Flameworked Glass Jewelry & Design: Experimental Borosilicate Jewelry
Wednesdays, 4 Classes
6pm – 9pm
Offered For:
Fall Session One (Sept. 16, 23, 30, Oct. 7)
Price:
$475 – Not yet members
$425 – Members
Elevate your wearable art through the torch! This hands-on four-week course introduces students to the fundamentals and finer tricks of creating vibrant, durable glass jewelry using flameworking (lampworking) techniques.
Students will explore borosilicate flame techniques to shape organic forms, sharp geometric accents, intricate botanicals, and functional glass components like custom hooks and links. Every piece created during class will be properly batch-annealed in a digital kiln overnight to guarantee strength, durability, and heirloom quality.
Fahan Sky McDonagh (b. 1975, Chicago, USA) received an MFA in 2013 from Rochester Institute of Technology, School for American Crafts with a focus in Glass Sculpture. She has attended and assisted at the Corning Museum of Glass NY, Pilchuck Glass School WA, Bildwerk Frauenau, Germany and ARS Murano, Italy. Conceptually, she uses glass and found objects to create sculpture about impermanence and the transience of nature. In her recent series, natural found objects are paired with iconic architectural elements and cast into glass sculpture. This series is a commentary about the environment in Florida today. Florida is changing and some common sights are becoming relics as the sea levels rise, and storms change the landscape. Glass continues to be the right material to relay these sentiments about the fragility of nature. Fahan has exhibited and taught internationally.
Class will be held at:
Morean Glass Studio
714 1st Ave.
St. Petersburg, FL 33701
