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The Glass departement gives you the opportunity to work with both the sculptural glass and the manufacture of unique items for everyday use.
There will be opportunity to meet professional glass artists, either as a guest teachers / lecturers or by visiting glass artists like for example Marianne Buus, Ned Cantrell, Steffen Dam, Tobias Møhl, Stig Persson and many others.
In addition, you will continuously be presented with works by Danish and international glass artists, either through presentations by the teacher or by trips to glass museums or galleries.
Glass Sculpture: experimenting with different kinds of castings, including Cire-perdue, where you work with wax, and burn it out - and Paté the Verre, which include working with fine crushed glass.
Working with sculpture could also include other materials such as wood, iron, concrete, plaster, scrap a.o.
Glass Unika: We focus on the production of unique items for everyday use such as dishes, bowls etc.
There is also an opportunity to work with screenprinting on glass.
Working with unika has a strong emphasis on composition: idea-sketches, designs and choice of colours.
While working with glass sculpture, you will be introduced to various ways of handling glass: sandblasting, engraving, polishing, grinding, etc.
The history of Glass arts, burning theory, studying materials programming and operating the ovens will be reviewed.
We’ll cast glass in every week.
Glass blowing
You will learn to shape molten hot glass with a blast of air from your lungs; into a drinking glass, a bowl or a sculpture.
You will be divided into a group of beginners and a group of experienced blowers, and get a good mix of technique, craft training and creative activities.
You will learn traditional Scandinavian and Italian techniques for the manufacture of utilitarian objects and you will learn about the operation of a glass workshop, glass history and physics.
Teachers Erik Meaker Tel: +45 2568 4996 and Stine Bidstrup.