Intro to Borosilicate Glass and Color 101:
Dive into Glassblowing: Borosilicate Lamp-working Fun!
Gear up for a thrilling 4-hour adventure into the world of glassblowing! Perfect for beginners, this hands-on workshop led by expert instructors introduces you to the magic of transforming borosilicate glass rods into amazing art. Get ready to play with fire, color, and creativity as you craft unique pendants and more—all yours to keep!
What’s in Store:
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Why You’ll Love It: Unleash your inner artist in a fun, safe environment. No experience? No problem! Discover the joy of making something unique with your own two hands. Sign up now and let’s heat things up in the coolest way possible!
Borosilicate Lamp-working, also know as glassblowing:
4 hours HANDS ON class w/ instructor/apprentice demonstration and assistance.
In this beginner glassblowing class, we start with cold borosilicate rods and heat them using a bench torch. Students are taught essential fundamentals and how to properly manipulate molten glass into either sculptural objects or functional glass art. In this class you will be pushed to think outside the box, and to create things you never knew possible! We will create gathers, discs and add color making one of a kind glass pendents & more! All finished glass pieces are the students to keep. We also have a small gift shop area loaded with glass art, hand blown marbles, pendents, hats hoodies and more!
• Work Area Safety
• Fire extinguisher locations, shop safety, ventilation • Working tools, graphic paddles, cutters, tweezer, sheers, molds
• Torch lighting, neutral flame, torch zones
• Flame cutting, cold cutting, connections, marias, gathers, • hot seal, cold seals, annealing, basic kilns use
Our facility is equip with all necessary safety gear and ventilation. Sign up today to experience this incredible media and to open yourself up to a new world of glass possibilities!
All classes are one on one with a master instructor so you get all the attention!!! but…
Classes are more fun with a friend! Ask about package deals and bring a plus one!!
Keep all your beautiful creations!!
We provide all necessary safety gear but these are the things you should be aware of before melting glass
No open toed shoes, don’t wear your sundays best here! There is a chance of burning or cutting, long sleeves is preferable, all cotton is best, no plastic clothing, it melts and then burns the skin
Skill lvl: 2.5 – 3
Get your pendants and bails looking fantastic in this fun class! We will focus on making flowing connections for the bail, and show you a fun mushroom bead you can make all day! We will talk about proper color application, all the best colors and pulling color stringers for the mushroom beads. Get your proper heating and timing down in this class
All classes are one on one with a master instructor so you get all the attention!!! but…
Classes are more fun with a friend! Ask about package deals and bring a plus one!!
Keep all your beautiful creations!!
We provide all necessary safety gear but these are the things you should be aware of before melting glass:
No open toed shoes, don’t wear your sundays best here! There is a chance of burning or cutting, long sleeves is preferable, all cotton is best, no plastic clothing as it melts and burns the skin
Skill lvl: 1.5