DATES FOR 2026 TBC
If you are looking to take a deep dive into the world of casting with glass, or you’re an artist with experience you want to expand on - this five-day hands-on comprehensive course will give you the skills you need to grow your sculptural practice.
This five-day introductory workshop will provide participants with a comprehensive overview of the ‘lost wax’ casting technique. Spaced over a two-week period, students will be instructed in how to create their own highly resolved sculptural artwork, rendered in the beautiful material of lead crystal glass.
Working from a found object or a small maquette brought to the first day of the workshop, students will learn a range of processes that take an existing object and transform it into glass.
Techniques to be Covered:
• Building a ‘master mould’ of an existing object/model
• Creating a ‘wax positive’ from a ‘master mould’ and preparing it for investment
• Creating a refractory mould suitable for high-temperature firings
• Steaming wax out of a mould and preparing a casting mould for firing
• Setting moulds up in the kiln and packing with glass ready to fire
• Understanding firing schedules for casting and annealing of solid glass forms
• Divesting moulds after casting
• Cold working techniques for cast glass including shaping, defining and polishing
Workshop Preparation:
Each student will need to bring along a found object they would like to realise in glass. For those wishing to model something out of clay, wood, or plasticine, this is also fine. Clay models can be leather-hard or dry/fired. All objects can be a maximum size of 20 x 20 cm.
Drawings, sketches, research images and Ideas for forms you would like to model in class would also be helpful to bring along.
Researching examples of 'Cast Glass' is a great way to broaden your ideas and understanding of what might be possible in this workshop.
A workshop preparation sheet will be provided 4 weeks before the commencement of the course to assist in your preparations and to provide more detailed guidelines on how to choose or prepare a good object for casting.
DATES FOR 2026 TBC
If you are looking to take a deep dive into the world of casting with glass, or you’re an artist with experience you want to expand on - this five-day hands-on comprehensive course will give you the skills you need to grow your sculptural practice.
This five-day introductory workshop will provide participants with a comprehensive overview of the ‘lost wax’ casting technique. Spaced over a two-week period, students will be instructed in how to create their own highly resolved sculptural artwork, rendered in the beautiful material of lead crystal glass.
Working from a found object or a small maquette brought to the first day of the workshop, students will learn a range of processes that take an existing object and transform it into glass.
Techniques to be Covered:
• Building a ‘master mould’ of an existing object/model
• Creating a ‘wax positive’ from a ‘master mould’ and preparing it for investment
• Creating a refractory mould suitable for high-temperature firings
• Steaming wax out of a mould and preparing a casting mould for firing
• Setting moulds up in the kiln and packing with glass ready to fire
• Understanding firing schedules for casting and annealing of solid glass forms
• Divesting moulds after casting
• Cold working techniques for cast glass including shaping, defining and polishing
Workshop Preparation:
Each student will need to bring along a found object they would like to realise in glass. For those wishing to model something out of clay, wood, or plasticine, this is also fine. Clay models can be leather-hard or dry/fired. All objects can be a maximum size of 20 x 20 cm.
Drawings, sketches, research images and Ideas for forms you would like to model in class would also be helpful to bring along.
Researching examples of 'Cast Glass' is a great way to broaden your ideas and understanding of what might be possible in this workshop.
A workshop preparation sheet will be provided 4 weeks before the commencement of the course to assist in your preparations and to provide more detailed guidelines on how to choose or prepare a good object for casting.
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