Kiln-Formed Vessel Sinks – Moving Beyond The Small Bowl ...

Kiln-Formed Vessel Sinks – Moving Beyond The Small Bowl!! - $1375.00 US Lunch is included. Pre-GAS Conference - June 4-9, 2009; Course Description Moving beyond the Small Bowl!! Are you ready to move beyond small fused bowls? Have you thought of creating a Glass Vessel Sink? But, you’re intimidated by the size; the amount of glass needed; the kiln size and the mold size needed to accomplish such a feat! How do you Cold Work something like that! And how do you drill those holes?? This is a 5 Day comprehensive Course… This class will take you thru the entire process of designing a large Glass Vessel and all of the other steps needed to create and take home your own Glass Vessel Sink! You will learn which design elements are important to consider. You will learn about bubble control; volume; layering; use of frit; metal inclusions; creating windows within your sink; and a whole lot more! You will be creating & experimenting with design elements that will be incorporated into you projects. The some techniques covered will be: frit wafer/cookies, working with glass paints, enamels, micas, oxides, CMC (Carboxyl Methyl Cellulose) & vitrograph stringers, pattern bars & murrini, imagery, dichro slide and dichroic glass, high fire techniques, bas relief techniques, etc. This is a Hands-on-class! A small class means lots of individual attention! You will learn to cold work large glass pieces on our state of the art equipment. Beveling and polishing to produce a professional quality piece that you can be proud of! We have the latest in Stainless Steel Sink Molds, spun to our specifications. These will be for sale at the end of the class. You will create a 16” – 18” Diameter Glass Vessel Sink, approximately 5/8” thick weighing around 25 Pounds….just think of working with that much glass!!

We have a comprehensive selection of high quality Drain Hardware for you to choose from (for sale); and we will help you bore a hole for the sink drain and to counter bore for the Drain screen. We have the right equipment to do this flawlessly…we will not send you home with sloppy holes, or no holes at all!! Our Instructors have a great deal of experience designing and making custom Glass Vessel Sinks! We will help you make your design dreams a reality! Come join us for an unforgettable experience at the O-AT-KA School of Glass and take home a Real Prize!!