Work Small, Think Big !

Free yourself from the casting constraints of limited scale, long annealing cycles and running colors. Embrace a new perspective in the design and construction of kiln-castings both large and small through the creation of components. Properly planned components are faster and cheaper to fabricate, take-up less precious kiln space and allow for greater detail and color control. Create rubber master molds for modular multiples and refine mold and model making skills such as dam building and sprue placement. 

Discussion, visual presentation and demonstration will infuse knowledge and spark your creativity. 

No experience necessary; kilnformers and advanced casting students can benefit as well.

Anna BOOTHE trained as a sculptor at the Rhode Island School of Design and has worked with glass since 1980.  She holds a MFA from the Tyler School of Art, where she was a member of the Glass Program faculty for a total of 16 years.  From 2003-2007, she coordinated and helped to institute the Glass Art Degree Program at Salem Community College in southern New Jersey, a program whose curriculum focused studies on kiln-forming, kiln-casting, and flameworking.  She also chaired the annual International Flameworking Conference held at the school.

She lectures and teaches workshops on frit and pate de verre casting regularly at numerous facilities, a few that include the Studio of the Corning Museum of Glass, Urban Glass in Brooklyn, NY, the Pittsburgh Glass Center, Pilchuck Glass School, many university settings, and at glass schools in Belgium, Switzerland, Turkey, and Japan. 

Her kiln-cast work is in the collection of the Corning Museum of Glass and in numerous private collections.  In recent years, she has participated in the Particle Theories and Celebrating Connections exhibits at the Museum of American Glass in Millville, NJ, Figures and Forms at Leo Kaplan Modern in New York City, World Glass Today at the Aptos Cruz Gallery in Adelaide, Australia and the Bullseye Connection Gallery’s 20/20 exhibit in Portland, OR.  In the past several years, she has lectured at the Rochester Institute of Technology, Virginia Commonwealth University, the University of Wisconsin in Madison, Illinois State University, Illinois-Wesleyan University, Sheridan College in Toronto and the Everhart Museum in Scranton, PA.

Anna served on the Glass Art Society’s Board of Directors from 1998-2006 and was President of the organization from 2004-2006.

Currently, Anna is a free-lance artist and resides outside of Philadelphia. She lectures and conducts workshops regularly.