This class is now full, but a wait list is available.
THE VISUAL ELEMENTS OF DESIGN- Tuition $995
Richard Parrish
Deposit $450

Tues. thru Sun., Oct. 16 -21, 2007
Tuesday - Saturday 10 am - 5 pm
and Sunday 10 am - 1 pm

Even experienced kilnformers can benefit from developing stronger design skills. This class will investigate fundamental principles of design that are common to all forms of art, design, architecture and craft, focusing on primary elements of two- and three-dimensional design, principles for ordering these elements, and transformation of the elements into a rich composition. These include systems of ordering and relationships (symmetry and asymmetry, hierarchy, rhythm and repetition, transformation, proportion and scale). Learn to understand these essential visual elements of design, how they can be manipulated and their role in developing and enriching the artistic concept in finished work.

Design principles will be explored through various drawing and painting media and in kilnformed glass, relying primarily on a black and white palette. The emphasis will be on applying these design elements and principles to your kilnformed glass work. Projects will include two-dimensional and relief projects.

Fall 2007 Highlights

Richard Parrish

Richard Parrish is the owner of and designer for Fusio Studio, a studio for kiln formed glass in Bozeman, Montana. He is also an architect and owner of Studio Poiesis, an architectural design firm. He holds a Master of Architecture degree from the Cranbrook Academy of Art in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, and a Bachelor of Architecture degree from the University of Idaho. His work was selected for the Corning Museum of Glass’s New Glass Review 27, and he was awarded the American Craft Council Award of Achievement in 2003.

Richard has taught at the Bullseye Resource Center in Portland, Oregon, and was a featured panelist at BECon 2007. We welcome him to his first workshop here at Vitrum Studio!

You can view more of Richard’s work on his web site,www.fusioglass.com.

Vitrum Studios 6824 Industrial Drive, Studio #105 Beltsville, Maryland 20705 301-595-0736