Here is just a glimpse at some of the exciting classes we offer!
Doug Baldwin
Doug Baldwin is a commercial and fine art photographer.After receiving his Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, California, he opened a commercial photography company. Since then he has created photography, designed websites, produced videos and created graphic design for a wide range of clients from individual glass artists to Fortune 500 corporations.
Doug has taken up flameworking after classes with Dolly Ahles and Laurie Nessel at the Mesa Arts Center in Mesa, Arizona and at Arrow Springs in California. His love for all things glass has widened to include glass fusing, slumping, sand carving, kiln work, neon and plasma sculptures. Many glass and bead artists would like to have nice photos of their finished pieces, but don't have the technical expertise to accomplish good photos themselves. Doug has recognized this need and has designed several classes that will teach everyone the secrets of good lighting and camera settings to achieve professional results easily.
You'll learn specific techniques of lighting glass and how to build your own simple lighting setups using inexpensive materials found at your local big-box store. See how to utilize the camera you already own to successfully shoot glass objects. Photography class students should plan to bring at least 6 pieces of their glass art and camera. In the Photoshop class students will learn the tools and techniques to create color accurate image files ready for use on a website, in magazine articles, books and portfolios. Plus, how to purchase Photoshop at less than the full retail price. Photoshop class students may bring a laptop to follow along in Photoshop.
If you don't have Photoshop installed, a 30 day free trial version will be available during the class. You'll leave the class empowered to create photos as beautiful as the glass art you're photographing. Doug's teaching experience includes photography at Art Center College of Design, sold out photography and Photoshop classes at the Bead & Button Expo and at the Mesa Arts Center in Arizona.
LIGHT & SHADOW - THE ART OF PHOTOGRAPHING GLASS LEVEL 1 (WE-05)
LIGHT & SHADOW THE ART OF PHOTOGRAPHING GLAS SLevel 2 (SA-38)
LIGHT & SHADOW THE ART OF PHOTOGRAPHING GLASS LEVEL 1 (REPEAT) (FR-02)
LIGHT & SHADOW:The Art of photographing Glass Level 1 (TH-04)
PHOTOSHOP FOR GLASS ARTISTS, LEVEL 1 (SU-01)
Katie Baum
Katie Baum began focusing on metal clay full-time in 2007. With degrees in Biology, Psychology, and Education, she tries to balance creative expression with logical instructions, enabling students of all backgrounds to comfortably experiment with and learn about metal clay techniques.
Currently working with Art Clay World, USA, Katie is the Marketing Director, Distributorship Account Manager, Curriculum Coordinator, Certifying Instructor, and is also the current Director of the international Art Clay Society. Her first book, Fine Silver Keepsakes, was co-authored with Art Clay Instructor Judi Hendricks and was published in July 2009 (Kalmbach). In November 2010, Katie was accepted as one of the Art Clay Master Instructors, of which there are only 9 in North America.
Katie has been teaching across the U.S and internationally at venues including bead shops, home studios, galleries, national conferences, accredited schools/institutions, and international conferences. While metal clay is her most frequent medium of choice, Katie loves to work with mixed media, including resins, mixed metals, gold applications, chainmaille, polymer clay, glass, and ceramics.
BROKEN TO BEAUTIFUL: SILVER CLAY AND STONEWARE (WE-15)
FINE AND FUNCTIONAL – SILVER ACCESSORIES WITH A TWIST! (TH-25)
Jackie Truty
Jackie Truty has been wire working for over 20 years, taking classes initially from Linda Abbott and advanced classes from Shelly Carder and Preston Ruther. She has taught wire sculpting at Bead Fest as well as Glass Craft Expo. She became a lapidary to be able to create unusually shaped forms in stone, and fuses her own dichroic glass cabochons as well.
For the last 10 years Jackie has been working in Art Clay Silver as well, and is currently the President of Art Clay World USA, Inc., which is the North American distributor of Art Clay Silver, Copper and Gold.
BASIC TO BRILLIANT WIRE BRACELETS (FR-47)
SQUARE WIRE STONE SETTING (WE-E-62)
Tommy Giambusso
Tommy "G" has created high-end leaded glass for over 25 years. His talent and experience in glass work have afforded him the opportunity to study and master many aspects of stained glass, including restoration projects on La Farge and Tiffany windows.
He was a featured guest on "Martha Stewart Living Television" & "Open House NYC" Tommy also has a number of Instructional DVDs available. Currently Tommy utilizes his glass as owner of "Manhattan Stained Glass", New York City's only retail Stained Glass Store.
Tommy's "showman" personality and entertaining style, added to his wealth of knowledge and experience, makes his workshops exiting , dynamic, very informat and lots of fun.
THE MECHANICS OF CUTTING..{BEING ONE WITH THE CUTTER} The Tommy "G" Method (WE-21)
THE MECHANICS OF CUTTING..{BEING ONE WITH THE CUTTER} The Tommy "G" Method (Repeat) (TH-45)
YOU'VE BEEN FRAMED!!!FRAMING AND INSTALLATION WITH TOMMY (FR-43)
Mary Ann Devos
Mary Ann Devos is an artist who most recently has worked in precious metals, especially silver, as a studio jeweler. Since 1996 she has worked with Precious Metal Clay. She is the Master Instructor and has been the Director of Education for PMC Connection.
Her first book, Introduction to Precious Metal Clay, was released by Wardell Publications in June 2002. She has released two other books, Precious Metal Clay in Mixed Media (2004) and Exceptional Works in Metal Clay and Glass (2008). She has taught the use of PMC across the USA, in Canada, Europe, Australia, South Africa and Japan.
BIG HOLE BEAD BRACELET, A PMC AND GLASS BEAD BRACELET (SA-35)
HIDDEN TREASURE BOX BEAD (TH-37)
PMC GLASS AND CZ PENDANT (WE-47)
VIBRANT GLASS ENAMELS ON FINE SILVER JEWELRY (FR-35)
Get ready to cut the glass, fire up the kilns and torches and create: The 2012 Glass Craft & Bead Expo is back and filled with quite a few new classes for you to explore. Step out of your "norm" and take a crossover class. This seems to be the "hot" thing to do. There is a $15 Entry fee per person for all three days of the show.
We are happy to welcome back some popular instructors that haven't taught with us for a few years. Of course this only adds to our already impressive roster of instructors. Learn new techniques to add to your already proven ones. As always our show floor will be packed with over 120 exhibiting companies ready to show and explain to you all the latest technology. The economy is playing havoc with us all, however the glass community always steps up, puts their best feet forward and promotes what they love best: GLASS!
We continually try to enhance the Glass Craft & Bead Expo to bring you the most sought after techniques and tools making the Expo the premier event of the year!
The 2012 Gallery of Excellence will be co-sponsored by GlassCraftsman Magazine and will be sure to bring out the "best of the best." The "demo" area for the 2012 show will be co-sponsored by Glass Patterns Quarterly and The Flow Magazines. They have compiled a fabulous line up of experts to bring you the new techniques and tools with live demonstrations each day on the show floor.
GlassCraft Inc. and A Sanborn Corporation have sponsored the recycling bins that you will see throughout the classroom areas as well as on the show floor. Please use them to dispose of your plastic water bottles and paper scraps. Slumpys is graciously suppling all students with lanyards for their class badges - which are being sponsored by D & L Art Glass Supply. Take a free shuttle to the fabulous Las Vegas Strip and back Saturday evening compliments of Pacific Art Glass.
Save the date! Mark your calendars now for the 2012 show!
Classes March 28-April 1, 2012; Exhibits March 30-April 1.
