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Skill Level: Intermediate, Basic glass cutting skills required Join guest artist Wesley Wong! Create a fused glass dragonfly with sparkling iridescent wings. Students will learn how to angle the wings, include wire legs and antennae and two techniques for constructing the wings. The dragonflies may be embellished with glow-in-the-dark powder to illuminate the wings at night. Patterns will be provided and students will be shown how to scale down and mount the dragonflies for ornaments. We will also make a lily pad to display your dragonfly. As time permits, students can make a dragonfly pendant. 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.