Service Description

Skill Level: Intermediate, Basic glass cutting skills required Come create with guest artist, Wesley Wong! Want to create a free-standing fused glass animal without using any molds? These cute creatures make great gifts and will bring a smile to any animal lover! This class will teach you techniques for adding texture and movement to the critters through the use of various fused glass materials, glass paints, and fiber paper that will allow the critters to stand on their legs or fins. A discussion on how to rescale the patterns will be provided. Students will have a selection of patterns to choose from and can make one or two animals as time allows. 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.