Instructor: Megan Biddle
Monday - Thursday
June 15 - 18
9am - 1pm
Open Studio: Mon-Weds, 1pm - 4pm
4 sessions
In this hands-on workshop, participants will explore the unique and expressive process of drawing with crushed, colored glass powders on sheet glass. This technique allows for detailed line work, gestural mark-making, and subtle shifts in color on a transparent surface. Using stencils, students can layer patterns and textures to create rich, multidimensional compositions. Once the drawing is complete, each piece will be kiln-fired, fusing the glass powders seamlessly into the sheet glass and producing a unified surface. Along the way, participants will receive a basic introduction to firing and annealing glass, gaining insight into how heat transforms and stabilizes their work.
Throughout the workshop, students will generate a set of exploratory samples, practice a range of drawing and layering methods, and create a small personal project. This class is open to all skill levels including experienced artists interested in expanding their material vocabulary as well as beginners eager to delve into the world of glass art. No prior experience required.
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Megan Biddle has attended residencies at Macdowell, The Jentel Foundation, The Creative Glass Center of America, Sculpture Space, The Virginia Center for Creative Arts., Pilchuck Glass School, Northlands Creative Glass in Scotland, Haystack Mountain School of Crafts and Mass MOCA. She has exhibited nationally and internationally at venues including The Islip Art Museum and the Everson Museum of Art in New York; the Philadelphia Art Alliance in Philadelphia, PA.; the 700IS Experimental Film Festival in Iceland, Shau Fenster and National Museum in Berlin and Old Suko School (Kyu-Suko-Do) in Iga Japan. In 2024 she received the INdependence Foundation Fellowship in the Arts and her work was acquired into the American Embassy’s permanent collection in Riga, Latvia. She was a member of Tiger Strikes Asteroid from 2016 to 2023, during which she served as Co-Director for a significant portion of that time. She has taught at Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, Pilchuck Glass School, Urban Glass, Oxbow School of Art and currently teaches as an adjunct associate professor in the Glass Program at the Tyler School of Art and Architecture in Philadelphia where she lives and works.
