Guided Skills - Pate de Verre

Service Description

## About Guided Skills courses. This class is part of the Guided Skills series. Open Studio members can add a guided session or sessions to their open studio time. They will get access to a follow along curriculum and a coach will be available to help you complete the class during your open studio time. Fees for the coursework include: + instructor fees, + course guide, + kiln firings + supplies (glass, mold materials, refractory, and other consumables depending on the class). ## About This Course Pate de Verre is a traditional technique where glass artist create a plaster silica mold of an object, pack that mold with glass powders, then cast the hollow form into elegantly detailed forms. See the classic works of Amalric Walter and the contemporary masterpieces by Kimiake Higuchi. For this project, you will spend four studio sessions to create a pate de verre bowl: Day 1: Create Mold - Use clay/wax and sculpting tools to create decorative bowl positive. Day 2: Prepare & complete a the build of a Pate de verre mold using plaster silica. Day 3: Pack glass into mold and prep for casting, load kiln and start a proper firing schedule Day 4: Divesting and finishing