ART 725 - Glassblowing Workshop

3 Credit(s) This graduate studio course is designed to introduce graduate art students to the basic techniques used to form glass blown vessels. Offhand and mold blown forms will be demonstrated and explored. Projects include beads, bowls, vases, bottles, bells and ornaments. Students are required to create self-developed projects in a teamwork environment. Historical and contemporary glassblowing concepts will be discussed throughout the course. This course is an elective for graduate MAT Art students and for continuing education students with permission of instructor. The course consists of four scheduled studio hours, plus five open studio hours per week.
Prerequisite: Permission of instructor and/or acceptance into Master of Arts in Teaching Art program. Ideally students will have had some exposure to glassblowing on an undergraduate level. However, it is not necessary and will be determined by meeting with instructor.