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Founding Members Delinda VanneBrightyn Carol Savid Michael Miro Board of Directors Delinda VanneBrightyn Toni Hippeli Michael Miro Educational Directors William C. Davis JoNan Davis Advisory Board Jan Mellor Jack Hill Julie Rose Don Larson Chuck Roberts 
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EDUCATION
LECTURES/DEMONSTRATIONS CLASSES/WORKSHOPS
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LECTURES/DEMONSTRATIONS/OPEN HOUSE
- TIGA Announces
- COMMUNITY ACCESS STUDIO!
- This is your opportuntiy to utilize TIGA facilitis and equipment or to receive private instruction on your next glass project. TIGA is offering an array of opportunties for the professional - beginning glass artist beginning on January 16th and continuing throughout the year. Click below to find out all the details: COMMUNITY ACCESS STUDIO
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CLASSES/WORKSHOPS - FALL/WINTER SCHEDULE
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FEBRUARY
25 - 28, 2010 at TIGA
- Sculpting and Mold-Making: Basic 1
- w/ Delinda VanneBrightyn
- VanneBrightyn takes you through the process for two types of two-part rubber molds: a brush-on mold and a poured mold. With these skills, you can replicate wax copies of your original sculpted art work. Making rubber molds saves time, enabling you to easily recreate multiples, allows alteration to each wax copy creating variations of the original, or enables you to have a back-up in case something goes wrong in the casting process. The wax copies can then be used to cast in glass, bronze, or other metals. Once your wax copy is poured, we will discuss proper preparation for the casting process of your choice. You will learn what you need to pursue this process in your own studio or to be able to utilize the mold-making section of the TIGA COMMUNITY ACCESS STUDIO with minimul assistance.
- Level: Beginning - Intermediate
- Thursday, February 25 - Sunday February 28
- 10:00am - 5:00pm each day.
- $365 + $130 materials fee.
- MARCH 12 - 14, 2010 at TIGA
- Box & Reverse Shadow Casting
- w/ Delinda VanneBrightyn
- Learn to imbed a scuplted image into a block of glass to create a negative impression, a ghosted, shadow casting within the glass. This technique can be used to realize either a simple or complex array of imaging in glass. Each box casting can be stand alone works of art or utilized with other castings, combined in a final work of art. The entire process from concept and sculpting to mold preparation, firing schedules, and casting is explored and realized by the student.
- Level: Beginning - Intermediate
- Friday, March 12 - Sunday March 14
- 10:00am - 5:00pm each day
- Final Discussion, divestment & pick-up of fired work:
- Sat. March 20, noon-2
- $295 + $85 materials fee.
MARCH
18, 20 - 21, & 23, 2010 at TIGA
- Introduction to the Art of Decor
- in Kiln-Formed Glass
- w/ Michael Miro
- Miro will first offer an overview of 20th century functional decor, assisting students in design ideas for the work they will pursue in this class. Moving forward into glass cutting, straight, curved cuts and circles will be practiced as the student begins to realize their design in glass. The basics of kiln forming, from types of glass and molds for slumping to firing schedules, will be explored through discussion and samples. Students will come away with two fused and slumped glass plates and will accomplish the fundamentals necessary to pursue their own projects in fused and slumped glass through the TIGA COMMUNITY ACCESS STUDIO.
- Level: Beginning - Intermediate
- Thursday, March 18, 6:30 - 8:30pm
- Saturday - Sunday 10-4, March 20 - 21
- Final discussion & pick up work: Tuesday, March 23, 6:30-8:30
- $165 + materials fee.
MARCH
26 - 28, 2010 at TIGA
- Lost Wax Closed-Mold Casting in Glass
- w/ Delinda VanneBrightyn
- Cast your sculpture in glass utilizing the ancient technique of lost wax combined with current technologies of glass and modern-day refractories. You will learn how to make a layered refractory mold, venting techniques for successful casting, and calculating amounts of glass needed to fill a closed refractory mold. Students will have hands on experience in all aspects, including wax sculpting, making and drying the mold to ready it for casting, wax melt-out, and proper preparation of the glass for casting. Discussions in understanding different types of refractory materials, how the glass fills the mold, combining and designing color within the work, and determining firing schedules will be forefront in this workshop.
- Level: Intermediate - Advanced
- Friday, March 26 - Sunday March 28
- 10:00am - 5:00pm each day
- Divestment & pick-up work: Sat. April 3, noon-2
- $375 + $145 materials fee.
APRIL 10 - 11, 2010 at TIGA
- Surface Resurface
- w/ Delinda VanneBrightyn
- Once you have a cast sculpture or flat-fused work in glass, how do you clean the work and finish the surface to the desired effect? Do you want to create a polish or a matte finish? Do you want to further manipulate the work with carving, texture or patina? Bring your latest work to this workshop and find out how the right tools and techniques can take your work to the next level. Work with the Foredom Flexshaft, sandblaster, flat lap, belt sander and more. And be able to access the TIGA cold-working studio with minimum assistance through the TIGA COMMUNITY ACCESS STUDIO.
- Level: Beginning - Intermediate
- Saturday, April 10 - Sunday April 11
- 10:00am - 5:00pm each day.
- $270 + $65 materials fee.
- APRIL 24 - 25, 2010 at TIGA
- Function, Design, & Art in Glass
- w/ Michael Miro
- What provokes functional items to be decorated and made aesthetically pleasing? When things designed to be both functional and beautiful, when does that design become art? Explore function, form, design & art through this intriguing journey in glass led by Miro. His years of experience in graphic design and applied art bring a fresh and thoughtful approach to the creative process.
- Level: Beginning - Intermediate
- Saturday, April 24 - Sunday April 25
- 10:00am - 5:00pm each day.
- $225 + materials fee.
