ART @
GREENBRIAR
SCHOOL
Gloria Badiner
Artist in Residence
During the 2014-2015 school year the Greenbriar PTO and I were extremely honored to have Mrs. Gloria Badiner come work with our students for our Artist in Residence program. Mrs. Badiner is an award winning artist working with kiln-formed glass. Her studio makes custom designed functional and architectural glass for clients worldwide. Recent commissioned works include the lobby panel for the new Ronald McDonald House in Chicago and a three dimensional work for a ship salon. She has done artist’s residencies at Pilchuck in Washington State and at North Lands in Scotland. Gloria enjoys teaching glass arts to all ages and is a technical consultant to the glass and ceramic industries.
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The students had a wonderful time learning about how glass is made, how to manipulate it, and they even got to create some projects of their own. Ms. Badiner led them through the creation of their own fused glass nightlights, which they got to take home. Students also participated in creating two permanent public exhibits in the school.
SUNNY DAYS AT GREENBRIAR
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K-5 Students at Greenbriar Elementary (2014-2015)
Each tile in this compiled mosaic design represents an individual student’s expression about nature. The block assemblage coordinates grade level with color with approximately 400 students participating in the four panels here. Each student worked with accessory art glasses to create their design. These included thin pulled lines of glass called stringers, broken bits (frit) and thin shards (confetti). The small tiles were then fired in a kiln to fuse the glass to a thick glass base. The overall design creates an energetic and colorful sunrise.
SPIRAL
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K-5 Students at Greenbriar Elementary
The fall semester of 2014 brought the opportunity for Greenbriar students to study glass arts. One of the major influences in the modern glass art world has been that of Dale Chihuly. Students studied a lessons and profiles of works and each student created a colorful spiral similar to the fiery spirals of Chihuly garden installations. This installation recreates the spiral form by transferring paint unto plexi-glass. Each panel was bent over a mold in a kiln to achieve a 3-D form. Every student created a watercolor on archival paper; these were arranged by grade level and transferred using paints onto the plastic surface.
Below is a short video of the entire experience working with glass. Enjoy!
