Design & Painting Workshop for Peli Glass, Zoetemeer NL

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Me with my three students in the design roomMe with my three students in the design room

As part of my 5x week exploration of stained glass in Europe, I was invited to teach a workshop for Peli Glass in Zoetemeer, a suburb of The Hague, looking at principals of design as they apply to stained glass and glass painting in particular. It was a small workshop, with only three students, but no less exhausting for that.

We began on the Friday evening with a slide show and a session examining basic design through additive composition, the results of which can be seen in the group photo above.

Series of quick sketches of the Still LifeSeries of quick sketches of the Still Life

Saturday morning kicked off with a series of quick sketches in brush & ink and then charcoal (above) to loosen up and familiarise themselves with the still life, the subject of a longer study in graphite and/or charcoal.

A longer studyA longer study

The students were then set the task of converting this drawing into something that could be cut out of glass, all the while deciding what is to be painted and what defined by leadlines.

Making a lead drawing from the sketchMaking a lead drawing from the sketch

Converting the lead drawing to a cutlineConverting the lead drawing to a cutline

Cutting glass for the projectCutting glass for the project

Once the glass had been selected and all cut, students then placed theglass assembly over the original long study and began to paint the trace line.

Lisas workLisas work

Heinz's workHeinz's work

Ilona's workIlona's work

Matting the piecesMatting the pieces

Secondary exerciseSecondary exercise

We were certainly lucky having a well-equipped workshop to work in. It
meant that several firings could be accomplished in a day as well as
overnight. This allowed for another exercise to run concurrently, something much more free and experimental.

The three Free-form projects firedThe three Free-form projects fired

Lisa's final firingLisa's final firing

Heinz's final firingHeinz's final firing

Ilona's final firingIlona's final firing

There wasn't time of course to actually build the panels but I was certainly pleased with the results and each student went away with a head full of new ideas and techniques. And I continued on my journey, catching the train back to Amsterdam to see firstly the Rijksmusem, then Cobra and Jan van der Togt Galleries before catching a train to Paris for 12x days.

My whole European sabbatical was structured around this workshop at Peli. It was the trip of a lifetime, with enough inspiration & photographs to fill twenty blogs!

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Design & Painting Workshop for Peli Glass, Zoetemeer NL

16 Dec2017

Me with my three students in the design roomMe with my three students in the design room

As part of my 5x week exploration of stained glass in Europe, I was invited to teach a workshop for Peli Glass in Zoetemeer, a suburb of The Hague, looking at principals of design as they apply to stained glass and glass painting in particular. It was a small workshop, with only three students, but no less exhausting for that.

We began on the Friday evening with a slide show and a session examining basic design through additive composition, the results of which can be seen in the group photo above.

Series of quick sketches of the Still LifeSeries of quick sketches of the Still Life

Saturday morning kicked off with a series of quick sketches in brush & ink and then charcoal (above) to loosen up and familiarise themselves with the still life, the subject of a longer study in graphite and/or charcoal.

A longer studyA longer study

The students were then set the task of converting this drawing into something that could be cut out of glass, all the while deciding what is to be painted and what defined by leadlines.

Making a lead drawing from the sketchMaking a lead drawing from the sketch

Converting the lead drawing to a cutlineConverting the lead drawing to a cutline

Cutting glass for the projectCutting glass for the project

Once the glass had been selected and all cut, students then placed theglass assembly over the original long study and began to paint the trace line.

Lisas workLisas work

Heinz's workHeinz's work

Ilona's workIlona's work

Matting the piecesMatting the pieces

Secondary exerciseSecondary exercise

We were certainly lucky having a well-equipped workshop to work in. It
meant that several firings could be accomplished in a day as well as
overnight. This allowed for another exercise to run concurrently, something much more free and experimental.

The three Free-form projects firedThe three Free-form projects fired

Lisa's final firingLisa's final firing

Heinz's final firingHeinz's final firing

Ilona's final firingIlona's final firing

There wasn't time of course to actually build the panels but I was certainly pleased with the results and each student went away with a head full of new ideas and techniques. And I continued on my journey, catching the train back to Amsterdam to see firstly the Rijksmusem, then Cobra and Jan van der Togt Galleries before catching a train to Paris for 12x days.

My whole European sabbatical was structured around this workshop at Peli. It was the trip of a lifetime, with enough inspiration & photographs to fill twenty blogs!

This entry was posted on Saturday, December 16th, 2017 at 10:07 am teaching, advanced workshop, amsterdam, peli glass, jeffrey hamilton, glass painting, design tuition

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The Latest Happenings in my World

This blog is where you will find my latest news. It can range from posting images of progress of the current commission to art crit to political or social commentary, both national and international. Anything, basically, that's commanding my attention and I feel is worth sharing with you, my reader. Enjoy. My previous blog can be found at jeffreyhamilton.blogspot.com