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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UrbanGlass @ 647 Fulton St, Brooklyn, NY
Students will learn the basic fundamentals of these processes and will have the opportunity to investigate the possibilities of crossing over techniques between the studios. Come explore the many techniques of making glass in this six week course. This workshop covers 3 major areas of glass making, and much more. Students will try flame-working, making beads and other glass art on a table top bench torch, blowing glass in the hot shop and making...
UrbanGlass @ 647 Fulton St, Brooklyn, NY
“Put It on the Glass” transfers contemporary imagery and issues onto flat glass surfaces using stained glass painting, etching, and joining processes. Focusing on the power of juxtaposition and controversy, this course employs traditional stained glass techniques to re-contextualize our current interests and experiences through an archival art form. The class will begin with a short slide presentation that binds past and present, spanning 13th...
This 4-Day intensive workshop will place equal emphasis on technique, aesthetics and function. Finely executed vessels will be transformed through interpretation and elaboration. Students will be challenged as finished works become the starting point for more complex pieces. The exploration of spouts, handles, blown feet and intricate bit work will lead us in altering both form and function. Q&A Q: Can I make up a class if I miss one? A: ...
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In this intensive glassblowing class, cane is the name of the game. By reducing the color pallet and scale, students will focus on the fundamentals of using cane as a decorative technique. Demos and projects will start off with simple exercises and increase in complexity as students build a solid foundation of understanding. Subjects covered will include simple and complex cane pulls, collar and bubble pick ups, prep work and various approaches to...
UrbanGlass @ 647 Fulton St, Brooklyn, NY
Morgan Madison creates work in glass and other media that is informed by his love of drawing and inspired by place- the colors, materials and forms that comprise the man-made and natural environments around us. His interest in these elements stems from their ability to tell us about the character of a place as well as to tell us something about ourselves. This class will explore the process and techniques Morgan uses to achieve the distinct linear...
UrbanGlass @ 647 Fulton St, Brooklyn, NY
Glass is an amazing sculpting material with unique qualities for self-expression and the realization of art. Inside the furnace, liquid glass is a blank slate waiting to be shaped and formed into anything you can imagine. During this course you will be asked for three things: First, come to class with an open mind that writes and draws its ideas. Sketches are fundamental tools to visualize the task at hand. These images don’t have to be illustrations...
UrbanGlass @ 647 Fulton St, Brooklyn, NY
In this class, you will focus on unique techniques and approaches to solid and blown sculpting from within the bubble. Emphasis will be placed on the freedom to explore process and the potential of the material. You will learn bit work and how to use various torches and the garage. Some previous glass experience is highly recommended for this class. Q&A Q: Can I make up a class if I miss one? A: No, there are no makeups allowed....
UrbanGlass @ 647 Fulton St, Brooklyn, NY
This introductory glassblowing class will provide students with a solid foundation on which to build their skills. In a fun filled environment, students will learn basic techniques through demonstrations, drills, projects and lots of hands on time to help improve their skills and efficiency. With practice, students will leave class with improved hand skills and a thorough understanding of how to make a variety of basic shapes. Q&A Q: ...
UrbanGlass @ 647 Fulton St, Brooklyn, NY
Anyone, aged 8 to 80, can enjoy completing a colorful work in glass mosaic. From the earliest examples dating to the 3rd millennium BC, all peoples have contributed to the rich history of mosaic. The beauty in the process is its project-friendly simplicity. This course is the perfect introduction to glass for those interested in turning their experience in drawing and painting into three-dimensional works of glass art. Instructor lectures presenting...
UrbanGlass @ 647 Fulton St, Brooklyn, NY
In this collaborative course with Brooklyn Metal Works we will work with the lost wax technique to kiln cast small pâte de verre jewels. These glass pieces will be designed as either brooches or pendants and will be made wearable using metalsmithing techniques. Beginning at the UrbanGlass studios, we will create wax models using soft waxes from both the jewelry and sculpture worlds. Combining these materials and techniques will yield a more detailed...
