FLAMEWORKING WORKSHOPS & CLASSES:

Intro to Flameworking Workshop One Class, 4 Hours

Ever wanted to try your hand at flameworking?  This workshop is the perfect setting to explore glass in a friendly environment.  Students will be introduced to the basic techniques of working clear borosilicate glass rod on a bench mounted torch to create unique stir rods & free forms featuring twisty shapes and swirls.  The class will also give you a little taste of color that hopefully will inspire you to want more time playing with glass & flame!  Glass work will be kiln annealed and ready for pickup the following day/week.  All materials, tools, glass, and safety equipment provided.  Wear 100% cotton clothing, no baggy sleeves.  No prerequisites required for new students; students are welcome to take this class multiple times.  Bring your reader glasses (if needed), a pen, notebook, snack & drink.Cost per Student is $75

Beginning I Flameworking Class Series 

Four Classes, 4 Hours each

Looking for a more substantial class series to learn the basics of flameworking?  Students in this class will learn a sequential array of beginning flameworking techniques using clear boro rod, designed to help you gain competency with manipulating molten glass AND your torch flame. The instructor will also cover the "italian method", along with the use of a wide range of tools, kiln annealing. and studio safety & setup.  All materials, safety equipment, glass, and tools will be provided.  Wear 100% cotton clothing, no baggy sleeves.  No experience necessary for new students; students are welcome to take this class multiple times. Bring your reader glasses (if needed), a pen, notebook, snack & drink.

Cost per student is $240

Beginning II Flameworking Class Series

Four Classes, 4 Hours each

Now that you have some basic experience and torch time with borosilicate glass, you are ready to push your technical skills with a bit more challenging assignments.  Students will continue working with clear glass rod and be introduced to some basic tubing techniques, multiple annealings, and "bridging", with the goal of learning to assemble small scale sculptural pieces from components.  You will also learn the beginnings of working with boro colors to create simple twisted latticinos and encased cane, to allow you to begin incorparating basic surface designs into your artwork.  All materials, safety equipment, glass, and tools will be provided.  Wear 100% cotton clothing, no baggy sleeves.  Beginning Flameworking I Class is required for new students; students are welcome to take this class multiple times. Bring your reader glasses (if needed), a pen, notebook, snack & drink.

Cost per student is $250

Flameworking & Fusing Fussion!  

 NOTE: 

1) Glass Open Studio Time is available on Wednesdays at the normal rate of $15/hr if you want extra time to practise your new skills outside of class.  Advance reservation is required.  

2) For Students in a four week beadmaking or flameworking class series, I have a special student rate that includes standard amounts of glass rod for practicing techniques being learned in your class (which is not normally included in the Open Studio rate).  The Studio rate also includes standard kiln annealing and use of all tools & safety glasses, BUT IT DOES NOT allow for production work.

3) Specialty materials are NOT included (dichros, precious metals & wires, specialty frits, coatings, specialty knob inserts  etc).  These items are available for additional fee, OR you may bring your own.

4) This special student rate is only available for a max of 4 hours each Wednesday (w/ reservation) of the weeks you are enrolled in your class, and it expires at the end of the last week of your class.

5) See Classes page for more info (Glass Open Studio Session). 

FUSING WORKSHOPS & CLASSES:

Many thanks to Morton Glass System for making their Portable Glass Shop cutting system available for each student's use in my studio!

Beginning Fusing Workshop

One Class, 4 Hours

Feel like playing with the glass but want to start with something a little less intimidating? Try your hand at making a simple 8x8 tile AND 4x4 coaster.  We will cover glass safety & cutting basics along with applications of colored glass sheets to design a unique set that will be fused and ready for pickup the following week.  All materials, tools, glass, and safety equipment will be provided.  Wear 100% cotton clothing, no baggy sleeves.  Bring your own reader glasses if needed, and a pen, notebook, snack & drink.  No experience required.

Cost per Student is $75

Beginning Fused Jewelry Workshop

FRIT CASTING WORKSHOPS & CLASSES:

Fused Glass Mosaic Workshop

One Class, 4 Hours

Start with the basic concept of making a fun mosaic by creating your own glass tessare, then learn how to "grout" with glass frits and powders to create a smashing new tile you can frame or add bumper feet to create a trivet.  Diamond Ring saws and grinders will be available for use as well.  Your 8x8 tile will be fired by the instructor and ready for pickup the following week.  All materials, tools, glass, and safety equipment will be provided.  Wear 100% cotton clothing, no baggy sleeves.  Bring your own reader glasses if needed, and a pen, notebook, snack & drink.  Basic fusing experience is recommended.

Cost per Student is $80

"Painted Line" Workshop

One Class, 4 Hours

Have fun creating a more painterly type of fused tile using glass powders and frits after laying down a painted line as a reference point on an 8x8 glass blank.  Mix in a little dichro and some metal leaf and you have a truly glitzy piece of art!  All materials, tools, glass, and safety equipment will be provided.  Wear 100% cotton clothing, no baggy sleeves.  Bring your own reader glasses if needed, and a pen, notebook, snack & drink.  Basic fusing experience is recommended.

Cost per Student is $80

"Painting with Light" Frit Casting Workshop

Two classes, 4 hours each (8 hrs total, 2 weeks)

Now it's time to take all those frit casting & fusing techniques and combine them into a beautiful deep casting to create an 8x8x1/2 inch "thick" tile with depth and perspective.  We will be using painted lines, metal wire, frits & powders, metal leaf, dichro, cullet, and stringer to paint a scene that will create dimensional depth as the light shines through it.  Your "painting" will be fired during the week; coldworking techniques & mounting systems will be taught during the second class with time given to clean up your tile.  All materials, tools, glass, and safety equipment will be provided.  Wear 100% cotton clothing, no baggy sleeves.  Bring your own reader glasses if needed, and a pen, notebook, snack & drink.  Basic frit casting or fusing experience is required.

