Through the Looking Glass (a collaboration with UrbanGlass)

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Taught by Amy Lemaire

Amy Lemaire is an artist and educator based in Philadelphia, PA. She received a BFA in painting from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago in 2000, and an MFA from Pratt Institute in 2010, also with a focus on painting. In addition to her paintings and performative artworks, Amy has been working with glass since 1997, and specializes in flameworking. Lemaire is the Director of the Bead Project at Urban Glass in Brooklyn, NY and an Adjunct Professor in the Glass Art Program at Salem Community College in New Jersey. She exhibits her work nationally. Additional information can be found at www.amylemaire.com.

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Glass has a ubiquitous presence in contemporary western culture, and a link to many disciplines and histories. Glass lenses and windows comprise microscopes, telescopes, cameras and screens that extend our ability to perceive. We live in an environment surrounded by glass, and it is through this material that we, quite literally, see the world.  

In this collaboration with UrbanGlass, we will be starting with a brief lecture exploring the origins and development of lens technology and then move into the studio for a flameworking demonstration.

Analog versions of Photoshop and Instagram filters for iPhone (and Android) will be made live out of glass and participants will have the opportunity to try out the lenses using their own camera phones to create unique images. 

This class meets at UrbanGlass in Fort Greene.

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