en Relief
Large Scale Kiln Carving in Irids

May 29 & 31 – Wed & Fri – 10am to 5pm – ANOTHER 1ST TIME EVER AT HOT GLASS HOUSTON

Kiln carving, the use of ceramic fiber under glass with heat, creates detailed bas relief textures. Do this on an iridized glass surface and the lights sparkle across the textures with even more boldness. You’ll create a series of test tiles using several kiln carving techniques before creating a larger scale art piece. You will also learn a simple and affordable technique to wall mount larger pieces with readily available materials See the DETAILS.

The Have a Blast Cooking Glass Adventure – The Thrill is Back!
The Incredible Fun & Fast Ride Into Kiln Formed Glass

June 1 & 2, 2013 – Saturday & Sunday – 9:00am to 5:00pm – FULL

Bullseye tells us that no one offers as much as we do in a single introduction workshop. You’ll learn all the basics plus more to begin your own adventures in kiln formed glass and come away with some super creations too! Fusing, tack fusing, slumping, draping, kiln carving, irids, reactives, how glass behaves in heat, kilns, programming and more in this terrific workshop. See the DETAILS.

The Japanese Garden Lantern
a One Day Project

June 4, 2013 – Tuesday – 10am to 5pm – 1ST TIME EVER AT HOT GLASS HOUSTON

Spend a day with Cynthia Gilkey creating a beautiful and functional Japanese Garden Candle Lantern. In this project workshop you will create four different imaged glass panels that will be illuminated from the candle inside the lantern. One panel will be a multi-colored Koi fish. You’ll make the other three panels from a wide choice of images. See the DETAILS.

Fire & Ice – Art Welding & Fused Glass – Floral Birdbath

John Barber Studios and Hot Glass Houston have teamed up again for this unique workshop in which you will create, fuse and slump a large garden bird bath and also learn how to weld and make your own metal stand for the bird bath in three fun sessions at two different studio locations. See the DETAILS.

ICE at Hot Glass Houston Studios – One Day – June 8, 2013 – Sat – 1pm to 5pm
FIRE at John Barber Studios – Two Days – June 22 & 23, 2013 – Sat & Sun – 10am to 4pm

The Texas Wildflowers Wall Garden

June 10, 11 & 12, 2013 – Mon, Tue & Wed – 1pm to 5pm – 1ST TIME EVER AT HOT GLASS HOUSTON

Inspired by our own amazing Texas Springs and the creative works of Craig Mitchell Smith, come make these beautiful chromatic Texas Wildflowers wall sculptures. You will learn about the effects of overalaying color over color, using found molds for slumping and teach you how and provide you all the hardware to hang your own 4 flowers on the wall that you will make in this project workshop. See the DETAILS.

TESSELATED GLASS
a New Approach to Pattern Bars

June 12, 13 & 15, 2013 – Wednesday, Thursday & Saturday – 1pm to 5pm

Inspired by the complex interlocking edge to edge repetitive geometries of the artist M.C.Escher, join us and learn how to create two of your own “tessellated” pattern bar platters. See the DETAILS.

Father’s Day Fun for Dad
Tic Tac Toe Games & Coasters

June 16, 2013 – Sunday – 1pm to 3pm

Ok Moms (or Kids) – set up a fun day for Dad with his kids young or old to make some manly glass things. Hey, it’s fine for Dads to make glass too! This is a really fun day for Dad and the kids. We won’t kick out any Moms that want to come too! Choose from a wide variety of glass types and colors to make a Tic Tac Toe game or a couple of very manly coasters which we will fire and slump for you ready to pick up a few days after the workshop. See the DETAILS.

The Tapestry Pattern Bar Platter

June 17, 19 & 21, 2013 – Monday, Wednesday & Friday – 10:00am to 4:30pm each day - INCREDIBLE BEAUTY!

By far this is our most popular – Gilkey’s signature workshop in which you will create a beautiful thick & heavy platter constructed from your own pattern bars that you design and make in the workshop. Kick up your art using amazing designs made from customized patterned slabs of glass. This workshop is really fun and fills quickly. See all the DETAILS.

CASTING FABRIC in GLASS with Lisa Becker
Bullseye Glass Featured Award Winning Artist

June 28, 29 & 30, 2013 – Fri thru Sun – 10am to 5pm daily - ONLY ONE SPOT STILL OPEN

Join us with Bullseye Glass featured award winning artist, Lisa Becker, who will guide you through the unique and creative processes of permanently preserving articles of clothing & fabrics by casting them in glass. You will create two cast pieces in the workshop – a positive casting of fabric & a fragment study in relief casting. Check out page 29 of the Bullseye Glass Catalog to learn more about Lisa & her creative works. See the DETAILS.

Mark Your Calendar – Call or Stay Tuned for More Details

The Imperfect Vessel – Coming very soon!
Limited to only 4 students, you will have access to Bullseye glasses in all forms in which experimentation will be the means to achieve your own unique piece. In this multi-day workshop, students will explore design considerations from class examples and fire pieces 6 or more times to achieve a deeply slumped vessel made possible by Bullseye’s newly available step molds. Focus is on the appeal of the organic flow of your glass where both you and the glass decide on the final planned or surprising outcome. Due to the unique experimental and personally customized focus of this workshop, students will start out together but most likely complete their projects at different end dates. This should be both a challenging and exciting experience for an adventuresome few.

Visualizations in Glass with Guest Artist Michael Janis
July 12, 13 & 14, 2013
See Michael’s work in the ART ALLIANCE FOR CONTEMPORARY GLASS

The Imagery of Light on Glass – Printing & Images on Glass with Tony Glander
August 10, 11 & 12, 2013
See Tony’s works at Fitzpatrick Glass Studios

Kiln Casting with Silva Levenson
September 26, 27, 28 & 29, 2013
See Silvia’s works at http://www.silvialevenson.com/

Vitrigraph Cane & Murrini
with Nathan Sandberg
October 5, 6, 7 & 8, 2013
See Nathan’s works at http://www.nathansandberg.com/

Layered Assemblage with Martha Pfanschmidt
November 1, 2, 3 & 4, 2013
See Martha’s works at http://www.pfanschmidt.com/

The Vessel – Pate de Verre with Deborah Horrell
November 11, 12, 13, 14 & 15, 2013
See Deborah’s works at http://www.deborahhorrell.com/

Realism to Abstraction: Breaking Down and Zooming In with Kari Minnick
December 6, 7, 8 & 9, 2013
See Kari’s works at http://www.kariminnick.com/