This workshop focuses on the stitch as both mark and structure to alter, enrich and transform the surface of pliable materials. While exploring traditional surface applications such as machine and hand embroidery, unconventional materials such as water-soluble embroidery film, Tyvek, found and recycled items will all be combined with processes such as encaustic, image transfer, collage, layering and heating to create complex and sculptural surfaces. In addition to basic encaustic techniques, participants will explore the mark-making possibilities of branding. Participants are encouraged to develop a personal vocabulary through the creation of a portfolio of samples. A slide lecture discussing historical and contemporary practices involving fiber and alternative media is also offered. Tuition is $550 + $50 non-refundable registration fee. $150 materials fee covers all materials needed for the workshop. Tyler alums are eligible for a 10% discount. Early registration (by May 15) is eligible for a 10% discount. Please note: these discounts cannot be combined; only one 10% discount permitted. Please contact tyler.conted@temple.edu for the discount code you can use at your online checkout.  All skills welcome. Questions? No Problem!  Contact: loobain@temple.edu

For this weaving class, some of the methods learned include the following -  ikat, woven shibori and photo transfer onto warp and weft. We will be using the idea of magical appearance of color as the conceit of designing the warp or weft in a woven structure. The class will take students through the process of several surface treatments that will develop in their weavings as if by MAGIC. Indigo dye, commonly used in ikat, is known for its sacred powers of purity, and is activated only when it comes into contact with oxygen. Woven shibori uses additional threads woven into the weft to act as a resist against colorful dyes. The appearance of the weaving after the shibori dying is always an unexpected treat. Students will use photo sensitive dyes to create imagery on their woven patterns. Field trips to PMA, Fabric Workshop and other locations will be included in this exciting urban experience. Tuition is $1000 + $50 non-refundable registration fee.  $200 materials fee covers all materials needed for the work shop. Tyler alums are eligible for a 10% discount. Early registration (by May 15) is eligible for a 10% discount. Please note: these discounts cannot be combined; only one 10% discount permitted. Please contact tyler.conted@temple.edu for the discount code you can use at your online checkout.  All skills welcome. Questions? No Problem!  Contact: loobain@temple.edu

This one week course will give students an introduction to torchon bobbin lace. Processes will cover linen stitch, half stitch, whole stitch, and a variety of basic torchon lace grounds, how to read and design simple patterns and experiment with lace in an expanded form by pushing the limits of scale and material. Tuition is $550 + $50 non-refundable registration fee.  $150 materials fee covers all materials needed for the workshop Tyler alums are eligible for a 10% discount. Early registration (by May 15) is eligible for a 10% discount. Please note: these discounts cannot be combined; only one 10% discount permitted. Please contact tyler.conted@temple.edu for the discount code you can use at your online checkout.  All skills welcome. Questions? No Problem!  Contact: loobain@temple.edu

Utilizing the torch, kilns, and glass powder students will learn how to create various line, texture, and imagery fused onto glass panels. We will manipulate threads of glass using heat, learn various cold-working techniques to cut and form glass, and explore using layers of powder to create images on glass.  Students will develop a broad material and technical vocabulary for creating imagery on and with glass. This is a great workshop for anyone interested in glass, drawing, printmaking, photography – any medium!   Tuition is $550 + $50 non-refundable registration fee. $300 materials fee covers all materials needed for workshop. Tyler alums are eligible for a 10% discount. Early registration (by May 15) is eligible for a 10% discount. Please note: these discounts cannot be combined; only one 10% discount permitted. Please contact tyler.conted@temple.edu for the discount code you can use at your online checkout.  Questions? tylerglasswrks@gmail.com  

This workshop introduces kilncasting basics (making positive forms from clay and/or wax; mold-making; glass selection, preparation and mold-packing; kiln-loading procedures; firing schedules and glass finishing techniques), and focuses on how to modulate color and degrees of translucency through the combination of different glass particle sizes and other variables. This 5-day intensive will begin with a historical-technical overview of kilncasting in order to provide students with a visual vocabulary specific to this process and add plenty of lectures, presentations and demonstrations throughout the week. Students will be guided in the making of tests that will be used to practice several techniques and to inform the making of a singular, multi-part lost wax cast glass object.   Tuition is $550 + $50 non-refundable registration fee. $300 materials fee covers all materials needed for workshop. Tyler alums are eligible for a 10% discount. Early registration (by May 15) is eligible for a 10% discount. Please note: these discounts cannot be combined; only one 10% discount permitted. Please contact tyler.conted@temple.edu for the discount code you can use at your online checkout.  Questions? tylerglasswrks@gmail.com  

