This workshop is hosted over two consecutive Saturdays

9.00am - 4.00pm.

This course is offered at regular intervals throughout the year. Please choose your dates from the dropdown menu below.

Learn how to translate images and drawings onto glass in this exciting and creative two-day workshop, which guides you through the fascinating centuries-old process of screen printing.

This course sits at the intersection between image, illustration, and sculpture, wherein you can learn how to design, print and fire your own unique image composition onto glass surfaces - a versatile technique with the potential to expand further and incorporate it into other glass processes in the future.

The first day of this course will revolve around drawing designs, exploring in-house materials, image transfer, and screen preparation, while day two the following weekend revolves around printing onto glass and layering designs onto glass surfaces for fusing. Come to class with ideas prepared, ready to discuss and explore.

This course is beginner-friendly and will include hands-on technique demonstration and guidance along with kiln fusing basics, health and safety information, and extensive instructions for how to work with all materials provided.

If you are an image maker wanting to move into an interdisciplinary practice, or maybe would like to strengthen your unique artistic style in glass whilst learning a range of new techniques, then this is the course for you!

Core Techniques Covered Include:

• Preparing images for exposure onto silk screens

• Preparing silk screens for image exposure using light-sensitive emulsion

• Exposing images onto silk screens

• Printing onto glass with hi-fire enamels

• Fusing imagery onto glass and draping glass into forms

Materials provided:

• All tools and equipment (screens, drawing equipment, exposure unit, dark room etc.)

• All safety equipment (safety glasses, P2 masks, etc)

• All artistic materials (screens, emulsions, drawing materials, enamel, glass etc.)

Learning Outcomes:

By the end of this course, each student will have the skills to:

• Prepare different types of images correctly for exposure onto a silk screen

• Coat a silk screen with light-sensitive emulsion correctly

• Expose images onto a silk screen using a vacuum exposure table

• Washout screens ready to print

• Print correctly onto glass using hi-fire glass enamels

• Understand firing techniques for enamel firing and glass draping

• Implement appropriate health and safety procedures