We hope the start of everyone's summer has been restful and relaxing.

what's new here?

Judith just returned from several weeks of teaching in Europe. She taught two five-day intensive kilnforming classes with an emphasis on landscape imagery, one in London and one in Zurich. As always the facilities were great, the surroundings were beautiful and the students were top notch. (We'll put up some images of the work created there in the next week). She had a wonderful time, but is looking forward to some downtime from her busy teaching schedule, and some time for her own work.

Kevin O'Toole, work in progress

Kevin has taken full advantage of the time and has been busy in the studio working on several new pieces after much too long a hiatus. Below is a detail of one of the pieces in progress.

We're also busy planning several exciting new changes and additions to Vitrum for the fall semester, and we are just finalizing our Fall 2008 schedule of classes. We will have the new schedule posted on our website by early August and will begin registration the following week. More details to follow.

Ellen Abbott and Marc Leva Dogwood Days and Luna Nights - 6 1/2"w x 6 5/8"h x 6 1/2"d

fall highlights

Ellen Abbott and Marc Leva of Houston, Texas, will join us this September to teach a 6-day intensive Pate de Verre class. We are delighted that they will be sharing their many years of experience and skill in that often challenging medium. The quality of their work and their attention to detail in their pate de verre has attracted a national clientele.

See more of Ellen and Marc's work at their web site.

Bonnnie Celeste, of Bullseye Glass, will also join us this fall, for two workshops in November, Set Your Kiln on Fire and Kiln-Glass Components for Jewelry and Wearables.

Bonnie Celeste detail "more of the same", lampworked elements and kilnformed glass

Bonine is a praticing glass artist who has worked at Bullseye glass for nine years and is part of their Research and Education department. These two classes are reflections of her own personal work, with a clean and thoughtful design sense, in both lampworkng and kilnforming.
View more work at her web site.

.....................and..we are planning several new courses of our own that are so new and exciting that they don't even have a name yet. Watch this site for progress!

We hope that you can join us for a class or two this Fall.