Your Photos in Fused Glass: Memory Dishes and Coasters

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Arts & DIY

Event Overview

Transform your favorite family photos into glass. Sign up with friends and family; perfect for a unique Mothers' Day experience. Using digital versions of your own photos, we will create glass decals to be applied to your beautiful 4'' fused glass dishes/coasters. Design and decorate with accessory glass to make your project one-of-a-kind. You will learn how to safely cut and assemble glass into your design. You will make two 4” square glass coasters or curved dishes (or one of each). Perfect to give as a gift for Mothers' Day or bring her with you to create new memories together!


Students must email two photos of their choice to: chicagoglasscollective@gmail.com - at least 24-48 hours before class time. We will supply your glass-friendly photo decals when you arrive for class.


Students will be instructed how to apply their photo decals to their bases, as well as design and decorate their piece using a range of colorful glass accessories. Your pieces will be fired after the workshop and available for pickup a few days later. No previous experience necessary. 


Please wear closed-toes shoes.


 

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All ages welcome

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MORE ABOUT YOUR HOST

After receiving her BFA from Alfred University in 1992 Leslie Speicher travelled the country finally choosing Seattle, WA as her home. During her seven years there she focused on her glasswork, teaching at Pratt Fine Arts Center and assisting and studying with local and international glass artists. During this time she was a TA and AA at Pilchuck Glass School, Instructor at Urban Glass in Brooklyn, NY and Red Deer College in Alberta, CA. Residencies include Urban Glass, Hastings College and Pratt Fine Arts Center. Leslie has shown her glasswork, sculptures and installations in Seattle, NYC, Miami, Philadelphia and Chicago. Publications include International Glass Art; Richard Yelle, author.

She then decided to return to school to get her Masters so she could teach at the college level. In 2004, she received her MFA from the University of Illinois. Her teaching career took her first to the University of Miami where she taught 3D Design. Leslie then taught at the Cleveland Institute of Art as an Adjunct in the Glass Department before moving to Chicago, IL after her solo show at the Museum of Surgical Science in 2006.

No matter what she is making her aspiration is to create pieces with unique character, which are thought provoking and visually pleasing. Leslie’s interest in exploring materials leads her to create narratives between design, texture, form and color. Every piece is one-of-a-kind, designed and handcrafted by the artist.

Leslie is the owner of Chicago Glass Collective in Chicago, IL where she also teaches and makes her work.

EXPERIENCE REVIEWS

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    Betsy J.
    Reviewed on 05/12/17

    This class is a lovely invitation to those with and without artistic talent to bring the talent they have to the simple creation of a glass coaster or small dish. Each student emailed two photographs to the teacher, who transformed each photo into a black/white decas for the student to apply to a small, square glass plate. We topped each plate with second plate and decorated between and on top of the plates with additional glass bits and bobs (not the official terms :) Note that the student will need to leave his/her creations overnight for the teacher to bake in a kiln and will need to return to the studio to pick them up.

    This class is a lovely invitation to those with and without artistic talent to bring the talent they have to the simple creation of a glass coaster or small dish. Each student emailed two photographs to the teacher, who transformed each photo into a black/white decas for the student to apply to a small, square glass plate. We topped each plate with second plate and decorated between and on top of the plates with additional glass bits and bobs (not the official terms :) Note that the student will need to leave his/her creations overnight for the teacher to bake in a kiln and will need to return to the studio to pick them up.

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