Glass Studio I
Code
10841
Academic unit
Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia
Department
Departamento de Conservação e Restauro
Credits
16.0
Teacher in charge
Robert Wiley
Weekly hours
13
Total hours
202
Teaching language
Português
Objectives
Through studio work the students will learn the most important techniques used for the production of glass articles. The students will also be taught about the design and construction of equipment, as well as about the safety measures indispensable for those who work in glass studios.
Subject matter
Summary of topics to be covered in this discipline
1. Techniques of blown glass.
2. Glass processed by cold techniques.
3. Glass poured into sand moulds (sand casting) and "pâte de verre".
4. Fusing and slumping.
5. Surface treatments; sand blasting, electroplating and electroforming.
6. Enamelling and staining of glass.
7. Sculpture.
8. Mixed techniques.
9. Equipment design and construction.
10. Burners and fuels
11. Basic principles of electricity.
12. Security in the glass studio
Bibliography
Bibliography
Halen, Henry, Glass Notes, A Reference for the Glass Artist, 2nd Ed., Halem Studios, Inc., 1994
Wolley, Frank E., Glass Technology for the Studio, Ed. The Studio of The Corning Museum of Glass, 1999
Bray, Charles, Ceramics and Glass a Basic Technology, , Society of Glass Technology, 2000
Glass Blowing from the Furnace, Charles Bray, Society of Glass technology, 2003
Hoyt, Homer L., Glassblowing, An Introduction to Solid and Blown Glass Sculpturing, Crafts and Arts Publishing Co. Inc., Colorado, 1989