Recycled glass workshop
October 19, 2012
The public and students are invited to a workshop on turning recycled glass into jewelry,
small sculpture and functional art from 6 - 9 p.m. on Nov. 30, and from 9 a.m - 2
.pm. on Saturday and Sunday, Dec. 1 - 2. The workshop will be taught by UAF art students
Jeannine Haney, Jim Copus, and Mariah Scott, and is sponsored by the UAF RISE board, Art Department and Alaska Metal Arts Guild. The workshop will take place in the UAF jewelry and
metalsmithing studio on the second floor of the Fine Arts complex on the UAF campus.
Cost is $150 per person, which includes the materials fee.There is a 20 percent discount
for payment received by Nov. 10. Each student will walk away with glass cups, beads
for jewelry makin-, and a small sculptural piece using mold making, slumping and fusing
techniques; all from recycled glass. This workshop will be mostly hands on learning.
Payment options are cash or check made out to UAF. (Contact mahebert@alaska.edu for credit card payment options.) Mail payment to:
Attn: Recycling Workshop
Office of Sustainability
P.O. Box 756430
Fairbanks, Alaska 99775
For additional information, contact Michele Hebert at mahebert@alaska.edu or 907-388-6085.