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Masterclasses are beginning to fill up quickly so hurry and book your class now!
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Masterclass 9: Christian Schmidt Germany
Engraving,
Storytelling with Turning Wheels |
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Monday 18 to Thursday 21 August
Venue: Ruskin Glass Centre
Level: Some previous experience
is desirable but not necessary
Capacity: 6 Students
Price: £350
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Christian Schmidt has changed the traditional way of glass engraving into a new, spontaneous, story-telling medium. Through his distinctive and characteristically witty manner of work on coloured overlay glass he is now one of the most well-known glass engravers of the international studio glass scene. He was trained at the Glasfachschule in Zwiesel (Germany) and has been working as a freelance glass artist since 1986.
This workshop expands on three-dimensional drawing on a glass surface through the skill of engraving. This
spontaneous yet meditative, slow-moving process will open the door to new stories and images. Glass, in all of its transparency, light and shadow play, worked on a coloured overlay, provides a wide range of possibilities for the creative imagination.
Participants will use an engraving machine with stone and diamond wheels as well as a sandblaster and other tools and will have the chance to experiment with flat glass, objects or vases and both transparent and coloured overlay engraving.
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Evening Events
Included in your masterclass package are evening events such as a visit to the Black Country Museum, an evening reception at Broadfield House Glass Museum, the opening of The Tempest glass bead exhibition, as well as a play with glass shadow puppets based on The Tempest and the opening of the British Glass Biennale.
There is a range of other optional events and
activities leavingyou spoilt for choice.
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