Chelsea Rousso is back at WMODA with another of her fabulous creative glass workshops at 10:00 am on Saturday, May 17, as part of our weekend program celebrating International Museum Day. Chelsea will show you how to make a fused glass Fazzoletto style bowl inspired by the Chihuly Macchia collection at WMODA. Call now to secure your place in the Bowled Over by Glass Art workshop. Student numbers are limited. Call WMODA 954.376.6690.
Chelsea Rousso Creative Glass Workshop at WMODA
Chihuly Macchia and Ikebana at WMODA
Chihuly Macchia Garden at WMODA
Chihuly Macchia Garden at WMODA
Fazzoletto bowls became a specialty of Murano glassmakers during the 1950s and were made by companies such as Venini. Fazzoletto translates to “handkerchief” in Italian, and the wavy rim resembles a fluttering, falling handkerchief. WMODA has a fine example by Lino Tagliapietra, who collaborated with Chihuly during his early visits to Murano. Chihuly made the style famous with his monumental Macchia forms with undulating rims, named after the Italian word for smear or spot to describe his impressionistic color effects.
Chihuly Macchia
Chihuly Macchia
Fazzoletto Vase by L. Tagliapietra
Chelsea Rousso is an interdisciplinary artist, educator, lecturer and author. She began her career as a fashion designer in New York and began working with WMODA ten years ago while teaching fashion at the Art Institute of Fort Lauderdale. She rekindled her early art practice in studio glass art, specializing in kiln-formed fused glass. Inspired by Chihuly and other glass masters represented at WMODA, she began experimenting with fused glass methods to make blown glass forms.
Chelsea Rousso Free Form Table Center
Chelsea Rousso Fazzoletto Bowl
Chelsea Rousso Broward Cultural Division
Fashion Forward Book by Chelsea Rousso
Exhibition of Chelsea Rousso's Draped Glass Bowls
Chelsea has developed many different styles of draped Fazzoletto-style bowls and was commissioned by Broward Cultural Division to make a collection of unique fused glass table centers for their State of the Arts address in 2023. Chelsea’s free-form style uses strips and pieces of colorful glass, which can be arranged on clear glass to create a fabulous Fazzoletto-style bowl or draped to create an abstract table center. Some of Chelsea’s latest designs are available for sale in the Studio Collection Museum Shop at WMODA.
Chelsea Rousso Draped Free-Form Table Center
Draped Bowl
Draped bowls in two styles
Draped table center before slumping
Draped table center before slumping
Draped Bowls Slumped in Kiln
Draped Bowls Slumped in Kiln
Ignite your own creative spark by signing up for Chelsea’s Bowled Over by Glass Art workshop, which runs from 10:00 am to 12:30 pm at WMODA on Saturday, May 17. The 2 ½ hour class costs $150 and includes all the glass you need to make a 9-inch bowl, use of the specialist cutting tools, expert instruction by Chelsea Rousso and an inspirational introduction in the Hot Glass Gallery at WMODA by Louise Irvine, Executive Director & Curator.
Chelsea Rousso Teaching
Chelsea Rousso's Creative Glass Workshop at WMODA
Jewelry by Mirela
Chelsea Rousso's Creative Glass Workshop
Ken Evans at Chelsea's Workshop
After the WMODA class, Chelsea will take your glass creation away for firing and slumping in her kiln and return your works of art for the “Grand Reveal” on Saturday, May 31. Bring your friends to WMODA on that day to see what an amazing artist you are or collect your bowl at your leisure from the museum after that date!
Book today and unleash your creative spirit. Spaces are limited. Call WMODA at 954.376.6690