Masterclass
Hybrid Forms Using Glass
- Angela Jarman UK
- 6th – 10th September 2010
- €250
12 places
"I’m fascinated by the natural world, plant life and biology, I re-create hybrid forms in my glasswork. My work refers to nature, but appears “unnatural”, and carries a sense of the uncanny with a sinister ambiguity”. By using only clear glass, sometimes juxtaposed with black glass Jarman emphasises form, texture and structure pushing forward the boundaries of glass as a sculptural medium.
This class will specialise in creating form and texture with cast glass. It will be an intensive and focused look at what is possible to achieve in a week. We will start with basic clay and wax modelling before going onto more specialised mould-making techniques. The emphasis will be on working with wax and moulded textures and translating these models through lost wax casting to explore the qualities of the glass, particularly surface pattern and texture.
The class will be fully comprehensive demonstrating every stage of working; however for those with experience, a more detailed approach can be taken with lots of useful hints and tips.
Biography
The UK artist Angela Jarman studied at the Royal College of Art London, before that she was an assistant to Tessa Clegg and Diana Hobson for 5 years and Colin Reid for 2 years. Her teaching experience is vast - visiting lecturer art RCA, as invited master class leader at Northlands Creative Glass in Scotland 2005, master class leader at Sars-Poteries Glass School in France in 2007,external supervisor Edinburgh College of Art since 2001. She has exhibited at TEFAF - Maastricht, SOFA - NY, Masterworks Gallery New Zealand, V&A Museum - London, The Scottish Gallery. Her artistic contribution to glass is recognised by being shortlisted for The Coburg Glaspreis Prize, Glass Sellers Award, Jerwood Applied Art Prize amongst others, and in 2008 she won the Established Artists Prize at The International Glass Context in Denmark. Jarman’s work can be seen at the Victoria & Albert Museum, Fitzwilliam Museum, Harris Museum, Glasmuseum Alter Hof Herding - Germany, Musee – Atelier Du Verre De Sars – Poteries, France amongst others. You can see her work on www.angelajarman.com