Dean Allison is a Penland, North Carolina artist and glass coordinator with a background in glass arts from the Australian National University and various institutions worldwide. He was recognized as a 2013 rising star and has exhibited in numerous galleries, currently represented by Habatat Gallery in Michigan. The document also includes a class description on casting glass and an excerpt from the book 'Empire of Deceit,' co-authored by Allison.

2.  Dean Allison is an artist that lives and works in
Penland North Carolina. He currently works as the
Glass Coordinator at the Penland School of Crafts. He
received his Master of Art, Visual Arts in Glass from
The Australian National University in Canberra in 2010
and a B.S. in Studio Arts from Illinois State University
in 2001.

3.  He has also studied and/ or worked at The Northlands
Creative Glass Center in Scotland, The Canberra Glass
Works in Australia, Chiacgo Hot Glass, Pilchuck Glass
School, The Studio at The Corning Museum of Glass,
The Pittsburgh Glass Center, The University of
Wolverhampton England and The University of Illinois
at Champaign-Urbana. Dean has recently been
recognized as a 2013 Rising Star from the Art Alliance
for Contemporary Glass

4.  Recent exhibitions include 50 by 50 at The Muskegon
Museum of Art and Expose at Habatat Gallery. He is
presently represented by Habatat gallery Michigan.

5.  Positives and negatives: casting glass with Dean
Allison
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 This class will explore various materials and methods
to achieve a form in cast glass. Demonstrations will
cover the lost wax process, including rubber molds,
and strategies for constructing plaster-based molds for
kiln casting.

6.  Students will learn to understand positive and
negative form, mold recipes, kilns set-up, how to
capture detail, anneal and finish work in the cold shop.
This class will help students think about reproducing
form in glass and to become more thoughtful and
efficient mold makers. Students should bring
sketches, found objects, and forms that they would
like to learn how to cast in glass.

7.  EMPIRE OF DECEIT (Dean Allison - Bruce
B.Hendersson)
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 "Ben, you know you`re my best friend. Why`d you
leave ? It was Smith. His voice sounded subdued. He
was crying at least sound like it. " You hurt my feelings.
Lee is all upset" "
Ì dont`t give a damm; " Lewis still seating. The crying
on the other end sounded fake to him. But even if it
was real, it didn`t matter. None of this is making any
sense. You`re spending money like water. You´re not
paying back the bank. We might as well go on top of a
high roof somewhere and throw the money away.

8.  are wasting it "
" But I promised all those people, " Smith sobbed "that
if Ali fought again I`d make sure they where to see
him. I `ll take care of the money owed to the bank.
We`ve got some big shows coming up_______" Ben
hung up. He was disgusted. He hard heard it all before
many times. He was tired of Harald and his excuses.
 (from the book Empire of Deceit - Inside the biggest
Sports and Bank Scandal in U.S. history)
by Dean Allison & Bruce B. Henderson DOUBLEDAY
& COMPANY, INC.
Garden City, New York 1985.