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A world-renowned lampworking artist is sharing his glass-making secrets with students in Red Deer this week. Californian Loren Stump effortlessly fashioned an intricate sculpture from small glass rods Tuesday while giving detailed advice to the five students in his first-ever course at Series Summer School of the Arts at Red Deer College. "It's like a magician telling the trick," Stump said with a laugh during the demonstration. For full story see: http://www.reddeeradvocate.com/s?action=login&f=y

Watch Loren Stump demonstrate for his Studio course, Flameworking Using Ultimate Details, where students will learn advanced murrine techniques, including color blending, design analysis, shaded components, and assembling and pulling cane to produce Franchini-style shaded faces. They will examine methods for creating human and animal sculptural forms, including cold assembly, hot sculpture, detail overlay, temperature control, tool use, tungsten holes, and the application of murrine.

Watch Loren Stump demonstrate for his Studio course, Advanced Floral Murrine, which teaches students to use a variety of complex murrine components to achieve high detail in miniature floral design. January 11, 2012, at The Studio of The Corning Museum of Glass