Instructor - Jane Power
Lampworking
is a type of glasswork that uses a gas fuelled torch to melt rods
and tubes of clear and coloured glass. Once in a molten state,
the glass can be formed by blowing and/or shaping with tools and
hand movements. It is also known as flameworking or torchworking,
as the modern practice no longer uses oil-fueled lamps.
Although the art form has been practised since ancient Syrian
times, it became widely practiced in Murano, Italy in the 14th
century. In the mid-nineteenth century lampwork technique was
extended to the production of paperweights, primarily in France,
where it became a popular art form, still collected today.
Lampworking differs from glassblowing in that glassblowing uses
a blowpipe to inflate a glass blob known as a gob or gather, thereby
inflating it by blowing air into the blowpipe, whereas lampworking
manipulates glass either by the use of tools, gravity, or by blowing
directly into the end of a glass tube. Each bead is then fired/annealed
in a kiln to make it hard and stop the cracking and crazing that
can occur with cheap mass produced beads.
Early
lampworking was done in the flame of an oil lamp, with the artist
blowing air into the flame through a pipe.
Most artists today use torches that burn either propane or natural
gas, or in some countries butane, for the fuel gas, with either
air or pure oxygen (which can be produced by an oxygen concentrator)
as the oxidizer.
All
Jane’s beads are lovingly and meticulously crafted and you
may also place orders for particular bead set colours to suit
your personality or clothing style!
Cost
and next scheduled session
Please see the Calendar on the
Tuition page.
Enrolment
Email
us here to get your name onto the list for the next
workshop.
Location
All
tuition is conducted at The Goldsmith's Gallery at San Remo, Australia.
See
the Contact page for our exact location.
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