Glass Sculpture Classes in NYC, New York

In the spirit of Halloween, students will bring their designs to life with wearable art. The flameshop will become our laboratory of horrors, as we conjure our innermost Dr. Frankenstein; fabricating and concocting characters, masks and costumes. Group and individual demonstrations will be given and students will model their projects at the end of...

Join us to investigate creativity and experimentation in hot casting with an emphasis on process. Cameras and video are highly encouraged as sometimes the documentation will be more interesting than the product! Class will begin with the basic techniques of hot casting and quickly evolve into the nontraditional and experimental. Alternative materials...

Pâte de verre is created by firing fine glass frit and/or powder, usually mixed with a binding agent, against the surface of a high fire refractory mold. A literal translation from the French: “paste of glass.”  In this intensive weekend workshop, you will learn the basics of this ancient glass technique by creating a low relief, 3-dimensional...

Spend a weekend in the glassblowing studio with master glass sculptor Deborah Czeresko. Czeresko will share her personal approach, honed over her 30-year career, to sculpting this transformative liquid and manipulating glass into both abstract and figural forms. This fun and fast-paced two-day weekend workshop is perfect for the aspiring glass sculptor....

Don't you wish Summer could last forever? Now it can~ Create your very own Summer sun catcher in our Seasonal class here at Brooklyn Glass. Handblown glass is the perfect material to capture the light of summertime, hung from the window or ceiling, your sun catcher will throw colorful shapes and shadows all around the room as the day progresses....

Open up new possibilities in glassworking or refine the skills needed to finish existing glass pieces in this four-week introductory coldworking course.  Classes will cover carving, cutting, sandblasting, and polishing glass, and provide insight into the equipment and processes of the cold shop. Students can incorporate these techniques into...

Highly  acclaimed sculptor, Ailene Fields, will be demonstrating and teaching the fine art of stone carving and finishing. Basics of stone carving - initial roughing out, developing a form, final finishing and polishing are presented during the course. There is a choice of softer stone or marble. tools, sharpening and maintenance are all covered. ...

Basic and advanced techniques of direct stone carving - initial roughing out, developing a form, final finishing and polishing are presented. There is a choice of softer stone or marble. Hand and pneumatic tools are both covered. Participants should end the course with the basic knowledge necessary to work on their own.  Instruction is individually...