This course is an experimental hands-on studio that introduces hot glass forming and kiln casting techniques in order to explore the body in space, time, and material.  While the body will be a tool for exploring traditional and non traditional glass techniques, it is also the subject of our investigations.  

Glass as a material commands choreography from the maker.  Each movement we make becomes embedded in the material - a memory of sorts.  Learning the material will also be an exercise in learning the body.  Through in-class exercises and assignments students will have the opportunity to  explore what it means to leave a trace, an imprint, residue, or a gesture captured in glass. How do our movements or actions become visible material?  

This course focuses on externalizing each student's embodied experience individually and collectively as a class. Students will be strongly encouraged to experiment and push aside preconceptions of the type of art that can be made from glass. Demonstrations, lectures, discussions, individual/group critiques and hands-on work in the hot shop and kiln room will be the central learning methodologies.

Estimated Cost of Materials: $200.00

Elective