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Unleash your creativity and learn the art of glass blowing with a variety of classes offered in NYC. Discover mesmerizing techniques, create beautiful glass pieces, and gain a new skill that will leave you feeling accomplished and inspired.
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8-Week Introduction to Neon
Brooklyn Glass @ 142 13th St, Brooklyn, NY
In this course students will learn various skills needed to work with neon glass including basic tube bending techniques, layout and design preparation, and post production work such as wiring, mounting, and hanging a neon artwork. Students can expect to finish up to three small neon projects (both designed and bent by the student with assistance from instructors) by the end of the class. Unlike other neon workshops, our classes are housed within...
8 Week Intro to Flameworking
Brooklyn Glass @ 142 13th St, Brooklyn, NY
This 8-week introductory course covers the basic fundamental techniques for melting and forming borosilicate glass over a torch. Demonstrations combined with student work-time and individual student-teacher instruction will make up the core curriculum. This class will focus on working with solid glass rods, beginning with clear glass. Eventually, the students will move onto exploring color application and usage. Course Goals and Objectives:...
Introduction to Flameworking
UrbanGlass @ 647 Fulton St, Brooklyn, NY
In this skill-building flameworking course, students will be working with borosilicate glass. Each week a different project will be initiated, which will focus on a specific skill. Projects include: Networked sculptural forms, solid and hollow sculptural forms, small jars, pendants, marbles, and working with color. This class will also discuss annealing, equipment safety and set-up, and look at both historical and contemporary examples of flame...
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Stained Glass Lessons (2 Hours)
Valeria Divinorum @ 19-27 Linden St, Ridgewood, NY
Learn the art of creating beautiful glass masterpieces in this hands-on workshop. Develop your unique designs, cut and smooth glass sheets, and assemble them using copper foil. Discover how to join the pieces with soldering iron, and explore advanced techniques like creating 3D shapes and applying patina finishes. Immerse yourself in the world of stained glass and unleash your creativity.
$175
Stained Glass Origami
UrbanGlass @ 647 Fulton St, Brooklyn, NY
Students will use origami paper models to cut out and assemble 3-dimensional glass structures. Once students have practiced a range of fold techniques, they can also experiment with creating other simple origami animal models in glass or patterns of their own design! Students will also learn how to shape sheets of copper metal and wire to reinforce and display their glass sculptures. No prior origami or glass experience is required....
Mosaic Mash-Up and More
A five-day survey in glass allows an overview of the material, with masters of mash-up, John Drury and Robbie Miller. Explored in three states glass mosaic, glass painting and sandcasting group projects allow a hands-on understanding of the varied capabilities characteristic the material in its cold, warm and hot states; as approached through non-traditional means. Students will re-use, recycle and re-purpose their way to the responsible pursuit...
Italian Cane Explorations
Hundreds of years ago the Italians on the island of murano figured out how to pull glass into fine thin threads,and then weave them into intricate colorful patterns! This class is for glassblowers interested in learning some of these masterful and advanced techniques. Basic cane pulling as well as intricate complex canes will be demonstrated, and practiced by students.Cane styles will include Filigrana, Zanfirico, and Ballontini! Be prepared to have...
Sculptural Kilnforming
UrbanGlass @ 647 Fulton St, Brooklyn, NY
In this introductory class students will create glass sculptures through the kilnforming techniques of fusing, slumping, and simple open-faced mold making. The course begins with an introduction to the processes for fusing and slumping glass followed by the more extensive methods of mold making for kiln casting. Students will work on a variety of projects including a fuse wall tile, a slumped sculptural piece, and a 3 dimensional cast piece. There...
Flameworking, the Fantastic
This class begins with the sculpting of solid rods in the flame, encompassing the human form, animals, avian, aquatic, botanical and other denizens of the natural and dream worlds. Additionally, the class will work with tubes, learning how to pull points, blow and flare out tops and feet for blown vessels, including vases, bottles, goblets and their fusion with solid parts such as handles and figurative elements. The workshop will also cover some...
