6-week Studio Workshop with Glass artist Madeline Cardone

In this workshop series, participants explore the art of glass kiln forming.

Discover the creative possibilities of kiln-formed glass in this hands-on workshop. Students will be introduced to the fundamental techniques of fusing and slumping, with a focus on exploring colour, transparency, surface, form and composition.

Students will develop essential skills in glass cutting and handling, layering sheet glass, working with frit, stringers and recycled glass, creating texture and relief, preparing simple moulds, and understanding basic kiln-firing processes. Through a series of projects, students will explore how heat and gravity can transform flat glass into sculptural and three-dimensional forms, tableware and wearable pieces, while developing their own creative approach to the material.

This workshop includes basic materials, tools and firing service.

Summary of studio workshop structure:  

Week 1 – Tiles/coasters

Week 2 – Fiber paper relief design (first firing – fuse)

Week 3 – Patterned dish (with colour/frit/stringers (fuse)

             – Fiber paper relief design (second firing- slump)

Week 4 – Patterned dish (with colour/frit/stringers (slump)

             – Jewellery

Week 5 – Coral bowl OR ‘upcycled’ project using thrifted glass or glass bottles.

Week 6 – Self directed

For your safety please bring your own Safety Glasses and wear closed-toe shoes to this workshop. 

6-week term – Tuesdays, 6.30 to 8.30pm

1 Sept | 8 Sept | 15 Sept | 22 Sept | 29 Sept | 6 Oct

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Presenter bio

Madeline Cardone lives and works in Naarm (Melbourne) and is a graduate of the ANU School of Art and Design in Canberra. Her practice in glass is primarily sculptural, underpinned by an interest in archaeology and architectural theory, memory and material perception. She uses primarily kiln forming processes to make large scale wall-based works and undulating free standing sculptures. Madeline has exhibited nationally and internationally since 2017. She was awarded the Basset Downs Honours Scholarship in Glass (2021), the Vicki Torr Emerging Artist Prize (2022) and the Aldo Bellini Acquisition Award for Milano Vetro Under-35 (2024). Madeline’s work can be found in private and public collections, including the National Glass Art Collection in Wagga and the Castello di Sforzesco in Milan (2024).