Cam Ocağı, Riva Deresi kıyısında yeşillikler içerisinde kurulu, bünyesinde farklı tekniklerde cam üretilebilen atölyelerin, bilgilendirici seminerlerin düzenlendiği bir salonun, cam ve genel kültür alanlarında yayınların bulunabileceği bir kütüphanenin, katılımcılarının konaklayabileceği misafirhanenin, çağdaş cam sanatından örneklerin sergilendiği bir “Cam Müzesi”nin bulunduğu, Türkiye’nin dünya çapında, bir cam ve sanat merkezidir.
Misyonu cam sevgisinin Türkiye’de ve dünyada yayılmasına katkıda bulunmak, Türkiye’de camın sanat dallarından biri olarak algılanmasını sağlamak, camın büyülü dünyasını 7'den 70'e herkese sevdirmek için faaliyetlerde bulunmaktır. Cam Ocağı haftanın yedi günü halkın ziyaretine açıktır, ziyaretçiler gezileri esnasında cam üretimini izleyebilmekte, farklı teknikteki çalışmaları gözlemleyebilmekte, aynı zamanda atölye çalışmalarıyla kendileri de camı şekillendirmeyi deneyebilmektedirler. Cam Ocağı'ı sıcak cam şekillendirme, soğuk cam şekillendirme, füzyon, kalıpla şekillendirme, emay, alevle çalışma, kumlama, karışık teknik alanlarında dünyaca ünlü sanatçıların önderliğinde atölye çalışmaları düzenlemekte ve üretim yapmaktadır.
Atölye çalışmalarına yurtiçinden ve yurtdışından bir çok katılım gerçekleşmektedir. Katılımcılara atölye çalışması sonunda katılım belgesi sunulmaktadır. Kurum 2002 yılından bu yana birçok usta sanatçıyı davet etmiş ve çalışanlarıyla birlikte onların bilgi ve birikimlerini paylaşma şansına sahip olmuştur. Atölye çalışmalarını sürekli takip eden öğrencilerinden bir kısmı kendi markalarını oluşturmuş ve kendi üretimlerini yapabilir duruma gelmiştir.
Detaylı bilgi için: www.camocagi.org
Tel: 0090 216 433 36 93
The Glass Furnace is an international glass center built in the green fields of Black Sea Region. The Glass Furnace was established by Yılmaz Yalçınkaya to deliver primary goals such as to provide a high standard of education to its students, to form a common meeting group for local and international artists who are interested in glass art, and to contribute to the development of contemporary Turkish glass and fine arts.
The Glass Furnace was first designed as a glass studio but has quickly become one of the world’s leading glass schools and this is the outcome of a long and intensive work. Since the day it was opened, The Glass Furnce has been hosting world renowned artists, teaching various glass techniques to Turkish students and students from all over the world during its two days workshops and two week intensive courses, and bringing the glass friends together through exciting activities.
Our visitors have the opportunity to observe glass production – the income of which contributes to education expenses – to participate in some of the applications, to see the works by world-renowned artists and to shop at the store where hand-made glass products are sold.
The participants of two day workshops of glsss blowing, fusing, kilncasting and beadmaking, have the opportunity to apply the techniques they choose and to make their first objects out of glass.
During the two week courses taught by world renowned artists, students experience two weeks of art, glass and nature, and form new friendships. The location of the Glass Furnace also gives international students the opportunity to discover the rich historical and cultural heritage of İstanbul.
The Glass Furnace welcomes artists who wish to form training groups of their own, glass producers who need to rent a studio and individuals or corporations who wish to conduct trainings and meetings in a completely different and beautiful environment.
The Glass Furnace was first designed as a glass studio but has quickly become one of the world’s leading glass schools and this is the outcome of a long and intensive work. Since the day it was opened, The Glass Furnce has been hosting world renowned artists, teaching various glass techniques to Turkish students and students from all over the world during its two days workshops and two week intensive courses, and bringing the glass friends together through exciting activities.
Our visitors have the opportunity to observe glass production – the income of which contributes to education expenses – to participate in some of the applications, to see the works by world-renowned artists and to shop at the store where hand-made glass products are sold.
The participants of two day workshops of glsss blowing, fusing, kilncasting and beadmaking, have the opportunity to apply the techniques they choose and to make their first objects out of glass.
During the two week courses taught by world renowned artists, students experience two weeks of art, glass and nature, and form new friendships. The location of the Glass Furnace also gives international students the opportunity to discover the rich historical and cultural heritage of İstanbul.
The Glass Furnace welcomes artists who wish to form training groups of their own, glass producers who need to rent a studio and individuals or corporations who wish to conduct trainings and meetings in a completely different and beautiful environment.
For more information: www.glassfurnace.org
Tel: 0090 216 433 36 93