Cost per Student is $150  

KILN CASTING

Open Face Tile

Two classes, 6 hrs 1st wk + 2 hrs 2nd wk (8 hours total, 2 weeks)

This class will create a 5x5x3/4" glass tile by making a simple bas relief clay tile model.  The clay tile will then be used to create a refractory mold that will be filled with soda lime glass using colored frit for detail & clear cullet for background (to be fired during the week between classes).  Students will meet the following week to devest their fired molds and learn some basic coldworking skills to cleanup their final glass product.  All materials, tools, glass, and safety equipment will be provided.  Wear 100% cotton clothing, no baggy sleeves.  Bring your own reader glasses if needed, and a pen, notebook, snack & drink.  No prerequisites required; continuing students welcome. 

Cost per Student is $125

Solid Sculpture

Three classes, 4 hours each (12 hours total, 3 weeks)

Students will create a small basic sculptural work in wax, then learn to form a basic sprue cup, followed by setup for a coddle box pour using refractory materials to create the mold.  A crucible will be charged with glass cullet to fill the mold when fired; the mold will be devested during the last class, with simple coldworking techniques covered to cleanup the final piece.  All materials, tools, glass, and safety equipment will be provided.  Wear 100% cotton clothing, no baggy sleeves.  Bring your own reader glasses if needed, and a pen, notebook, snack & drink.  No prerequisites required; continuing students welcome.

Cost per Student is $180

Hollow Vessel (Lost Wax Casting)

Four classes, 4 hours each (16 hours total, 4 weeks)  

Ready for the next step in casting?  Students will continue to expand their glass casting skills by learning to make a simple hollow vessel form in wax with basic exterior design elements.  We will utilize Lost Wax Casting techniques to learn how to sprue and vent the models, create diverse refractory molds, and set up a crucible melt to fire the mold and fill the vessel with glass inside the kiln.  The molds will be devested during the last class with time for coldworking and cleanup of the piece to create a truly unique and luminous vessel.  All materials, tools, glass, and safety equipment will be provided.  Wear 100% cotton clothing, no baggy sleeves.  Bring your own reader glasses if needed, and a pen, notebook, snack & drink.  Beginning Kiln Casting experience IS required.  Free Open Studio time available between class dates ~ students will need to spend time outside of class steaming their molds at the studio.

Cost per Student is $240

Carved Core Hollow Vessel

Four classes, 4 hours each (16 hours total, 4 weeks)

Expand your casting experiences by learning to do carved cores where the design elements are on the inside of your hollow vessel form.  Variations on refractory materials for handbuilt firable molds will be discussed.  Students will handbuild their own molds, which will then go thru the lost wax process and a crucible firing in the kiln, with the artwork devested and coldworked in the final class.  Students will be invited to help with the kiln setup and high heat charging if they would like to be present.  All materials, tools, glass, and safety equipment will be provided.  Wear 100% cotton clothing, no baggy sleeves.  Bring your own reader glasses if needed, and a pen, notebook, snack & drink.  Beginning Kiln Casting experience IS required.  Free Open Studio time available between class dates ~ students will need to spend time outside of class steaming their molds at the studio.

Cost per Student is $240

PATE DE VERRE CLASSES:

Beginning Talc Core Vessel

Three Classes: 2 classes 5 hrs each + 1class 2 hrs (12 hrs total, 3 wks)

Ever wondered how artists get that cool sugary crystal look in a hollow vessel?  Come to this class and explore the exciting possibilities of Pate de Verre.  Students will learn to create & test custom glass recipes, then learn to create a refractory mold from a simple bowl shape that will be packed with various frits & glue to form a color design.  Molds will be fired by the instructor and ready when students meet for the final class to devest their molds and learn some basic coldworking techniques suitable for this type of pate de verre piece.  All materials, tools, glass, and safety equipment will be provided.  Wear 100% cotton clothing, no baggy sleeves.  Bring your own reader glasses if needed, and a pen, notebook, snack & drink.  No prerequisites required.  Beginning and Continuing students welcome.

Cost per Student is $150

Continuing Talc Core Vessel w/ Inclusions or Bas Relief

Three classes: 2 classes, 5 hrs ea + 1 class, 2 hrs (12 hrs total, 3 wks)

Amazed and excited from the first class, but ready for a bit more challenge?  Students will continue to expand their skills by testing more glass recipes and creating a vessel mold that incorporates bas relief inclusions as a design element providing dimensional relief on the exterior of a bowl shaped vessel.  The final class will be spent coldworking the piece and debriefing the firing.  All materials, tools, glass, and safety equipment will be provided.  Wear 100% cotton clothing, no baggy sleeves.  Bring your own reader glasses if needed, and a pen, notebook, snack & drink.  Pate de Verre I is recommended; continuing students are welcome.

Cost per Student is $160

2 Part Press Molds with Bas Relief

Four classes, 4 hours each (16 hours total, 4 wks)

Students will learn to make a 2 part press mold w/ exterior designs in bas relief on their hollow vessel.  This process is more complicated and stays in the kiln longer and at higher temps, yielding the rich, traditional alabaster-like surface on these luminous vessels.  The final class will be spent devesting the mold and debriefing the firing, as well as learning several coldworking techniques using various pieces of equipment, with time to coldwork your own piece.  All materials, tools, glass, and safety equipment will be provided.  Wear 100% cotton clothing, no baggy sleeves.  Bring your own reader glasses if needed, and a pen, notebook, snack & drink.  Prerequisite is beginning Pate de Verre; continuing students are welcome.

Cost per Student is $240