Additional and Custom Class Offerings

Make Your Own St. Patricks's Mug

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The perfect gift for this holiday or a great conversation starter for anyone going out to celebrate March 17th! In a half hour, we can walk you through making your own custom mug with a playful Paddy's theme: Green is always a classic, clear with clover murrine, or you can even write something on it in glass! Price is $50 per item made. Sessions last around 30 minutes. These sessions are by reservation only, please call ahead or email to reserve your time slot.

Hot-Glass Experience (2 Hours)

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This is an opportunity to experience hot glass; creation of a paperweight, ornament or vase will be demonstrated, and then participants will be able to design and create one of their own. This is great way to try glass blowing.

Sandcast a Hand (2 Hours)

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Create a keepsake cast in hot glass from your own or your loved one's hand.

Paperweight Workshop (3 Hours)

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You can make your own beautiful paperweight. During this workshop you will learn some of the fundamentals of working with glass, and make several paperweights of your own design.

Pumpkin Workshop (2 Hours)

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Just in time for the fall, learn how to make your very own glass pumpkin. You could stick to the 'traditional pumpkin' or create something a bit more, errr, contemporary. Who says that pumpkins can't be green, purple and white?

Fun With Glass (1 Day)

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Several 'non-traditional' techniques of shaping and decorating glass will be explored in this class. Sculpting of solid glass will be explored, as will casting & blowing. We will also incorporate copper elements into the hot glass form. This class is a great way to get a feel for the material before committing to a multi week class or workshop.

Two Day Intensive (2 Days)

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Most of the material covered in the Introductory Glassblowing class compressed into two days of intensive learning.

Introductory Glassblowing (6 Weeks)

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If you'd like to try working with hot glass for the first time or would like a refresher course, this is the class for you. We start with an introduction to glassblowing tools and equipment as well as basic techniques. Every week, a different form will be taught. Lots of exercises and hands-on time is provided to build a solid foundation of glass blowing skills.

Glassblowing II (6 Weeks)

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This class begins where the Introductory I class leaves off. After concluding this class, students should have enough confidence and glass working skill to rent time and work with a partner. More advanced forms will be taught as well as some basic color techniques.

Intermediate Glassblowing (6 Week)

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The Intermediate class is designed for glassblowing students who are comfortable with the basic forms as covered in the Intro class (cup, long neck bottle and bowl). The Intermediate class will concentrate on building hand skills and refining the forms. Attention will be paid to the wall thickness and proportion of the finished vessel. Many different color techniques will be taught. Some advanced bitwork will be covered as well, including dropped feet.

Cane Workshop (4 Week)

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This class will cover the basics of pulling cane and making vessels using the cane. There is an additional $50 lab fee for the extensive amount of color needed for this technique. Students will make plenty of cane to take home and incorporate into their own projects.

Furnace/Plaster Casting Workshop (6 Weeks)

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This class will explore in depth the technique of casting glass into plaster molds. Glassblowing skills are not required, but glassblowers will benefit from the class as well. Super-detailed molds will be made out of plaster-silica mixture and participants will be able to immortalize their design in glass. All materials will be provided.

In-Depth Color Techniques (6 Weeks)

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There are an almost infinite number of ways to color glass. This class will explore many different techniques, potentially including color overlays, "french crackle", optic twists, basic and advanced cane work, incalmo and many others. If students have any special requests for certain colors or techniques, we will accomodate. Be sure to bring your sketch book! The format for the class will maximize practice time, with new techniques taught every other week. Weeks without new techniques will be chances for students to practice under the close supervision of the teacher.