coombs criddle associates
dcoombs@sover.net
(+1 802) 423 5640

Trace & Texture glasspainting workshop 2006

Merit-based scholarships available.
Application deadline, July 15th. details>>>

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2008 workshops

Stained Glass Design: Graphic Analysis.
Sept 28 - Oct 4, 2008. Vermont, USA >>>

Trace & Texture: Glasspainting with Propylene Glycol
October 5 - 11, 2008. Vermont, USA >>>

3-hour Intro to Trace & Texture
July 31, 2008 6-9pm Cherry Hill, NJ >>>

Tailor-made workshops
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2008 stained glass design & painting workshops

Stained Glass Design: Graphic Analysis
Readsboro, Vermont USA. Sept 28 - Oct 4, 2008
Max. 6 students. $900 fee includes tuition, materials & lunches

Beautiful glasspainting begins with a good cartoon. This workshop is for anyone wanting to learn new ways of translating images into stained glass. The process of graphic analysis includes: creating a trace line from a drawing or photo; distinguishing between local color, shadow & texture; creating separate areas for color/glass selection;and integrating bars & lead lines into the picture.

A traceline is an interpretation of a drawing or photograph. It is not a copy. Workshop exercises are designed to stimulate creativity, bolster drawing skills, and help students develop an individual style.

See work done during past workshops. Student Gallery (design) >>>

Suitable for all levels. Experience an advantage but not essential. Please bring sketchbook & drawing materials.

Trace & Texture: Glasspainting with Propylene Glycol
Readsboro, Vermont USA. October 5 - 11, 2008
Max. 6 students $900 fee includes tuition, materials & lunches

Loosen up and/or expand your technique. Develop a unique glasspainting voice through working with a slow-drying medium that allows for an endless variety of mark-making and textural effects.

Learn techniques that allow for a lively, expressive traceline and how to control/modifiy transparency without losing the sparkle of the glass. Print glasspaints and silver stain with lace, plastic, rubber stamps etc. and create faux textures such as stone, wood and fabric.

Learn how to mix, thin, and appy lead-free paints with propylene glycol, design tools and applicators, and expand your repertoire of glasspainting techniques.

See work completed during previous workshops. Student Gallery (Trace & Texture) >>>

Suitable for all levels. Please bring sketch book, drawing materials and glasspainting brushes.

This 3 hour session is a highly condensed version of the week-long Trace & Texture workshop. There will be a demonstration of techniques, review of painted and silverstained glass samples, instructions for mixing, thinning and application, and hands-on glasspainting.

See work completed during previous workshops. Student Gallery (Trace & Texture) >>>

Suitable for all levels. Tools and materials will be provided but please bring your own glass painting brushes, especially a badger, if you have one.

WEEKLONG WORKSHOPS: LOCATION & HOURS:

Weeklong workshops take place in Deboras studio in Heartwellville, Vermont, a small hamlet beside the Green Mountain National Forest on VT Rt.100, 10 mins north of the border with western Massachusetts.
Journey times approx. 3hrs drive from Boston, 4hrs from New York City. Nearest airport, Albany (Schenectady). Nearest Amtrak, Albany (Rensselaer). Both approx 90 mins drive from the studio.

Hours Mon-Fri 9am-4pm, Sat 9-12 noon. Opening session is from 7-9pm on the Sunday evening. Studio is available extended hours all week.

SUGGESTED ACCOMMODATIONS:

• Porches Inn, (413) 664 0400 www.porchesinn.com
• Holiday Inn (413) 663 6500, both in North Adams, MA.
• Readsboro Inn (802) 423 5048 www.readsboroinn.com

FEES:

• Weeklong workshop fee $900 includes tuition, materials & lunches Mon-Fri. Max 6 students. $200 discount for those taking both workshops.
• AGG conference workshop fee is $120 plus AGG membership. Register for this workshop online at the American Glass Guild website: www.americanglassguild.org
• Individual tuition/consultation fees negotiable

A limited number of merit-based scholarships are awarded each year, usually to those with a strong fine arts backgrounds who demonstrate the potential to contribute positively to the profession. Experience in stained glass is not necessary to be considered for a scholarship. Application deadline, July 15th. Notification August 5th. Call or email for more information dcoombs@sover.net, (+1 802) 423 5640.

MANY THANKS to past workshops sponsors and scholarship providers:
Stained Glass Association of America (SGAA) Dorothy L Maddy Scholarship; American Glass Guild (AGG) James C Whitney Memorial Scholarship; Vermont Arts Council; S A Bendheim, C E Oster, L Reusche Co; New York Foundation for the Arts; and special thanks to Warren Porter.

DEBORA COOMBS MA FMGP is a Fellow of the British Society of Master Glass Painters. She studied stained glass at Edinburgh College of Art, Scotland; University of Wales, Swansea; and received her masters degree from the Royal College of Art in London, England, in 1985.

An experienced educator, Debora directed the glass department at Chelsea College of Art in London from 1994-96. She has lectured and taught stained glass for professional associations and colleges including the Pilchuck Glass School; Stained Glass Association of America; American Glass Guild; and British Society of Master Glass Painters.

Debora's work has been commissioned, exhibited and published internationally for almost thirty years. Commissions include two 25ft tall figurative windows for Marble Collegiate Church in Manhattan and twenty stained glass windows for St Marys Cathedral in Portland, Oregon

In 2007 Debora completed designs for forty-nine stained glass windows and exhibited seven new pieces at the Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art, North Adams, Mass. Besides commissions, Debora is presently working on a solo exhibition that opens March 2009 at the Jeanetta Cochrane Stained Glass Gallery in London, England.

MORE INFORMATION (802) 423 5640 dcoombs@sover.net