In my last post I mentioned a glassblowing workshop I signed up for in Corning, NY this summer. The exciting thing is: it is wood-fired! I'm still shivering with anticipation. And not only that, but it incorporates ceramics! The workshop will be a three day event of stoking the kiln night and day in order to glaze pots and blow glass! My two favorite materials to work with at the same time, you can see why I didn't hesitate to put my name on the roster. I was planning a trip east anyways!
Although it did not occur to me until just the other night what this opportunity actually means to me.
For some time I have had this idea of building replicas of the Dutch still life genre, in actual life. I've been looking into frame building for this purpose and have been researching the types of goblets and things that were usually represented in such paintings. Then a lightning bolt hit my eyes and suddenly I knew what to do! Don't you love it when that happens?
I realized that I will have access to the process in which the old-time items were made. Therefore, I must practice how to make replicas of the objects I need and then carry out the mission in NY!
I'll make jugs from clay to take with me and then while I'm there, I'll work on making Roemers! That classical goblet form has always intrigued me.
