Making Windows Bird Safe
1 Day Workshop | Available
In Canada, we lose about 25 million birds each year to glass collisions.
In this playful workshop taught by Iris Häussler, you will learn to design and create beautiful, effective decors and patterns on glass that can prevent bird collisions with windows and glass railings.
We will look at examples that show the beauty and individual appearance of treated windows while drawing inspiration from patterns from a variety of sources, such as ornamental patterns, fractal patterns, shapes in nature, Art Nouveau, etc.. with a focus of this course is on visualizing your own ideas.
Note: We will use plexiglass panes (12” x 12”) that students can take homeBase Tuition: $120 + Material Fee: $40 = $160 Total
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- What You Will Learn:
-Design and apply decorative, durable vinyl patterns for making windows bird-safe
-Explore ways to treat windows temporarily using oil sharpies and wax-crayons
-Learn about handwriting or calligraphy with oil sharpies on glass-surfaces
-Learn about DIY designs using burlap-string, fabric, and wax crayons
-Learn about the background information of this course: how glass reflections of
buildings in the urban-and rural environment pose a threat to migrating birds
Iris Haeussler
Iris is known internationally for her unsettling, immersive narrative installations that she creates for her fictitious characters and constructs them in situ in collaboration with museums, art institutions and galleries. Her wax-works and her ongoing practice of sketching define her more intimate studio practice. Iris studied at the Academy of fine Arts in Munich, Germany, and has lived and worked in Toronto since 2001. The artist has received awards and grants including the Karl-Hofer Prize (Berlin), the Kunstfonds Fellowship (Bonn), the Toronto Arts Council, the Ontario Arts Council and the Canada Council for the Arts, among others. She is represented by Daniel Faria Gallery, Toronto.