Studio Minute
Classes at the StudioAn Introduction to Glass Fusing
Learn the basics of glass fusing while making a simple clock. Saturday will be spent preparing a clock face for firing using flat glass, frits, and stringers. Sunday students will cold work the fused pieces and drill the glass to mount the battery clock movement. Saturday and Sunday, July 18 & 19, nine to one. Maximum of eight students. $145, all materials provided.
Chris at Work in the Tennessee Aquarium and the Hunter Museum
The Hunter Museum of American Art and the Tennessee Aquarium recently partnered on a joint exhibition, Jellies: Living Art. The exhibit details the affinity between art glass and those colorful, pulsing underwater creatures. A video of Chris at work in the Hot Shop is on view in the Jellies exhibit at the Aquarium, as well as the 21st Century Reading Room at the Hunter Museum. You can easily catch both exhibits, which also feature artists such as Dale Chihuly, Stephen Powell, Cork Marcheschi, and Thomas Spake. After winding through the Aquarium, walk up First Street and across the Holmberg Pedestrian Bridge to the Hunter. For more information, visit the Aquarium site or the Hunter site.