Sculptural Beads

Living the Sculptural Glass Life a Little Off Balance.

February 19-20, 2009 and February 21-22, 2009

 

Southern Flames is pleased and excited to sponsor classes with our own Marcy Lamberson!  Two 2-day sessions will be offered:  Thursday-Friday, February 19-20, 2009, and Saturday-Sunday, February 21-22, 2009.  Both class sessions will cover the same material.  The cost of the two-day class will be $135.00. 

Marcy’s class will be entitled “Living the Sculptural Glass Life a Little Off Balance.”

     Class Objectives:

Main:  To teach by breaking down glass Sculpture techniques into easy steps and keeping it fun.

Sub:  Basic Shapes - using what you already know and translating it into sculpture.

Sub:  Creative ways of using the tools you have as well as an introduction to new ones.

Sub:  Heat Control and asymmetrical balance while torching.

Sub:  Translating 3-D and 2-D inspiration into beads.

Sub:  Technique Details- like skin, fur, hair, facial expressions and a handout.

Sub:  Adding fun to your sculptures- it's all in the little details.

Getting comfortable with glass sculpture by using some shapes and tools that you already know.  We'll take basic lampworking shapes as the start-off point and turn them into simple sculptural items -- e.g., turn donut shapes into birds, bicones into seashells, lentils or tabs into flowers or faces, cones into cupcakes or owls, etc.

 In addition to working with the shapes, we'll also focus on techniques and tools pertinent to the different items. 

Day 2:

Ah, the fun day.  We'll be doing more complex sculptural pieces and combining some of the techniques that we learned the day before.  On top of that, we'll be working more with heat control, so it makes it to the kiln.  We’ll also work with facial expressions, proportions and creative details.

 

Supplies:  Students will supply their own tools and glass to be used in the class (mostly standard colors of Morretti/Effetre).  A specific materials/supply list will be sent to students after the lottery.

Experience level: Intermediate. Students should have completed some form of basic glass bead making instruction, either self–taught or otherwise. The class covers a broad array of techniques and offers challenging applications for a wide variety of skill-levels.

 

Marcy’s Bio:

 Marcy Lamberson is a whimsical glass beadmaker,  teacher, blogger, and personal glass coach.  She has been torching for 8 years, and loving every minute of it.  Her converted sunroom glass studio overlooks her backyard which is populated with all kinds of birds and wildlife who often get kidnapped and made into amusing beads.

 She loves teaching and her daily blog, http://www.StudioMarcy.blogspot.com includes a daily dose of inspiration, online coaching and glass tidbits.  Her Etsy shop can be found at http://www.StudioMarcy.etsy.com.  For more information, visit Marcy’s website at www.StudioMarcy.com

 

Placement of students in the classes will be by lottery, open only to Southern Flames members in good standing, as detailed below.

• e lottery for class placement will be held at the Southern Flames meeting at 7:00 p.m. on Wednesday, December 17, 2008.

Lottery Details:

 

• The lottery for class placement will be held at the Southern Flames meeting at 7:00 p.m. on Wednesday, December 17, 2008.
• Prior to the lottery, each interested member must complete a Lottery Form and provide a check for $135.00 made out to Southern Flames. 
• You may complete the Lottery Form and bring it, along with your check, to the occasion of the lottery drawing (see date and location above -- additional lottery forms will be available at that time).
• If you would like to be included in the lottery, but will not be able to attend the the lottery drawing, you may mail your completed Lottery Form along with a check payable to Southern Flames in the amount of $135.00 to the Southern Flames Treasurer, Martha Fuerst, at the address below:

Martha Fuerst
2679 Mercedes Drive NE
Atlanta, Georgia 30345-3974

Your check must be received by the Martha no later than December 16, 2008.  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 contact Martha prior to the lottery to confirm whether or not your check and lottery form have been received.  Martha's email address is martha1st@comcast.net.

• Eight spaces will be available in each class session.  Once all sixteen spaces are filled, names will continue to be drawn for waitlist positions.  Please note on your Lottery Form if you wish to be placed on waitlist status.  Checks for waitlist 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 waitlist in the class, so there is a possibility that slots may become available to those on the waitlist.
• 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 waitlist.  In that event, checks will be held but not deposited unless a class position becomes available.
• If at any time a waitlist participant would like to be removed from the waitlist, he or she may notify the Treasurer, and she will return that person's check and remove him/her from the waitlist.
• Once you have been placed in a class, the class fee is non-refundable.  However, if you are ultimately unable to attend the class, you should notify the Treasurer and/or the Event Coordinator, and your space will be offered to those on the waitlist.  You will be refunded your money only if someone takes over and pays for your class space.  The process of filling vacated class spaces must go through the Treasurer/Event Coordinator and the waitlist process. You may not directly sell or give your space to another individual unless all waitlisted persons have declined to take over the space.
• At the beginning of the class you will be asked to complete a liability waiver; only those who complete and sign the waiver may attend the class.  You will not be eligible for a refund of the class fee if you refuse to sign the waiver.  In addition, Southern Flames reserves the right to place class photos, which may include pictures of you and/or your class work, on its website.
• 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 waitlist if your name is not initially drawn for a space in the class.
• If on the lottery form you state that you can attend either class, you may indicate your first preference and we will attempt to place you in the preferred class.  However, understand that your ability to be flexible in class choice may mean you will 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. If at the time your name is drawn there is space in the Saturday/Sunday class, you will be put into that session per your preference.  However, if later in the lottery the name of someone who can attend only the Saturday/Sunday session is drawn and seats remain open only in the Thursday/Friday session, then 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 spaces  are open after completion of the lottery process, an email will be sent to Southern Flames members announcing an additional period (usually about a week) during which registration for the open spaces will remain available only to Southern Flames members, on a first come, first placed basis, by delivery of checks to the Treasurer, either in person or by mail to the address above.

 

If class seats remain open after the additional members-only registration period, class registration will be opened to the general glass community via announcements in web forums, emails, etc.    Of course, Southern Flames members may still enroll for available spaces after registration has been opened to the public, but they will no longer be given preference and spaces will be filled on a first come-first served basis.

 

If you have any questions about this class or about the lottery, contact Southern Flames Event Coordinator, Margo Knight, at margo.knight@alston.com