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85 USD
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2-hour Workshops: In the hot shop glass flowers are sprouting up everywhere. Join us to make your own colorful glass flower for display inside or out. Work with a variety of tools to color, shape and form bits of molten glass into a floral work of art.
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85 USD
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2-hour Workshops: Make your own beautiful glass object for your garden. In this two-hour class you will make beautiful hand-blown glass floats to display in your garden or float on your pond. Work with an instructor to gather, color and blow a beautiful glass ball to either hang in your garden or float on a pond or birdbath.
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85 USD
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2-hour Workshops: Due to popular demand, everyone's favorite fall workshop is now offered all year long! Real pumpkins come in all shapes and sizes. So do the ones you'll make in this class! Gather, color, shape and blow a bubble of hot glass to form a pumpkin. Then add a stem to the top. You will want to proudly display your creation all fall!
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75 USD
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2-hour Workshops: Mesmerized by intricate, colorful glass beads and jewelry? Learn the secrets of how beads are made at the torch in this introductory session in the flame shop. You will have a chance to make several glass beads to take home as you learn the basic skills of heating glass, applying it to a mandrel, and shaping it with tools, and a few decorative techniques such as dots and trails.
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75 USD
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2-hour Workshops: Marbles are a fun and interesting way to get to know glass over the torch. Join us as we create beautiful and colorful marbles using glass rods. Techniques including twisties, dots and trails will be explored as well as using graphite molds to make the shape symmetrical and round.
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75 USD
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2-hour Workshops: Didn't finish your wine? Top it in style with your own flameworked bottle stopper. Learn how to control, manipulate and add color to your rod of Borosilicate glass while shaping your own unique stopper. Makes a great gift!
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75 USD
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2-hour Workshops: This is a great class for first time fusers or those who make jewelry with other mediums. Starting with the basics we learn how to cut glass and use an array of glass materials. We will create stunning glass pendants and a multi link bracelet.
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75 USD
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2-hour Workshops: A great introduction to the world of kiln formed glass. We start at the beginning learning how to cut glass and delve into a variety of materials and the effects they create. Using sheet glass, frit and stringers we will create two flat tiles, one high (full) fuse and one low (tack) fuse, allowing you to see the difference between just a few hundred degrees.
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75 USD
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2-hour Workshops: Using sheet glass and glass powder this technique allows you to create a design or image in glass. Similar to cold mosaics, but instead of messy grout, we use glass powder and fire our work in the kiln making a solid piece of art. Hang it in a window or keep it as a decorative tile. This class is great for people who have taken tiles and want to continue fusing.
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65 USD
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2-hour Workshops: In this class you will choose from a variety of transparent glass colors and coldworking techniques to transform a piece of flat glass into a one of a kind pendant. You will learn how to sandblast, carve, and dremel your way to a perfect piece of jewelry!
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65 USD
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2-hour Workshops: Personalize your own beer mug, wine goblet, or drinking glass using sand blasting, glass carving, and dremeling techniques! Working with the glass that is provided for you, you’ll learn to sandblast and engrave, and then be able to take home your own unique set of two drinking glasses.
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65 USD
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2-hour Workshops: The lathe is an amazing tool for grinding, polishing and making patterns on glass. This workshop will cover basic lathe setup as well as proper handling of the diamond wheels.
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85 USD
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2-hour Workshops: Want to make a special gift for a family member or impress your co-workers? This paperweight workshop is an amazingly easy way to "try out" hot glass before taking a longer class. Under the guidance of an experienced instructor, you can learn how to shape and add color to molten glass to make a unique paperweight. No experience is required and all materials are provided.
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Price:
225.0 USD
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3 classes
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If you’re intrigued by hot glass and want to experience several different hot techniques while making something cool to take home each week, then the three-pack is for you. Just pick three hot 2-hour workshops and three dates and SAVE! Get a discount by taking any three, plus take home beautiful objects to show your friends. Register for any combination of 3 two-hour hot workshops and select Hot Shop Three Pack as the payment series.
