Classes were held over 19 days during the month of January (that included a field trip and final exhibition) and there were 10 students. I gave presentations and/or specific instruction each morning we held class. Students were required to put in a minimum of fifteen additional hours per week on their own time. Many worked weekends as well, clocking up a lot of hours.
The assignment was to design a stained glass panel using one or two regular convex polygons that fitted together to form a two or three-dimensional tiling pattern plus a border that could be of various shapes. Each piece of glass was to be fired at least twice and the decoration of the prototile/s should repeat.
Aglaia Ho put together a series of slides that logged her process, from early geometry to sculptural soldering. Watch here AglaiaHo
Each student started from scratch with no prior experience. They learned how to cut glass; carve stamps from lino; paint and print on glass with a variety of tools; to copper foil, assemble and solder; and to frame their panels with zinc. Students worked as a team to hang their exhibition, make posters, art cards, and publicize the event.
We took a field trip to MASS MoCA to see Filthy Lucre and All Utopias Fell, then drove up to Vermont to visit my studio and have dinner.
