Wired Designs is proud to announce that Gail Stouffer, Sr. Glass Arts Instructor, is hitting the road... not literally, of course.

Beyond Dichroic
October 11-16th, 2010

Akimbo Studios
Lahaina, HI
www.akimbostudios.com

Sophisticated glass jewelry designs start with clean lines, crisp shapes, and solid ideas. In this workshop we’ll develop glass jewelry with metal inclusions, color reactions, venetian foils, & powders, and more. We’ll focus on cold working and craftsmanship too! This exciting workshop will introduce artists working in all disciplines of glass to the art glass jewelry making WITHOUT USING DICHROIC GLASS…..Gasp!

Electroforming on Glass
April 2011

Glass Craft & Bead Expo
Las Vegas, Nevada
www.glasscraftexpo.com

This exciting workshop will introduce artists working in all disciplines of glass to the art and science of copper electroforming on glass. Electroforming is the process of depositing layers of metal onto a prepared electroconductive surface. With the proper preparation, even the non-conductive surface of glass can be encrusted with a beautiful copper skin. Glass jewelry makers will especially love the excitement and ease of creating special effects with electroforming. Students will learn the each step in the electroforming process including; preparing a piece of glass, equipment set up, material set up, electroforming in the bath, clean up, and final polishing. Students will electroform a small glass pendant in this workshop. Students bring: Safety glasses, note pad, pencil.

Get a Reaction: Color Reactions in Glass 
April 2011

Glass Craft & Bead Expo
Las Vegas, Nevada
www.glasscraftexpo.com

This exciting workshop will introduce kiln formers and bead makers to working with glass colors that chemically react during the fusing or flame-working process. Participants will work with sample charts of reactions as a reference, as well as make sample tiles to catalog the reactive color combinations. The process is completed with a final kiln-formed composition that incorporates color reactions as a part of the design. This is an intermediate-level workshop, and previous experience working with glass is required. Limited to 8 participants.

Beyond Dichroic
April 2011

Glass Craft & Bead Expo
Las Vegas, Nevada
www.glasscraftexpo.com

Sophisticated glass jewelry designs start with clean lines, crisp shapes, and solid ideas. In this workshop we’ll develop glass jewelry with metal inclusions, color reactions, venetian foils, & powders, and more. We’ll focus on cold working and craftsmanship too! This exciting workshop will introduce artists working in all disciplines of glass to the art glass jewelry making WITHOUT USING DICHROIC GLASS…..Gasp!