Murinni Motto
This workshop will explore the use of murinni in hot glass, challenging students to utilize the infinite possibilities of patterned glass. During the course of the workshop, students will build on glassblowing skills, using color, heat, and brute force with a touch of finesse to coax glass into abstract directions and patterns. Working with murinni is complex, exciting and absolutely enticing! Join in for a glass adventure of imagination without...
Beginning / Intermediate Flameworking
Explore and / or review the basics of flameworking borosilicate glass in this general course. Classroom time will be dedicated to promoting safe work habits while becoming familiar with tools, equipment, and technique. There will be an emphasis on finding each student's individual voice with the material concurrent to learning through repetition to advance hand skills. Students will walk away with whatever they like, be it jewelry pieces, sculptures,...
Hot Casting: Sarcophagi
This workshop will be a basic sand casting class with a collaborative objective of casting two Sarcophagi. Using glass coffins and other historical artifacts as inspiration, students will work on individual 1” thick panels and choose pieces they wish to contribute to the construction. Two Sarcophagi will be made. One given to a class member, drawn by straws, the other donated to the School Gala Auction. Students will retain all other castings...
Build it Bright
This course will focus on color application as well as assembling parts to create innovative sculptures in the hot shop. We will learn and discuss how to best interpret the colors we see around us into the objects we create in the studio. Glass can take on so many color variations and textures; we will explore these through powder, color bar, and drawing with glass stringers. Our palettes and patterns will come to life while learning...
Improvisation and Chance Aesthetics
This two-week workshop will explore the possibilities for generating improvised forms through flameworking. Blending traditional and unconventional flameworking techniques, the coursework will include a combination of prompted exercises designed to improve hand skills and generate new forms. The goal of the class is to complete two finished sculptures, which are both structurally sound and conceptually tight. This workshop is geared towards...
Coldwork Your Beads
UrbanGlass @ 647 Fulton St, Brooklyn, NY
Come learn hot and cold techniques for bead making in this weekend course. This class will begin with demonstrations on a range of bead techniques including dot patterns, marver textures, and frit application. Once cooled, students will learn how to clean beads and employ a wide variety of coldworking techniques to further embellish and treat the surfaces of their beads. Some experience in beadmaking is helpful but this class is open to beginners...
Intro to Stained Glass for High School Students
UrbanGlass @ 647 Fulton Street, Brooklyn
Discover the art of stained glass creation in this exciting course for high school students at UrbanGlass. Learn the entire process, from designing to soldering, and create beautiful pieces to decorate your space or gift to loved ones. Unleash your creativity and make your mark in this ancient art form made new.
Middle School Camp! Intro to Fusing: Characters & Cartoons
UrbanGlass @ 647 Fulton Street, Brooklyn
Unleash your creativity at UrbanGlass with a hands-on course that explores the world of fused glass and character design. Discover how to bring your imaginative characters and cartoons to life through enamel paints, powders, and translucent glass. Don't miss this opportunity to develop your own unique style and narrative while creating beautiful and functional glass forms.
Stained Glass Lessons Private: 4 pack (2 Hours)
Valeria Divinorum @ 19-27 Linden St, Ridgewood, NY
Step by step you will learn: 1. Creating a resistant shape/Design a pattern How to design your own a piece. Understanding the tension of the materials, it's own weight and external exposure, such as light, wind or rain. Each piece of glass will have a designed template by the student. 2. Smoothing the edges/Use of the Glass Grinder How to cut and sand glass sheets, sanding each side of the glass shape with a special Grinder. 2- First layer...
Form & Surface
This intensive three-day class will explore the possibilities available when the cold working of an object is considered an integral part of the creative process. Students will develop imagery, both abstract and figurative, through sketching and hands-on work in the studio. The aim of the class is to explore relationships between imagery and form and to expand the vocabulary of available glass processes. Techniques covered will include diamond wheel...
Mask Kiln Casting Workshop
Masks are found in all cultures and times in history, they represent the hopes and fears of their makers. The aim of this workshop is to re-contextualize masks in a modern setting by kiln-forming and casting. The result of the workshop will be a customized glass mask achieved by the creation and manipulation of alginate, wax and plaster molds. Students will be encouraged to be prepared with images and ideas to maximize the transformation of the 2D...
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