I’m please to announce that I will be teaching a class at the Pilchuck Glass School in June of 2016. The class will cover a lot of the digital to physical techniques that I have been working with over the last few years, particularly this past year with my fellowship at Wheaton Arts Creative GLass Center of America (Stay tuned, I will be publishing my finding soon).
The intensive 3 week class will take place in June of 2016. Pilchuck’s session 2 this year has a theme of Play, and we certainly will be playing with ways of bringing the 21st century to glassmaking’s 19th century traditions.
TADDDAA!
May 31- June 17
3-D Modeling & Printing, Lost PLA, CNC, Kilncasting, Hot Casting
Digital sculpting and 3-D printing tools allow artists to visualize prototypes, manipulate scale, and replicate with precision. This course will introduce an assortment of tools including Zbrush (an organic sculpting software), 3-D printers, and 3-D scanning methods of photogrammetry and structured light. Students will learn to scan, manipulate, and print objects and ultimately kilncast and hot cast them in glass. This class is for glass artists who wish to explore digital fabrication and 3-D artists who wish to explore glass.
http://pilchuck.com/summer_program/courses/session2.aspx
The class will cover:
- 3D Modeling with Zbrush
- 3D Scanning with structured light and photogrammetry
- 3D Printing
- Moldmaking
- Glass kiln casting with lost PLA
- CNC milling of graphite molds for hot glass casting
It’s going to be an awesome class and I’m looking for two teaching assistants. Applications for TA’s are due February 3. I would like to find one TA who is well versed in 3D modeling and 3D printing (its a + is you own or have built a 3D Printer), and another who is familiar with glass kiln casting. Please help spread the word!
Frederick G. Kahl 
How awesome, Fred!