Glass Stock East

Glass Stock East Torch Classes

Glass Stock East Non-Torch Classes

Schedule

Come and join us for the second annual Glass Stock East!

GS East is a sharing, collaborating event modeled after the Glass Stock festival which has run for 9 years on the Oregon Coast by Deb Crowley with much success! From a small gathering of 30 of Deb's friends in 2003 to almost 90 in attendance in 2011, this event as grown in popularity with artists willing to teach and share for the opportunity to do the same.

It is a chance to get "out of the box" and learn new skills, get priceless feedback and inspiration.

Deb has teamed up with some of her west coast staff and some new east
coast artists to host this event at Carlisle School of Glass. We have chosen
Thursday evening of October 11th as opening night and October 12, 13 and 14th,
2012, as the dates for the event to come together and collaborate on some incredible,
unique art glass.

Glass Stock East will be held at the Carlisle Glass School in Millville, NJ. You can go to Carlisle Machine Works (carlislemachine.com) to see the school and their
incredible torches.

FEATURED ARTISTS AND TEACHERS

The featured artists this year are Roger Parramore, Lisa St Martin and Marcy Lamberson.

In addition, we feature an incredible base staff of well known artists such as:

Special guest demos will happen over the weekend

  Appx 30 classes to choose from with flameworking, fusing, dichroic etching, coldworking as well as wire-wrapping, beadworking, Kaiser Lee Board and much more!

PAYMENTS AND SIGNUPS

The price for the 3 1/2 day event is $500. This includes 5 half day (4 hour)
classes with all supplies, plus open torches, evening festivities and Sunday
evening auction. A few classes like Silver wire wrapping will have a small material
fee, most classes will not have any additional fees. We will have a bead swap
the last day (Sunday) afternoon with more open torch! Lodgings will
be posted soon, there are several hotels/motels in the area.

There will be a lottery draw for the 45 spots if response is great. We will draw
names , drawn names will be notified via email with the GS East newsletter
that weekend. Payments will be accepted July 7th,2012
There will be more information in the GSEAST newsletter on where to send your payment.

Sign up for the 2nd Annual GS EAST is NOW open, enter only once please.

EMAIL YOUR ENTRY FOR GS EAST TO: GSEAST@debcrowley.com

PLEASE include following info: YOUR NAME, EMAIL ADDRESS, YOUR LAMPWORK ETC AND/OR WEBSITE NAME
AND A PHONE NUMBER FOR CLASS SCHEDULING.

THERE WILL BE 1 HARDSHIP SCHOLARSHIP AWARDED AT GS EAST. IF YOU ARE ENTERING FOR THE HARDSHIP
PLEASE STATE HARDSHIP IN THE SUBJECT LINE OF EMAIL. IN 200 WORDS OR LESS,
EXPLAIN IN THE EMAIL WHY YOU THINK YOU SHOULD BE AWARDED ONE.
A STAFF MEMBER WILL READ THEM AND AWARD SCHOLARSHIP BASED ON NEED AND THE DIFFERENCE
IT MAY MAKE IN AN ARTIST'S CAREER. WE NEVER ANNOUNCE THE RECIPIENT OR WHO CHOSE THEM.

YOU WILL BE NOTIFIED BY EMAIL MAY 26TH WITH THE GLASS STOCK EAST NEWSLETTER IF YOUR
NAME HAS BEEN DRAWN. ALL OTHERS WILL GO ON A WAITING LIST. PAYMENTS WILL
BE ACCEPTED FOR THE $500 FEE STARTING July 7th. INFO ON WHERE TO SEND PAYMENT
WILL BE IN YOUR NEWSLETTER, PLEASE PRINT THAT OUT FOR YOUR REFERENCE WHEN YOU
RECEIVE IT. ( There is a $15 additional fee to pay online or you can mail check for the tuition)

SIGN UP FOR CLASSES VIA TELEPHONE WILL START JULY 7th FROM 10 AM PST TO 6PM PST
AND WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE July 8th. YOU WILL RECEIVE 2 CALLS, ONE FOR HALF THE CLASSES AND ONE FOR THE OTHER HALF.

YOU GET TO CHOOSE A TOTAL OF 5 CLASSES, FIRST ROUND YOU PICK 2 TORCH AND ONE NON-TORCH CLASS, SECOND CALL YOU PICK THE LAST 2 CLASSES.

