ART 261 - Introduction to Glass Blowing

Institution:

Alfred University

Subject:

Art

Description:

4 hours. This class offers an introductory experimental approach to glass blowing. Students will learn the fundamental skills of gathering, centering, and shaping hot glass as well as cold working processes, sawing, grinding, drilling and polishing. Class instruction will concentrate on the physical properties of this unique medium: fluidity, transparency, light, optics, refraction, strength, and fragility. Discussions, field trips, slide presentations, critiques and demonstrations are at the core of developing a vocabulary with this malleable material.

Credits:

4.00

Credit Hours:

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.alfred.edu

Phone Number:

(607) 871-2111

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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