• e-merge catalog
• BECon 2009
• a methods-rich workshop
e-merge 2008: A Showcase of Rising Talents in Kiln-Glass
This elegant catalog documents the finalists and artworks selected into our biennial, juried exhibition for early-career artists—with artist statements, biographies, and numerous photos. It also features jurors’ statements by Dante Marioni, Jane Bruce, and Richard Speer, as well as an introduction by Lani McGregor.
Soft cover, 48 pages, 8.5” x 11”, full color.
8279 $25.00
To order: contact sales@bullseyeglass.com or 888-220-3002.
Also ask about: volume pricing on quantities of 10 or more; catalogs for e-merge 2004 and e-merge 2006, which are also available.
To learn more about the exhibition, visit www.bullseyeglass.com/emerge
Special note: The theme for Bullseye Gallery’s exhibition at SOFA Chicago 2008 will be e-merge! Early-career artists are rarely shown at SOFA, but this year the gallery will present artists who’ve come to us through e-merge competitions:
Heike Brachlow, England, Finalist 2008
Cobi Cockburn, Australia, First Place, 2006
Carrie Iverson, United States, Finalist 2006
April Surgent, United States, Director's Choice 2004
Jeff Wallin, United States, First Place, 2004
BECon 2009: save the date
June 18-20, 2009
Portland, Oregon, USA
Topic: Kilncasting
What is BECon 2009? It’s a conference for those who have demonstrated a commitment to learning about and/or developing the practice of kilncast glass.
For an overview of BECon 2007 and plans for BECon 2009 as they develop, visit www.bullseyeglass.com/becon
A methods-rich workshop
Kilncasting with Frit
Taught by Nathan Sandberg
August 25-29
While this class focuses on the advantages of casting with glass frits, participants will also gain experience in an array of processes that are useful in other forms of kilncasting, as well as kilnforming. You’ll learn to create textures in glass by adjusting firing temperatures and to mix highly specific colors for casting. You’ll even explore the coldshop and have plenty of time to finish the open-faced castings you’ve created, using a variety of machines and processes.
Kilncasting with frit involves mixing small chunks of clear or colored glass with colored glass powders, loading this mixture into a reservoir within a hand-built refractory mold, and firing the setup in a kiln until the glass flows to fill the voids.
Everything about the process—from the design and fabrication of the mold, to the mixing of subtle colors, to the creation of precise firing schedules—demands much attention. The resulting pieces can be highly individual, reflecting an artist’s very particular sense of texture, color and form.
If you’d like to learn a variety of techniques, but don’t have a lot of time, this might just be the class for you. There are no prerequisites.
Read the course description…
Register for the course…
See Nathan Sandberg’s kilncast work…
Our respected teaching studios are attached to the Bullseye Glass factory—where many of the materials and methods fundamental to kiln-glass have been developed over the past 30 years in collaboration with artists from around the world.
Bullseye Glass Co. Research & Education Studios
3610 SE 21st Avenue
Portland, Oregon 97202 USA
Tel: (503) 227-2979
Fax: (503) 238-9963
E-mail: classes@bullseyeglass.com
www.bullseyeglass.com/education
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Bullseye Glass Co. is a leader in promoting glass art worldwide through quality production of colored glass for art and architecture, research and education, and the presentation of innovative glass art in its Portland gallery.
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