This
is an exciting and rare opportunity to learn from an amazing artist
while working with a mesmerizing glass!
Jeff’s class will help
students dispel some of the myths and mystery of working with Satake
glass from Japan. Using an oxygen/propane torch, Jeff will cover basics
such as flame chemistry, shaping and annealing that are applicable to
Satake glass. Design techniques will include the use of copper, silver
and gold leaf as well as adding complexity to your beads with the use of
simple murrine, twisted canes and much more. All the design techniques
are applicable to other brands of glass, making this a great opportunity
to try Satake glass, and still learn a few techniques that can be
applied to the glass you already use.
Jeff
Barber has been working with glass for more than a dozen years. His stained
glass windows and fused glass can be found in homes throughout the U.S. and his
lampwork beads are in collections worldwide. Jeff's beads have been published
in numerous magazines and books. He was a demonstrating artist at the 2007
International Lampwork Festa in Kobe, Japan and has recently been commissioned
to make the 15th Anniversary Bead for Bead and Button Magazine.
The
two-day workshops will be held Thursday-Friday, October 23 & 24 and Saturday-Sunday,
October 25 & 26, 2008. Both class sessions will cover the same material.
The cost of the class will be $275.00 for SF
members and $295.00 for non members which
includes all glass and metals.
Experience
level:
Intermediate. Students must be
able to shape round and bicone beads.
Below are
photos of some of Jeff’s beads. For more information, check out Jeff’s website
at www.lakesideartglass.com
Placement
of students in the classes will be by lottery, open only to Southern Flames
members in good standing, as detailed below.
Lottery Details:
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Prior to the lottery, each interested member must complete a
Jeff Barber Lottery Form and provide a check for
$275.00 made out to Southern Flames.
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You may complete the Lottery Form and bring it, along with
your check, to the August 20 meeting (additional lottery forms will be
available at the meeting).
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If you would like to be included in the lottery, but will not
be able to attend the August 20 meeting, you may mail your completed Lottery
Form along with a check payable to Southern Flames in the amount of $275.00,
to Southern Flames, c/o Martha Fuerst, 2679 Mercedes Drive NE, Atlanta,
Georgia 30345-3974. Your check must be received by Martha no
later than Monday, August 18. Martha will email you a confirmation when
she has received your check and form, and you will be entered into the
lottery drawing. If you do not receive a confirmation within a reasonable
time, please double check with Martha prior to the lottery as to whether or
not she received your check and form.
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Eight spots will be available in each class session. Once all
sixteen spots are filled, names will continue to be drawn for waiting list
positions. Please note on your Lottery Form if you wish to be placed on
waiting list status. Checks for waiting list participants will not be
deposited unless a class position opens for that person. In the past, we
have often had students withdraw due to various emergencies, and have
actually been able to place the last person on the waiting list in the
class, so there is a possibility that slots may become available to those on
the waiting list.
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Checks received from lottery participants who do not win class
seats in the lottery will be destroyed unless the member indicates he or she
would like to be on the waiting list. In that event, checks will be held
but not deposited unless a class position becomes available.
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If at any time a waiting list participant would like to be
removed from the waiting list, he or she may notify Martha Fuerst, and she
will return that person's check and remove him/her from the waiting list.
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Once you have been placed in a class, the class fee is
non-refundable. However, if you must ultimately withdraw from the class,
your spot will be offered to those on the waiting list. You will be
refunded your money only if someone takes over your spot. This transaction
must go through the Treasurer and the waiting list process. You may not
directly sell or give your spot to another individual unless all wait-listed
persons have declined to fill the spot.
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The Lottery Form asks for your name, address, phone number,
email address, preference of class session, and whether you wish to be
placed on the waiting list if your name is not initially drawn for a spot in
the class.
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If you can attend either class, you may indicate a preference,
but understand that you may be placed in your second choice session in order
to accommodate another Southern Flames member with less schedule
flexibility. For instance: You may indicate that you can attend either
class session but prefer Saturday/Sunday. At the time your name is drawn
space is available in the Saturday/Sunday class so you are put in that
session per your preference. However, later in the lottery the name of
someone who can attend only the Saturday/Sunday session may be drawn
when seats are open only in the Thursday/Friday session. In that case,
since you indicated your ability to attend the Thursday/Friday class, you
will be moved to that session to accommodate the person who can only attend
the Saturday/Sunday class.
If the class
is not full after the lottery...
If
any class seats are open after completion of the lottery process, an email will
be sent to Southern Flames members announcing an additional one-week period
during which registration for the open spots will be available only to Southern
Flames members, on a first come, first placed basis, by delivery of checks to
Martha Fuerst, either in person or by mail to the address above.
If
class seats remain open after the additional week of members-only registration,
the class will be opened to the general glass community via announcements in web
forums, emails, etc.
If you
have any questions about this class or about the lottery, contact Margo Knight
at
margo.knight@alston.com