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Price:
200.0 USD
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3 classes
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Create your own colorful designs in flat glass by choosing three warm 2-hour workshops and three dates. Get a discount by taking any three, plus take home beautiful objects to show your friends Register for any combination of 3 two-hour fusing workshops and select Fusing Three Pack as the payment series.
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Price:
175.0 USD
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3 classes
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Maybe working over the torch has always intrigued you. This three pack allows you to choose three flameworking workshops to try it all. Just pick three flame 2-hour workshops and three dates and SAVE! Get a discount by taking any three, plus take home beautiful objects to show your friends.
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Price:
225.0 USD
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3 classes
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This fun filled class will allow you to create several items to display around your house for the holidays. Just select three of PGC’s holiday workshops – choose from Flamecicles, Blown Glass Ornaments, and Fused Ornaments and three dates and SAVE!
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This class will allow you to “try it all” in just one jam-packed day. You will spend two hours in the hot shop learning to make a paperweight. Then move to the flame shop and make your own pendant. Finally spend two hours in the fusing studio learning how to cut and assemble glass into your own glass tile. This is a busy day, but if you are unsure which studio would be your favorite, this is a good workshop to try.
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If you have been dying to work with hot glass, this one-day workshop is for you. This workshop gives you the most hands-on time with molten glass. Learn how to gather, shape, and manipulate hot glass. Start with the basic paperweight and will progress from there. By the end of the day, you’ll be the proud creator of fun and whimsical objects, but most importantly you will have a real educational and eye-opening experience with glass. Hot glass is addictive and you may find yourself begging for more by the end of the class.
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Flameworking is the technique of forming objects by melting glass rods, tubing and sheet glass using a torch. You will be amazed at what you can make at the torch – beads, marbles, chains and pendants to name a few. This class will allow you to explore both Moretti (soft) and Borosilicate (hard) glass.
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Fusing has so many dimensions even though you are working with flat glass. Start at the beginning and learn to cut and shape flat glass. Explore a variety of fusible materials to create several finished pieces including pendants, a set of small dishes and one large plate or bowl. A great one-day workshop for anyone who has taken a fusing workshop and wants to do a larger project or for beginners with no glass experience.
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135.0 USD
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2 classes
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In two nights, make your own goblet– guaranteed to be as unique as you are. Never worry about losing your glass at a party again. In the first night, you will work in the hot shop to create a colorful glass stem and foot for the glass. Instructors will help you gather, color and shape molten glass into elements for your goblet. On the second night, you will etch and sandblast a pre-made top to make it unique. Finally, cut, glue and assemble the handmade stem, foot and cup into an amazing and functional object of art.
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Price:
175.0 USD
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4 classes
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This four-week class learn to work with Borosilicate glass over the torch. Borosilicate glass is a hard glass that is very resistant to shock which has made it great for scientific applications, but it also has many artistic applications. Beads, marbles and pendants will be explored as well as some methods for applying color to your glass objects.
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175.0 USD
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4 classes
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Make beads at the torch using Moretti (soft) glass. You will have a chance to make many glass beads as you learn the basic skills of heating glass, applying it to a mandrel, and shaping it, and applying decorative color with techniques like dots, frits and trails.
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Price:
165.0 USD
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4 classes
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Learn about all of the equipment in the cold shop including belt sanders, flat grinders, dremels, lathes, the sandblaster, and the diamond saw. These tools can be used to create intricate patterns and textures on the surface of a variety of glass objects. You will complete several personalized projects. Students with no prior glass experience will be provided items to cold work, but students with existing work they want to refine from other studios are welcome as well.
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Price:
175.0 USD
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4 classes
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In this introductory class students will focus on the art of glass mosaics using precut glass and glass scraps. Using a recycled window, students will design and create their own beautiful mosaic design in glass. Students will learn basics of mosaic design, shading, coloring, glass cutting techniques, layout, and grouting.
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Price:
195.0 USD
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4 classes
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Build your own stained glass panel during this introductory four-week class. Students choose their pattern and pick out glass. Learn to cut, solder and frame the finished piece. Detailed instruction will be given on the various kinds of stained glass including how to construct the window panel within a frame and how to foil, solder and patina the piece.
