About

This workshop is designed for first-time (or not new, but very rusty) students who are brand new to melting glass on a torch.

You'll learn studio safety, how to set up your station, and how to operate and melt glass with a torch. When completed, you'll have enough experience to participate in Open Studio torch sessions!

You'll make organic shapes like mushrooms and leaves from soft glass rod. In the process, you'll learn how to pull stringer (a spaghetti-like length of glass used for adding dots and lines to glass objects), use a glass forming press (gives the leaf shape), use a glass bead roller as a mold (giving the mushroom shape), and apply frit (tiny pieces of gravel-like glass) that adds random color to your work.

You'll learn how to incorporate wire into your mushrooms and leaves for hanging them as ornaments or pendants.

The class includes a beadmaking demonstration for those who are bead curious.

Everything you'll learn can be applied to other soft glass or borosilicate workshops such as bead and marble making.

Details

A $10 materials fee, included in the cost of the class, covers everything you need.

Class Policies

• Ages 14 and up are welcome.
• Closed-toe shoes and long pants are required in the Glass Studio at all times.
• Long sleeves and clothing of 100% cotton is required to prevent burns. Long hair should be tied back.