Playing with Stringers and Fused Glass

On Fridays Artwaves offers unique beginner friendly projects to pair with your favorite beverage. BYOB or enjoy our teas as you begin your weekend and make your very own fused glass sun catcher. In this Fuse and Sip we will cover the basics of glass crafting and material science.

We will be playing with fire where you will get a mini taste of flame working with stringer bending. Culminating in your very own piece of art that you can add copper wire and make it wall hangable. The firing process will be covered but it lasts overnight, students will come back to pick up their art at a later time. Each student will get 2 x 4 inches of kiln estate with some leftover space for little experiments, perhaps wearable. 

Your instructor Seth Birch born in rural Northeast Ohio studied at Xavier University in Cincinnati, Ohio and in Germany at Freie Universität Berlin. Since 2024 the artist has lived and worked in Deer Isle, Maine. Participating in residencies and workshops instructing in various mediums along the way. His practice ranges from Sculpture to Functional and from intimate to large scale. Working with many mediums Seth Birch’s eclectic practice is a deep dive into strained relationships, personal and worldly. His most recognizable work is of two figures ripping their heart and mind out behind screens. Exploring the relationship of the reality of emotions to the hidden nature of modern means of sharing lives.