Currently, group classes of four to
six students are offered regularly; classes run for four weeks,
usually Saturday mornings or afternoons. Both beginning and
intermediate classes are available.
Beginning classes
- You will learn how to:
- handle a blowpipe
- use glassblower’s tools
- gather glass from the furnace
- keep it hot in the gloryhole
- marver and shape molten glass
- blow glass
- make basic objects, including a ball ornament
and tumbler
Intermediate classes -
You will learn how to:
- make other shapes (vases, etc.)
- decorate glass with hot bits
- apply color, both frit and solid
- turn your own design ideas into beautiful
glass art
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