Wednesdays

Ashley McFarland graduated from Bowling Green State University with her MA in experimental psychology and an eclectic knowledge of glassworking techniques. She has worked in glass studios in California, Ohio, and started at the Pittsburgh Glass Center as a part of their technician apprenticeship program in 2009. Most recently she has been working with their Idea Furnace Program teaching other artists how to expand their practices through using glass as a medium.  

In January 2020, Ashley started a new adventure in helping to end plastic waste in the city by establishing Reimagined Recycling, a Pittsburgh non-profit specializing in the collection and reproduction of single-use plastics into home goods. Ashley has taught at Pilchuck Glass School and currently still teaches classes and workshops for teens and adults at PGC and hopes to inspire and create more sustainably in the future. 

Website:  reimaginedrecycling.com

Instagram:  @ammcfarl

 

Introduction to Casting
When: Wednesdays, Jan 22 - Mar 19
Time: 6:30 PM to 9:30 PM
Dates: Jan 22, 29; Feb 5, 12, 19, 26; Mar 12, 19
Tuition $525.00
Instructor: Ashley McFarland

Combine sculpting and moldmaking with the heat of the kiln to create cast glass sculptures. Begin by learning the basics of kiln cast glass by creating small 3D objects then move on to making glass replicas of found objects. Explore silicones and other moldmaking materials and learn the lost wax casting process. Finally, you'll work with body-safe life-casting alginate and take a mold of your hand (or other body part) and turn it into glass. This class will cover model construction, refractory molds, glass preparation, firing, and resolving castings into finished works of art.

Class does not meet on 3/5/25.

5 of 6 seats available.
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