THIS WILL MEAN MORE PEOPLE GET THE FEATURED ARTIST CLASSES. LIMIT ONE CLASS FROM EACH FEATURED
ARTIST, NO MORE THAN 3 PARTICIPATING TORCH CLASSES PER ATTENDEE, OTHER 2 WILL BE TORCH
DEMOS OR NON-TORCH CLASSES SUCH AS FUSING, WIRE WRAPPING, ETC. ALMOST 30 CLASSES IN ALL TO CHOOSE FROM!

SOME NON-TORCH CLASSES HAVE FEES, READ THE WHOLE DESCRIPTION BEFORE PICKING THOSE CLASSES!
PLEASE REVIEW AND HAVE A LIST OF CLASSES WHEN WE CALL, WE WILL CALL IN
ORDER OF PAYMENTS RECIEVED, INCLUDE A PHONE NUMBER WITH YOUR PAYMENT WHERE
WE CAN REACH YOU THAT WEEKEND FOR SCHEDULING CLASSES.

GSEAST 2011 was incredible fun, GSEast 2012 is sure to be an event you'll remember long after it is over!

Classes for GS East 2011 are below, this is LAST year's line up...new line up will be posted by April 15th, 2012.

GLASS STOCK EAST 2011 TORCH CLASSES

Creating a Beautiful Blown Boro Hummingbird Feeder with Barry Lafler DEMO CLASS #BL-01
THIS CLASS IS A DEMONSTRATION ONLY!
Photo coming soon!
In this class Barry will show you how to blow beautiful and functional hummingbird feeders for your garden or great gifts!



Forming Blown Boro Goblet bowls and flaring feet with Barry Lafler CLASS #BL-02
Skill Level: Intermediate/Advanced

In this class Barry will show you how to blow goblet bowls and flare feet, you will learn the basics for goblet making.
You can also take the goblet assembly class with Barry and Cindy to see how easy it is to make a beautiful stem and join all the pieces!

TOOLS NEEDED: Blow hose, hand held marver, table or torch graphite plate, tweezers, graphite reamer, glass shears, basic lampworking tools



Forming the complete boro goblet with Barry Lafler and Cindy Lemmo CLASS #BC-03
Skill Level: Intermediate/Advanced

In this class Barry and Cindy will show you how form stems and use your goblet bowls and flared feet, you will learn the basics for goblet making.
Barry and Cindy make it easy to create a beautiful stem and join all the pieces!

TOOLS NEEDED: hand held marver, table or torch graphite plate, tweezers, graphite reamer, glass shears, basic lampworking tools

Floral canes and beads in Soft Glass with Cindy Lemmo CLASS #CL-01
Skill Level: Intermediate/Advanced

In this class Cindy will be doing stringers, canes, shaping and fine manipulation with picks.

TOOLS NEEDED: hand held marver, mashers(optional), stainless or tungsten picks (fine); table or torch graphite plate, tweezers



Floral bead pens in Soft Glass with Cindy Lemmo CLASS #CL-02
Skill Level: Intermediate/Advanced


In this class Cindy will be doing stringers, canes, shaping and fine manipulation with picks to make a bead that fits a beautiful pen.

TOOLS NEEDED: hand held marver, mashers(optional), stainless or tungsten picks (fine); table or torch graphite plate, tweezers

Pen kit sold optionally, assorted prices at the event.

Lampworked German Flowers with Lisa St. Martin CLASS#LS-0
Skill level- Intermediate

This class will use the traditional German/European form of making glass flowers. Each petal and leaf are created and formed in hot glass on a separate copper wire. The floral components are then assembled to create a complete flower. The flowers created can be as realistic or fantastic as your imagination can make them. This is a hot glass class. No torch experience is necessary and ample class time will be devoted to using the glass and torches safely. TOOLS NEEDED: hand held marver, mashers, hemostats, table or torch graphite plate, tweezers

Mastering Dichroic Lampwork with Lisa St Martin CLASS #LS-03
Skill level- Intermediate

In this class Lisa will show you the secrets of layering dichroic on lampwork beads without scorching it! She will show different shapes and marvering techniques!

TOOLS NEEDED: hand held marver or mashers, razor tool, table or torch graphite plate, tweezers

Woodland Magic beads with Marcy Lamberson CLASS #ML-01
Skill Level: Intermediate


There's something about the smell of walking in the woods. You know that magic must surround you. So how
about joining instructor Marcy Lamberson for your own magical stroll using 104 soft glass for whimsical, sculptural beads. We'll create a
red hatted gnome (possibly the traveling kind, who knows?), an owl with big eyes and a pinecone.
Each will incorporate different techniques and promise to be lots of fun.