Through daily demonstrations and hands on practice, students will learn how to gather molten glass from the furnace and manipulate it through gravity, heat, and blowing. Working in a team based environment, students will learn the fundamentals of glassblowing and explore basic mold blowing techniques. This course is designed for beginning students or those in need of a refresher on basic techniques.   Tuition is $550 + $50 non-refundable registration fee. $300 materials fee covers all materials needed for workshop. Tyler alums are eligible for a 10% discount. Early registration (by May 15) is eligible for a 10% discount. Please note: these discounts cannot be combined; only one 10% discount permitted. Please contact tyler.conted@temple.edu for the discount code you can use at your online checkout.  Questions? tylerglasswrks@gmail.com  

  In this project-based workshop, we will work in both the hot shop and flat shop creating pattern bars, murrini, roll-ups, and cane. We will explore surface design techniques and cold connections using equipment in the cold shop. Daily demonstrations will be the catalyst for student experimentation resulting in traditional and non-traditional pattern designs that will then be used to create objects and vessels. Lectures and presentations will introduce different artists using the techniques discussed in class in innovative ways.   Tuition is $550 + $50 non-refundable registration fee. $300 materials fee covers all materials needed for workshop. Tyler alums are eligible for a 10% discount. Early registration (by May 15) is eligible for a 10% discount. Please note: these discounts cannot be combined; only one 10% discount permitted. Please contact tyler.conted@temple.edu for the discount code you can use at your online checkout.  Questions? tylerglasswrks@gmail.com  

This one-week workshop approaches color as raw material. We will explore the different qualities of opaque, opal, and transparent glasses and experiment with maximizing the uniqueness of each. Students will pull several different varieties of cane including encased, veil cane and layered full color cane to be used as "stock" for later processes, and bundle these canes in different configurations to achieve specific results and build complex murrini. Various murrini applications will be introduced through demonstration and in-studio collaboration. Students will leave this class with a very comprehensive overview of both classic and experimental murinni patterns. Tuition is $550 + $50 non-refundable registration fee. $300 materials fee covers all materials needed for workshop. Tyler alums are eligible for a 10% discount. Early registration (by May 15) is eligible for a 10% discount. Please note: these discounts cannot be combined; only one 10% discount permitted. Please contact tyler.conted@temple.edu for the discount code you can use at your online checkout.  Questions? tylerglasswrks@gmail.com

In this intensive workshop, students will gain an understanding of and experiment with various techniques of casting with molten glass including sandcasting, casting with graphite and investment molds, and casting with inclusions. Working in teams, students will cast a variety of forms to explore the potential of this medium. Basic coldworking will be introduced to finish the cast pieces, and students will leave with several personal castings. Beginners welcome. Tuition is $550 + $50 non-refundable registration fee. $300 materials fee covers all materials needed for workshop. Tyler alums are eligible for a 10% discount. Early registration (by May 15) is eligible for a 10% discount. Please note: these discounts cannot be combined; only one 10% discount permitted. Please contact tyler.conted@temple.edu for the discount code you can use at your online checkout.  Questions? tylerglasswrks@gmail.com            

Digital Fabrication + Mold Making  [Session 1] Corwyn Lund $900 Tuition + $50 non-refundable registration fee $100 Materials Fee Digital Fabrication + Mold Making  [Session 2] Drew Ippoliti $900 Tuition + $50 non-refundable registration fee $100 Materials Fee This workshop offers an introduction to the CAD / CAM design process with strategies for employing CNC Production of Prototypes, Molds and Objects. Students will learn the fundamentals of Rhino3D and methods for translating designs into physical products. [Basic computer skills are required as well as a intermediate level of understanding regarding mold making.] Tyler alums are eligible for a 10% discount. Early registration (by May 15) is eligible for a 10% discount. Please note: these discounts cannot be combined; only one 10% discount permitted. Please contact tyler.conted@temple.edu for the discount code you can use at your online checkout.