Deepen your glassmaking practice by exploring how kiln forming can create functional and sculptural forms in three dimensions. This course explores how heat, gravity, and simple moulds can encourage glass to bend, fold, and settle into sculptural shapes that feel organic, unexpected, and uniquely personal. Building on your previous experience with kiln formed glass, youll experiment with slumping, draping, and gravity led approaches that shift the focus from surface to structure.Through guided studio activities, youll investigate how different thicknesses, combinations of glass, and basic supports influence the way a piece transforms in the kiln. Youll be encouraged to work intuitively, testing ideas, responding to outcomes, and allowing the material to guide the development of your forms. As your confidence grows, youll create a sculptural object that explores volume, contour, and the playful possibilities of working in three dimensions.This course offers a natural progression for anyone ready to move beyond flat work and embrace the creative potential of kiln formed 3D glass, with an emphasis on curiosity, experimentation, and sculptural thinking.
- Tutor: Emma Woffenden