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BARN member: $38
Non-member: $45

Wednesday, January 13, 2016 from 6:00 PM to 9:00 PM

Material fee: $60 to be collected in class

As you begin your journey into the world of stained and fused glass, you begin to realize the many design possibilities to get you to your destination. These elements are the bridge between your ideas and your final project.
Having learned to cut glass, your next step is to understand the idiosyncrasies of design as applied to various glass techniques. In this class you will look ahead and plan your project step by step, using a design as your map. You will leave the class knowing how to create a design building ‘cartoon’ and pattern templates. In addition to the steps and process, you will be introduced to various glass and metal elements that add line, shape, proportion, and balance to your projects.
You will have time to free draw a series of sketches, an exercise that will allow you to loosen up, finding a sketch that emerges and speaks to you. Drafting paper and Mylar will be introduced and supplied to use with your design and to make a template for your ultimate project. Bring your ideas, keep an open mind, have fun, and leave with a plan of what you want to do next.
To keep it fun, you will design an 11 x 11 square Valentine platter. These will be fired in time for Valentines’ Day.

Knowledge of glass cutting is not necessary but advised.

INSTRUCTOR: Diane Bonciolini is the 'olini' of Mesolini Glass Studio, and glass is her passion. As a full-time glass artist who has lived and worked on Bainbridge Island since 1977, she grows and changes with every project. Glass, her medium of choice, has a life of its own. This multifaceted medium shows itself in each of her creations: stained glass, slumped and fused glass, lamp work, or glass combined with concrete. Whether it is a stained glass window, a one of a kind dishware piece, or a fused glass commission, Diane’s focus is on her originality and integrity in design, her client’s desires, the logistics of function and problem solving, color, and glass choice. In their partnership Diane and Gregg brainstorm ideas by working together as fabricators, instructors, and facilitators. 

Diane is a hands-on artist/crafts person; when teaching, she brings calm, experience and humor to this fickle medium not easily understood. Her desire as an instructor is for her students to relax and have fun, find excitement in the material, and learn to work safely using the proper tools and techniques. Much of the work that she and Gregg do goes beyond the business of their careers and involves schools, communities, and sharing what they know with others.