UrbanGlass @ 647 Fulton St, Brooklyn, NY
Rather than focus on one specific glass technique, process or material, we will work through a series of class exercises and projects which start with an idea, investigate ways of developing that idea, explore processes and technical options along the way and then survey results. This class will explore the whole making process that we as artists engage in. Demonstrations and class discussions will be part of the workshop alongside kiln...
UrbanGlass @ 647 Fulton St, Brooklyn, NY
This exciting all ages beginners class will introduce students to the hot shop and glass blowing. Students will work in teams to create several intro projects including marbles, paperweights and colorful leaves or flowers. The two-day class will culminate in learning to blow a bubble into molten glass and a large group sculpture. Emphasis will be on hot shop safety, teamwork, and #FUN! There will be plenty of photo-ops for posting on Instagram and...
UrbanGlass @ 647 Fulton St, Brooklyn, NY
This class is intended for the mid to advanced student looking to broaden their horizons and improve hand skills by way of the traditional Venetian goblet. With focus on teamwork, form and function, timing and garage work, students will leave the class with a better understanding of the material and how to assemble simple, as well as complex goblets. Starting with the foundation of joining two bubbles together to make simple footed goblets, students...
UrbanGlass @ 647 Fulton St, Brooklyn, NY
Join us for our first collaborative class with one of Brooklyn's most dynamic spaces for transdisciplinary creativity. This workshop will introduce students to the process of rapid prototyping and its translation and applications to glass casting. In the first two sessions, students will learn the basics of 3D modeling with Rhinoceros. A small prototype will be initially printed after the first class and reviewed the following week. During the second...
UrbanGlass @ 647 Fulton St, Brooklyn, NY
This class is the perfect opportunity to combine two very different methods of creating with glass. Crossing over techniques from both the Hot Shop and the Flame Studio, students will get a fully rounded introduction into working with fire! In the hotshop we will learn how to stretch, sculpt, and blow glass. In the flame studio we will work with torches to melt glass rods and play with color and form. In both shops students will learn the...
UrbanGlass @ 647 Fulton St, Brooklyn, NY
This class will focus on making kiln-formed inclusions to use in students’ jewelry designs. We will investigate different warm glass techniques including murrini making and fusing sheet glass together to create elaborately patterned glass. We will also use cold-working techniques including carving, sawing and drilling to finish pieces. Through lectures and class discussions, we will look at the history of glass jewelry from ancient times to contemporary....
UrbanGlass @ 647 Fulton St, Brooklyn, NY
How can sculpture actively respond to the body or the environment? What can be discovered by making light sculpture mobile? During this course, we will explore the possibilities of using flame worked glass in conjunction with neon, plasma, and LEDs. We will use a small scale battery controlled microprocessor (Arduino) to control and change these light sculptures in response to sound, temperature, ambient light, heartbeat, movement, etc. via stress...
UrbanGlass @ 647 Fulton St, Brooklyn, NY
In this workshop, students will learn step by step how to screen-print photo-based images on glass using enamels. Everything will be covered from the selection and production of your original imagery to its translation into a screen and then onto a glass surface. From there, we will discuss kiln strategies and methods for firing enamels onto the surface to create a beautiful and durable finish. Tomas will present both widely known techniques and...
UrbanGlass @ 647 Fulton St, Brooklyn, NY
In this one-week intensive evening course, students will concentrate on developing a safe and effective practice of working with borosilicate glass (aka Pyrex). This course is open to all skill levels and provides a strong foundation upon which to build each individual’s voice with the material. Classroom time will be fully dedicated to the fundamentals of connecting two pieces of glass and corresponding exercises will guide students through the...
UrbanGlass @ 647 Fulton St, Brooklyn, NY
This 2 week workshop will have students working in all dimensions, creating colorful, pattern-filled glass as both 2-D fusings and 3-D blown glass forms.Week one will focus in the flat shop, introducing students to cutting and melting layers of sheet glass to explore color combinations, repetition, pattern making, and composition.In week two, students will move to the hot shop to explore the ways those same colors and patterns can be applied to glass...
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