Hot Glass Basics

These two day courses are designed for the beginner with little or no hot glass experience. Learn the basic skills to create a variety of glass shapes. Practice makes perfect, so once you have mastered the basics then pick your colors and make your masterpiece. Classes are limited to three students each. Students build skills by making paperweights, flowers and simple blown shapes while working with all the glass tools. If you would like to take a class, please email me.

Make your own glass pumpkin. A two-day course. $290 per person.	Make your own holiday ornament. A two-day course. $290 per person.

Hot Glass Immersion

A two or three-day course designed for the beginner with little or no hot glass experience. Safety, setup and identification of equipment and tools will be just the beginning. You will be taught the basic skills of gathering molten glass from a furnace, starting and maintaining an air bubble on the end of a blow pipe, marvering, blocking and setting a jack line. Skill building starts with a simple paperweight and a glass flower. Each skill builds on the next and before you know it you are making simple vessels such as a tumbler, small bowl or a small vase. Class is limited to two students. Two day course is $385 per person and a three-day course is $435 per person.

Paperweights - Up Close and Personal
Making hot glass paperweights is and excellent way to learn how to work with hot glass on a small scale. If you want to watch “up close and personal”, choose your colors and assist the glass artist while you watch your custom paperweight being made. (Plan to spend about 30 - 45 minutes.) $85 per person. 

Introduction to Paperweights - Part One
If you are a little more adventurous you can make your own paperweight from beginning to end. In a three hour session with one to three other participants you learn simple techniques to create paperweights with bubbles, swirls, colored frit and dichroic glass. $125 per person. Limited to 4 students.

Introduction to Paperweights -  Part Two
If the paperweight bug has bitten you in a big way then graduate to the two day intensive and get your fix.

The first day you learn about the studio equipment, safety concerns and tools of the trade. Then we discuss design options for paperweights by looking at some samples. Next, everyone will assemble and kiln fuse a glass design to be used on the second day. Then a demonstration of twisted cane, a  popular inclusion in paperweights. Everyone will select their colors and make their own cane. We end the day with a demonstration on making a pinwheel paperweight and then you make your own.

The second day starts with a review of yesterdays work. Check out your fused piece, the twisted cane and of course your pinwheel paperweight. Next, we’ll use the kiln fused design from the first day to make a very different paperweight then on to using your twisted cane as part of your next paperweight. The day ends with a demonstration on making hot glass flowers. If time permits you may want to try your hand at your own bouquet! $290 per person. Limited to 4 students.

If you would like to take a class, please email me.

Coming Soon

Introduction to Plate Making.

Introduction to Pattern Bars and Part Sheets.

Introduction to the Australian Roll-up.

If you would like to take a class, please email me.