Experienced Beginner, Advanced Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced
Bandhu Scott Dunham

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GL0112 Feb 25-26, 2012 (10a-5p) Sat/Sun (Glass Studio, Railroad Building)

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Join international glass artist Bandhu Scott Dunham for the unique opportunity study with a master. This workshop will explore the notion of motion in glass. Glass is stronger than most people think! Starting with simple moving forms like spinning tops and Cartesian Divers, we will move on to play with marble runs (rollercoasters for marbles) and basic mechanical joints in glass. A beginner’s background in lampworking/flameworking glass is needed for this class, but no engineering experience is required. If you have a hand torch, bring it. Also please bring your questions about how to use movement in glass, as this class will include a lot of time for individual exploration with the instructor’s help. A studio/materials fee of $75 is due at time of registration and covers all glass and consumables used during the workshop.

• Bandhu Scott Dunham
  
  Bandhu Scott Dunham came to the world of glass through his interest in Chemistry. As a child he maintained an extensive laboratory in his parents' basement, and became interested in learning how to make his own chemical apparatus. Some library research and much trial and error set him on his journey of learning the "lampwork" technique (so named for the oil lamps used to melt the glass in ages past). Glass rods and tubes are shaped in a gas-oxygen flame and colored with metallic oxides to achieve the desired effect.
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  Bandhu began to explore lampworking in 1975, while still in high school. After two years of self-instruction, he studied informally with the Chemistry Department Glassblower while an undergraduate at Princeton University, before completing his apprenticeship under American and European masters at UrbanGlass, The Pilchuck Glass School and the Penland School of Crafts. He is the author of Contemporary Lampworking: A Practical Guide to Shaping Glass in the Flame now in its third edition, as well as Formed of Fire: Selections in Contemporary Lampworked Glass and Creative Life: Spirit, Power, and Relationship in the Practice of Art. Bandhu is represented by galleries around the United States; he is known for his whimsical goblets, abstract forms and kinetic sculpture. Bandhu's work is in the permanent collection of the Corning Museum of Glass and other museums; he has taught at studios and glass schools across America and abroad.

Materials List

Students should bring a hand torch if you own one.
Torches, tools, protective eye wear and glass will be provided by BCC.
The $75 studio/materials fee covers the cost of gas for the torch, 4mm, 6mm and 1/2in glass rods and colored frit for your own kinetic creations.