Recycled Glass Kiln Arts Workshop

When:	Sunday, November 21, 2004, 1:00 pm - 4:30 pm
Where:	Mother Earth Clay Art Center 790 Lucerne Drive Sunnyvale, CA 94085 [MAP]
Price:	Registration is Free! (Suggested donation $10)
Sign Up Form Refund Policy	Sorry, this workshop is full and registration is closed! E-mail eboisson@att.net with your name, organization, email address, and phone number, and specify the November 21 - Mother Earth Clay Art Center workshop. Or, phone 415-488-4858
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Over the past ten years, glass engineer Robert Kirby has developed innovative techniques for using recycled bottle glass in a variety of ceramic arts applications. Glass bottles are made of soda lime glass, a vitreous silicate similar in chemical composition to other raw materials used by ceramic and glass artists. Recycled glass is inexpensive, readily available, and opens new creative possibilities in a wide variety of artistic applications. Recycled glass can also cut costs and open up new opportunities to show and market your work. This workshop will focus on practical and innovative techniques using recycled glass as raw material.

About the Trainer

Robert Kirby has over 15 years experience working with a wide variety of artists and manufacturers. Throughout the 1990s, as a recycled glass engineer with the Clean Washington Center, he worked with more than 30 firms to investigate the technical, artistic and economic barriers to using recycled glass. In recent years, Robert has specialized in recycled glass kiln uses. Working in his studio and through his production firm, Dogged Enterprises, he has developed and proven a wide range of innovative artistic treatments and production strategies involving the use of recycled glass and has assisted a number of business start-ups.

For more information visit www.recycledkilnarts.com.