an artist, teacher and author. Her passion is
designing and creating one-of-a-kind artwork and guiding art enthusiasts,
young and old alike, on the journey to discover and develop their own
personal artistic voice through the art of mosaics. She is the author of
“300+ Mosaics Tips, Techniques, Templates and Trade Secrets” and “Bonnie
Fitzgerald’s Guide to Mosaic Technique”. To view Bonnie’s portfolio with many glass mosaic examples please visit
www.bonniefitzgeraldart.com, to see
countless student projects visit www.maverickmosaics.com.
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Introduction to Fusing Class
with Tony Glander
Saturday, May 19th
10am - 4pm
$175
An excellent way to get started in this great art form! In
this Beginner Fusing Class, we cover all the basics to get you going. We’ll
cover all the important safety factors, then go right into making samples
with a variety of inclusions such as copper as well as methods to create
textures on glass. You will learn how to cut glass as well as a variety of
ways to create imagery. We’ll discuss firing schedules as well as all
the possibilities of glass to use in a kiln. We’ll even show you
plenty of project ideas as you move forward. Students will make 4
glass samples as well as a final project incorporating the learned techniques!
Instructor Bio
Tony Glander, owner of Fitzpatrick
Glass Studios, is a local glass artist celebrating 30 years in glass.
He's worked at Glass Fantasies in Olde Towne Gaithersburg, MD for 3 years
prior to becoming owner in 1990. Glass Fantasies taught classes, sold
supplies and did custom stained glass work. In 2002 he moved to the
Kentlands into the City of Gaithersburg's Arts Barn to focus on custom work
and classes. Recently he taught at the Glass/Bead Expo in Las Vegas!
Tony enjoys the medium of glass and all of its possibilities!
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Stained Glass Boot Camp Class
2 Saturdays
June 2nd & June 9th
10:00am to 4:00pm
$ 99
This is a fun class that takes you from beginning to end on how to create a
small 8”x8” stained glass panel. If you are a beginner (never done
stained glass) or experienced, it is guaranteed you will learn something new and have FUN!
Supplies for project available for purchase in the store.
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Stained Glass Boot Camp Class
2 Saturdays
July 28th & Aug 4th
10:00am to 4:00pm
$ 99
This is a fun class that takes you from beginning to end on how to create a
small 8”x8” stained glass panel. If you are a beginner (never done
stained glass) or experienced, it is guaranteed you will learn something new and have FUN!
Supplies for project available for purchase in the store.
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Classes:
Beginner Stained Glass
Beginning Fusing
Stained Glass Lamp Class
Special Project Fusing Courses
Trouble Shooting Workshops
Fused Screen Printing Class |
Learn to Do:
Fused Screen Printing
Stained Glass Panels
Stained Glass Boxes
Suncatchers
Firing Schedules
Soldering Techniques
Foiling Techniques |
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