Service Description

Come create with guest artist, Wesley Wong! Freeze casting is a technique that expands on the Freeze and Fuse and Pate de Verre process, that produces glass castings that can be large or small and are highly detailed. Traditional Pate de Verre is a kiln casting technique that uses a one-time plaster mold that gives the project a sugary porous texture. We will be using a technique in which glass powders are packed into silicone or plastic molds, frozen, and fired in the kiln, resulting in pieces that are intricate and shiny. In this class, you will make small and large fused glass elements with lots of color and detail, that can be incorporated into a mosaic, another fused glass project or used for jewelry. We will provide glow pigments that can be added to the powders to make the pieces glow, such as a glow-in-the-dark sugar skull. The larger projects are packed with fiber material that forms a mold resulting in a light weight and hollow piece after it is fired. You will have the opportunity to make several flowers, skulls, butterflies, and other creatures from the molds. You are encouraged to bring your own fondant or candy molds. About Wesley Wong: Specializing in Dimensional Fused Glass and Fused Mosaics, Wesley Wong is an award-winning artist who designs and produces custom glass art from his studio in San Jose, California. His passion for glass started in 1981 with stained glass, which eventually lead him into mosaics and fused glass. His work features lots of bright colors and intricate patterns and has been exhibited in many juried glass and mosaic shows throughout the United States. Wesley enjoys sharing his glass knowledge with other artists and teaches glass workshops through his studio and at the Institute of Mosaic Art and the Stained Glass Garden in Berkeley, CA. He is a member of the Association of Stained Glass Lamp Artists (ASGLA), Society of American Mosaic Artists (SAMA), and Contemporary Mosaic Art (CMA). He has written articles for Glass Patterns Quarterly, and is a regular contributor to the ASGLA annual stained glass lamps calendar.