Fun with Figures in Stained Glass with Shug Jones
2-Day Course! Thursday, October 30, 8:00am – 5:00pm AND Friday, October 31, 8:00am – 5:00pm
Workshop: Hands-On
All Levels: Artistic Development
Price: $470 (Includes $20 Materials Fee)
Figurative work can be intimidating, but it doesn’t have to be. Join us as we learn to break down figures and their surroundings to bring them to life using light, shadow, movement, gestures, and perspective. Not only mosaic techniques, but also elements of art that will improve your work in any medium will be shared with you. Learn to look at your work critically and find solutions. You will employ standard glass cutting tools, diamond files, a glass grinder, and your nippers to shape your stained glass. References will be provided by the instructor for you to work from.
This session should particularly benefit those who have some mosaic or stained glass cutting experience. They should be able to use nippers and have a basic understanding of using stained glass cutters. Students will work on a figurative mosaic and may or may not finish during the workshop, depending on their speed and experience. Students should leave with an understanding of how to choose a reference, break it down, and create a realist figure. The instructor teaches in a clear easy-to-understand manner. There will be some lecture as you work and plenty of one-on-one help along the way.
Students will be expected to bring the following:
- Glass nippers (I prefer Leponitts)
- Tweezers
- Pencil or pistol grip glass cutter
- Grozier pliers – some will be available for use but will need to be shared
- Running pliers – some will be available for use but will need to be shared
- Stained glass (colors depend on reference chosen)
- Paper and BALL POINT pen
- Fine point Sharpies – Black and Silver
- Scissors
- Small diamond file tool set
Shug Jones has been an artist for over 60 years and transitioned from painting to mosaics in 2001. She has focused on mosaics for the past 25. In 2013, she retired from doing primarily large-scale installation pieces to concentrate on her fine art mosaics with a focus on figurative work. She is widely known for her narrative mosaics and has been teaching in various venues across the U.S. and overseas since 2006, including multiple SAMA Conferences.
Mosaic Arts Online recently released her first online course and Shug continues to teach in person workshops once or twice a year.
