LibGuides: Glassblowing: Casting at the Furnace

Sand Casting

Casting‎ [Video] by Glass Art Society. Conference
Call Number: Videos and Audio Recordings Glass Art Society Conference 1994, Tape 6
Publication Date: 1994
Video includes a panel discussion by Jack A. Schmidt (1945-), Robert Bellucci, John Leighton (1948-), Jeremy Popelka (1960-), Clifford Rainey, David Ruth (1951-), Chris Tedesco (1951-), Karen F. Robbins. Kinetic Video Company.‎
The Complete Handbook of Sand Casting by C. W. Ammen
Call Number: TT205 .A51
ISBN: 083061043X
Publication Date: 1979
Practical Casting by Tim McCreight
Call Number: TT212 .M13p 1994
ISBN: 096159845X
Publication Date: 1994
Intended for jewelers; techniques may be useful for glass as well. Contents: Modelmaking -- Sprue systems -- Investing -- Burnout and melting -- Throwing the casting -- Direct methods -- Sand casting -- Casting pewter -- Flexible molds -- Foundry casting -- Special cases -- Glossary -- Reference.‎

Studio Demonstration: Stephanie Trenchard & Jeremy Popelka (2016). Corning, N.Y.: Corning Museum of Glass, 2016.
Demo filmed at The Studio, The Corning Museum of Glass, Corning, New York, January 21, 2016.‎ Stephanie Trenchard works out of the Wisconsin studio that she shares with husband, Jeremy Popelka. An oil painter as well as a glass artist, Trenchard holds a bachelor of fine arts degree in painting from Illinois State University. She works primarily with cast glass sculptures, providing narratives with a focus on biographical content.‎
Jeremy Popelka has been working with glass for over 30 years and calls Sturgeon Bay, WI, on the Door Peninsula, home, along with his partner and wife, artist Stephanie Trenchard. Popelka has navigated his education in the glass field, with some of the luminaries in the field, including Dale Chihuly, Bertil Vallien, Erwin Eisch, Joel Philip Myers, Marvin Lipofsky, and Clifford Rainey.‎
Edited version of video displayed in the exhibition 'Curious and Curiouser: Surprising Finds from the Rakow Library', held at the Rakow Research Library, April 8, 2017 through February 17, 2019.‎
Description
Watch as Stephanie Trenchard & Jeremy Popelka demonstrate for their class, Narrative Inclusions, which focused on the creative possibilities of sand casting hot glass.‎

ARTICLES

Denton, Julie Anne. “Technical Focus: Looking into a World of Flameworked and Sandcast Glass.” Glass Network, issue 27 (Mar. 2008), pp. 7-8, ill.

Contemporary Glass Society, U.K. "An experimental workshop at Plymouth College of Art and Design, 22 - 25 October 2007."

Lundstrom, Boyle. “Casting and Kiln Forming in Sand.” Glass Art, v. 5, no. 4, May/June 1990, pp. 36-37. Location: PER TP859.G54

Payette, Gilles. “Sandcasting.” The Glass Art Society Journal, 2004, p. 118, ill. Brief description of the technique.

Reed, Karen. “Sand casting.” Fired Arts & Crafts, v. 55, issue 4, Apr. 2009, pp. 20-24, ill. Step-by step instructions. Location: PER TT1.F52

Stadus, Pamela. “Sandcasting with Printed Inclusions.” The Glass Art Society Journal, 2005, p. 131. Author talks about her demonstration at the Adelaide GAS conference Stamford, Jon. “Workshop Review: Two-Day Sand-Casting Workshop with Colin Webster and Ewa Wawrzyniak.” Location: Periodicals PER 5110.G23j

Rubin, Ellen. “Making glass molds using the sand casting method.” Glass Art, v. 30, no. 4, July/Aug. 2015, pp. 34-36, ill. Location: Periodicals PER TP859.G54

Sato, Ryoko. “Demonstrations: KA-TA-MA-RI Glass -- Solid Glass in Amsterdam: A Demonstration by the Sandbox SandcastingTeam.” The Glass Art Society Journal, 2002, pp. 120-122, ill. Location: Periodicals PER 5110.G23j

Casting - Historical Resources

Cast by Jen Townsend; Renée Zettle-Sterling
Call Number: N5300.T69 2017z
ISBN: 9780764353383
Publication Date: 2017
"Featuring exquisite photos of 800 contemporary and historic works, this first-of-its-kind book reveals how the process of casting - pouring material into a mold - has transformed our world through its history and omnipresence. In these image-rich pages, craft, fine art, design, and everyday objects offer us perspectives on casting’s unique possibilities, its place in history, and its role in contemporary object creation. The book ...includes writings on casting as it relates to Art History (by Suzanne Ramljak), Ceramics (by Ezra Shales), Glass (by Susie Silbert), Large Metal (by Joe Becherer), Jewelry (by Jen Townsend), and Alternative Materials (by Elaine King). A multi-disciplinary approach including everything from traditional lost wax casting in non-ferrous metals to cast rubber, glass, porcelain, plaster, and some very unexpected materials makes this an essential resource for artists, craftspeople, historians, designers, and everyone interested in the objects that populate our world." Includes glass and works by glass artists.