Week-long residential stained glass painting workshops in Vermont USA
Learn my proprietary techniques for mixing, thinning and applying lead-free kiln-fired stained glass paint with propylene glycol and my fail-safe method for achieving the correct working consistency. Propylene glycol is a non-toxic medium that creates a slow-drying paint that enables an endless variety of mark-making and textural effects, including handwriting; printing on glass with rubber stamps; and manipulating wet glasspaint to create faux textures like stone, wood, fur and fabric. Learn how to control paint density, viscosity and drying speed; and how to choose the appropriate brush or applicator to achieve desired effects.
Glasspainting skills used to be closely guarded secrets taught only to long-serving apprentices but my own recipes and methods, presented in a simple, teachable formula with take-home notes, make glasspainting available to everyone. In the midst of a glasspainting demo in my last workshop one student said, I just learned more in 5 minutes that I did in 3 years of trying to figure it out on my own!
Instruction is tightly structured and includes fast-paced hands-on exercises that allow for a wide variety of glasspainting techniques to be learned in a short period of time. Students will paint on pre-cut glass using traditional and non-traditional brushes and application tools. Visual reference material is provided.
This workshop DESIGN & APPLIED GLASSPAINTING consists of eleven days tuition and thirteen nights accommodation. This is an advanced level workshop with prerequisite (see below). Cost $2,732 includes tuition, accommodation and materials. Please read this page of general information about workshops for location, how to get here, scholarships, payment, enrollment, what to expect and more. Maximum four students per workshop. See my blog for photos of a recent workshop. Watch one minute video of student residence. Click Follow to be alerted about future blog posts and workshop announcements.
This workshop TRACE & TEXTURE: INTRO TO GLASSPAINTING consists of five days tuition and six nights accommodation. No experience needed. Open to non-artists and beginners. Cost $1,280 includes tuition, accommodation and materials. Please read this page of general information about workshops for location, how to get here, scholarships, payment, enrollment, what to expect and more. Maximum four students per workshop. See my blog for photos of a recent workshop. Watch one minute video of student residence. Click Follow to be alerted about future blog posts and workshop announcements.
These glasspainting techniques will work on any smooth shiny two-dimensional or three-dimensional surface that may be fired to 640C/1200F including on-glaze ceramic, mosaic, fused/slumped glass, tiles and vessels. Past students include glassblowers and mosaic artists. No drawing skills are necessary.
If you’re wondering how I came up with my proprietary recipe and techniques read this. If you’d like to see me glasspainting in real time watch these. If you’d like to binge, check out my blog showing work-in-progress on a wide variety of different projects.
Glass painted by students during Trace & Texture workshops in Vermont