Kiln Cast Glass Sculpture with Natalie Tyler — Sep 25 - 29
Transform glass into sculpture learning the lost wax process and kiln casting.
Transform glass into sculpture learning the lost wax process and kiln casting.
Transform glass into sculpture learning the lost wax process and kiln casting.
Dates: September 25, 2025 → September 29, 2025 (Sun Sept 28 is off)
Times: Thurs - Fri 9-4pm, Sat - Mon 9-1pm, No class Sunday
Level: All levels
Membership Price: $750 (Member use discount code MEMBERS10 at checkout for 10% off)
Workshop Description:
Discover the luminosity of cast glass sculpture. This workshop will teach the process of kiln formed glass. Using the ancient art of lost wax sculpture, students will sculpt a wax form that will be used to make a mold for a “one of a kind” sculpture in glass. Techniques for sculpting wax, mold making, and annealing (cooling) the glass in the kiln will be learned. Basic cold working techniques will be covered. If students have an existing sculpture they would like to cast, please bring the silicone mold or a wax casting. Size limit to 12” high and 2-3 inches thick. Students will be able to complete a finished glass sculpture during this workshop. Please email the instructor with any questions.
● Thursday: The first class we will work on our wax sculptures and sprue the artworks.
● Friday: The second class we will make plaster/silica molds for the casting and then dewax them.
● Saturday: The third class we will load the molds into the kiln and cover other glass topics as time allows.
● Sunday: No class. Go explore the area as the pieces are in the kiln!
● Monday: The fourth class we will unload the kiln and demold the sculptures.
About the Instructor:
Natalie Tyler, is an artist, who is inspired by the Natural World. She uses glass and bronze casting to explore the fragile and forceful elements of nature. Her sculpture has exhibited across the United States and Europe. Her compelling sculpture WildFire, exhibited at the United Nations during the International Year of Glass, 2022. She has been a US Embassy sponsored artist, twice, once in Dublin, Ireland and in Tallinn, Estonia, exhibiting at the Estonia Museum of Applied Art and Design. Her sculpture, Eagle’s Nest was in the Innovators in Contemporary Glass exhibition at The Sandwich Glass Museum in Cape Cod, Massachusetts in 2022. She has received grants and awards from Mass MOCA, Mass Cultural Council, Berkshire Taconic Foundation, Art Students League of New York, and Cornell University. She received her Master's in Fine Arts from the California College of the Arts in San Francisco and studied in Bologna, Italy. She is originally from Encinitas, California and now lives and works in the Berkshire Mountains of Massachusetts.
Materials fee:
There will be a $150 material fee to be collected by the instructor that includes glass, wax and mold making materials. You will be contacted by the instructor after registration, to choose the color of glass and estimate the amount of glass that your project will require.
Required Materials:
- Please bring sketchbook for notes and drawings and sculpture tools.
Optional Materials:
- Sculptures in wax or other materials to use as reference.