TOOLS NEEDED: good marver, razor tool, tweezer or plier mashers, bbq mashers and a
stump shaper or equivalent, wire forming pliers and Michael Barley's wave shaper would be great.



"Its a Dog's Life" beads with Marcy Lamberson CLASS #ML-02
Skill Level: Intermediate

"Creative Force" beads with Marcy Lamberson CLASS #ML-03
Skill Level: Intermediate


Magritte_ The Son Of Man

Soft Glass Sculpture Fauna with Deb Crowley. CLASS # DC-01
Skill Level: Intermediate

Learn some great tips on sculpting soft glass fauna (animals) and keeping
it all hot enough and in one piece! If you have tried to sculpt in soft or soda-lime
glass but things crack or explode... then this is the class for you! We will
complete two beads, an adorable hummingbird and a fun, fantasy-wearable fish
bead. Learn to crimp great fins, two types of cool eyes, lips, wings, beaks,
expressions and more!! Tools Needed: Mini-mashers, small hemostats, graphite
or brass paddle and didymium glasses!

Blown Borosilicate Shell Pendants with Deb Crowley. CLASS #DC-02
Skill level: Intermediate, some tubing exp required!

Learn to make 2 beautiful shell pendants in this Adv Boro tubing class with
Deb. Learn some of the secrets to layering colors for that soft watercolor effect.
Learn how to strike perfect pinks, rubies for a treasure hidden inside the shells.
Blow, cut, twist and pull your way to beautiful, realistic shells! Tools needed:
Paddle, Tweezers, rubber blow tube with swivel, Glass Shears or Bonzai scissors
and BORO Didymiums.

Dichroic Image Borosilicate Pendants with Hugh Salkind. CLASS #HS-01
Skill Level: Int, some boro exp required

This is a pendant class using borosilicate dichroic images to create beautiful
pendants. We will apply various backgrounds to the pendants and cover loops,
with lecture and demos by instructor. Then student will make pendants to take
home. Tools Needed: Tweezers Medium, Graphite reamer 2-15mm

Sculptural Seashell Beads soft glass with Doretha Jones. CLASS #DJ-01
Skill Level: Beginning/Intermediate, lampwork exp helpful!

Learn to make 4-6 different kinds of seashell beads with soft glass. Learn
color tricks/reactions to make them look so real your customers will think they
came off the beach! Last year's 1/2 day class did 6-9 shells each! We will be
making a conch, scallop, olive, sand dollar, snail/nautilus, cone, etc. As many
as time allows. Doretha has become widely known for her incredible seashells
and is a very enthusiastic teacher. Tools Needed: Basic lampworking tools plus
x-acto or similar knife

Borosilicate Flower Sculpture with Hannah Rosner. CLASS #HR-01
Skill Level: Intermediate

Beads by Hannah Rosner. Perfume Bottle by Shawn Tucker & Hannah Rosner.

In this class Hannah will use borosilicate glass and several techniques to
create beautiful a detailed, lifelike floral sculpture. Students can make 1-2
in class time.

Tools Needed: Tweezers, Mashers, Graphite Marver, Graphite plate

Crossover Torchwork for Fusing with Hannah Rosner CLASS #HR-02
Skill level: Beginning

Pictured piece by Deb Crowley

All detail was done on a torch, no cutting or
grinding. Learn to make fantastic components for fusing on the torch in this class!
Learn some of the secrets to making realistic flowers, leaves and even stamen
murrine. Add lots of new life to your fusing projects!

Tools needed: Paddle, Tweezers, Glass Nippers and Didymiums.

OTHER CLASSES (NON-TORCH)

Dichroic Etching & Dicro-Slide with Cheryl Frech. CLASS #CF-02
Skill Level: Beginning/ Glass cutting exp. helpful

This year we're turning up the heat! We will manipulate dichro using several
methods including, Dremel, liquid and cream etching solution, masking with various
materials, and Dicro Slide. The pieces will be fired, or pre-fused, for smooth
application of the pieces to your paperweight or other hot shop items. This
will add fire to any work of art. You should be able to produce about 2-4 designs
in class depending on complexity of your pieces!

Tools needed : Just your Hands, rest is provided (glass cutter, dremels, x-acto
knives, punches)

Fused Glass pendants with Cheryl Frech. CLASS #CF-02
Skill Level: Beginning/ Glass cutting exp. helpful!

