Founder of Zurich Glass School and teaching exclusively online for ZGS we would like to present master flameworker Dr Julie Anne Denton from Isle of Man / Switzerland. Dr Julie has been educated in the Italian school of flameworking and holds her PhD in the combination of lampworked glass with the hot glass process of sandcasting. This intermediate course is for those interested in learning the Italian style to creating figures in glass.
 
This course of video tutorials will develop your off-mandrel learning curve in the comfort of your own studio. You will learn how to make a torso, a Venus, a full figure with closed legs, a full figure with “dancing” legs, full figure with arms and legs both close to the body and separate. We will also touch upon feet, hands and heads. 
 
These forms will teach you a variety of tricky sculptural techniques. We will be making these figures in both soft glass and borosilicate glass, although if you prefer just to use one of the glass types this is fine. The video tutorials show you how to make Cycladic figures, a Renaissance figures, a fully-formed tree spirit and they include a 'figure hospital demonstration’.
 
Please remember, what we are creating is tricky and takes A LOT of practice, logic, patience and an inquiring mind. This E-course is a stand-alone course which is complimented by Dr Julie 1: Intro to soft glass – Animals, Dr Julie 2: Sunday Morning Glass School Winter Edition and Dr Julie 3: Big figure courses. Our Julie 2: Figure course will push your skill level, help you understand tricky forming techniques and give you confidence in your own glass making abilities whilst empowering you to own your creativity. 
 
You will also receive a 30-minute complimentary online one-on-one consultation with ZGS founder Dr Julie Anne Denton to help you with the tricky bits, whilst receiving personal help and encouragement with the projects. It is advisable to use this consultation as our participants find them invaluable.
 
One can work through this course of video tutorials at their own pace, but on average this course takes six weeks to complete. Once you have purchased this E-course from Frantz Art Glass it may take a few days to subscribe you to the video demonstrations. You will have six months unlimited access to your channel from this point. A folder full of complimentary material is also included with this video demo E-course channel which includes written demo transcriptions, a visual guide of the technical steps of the demos at a glance, other technical data sheets which compliment your demo, helpful pictures, tool, material and supplier lists and photographs of previous participants efforts. All transcribed demos are available upon request in 30 different languages.
 
Skill Level: Beginner/Intermediate level. Own torch or access to a flameworking studio is a necessity. Experience in flameworking or beadmaking is helpful.
 
Run Time: Ten demos - 264 minutes