Monday June 26 - Wednesday June 28
The American Scientific Glassblowers workshops are very interactive. Each student will have a chance to work with bench torches, hand torches and lathes. Our instructors our highly qualified and have worked in the scientific glassblowing field. These are small classes so there is lots of one on one interaction between students and instructors.
We invite you or someone you know to share a workshop. Please fill out the proposal application and share your expertise in glass.
Allan B. Brown Glassblowing Workshop
| Co-Chair Kevin Teaford kteaford@chem.utah.edu 801-581-7592 |
Co-Chair Kyle Meyer meyer.k@pg.com 513-987-5322 |
Allan B. Brown Regular Member Workshop
Tuesday June 27 & Wednesday June 28
8:00am - 5:00pm
Location: Hotel General Howard Room
When taking the Allan B. Brown workshops, you will have hands-on instruction of advanced scientific glassblowing techniques. The workshops offered are two separate days of instruction, each day will include 4 hours on the lathe and 4 hours on the bench. Since they are separate, you have the option to sign up for day one, day two or both.
Note from Kevin:
Regarding registration for the Allan B. Brown Regular Member Workshop, priority is given to Regular members and as such will be available only to Regular members for the first 45 days following the date registration opens. If there are still openings available after that time, I will be using a registration by application process for any interested non-Regular members similar to the model currently being used by the Junior Member Workshop. (For the Allan B. Brown Regular Member Glassblowing Workshop, in lieu of the application process, Junior members will be referred by Chris Bock annually until they formally become Regular members.) I will sort through the applications and select the additional attendees using the application information given to determine if the candidates meet the guidelines for attending the Allan B. Brown Glassblowing Workshop. Applications of Non-Regular members will be accepted once registration is opened. If the Workshop is full, they will be open to members for observation only.
June 27th - Day 1
Instuctor: Ron Legge - Lathe Project - Solvent Distillatic Head, AIRFREE, Top Section
Instructor: Kyle Meyer - Bench Project - 1 Liter 2 neck flask with thermo port, aka Macro Diazald Flask
June 28th - Day 2
Instructor: Kevin Teaford, Lathe Project - Jacketed Apparatus without use of holders, cardboard or floating of the center tube.
Instructor: Phil Legge - Bench Project - Short Path Still using a ring stand.
Ron Legge / Instructor
Ron is currently completing his final term as President of the ASGS. His glassblowing career spans six decades. Ron began his apprenticeship with his father, John Legge at the University of Alberta & at the age of 21, secured a position at the University of Toronto where he remained for 31 years. While working at U. of T. he enjoyed the challenge of working with a great many outstanding scientists including Dr. John Polanyi who was awarded the 1986 Nobel Prize in Chemistry. Ron now owns & operates Scientific Glass Design located in Ajax, Ontario, Canada. He enjoys teaching and over the years has trained many apprentice glassblowers, some who have gone on to become ASGS award winners and active members.
Philip Legge / Instructor
Philip Legge works for Scientific Glass Design, a family owned business in Ajax, Ontario, Canada. He is a third generatioin scientific glassblower with over 20 years experience. This will be his third time as an Allan Brown instructor. Philip is a past ASGS Presdent and has held many positions within the society at the national and sectional level. He has also won national awards, presented posters, demos and multiple Fusion articles. He is looking forward to sharing knowledge in the 2023 Allan Brown Workshop.
Kyle Meyer
Chair / Instructor
Kyle is a scientific and artistic glassblower from Wisconsin. He started his career in Scientific Glassblowing in 2001 after attending school at SCC under the instruction of Daryl Smith. He then went on to work for Sigma Aldrich where he trained under Bill Wasemiller. After 13 years at Sigma, he worked at the University of Georgia as Glass Shop Manager for four years. Currently, he is continuing his career at Procter and Gamble in Ohio as a Glassblowing Research Specialist since 2020.
Kevin Teaford
Chair / Instructor
Kevin started his glassblowing career in 1992 at the Westinghouse-Hanford Company. After 3.5 years in Research and Development, Kevin accepted a position with Farlow's Scientific Glassblowing in northern California. At Farlow's he learned of many new types of glassware found in the medical and scientific production industry. In 1999, he secured a position at Precision Glassblowing of Colorado. While at Precision, he was introduced to aspects of production-style glassblowing, which included fabrication of large diameter Borosilicate apparatus and of larger Quartz fabrication. Kevin then moved to Utah and has worked at the University of Utah since 2002. In the past, he has been the National Membership Chair and is currently the Chair of the Allan B Brown Regular Member Workshops, since 2012.
Joseph S. Gregar Junior Member Workshop
Chair: Chris Block
chrisb71@comcast.net
609-319-4322
Joseph S. Gregar Junior Member Workshop
Tuesday June 27 & Wednesday June 28
8:00am - 5:00pm
Location: Hotel General Marshall Room
Sorry, this workshop is full
The Joseph S. Gregar Junior Member Workshop provides hands-on instruction to twelve Junior / Students Members. This year, 9 at-large seats will be selected via an application process and the 3 remaining seats are reserved for Award recipients. The application deadline is March 15, 2023. All workshop attendees must register for the ASGS Symposium. This two day workshop is available at not cost to Junior and Student registrants. We will have our 4-station quartz and 8 station borosilicate set up for bench work allowing each participant to have their own torch and work station. We will also have a glass lathe available for some of the project.
This fluid two day workshop will cover the following topics and usually more. Some of the topics that will be covered this year are wrapping coils, coil condensers, bubbler (cold trap), quartz boxes, a demo of quartz cutting, side and straight seals. Bring your questions to this informative and fun workshop.
