ARS 452 Venetian Glass Techniques
A study of Venetian glass blowing techniques. Venetian glass is known for its elegant, well-crafted shapes that exploit intricate colored canes in their surface decoration. Students spend a part of each day in the hot glass studio practicing Venetian techniques. We will study many of the Venetian glass artists and factories that have made the island of Murano so famous. The class will focus on Venetian glass of the 16th century and trace it's development all the way to contemporary times. This class will be an even mix of theory and practice.