BE Con report
Posted: Sat Aug 09, 2003 1:05 am
Well, I haven't seen too much posted about BE Con. So thought I'd toss out my 2 cents.
I thought it was fantastic! Bullseye, based on their usual high standards, put together an extremely informative conference with a wide range of artists that do various types of glass and a wide range of teachers who teach glass. Every session was jam packed with information. I found it to be extremely informative. From setting up a teaching studio, to invaluable tips from Richard Whiteley, Dan Clayman, Henry Halem, Mary White etc etc on how to motivate students and teach artistic concepts. Dan Clayman's talk on how he makes his work was incredible. Richard Whiteley's info on how they teach students at Canberra was very enlightening.
It was top notch from concept to execution. Dan Schwoerer's talk on annealing and viscosity relationships was the best explanation I've heard...extremely informative. Really, everything was great. I can't even remember it all. I have to go back and check my notes to refresh my memory because there was so much info.
And, of course, meeting lots of glass folks from all over was an added bonus. The Bullseye staff were fantastic...Mary Kay did a great job leading her panel discussion. Ted Sawyer was a wealth of info and Jim Jones also did a great job. And, of course, Lani was great!
I also took the pre-conference Pate de Verre demo from Mel George which was excellent and learned lots from Mel and her husband Jeremy about cold-working thru a cold-working demo class.
I'm sure Brad's Warmglass conference will be great as well...but just wanted to say how much I enjoyed the BECon. And I guess they will be publishing the notes from the conference...so that should be great to have.
Carol
I thought it was fantastic! Bullseye, based on their usual high standards, put together an extremely informative conference with a wide range of artists that do various types of glass and a wide range of teachers who teach glass. Every session was jam packed with information. I found it to be extremely informative. From setting up a teaching studio, to invaluable tips from Richard Whiteley, Dan Clayman, Henry Halem, Mary White etc etc on how to motivate students and teach artistic concepts. Dan Clayman's talk on how he makes his work was incredible. Richard Whiteley's info on how they teach students at Canberra was very enlightening.
It was top notch from concept to execution. Dan Schwoerer's talk on annealing and viscosity relationships was the best explanation I've heard...extremely informative. Really, everything was great. I can't even remember it all. I have to go back and check my notes to refresh my memory because there was so much info.
And, of course, meeting lots of glass folks from all over was an added bonus. The Bullseye staff were fantastic...Mary Kay did a great job leading her panel discussion. Ted Sawyer was a wealth of info and Jim Jones also did a great job. And, of course, Lani was great!
I also took the pre-conference Pate de Verre demo from Mel George which was excellent and learned lots from Mel and her husband Jeremy about cold-working thru a cold-working demo class.
I'm sure Brad's Warmglass conference will be great as well...but just wanted to say how much I enjoyed the BECon. And I guess they will be publishing the notes from the conference...so that should be great to have.
Carol