You may fill out the on-line applaication or print and send to:
ASGS National Office
12110 North Pecos Street, Suite #220
Westminster, CO 80234
Fax: 866-880-3216
Email: natl-office@asgs-glass.org
Chris Bock / Instructor
Chris is currently working at URG in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. Christopher's glass career started at a company call Franklin Inc. where he was a maintenance mechanic working on vials. He started his glassblowing career at ChemGlass Life Sciences in the mid 1990's. Since then he has worked for Pfieffer Glass, NDS Technologies, AMR Glass and even started his own company. SeaCubeCo LLC. He has been an active officer for the Delaware Valley Section holding many positions until his relocation to North Carolina.
Glass Fusing
Tuesday, June 27
8:00am - Noon
Held at Firehouse Glass - https://www.firehouseglass.com/studios
Learn to fuse, slump, or mold glass to create unique plates, coasters, magnets and more! We use mainly Bullseye sheet glass, frit, powder, and rods, which we typically have some available on site. Please check in with us on planning for something specific. Warm Shop studio rental includes bench time and use of tools. Glass and firing are not included.
It all started in 1999 when Greg Lueck & Rebecca Seymour opened Firehouse Glass in Downtown Vancouver, Washington. Firehouse Glass is the longest standing public access studio in the area. Firehouse Glass is a public glassblowing studio and gallery dedicated to sharing the wonders of making glass art with the community.
Glass Fusing
Tuesday, June 27
1:00pm - 5:00pm
Held at Firehouse Glass - https://www.firehouseglass.com
Learn to fuse, slump, or mold glass to create unique plates, coasters, magnets and more! We use mainly Bullseye sheet glass, frit, powder, and rods, which we typically have some available on site. Please check in with us on planning for something specific. Warm Shop studio rental includes bench time and use of tools. Glass and firing are not included.
It all started in 1999 when Greg Lueck & Rebecca Seymour opened Firehouse Glass in Downtown Vancouver, Washington. Firehouse Glass is the longest standing public access studio in the area. Firehouse Glass is a public glassblowing studio and gallery dedicated to sharing the wonders of making glass art with the community.
Lampwork Soft Glass for Glass Beads
Wednesday June 28
8:00am - Noon
Held at Firehouse Glass - https://www.firehouseglass.com/studios
A typical first lesson will walk students through using the torch safely and will focus on bead making using soft glass. Using stainless TIG wire (mandrel) for the hole of the bead you will melt glass onto the mandrel. As you spin and gather the glass on the mandrel the bead takes shape. You will have a chance to melt different colors of glass rods while you make various shapes of beads.
It all started in 1999 when Greg Lueck & Rebecca Seymour opened Firehouse Glass in Downtown Vancouver, Washington. They are the longest standing public access studio in the area. Firehouse Glass is a public glassblowing studio and gallery dedicated to sharing the wonders of making glass art with the community.
Making Glass Marbles and or Pendants
Wednesday June 28
1:00pm - 5:00pm
Classe will be held at Firehouse Glass - https://www.firehouseglass.com/studios
A typical first lesson will walk students through using the torch safely. We will focus on small pendants or marbles using hard borosilicate glass. Enjoy the fun of making you're own jewelry or charms.
It all started in 1999 when Greg Lueck & Rebecca Seymour opened Firehouse Glass in Downtown Vancouver, Washington. Firehous Glass is the longest standing public access studio in the area. Firehouse Glass is a public glassblowing studio and gallery dedicated to sharing the wonders of making glass art with the community.
Elayne Ashley / Co - Chair
Elayne is a Scientific Glassblower living and working in the Pacific Northwest area of the United States. Elayne studied Scientific Glass Technology at Salem College as well as Fine Art Glassblowing and Ceramics at Jacksonville University. She worked for Precision Electronic Glass and various other production glassblowing and quartz companies before joining the Chemistry Department at Georgia Institute of Technology as the Scientific Glassblower. She is currently the Scientific Glassblower and Quartz Materials Specialist for Helion Energy, a company working to produce a Fusion energy machine.
Elayne has attended many international conferences including the Glass Art Society, the British Society of Scientific Glassblowers, and the VDG (German/Swiss Society of Scientific Glassblowers), in her passion to connect with Glassblowers on a global scale. Elayne is the current Pacific Northwest section Director for the American Scientific Glassblowers Society and has volunteered much of her time as a demonstrator, organizer and member of the ASGS.
Bob Singer / Co - Chair
Bob started his Glassblowing career in 1972 at Quartz Scientific in Fairport Harbor, Ohio. Attended and graduated from Salem Community College in 1978 and has extensive quartz experience. Bob was employed at Quartz Scientific, Quality Quartz and Behm Quartz, both of Mentor, Ohio, Until 1990 when he co-founded Technical Glass Products, in Painesville Ohio. Bob has been Vice President of Technical Glass Products, in Mentor, Ohio for ten years and now heads the company’s Baton Rouge, Louisiana division. In addition, he has taken artistic glassblowing courses at Kent State University and Cleveland State University. Bob’s activities for the ASGS include Chair of the Outreach Committee, as well as the National Symposium chair from 2017 – 2020, Director of the Pittsburgh Tri-State Section, Director of the Southwest Section, ASGS President-Elect in 2006 and ASGS National President in 2007. Bob was the Technical Papers Chair for the 39th ASGS Symposium in Pittsburgh, PA and Co-Chair for the 55th Annual Symposium in San Antonio, Texas and co-chair at the 62nd Annual Symposium in Austin, Texas and is currently the Seminar/Workshop chair for the 66rh symposium in Vancouver Washington.