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Price:
700.0 USD
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5 classes
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A basic knowledge of cold working techniques can help right many wrongs created in the kiln or hot shop. One week intense class from 9am - 4pm every day.
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This one-day seminar class is for those who wish to examine and explore their current work and further develop their individual approach to design and making.
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Price:
700.0 USD
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5 classes
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Susan Taylor Glasgow demonstrates the many techniques she uses to apply text and imagery on and in glass. Susan will teach how to embed realistic half-tone photographs into glass (two different ways), explain how to make high-contrast images from photographs for silkscreens, make stencils for powders and enamels, as well as manipulate enamels and powders to their full graphic potential.
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Price:
700.0 USD
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5 classes
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This class will focus on two areas. In the first half of the course, students will learn a variety of techniques to cast glass. Subjects covered will include positive making using clay and foam, mold making and firing and annealing schedules for simple and difficult shapes. In the second half of the course, students can expect to be introduced to a broad spectrum of cutting, carving and surface approaches to glass, in the form of pattern, picture, texture, and heavy relief work.
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Price:
700.0 USD
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5 classes
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Pâte de verre is a versatile method that uses glass frits, powders and binders to produce a range of textures and color possibilities for kilnformed art. Students will learn a survey of pâte de verre techniques. This class will use clay modeling, refractory investments, and various firing schedules to create test tiles, custom color, a bas relief tile and a hollow core vessel. This will be a fun and fast paced class.
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Price:
700.0 USD
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5 classes
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During this course, students will learn the fundamentals of flameworking by melting, and manipulating borosilicate glass over a benchtop torch. Jennifer will demonstrate the possibilities of glass techniques by creating step-by-step instructions on forming (examples/visuals) sculptures. This class will cover tools and multiple approaches used for basic skills and refining glass as a medium. The focus of this class will be working with borosilicate rods to create glass sculpture inspired by sea life but will also touch on all aspects of sculpture.
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Price:
700.0 USD
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5 classes
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Spend an exciting week with molten glass, learning the basics of glassblowing. This class will emphasize good techniques and habits, but just as importantly, it will be a blast! Students will learn the basic skills to execute simple blown forms and the importance of teamwork.
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Price:
700.0 USD
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5 classes
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This course covers all major beadmaking techniques, including shaping, dot decoration, stringer control, encasing, florals, frogs and lizards. The goal of the class is that every beadmaker learns to master the skills he/she needs to be able to realize every design he/she can think of. While the emphasis is on technique, the question of inspiration and development of a personal style will be covered along the way.
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Price:
700.0 USD
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3 classes
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In this class, students will create a small panel of stained glass utilizing layered flash glass. Various alternative methods of creating imagery on glass, such as sandblasting, engraving, photo stenciling and diamond filing will be demonstrated and emphasized. Some glass painting may come into it as well! Participants will also learn the basics of cutting and assembling a stained glass project. Students at all levels are encouraged to participate. It is not necessary to have vast experience to achieve satisfactory results.
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Price:
165.0 USD
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4 classes
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If you are familiar with the basics in the cold shop, this intermediate course is for you. It will focus on more advanced techniques especially focusing on the lathe and diamond saws. This is a great class for students from other studios to take their blown, fused or cast glasswork to the next level.
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Price:
700.0 USD
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5 classes
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This weeklong class will focus on this fundamental question through projects that integrate concept and technique. Glass blowing demonstrations will cover an array of ways to work with color in the hot shop, from Incalmo to cane work and more. Supported by lectures and group discussions, students will develop individual designs or sculptural works that investigate the role of color in defining form. The class will encourage originality and foster teamwork.
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Price:
700.0 USD
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5 classes
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This class will focus on using heat control, and other methods, to sculpt the human figure in soft glass. Topics include: reading the heat signature of different colored glasses, pulling and pushing odd shapes to form the limbs and using a simple paring knife to cleave the planes of the face, feet and torso. The class will also cover modifying techniques for male and female figures along with visualizing the concept of the gesture.
