Color Theory in Kilnformed Glass with Richard Parrish

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Date:		March 10 - 14, 2012 (5 Days) Saturday - Wednesday (9 AM - 5 PM each day)
Class Size:		8 students
Tuition:		$1025 - includes all materials, use of tools and firings

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"As an artist and an architect, I find inspiration in both the human-made environment and in the vast landscape of the American west where I grew up,” says Parrish. “I am fascinated by the constructed and the natural, which I often express in my work.”

Class Description

This class will explore color principles, theory and applications using Bullseye glass and kilnforming techniques. The intent is to increase our understanding of color and how we can use it in our glass work to enhance the content and increase the beauty of the finished piece.

Conventional color theory, which is generally based on opaque or pigmented color, provides the departure point for our explorations in glass.

Glass obviously has many qualities that are much different than opaque or pigmented color so our goal is to understand color in terms of the qualities of glass such as transparency, translucency, light reflection and refraction, and depth.

Class content includes a review of color theory and vocabulary, color relationships, color and meaning, color interactions, the development of color palettes, and color as an element of art and design.

The class is hands on, making numerous samples with Bullseye glass products, that can be used as reference material in your studio and can be expanded over time. We will also do a series of exercises developing color palettes and exploring the application of color principles.

A final project will provide an opportunity for participants to utilize the knowledge they have gained in the class.

 

About Richard Parrish

Richard Parrish is the owner of and designer for Fusio Studio, a studio for kilnformed glass in Bozeman, Montana.

He holds a Master of Architecture degree from the Cranbrook Academy of Art in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan and a Bachelor of Architecture degree from the University of Idaho in Moscow, Idaho.

His work was selected for the Corning Museum of Glass’s New Glass Review 27, and he was awarded the American Craft Council Award of Achievement in 2003. He teaches classes in kilnformed glass in his studio and throughout the United States.

You can see more of Richard's work on his websites at http://www.fusiostudio.com.