Glass- Beadmaking Workshop with Sara Sally LaGrand (USA)

SWISS- USA CONNECTION
Kansas City, MO → Sara Sally LaGrand

Sara Sally LaGrand has had the great fortune to study with many gifted teachers both in Italy and the US. She has been melting glass since 1996. In that time she has won numerous awards and has the great privilege to teach workshops all over the US and Europe.She earned a BA in Glass Formation at Park University of Missouri with the collaboration of the award winning public glass artist,  Dierk Van Keppel. 

She continues to study and grow, pushing the limits of the glass and combining it with unconventional materials for an eclectic look at nature, life and pop culture.

This class will focus on focus on the creation of one or more glass corsages in a two day period. The first day, will be the lampworking portion, followed by wireworking and assemblage on the second day. The students will learn 5 sculptural shapes : the pod, the crater, the disc, the berry and the wing.
The sudents will be required to have had several years of lampworking experience.
Experimentation with color combinations will be encouraged. The students will be shown how to create glass sculptures using creative methods with the final design in mind. They will be making glass corsages of their OWN creation, not the exact piece shown. Each piece they create will be unique to them.
Demonstration of methods to make the necklace, pins and bracelets. All students learn all techniques.

Date: 20./21. & 22./23. April 2012

Duration: Sa. 10.00h - ca. 17.00h / So. 09.00 - ca.16.00h, Mo. & Di. dito WE

Place: Atelier im Wöschhuus, Pfäffikon ZH

Costs 2 days course: sFr. 640.- incl. material, food & drinks

Qualifications: Advanced Class
Places: max. 6 participant

Registration: class@das-unikal.ch-, or +41 43/288-81-74
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