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Price:
700.0 USD
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5 classes
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Working from different pattern inspiration, students will learn how to draw and paint with stringers. Tips and tricks for creating and managing intricate patterns, like eye and feather murrinis will be covered. In addition, some gold painting will be introduced as well as some work with presses and how to achieve a perfectly shaped bead.
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Price:
700.0 USD
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5 classes
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In this technical class, students will demystify the techniques used to perfectly join individual glass Incalmi together hot, creating distinct color separations in blown vessels. Participants will unravel the multiple processes used to create different Incalmo variations including the “Venetian Style Drop,” and switched axis.
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Price:
700.0 USD
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5 classes
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This class will be an exploration in creative methods of making pattern bars. Experimental approaches and unusual techniques will expand traditional forms and lay a foundation for a unique vocabulary in glass for fusing. Basic coldworking skills for this process will be taught during this session. Participants will discuss how elements of design; color, line, form, pattern and space psychologically coalesce to become personal symbols. These elements will be used to create a finished panel, which will be rich in personal meaning and infused with an enigmatic presence that speaks in your visual language.
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Price:
700.0 USD
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5 classes
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In this intermediate glassblowing course, the objectives will be to build a solid foundation, refine skills, work more efficiently, and establish an understanding of how working on a small scale can translate to larger works. Students will focus on basic forms such as the tumbler, cylinder, bowl, and bottle, moving logically from one shape to the next. This stepped approach will enable students to gain a better understanding of how to approach making other more unique forms. On the final day, students will collaborate as a class in order to experience working larger and in teams, and most importantly, to practice what was learned during the week.
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Price:
700.0 USD
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5 classes
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In this course students will dial up the thickness of their fused glass. “Thicker” will be defined as more than 6mm. At this point, the glass overcomes its natural surface tension and begins to flow outward, needing some form of containment. This class will explore several ways to plan and construct dams or molds to contain and produce texture in the glass. Students will place color, pattern or imagery inside the glass to make the most of its transparency. Topics will include screen-printing with vitreous enamels; patterns on dichroic glass, kiln-formed canes or Murrini, rubber positives for multiple castings, cold working and firing schedules. Students will return to their studios with principles to make paperweights, glass sinks, countertops, and sculpture.
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65 USD
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2-hour Workshop: Go beyond the basic use of the lathe to create amazing patterns with the diamond engraving wheels. Round cuts, V cuts and others will be covered as well as techniques like battuto. You must have taken Intro to Lathe or have permission of the instructor to enroll in this class.
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Price:
285.0 USD
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4 classes
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This advanced class will demonstrate the basics of working with cane in the hot shop. Learn the basics of shaping a proper cane pull by using clear glass before moving to a colored core. Proper cane diameter, colors that work well for cane work, set up and pick up will be explored as well as different ways to create pattern. Hot III, 72 hours experience or permission of the instructor required.
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Price:
285.0 USD
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4 classes
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This class will focus on the incalmo process in which two bubbles in contrasting colors or patterns are joined together prior to shaping the final piece. Explore color application techniques in relation to incalmo including overlays. Skills for opening bubbles and sticking them together smoothly will be covered as well. Hot III, 72 hours experience or permission of the instructor required.
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Price:
285.0 USD
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4 classes
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In this class students will learn how to sculpt figurative elements using both blown and solid glass forms. Heads, hands and full figures will be demonstrated and broken down into simple techniques that can be built upon for more complex forms. Demonstrations will include a full tutorial of using the ranger torches for adding specific detail as well as using the garage to keep individual elements hot through out the sculpting process.
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Price:
700.0 USD
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5 classes
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This class will explore the “compression” technique used to make flowers and other deeply encased marble and pendant designs. Utilizing solid rods of borosilicate, students will learn color overlays and tooling tricks for more interesting layered petal and leaf designs. There will be a strong emphasis on heat and flame management and why compression is the dynamic force in this technique.