Make beautiful fused glass pendants! It is easy and fun to make fused glass
art jewelry. In this class we will learn how to make fused cabs to
wire wrap or put a bail on. We will also design pendants to be fired with a
fiber paper channel for instant hanging. We will cut and grind
glass, drill holes with a dremel tool and grind a groove using a jewelry bit.
This will give you a variety of skills to make many styles of jewelry

Tools needed: Glass cutter, Running pliers, Grozers, Tweezers (We provide cheap cutters
and pliers which work)

Kaiser Lee Board CLASS with Cheryl Frech CLASS# CF-03.
Skill Level: Beginning

SeaDragon tile by Deb Crowley

In this class you will make a slumped glass tile with a raised surface design.
Create your own unique design by carving into Kaiser Lee Board. Be amazed at
the ease of creating beautiful custom glass pieces. Each student will take home
their Kaiser Lee Board that can be re-used for multiple pieces. KLB will open
your eyes to a whole new world of fusing and slumping opportunities

Tools needed: Students need only bring their imaginations, all hand tools provided and you
get to keep your mold too. An apron or change of clothes is suggested as carving
the KLB can be a bit messy!

Wire Wrapping CLASS with Cheryl Frech CLASS# CF-04.
Skill Level: Beginning

Photo coming soon!

Learn the basics of wire wrapping beads or cabochons, using the tools and creating finished jewerly.

Tools Needed: Basic Wire wrapping tools, some will be provided for use.

FACETING YOUR LAMPWORK BEADS with Hugh Salkind. CLASS # HS-02
Skill Level: Beginning

Beads by Deb Crowley
Learn to facet glass through 5 different grits to reveal gorgeous interiors!


Facet up to 3 windows in a bead you bring with you or make at the event!

Tools needed : Just your Hands AND SOME PRE-MADE LARGE BEADS WITH HIDDEN BEAUTY INSIDE!

EASY Beadwoven Wire Crochet with Doretha Jones.
Just added: DEMO Wire Cuff with Doretha Jones.
CLASS #DJ-03
Skill Level: Beginning

You aren't going to believe how easy yet effective this technique is for making a WOW over the top necklace. This necklace is a beautiful backdrop for lampwork, either with a lampwork focal hanging from the middle of the necklace, or putting lampwork interwoven into the necklace. This is one of my TOP sellers at juried fine art and craft shows. Every necklace ends up being it's own individual work of art. I expect that in the 1/2 day class all of the students will complete their necklace and walk out with it on!

During this class Doretha will also demonstrate wire knitting! Doretha has been making wire knitted cuffs to match the wire crochet necklaces. The technique uses the same wire and the same "bead soup", all that is needed in addition is a pair of metal knitting needles size 3!

Tools needed included in kit below.

Kit fee: $40-45 to cover materials, bead soup mix, stainless steel or copper wire, clasp, crochet hook Beginners welcome! It's easy!

Sea Garden Felting Class with Doretha Jones and Marie Carter. CLASS #DJMC-04
Skill Level: Beginner

Felting & Design by Doretha Jones Felting and design by Marie Carter. In
this class you will learn how easy it is to layer wool and create whole fiber
"paintings" with wool roving. Flowers and leaves would also be great beads for
meadow scene! These make great backdrops for special lampwork beads and can
be hung on the wall, framed!

Fusing Fine Silver with Marie Carter. CLASS #MC-01
Skill Level: Beginner

Fine silver fusing - In this class you will learn how to heat fine silver with
a torch and fuse links together to make a bracelet. We have also been floating
boro beads on our fused rings so we wiil show you this as well, and how to make
your own toggle clasp with fine silver.

Kit includes 1 oz fine silver 12G, use of butane torches and all tools you will need! Kit fee: $40.00

Bead Embroidered Bracelet or Pendant with Hannah Rosner. CLASS #HR-03
Skill Level: Beginner/Intermediate

In this class you will learn how to stitch a beaded bezel around a flat bead or cabochon. Then, create your own unique pendant or bracelet. Instruction covers basic bead embroidery, setting a cabochon or flat-back bead, and the edging picot stitch.

Students should bring: Your reading glasses. Small, sharp scissors.

Bracelet Kit includes all beads and cabochons you will need! Kit fee: $65.00

Pendant Kit includes all beads and cabochons you will need! Kit fee: $15.00 - $20.00

EVENING DEMONSTRATIONS 

(These demos will be added as we get them scheduled, anyone can watch and /or try the items demonstrated each night)

Friday Evening:

Coil-Potted Hollow Borosilicate Beads with Hugh Salkind.

This is a bead using borosilicate tubing to create off-mandrel coil-potted
color hollow beads. I will apply various surface decorations to beads, with
lecture and demos by instructor. Then anyone can sit down next to Hugh

deb crowley and the gs east team!