The Roswell Visual Arts Center offers classes where anyone can create their own glass creations. Laurianne Love, the coordinator of the events at the Visual Arts Center, teaches the basics of glass cutting, layering and basic mosaics. The tools needed are all provided, and payment is due upon pick up, based on the size of the glass chosen.
The Roswell Visual Arts Center is located in the Roswell Area Park off of Woodstock Rd in Roswell, Ga., Friday, Sept. 4, 2020. (JEM Capstone / Cameron Loi)Local art displayed in the Visual Arts Center located in Roswell, Ga., Friday, Sept. 4, 2020. The art was made during events hosted by the Art Center. (JEM Capstone / Cameron Loi)Laurianne Love picking a glass mold for her own project, in Roswell, Ga., Friday, Sept. 4, 2020. Glass molds consisted of bowls, jewelry holders, trays and ornaments. (JEM Capstone / Cameron Loi)Kali Mckibben choosing frit to design her glass bowl at the Visual Arts Center in Roswell, Ga., Friday, Sept. 4, 2020. Frit is crushed glass that is used during fusing to create textures and colors that pop. (JEM Capstone / Cameron Loi)After learning the basics of glass cutting, students have the option to pick a mold for their project and trace out the shapes on the glass in Roswell, Ga., Friday, Sept. 4, 2020. (JEM Capstone / Cameron Loi)Books for inspiration were scattered around the workshop in Roswell, Ga., Friday, Sept. 4, 2020. (JEM Capstone / Cameron Loi)Kali Mckibben stacking her glass before fusing in Roswell, Ga., Friday, Sept. 4, 2020. After a quick walk-through from Ms. Love, Mckibben was quick to get to work. (JEM Capstone / Cameron Loi)Laurianne Love teaching Kali Mckibben how to cut a tight angle on 90 degree glass cutter in Roswell, Ga., Friday, Sept. 4, 2020. The Visual Art Center provides supplies that would prove hard to find elsewhere. (JEM Capstone / Cameron Loi)The Visual Art Center has two state of the art kilns that are used during the workshops in Roswell, Ga., Friday, Sept. 4, 2020. Laurianne Love said that if the kilns are a single step away from being the industrial sized, which makes it unique. A finished fused bowl in Roswell, Ga., Friday, Sept. 4, 2020. The stacked glass becomes smooth in the kiln. (JEM Capstone / Cameron Loi)
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