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Glass Boot Camp: An Introduction to Glassblowing
UrbanGlass @ 647 Fulton St, Brooklyn, NY
Get ready to sweat the small stuff in Glass Boot Camp. This introductory course in glass working will thoroughly train young students in the fundamentals of proper technique in both the hot shop and cold working processes. A thorough, two-day regime will sharpen skills in tool dexterity, equipment usage and material prowess with professional demonstrations, hands-on practice and a healthy dose of teamwork. Instruction and exercises will provide...
Goblets: Build ‘Em Up, Break ‘Em Down
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...
Family Camp! Disco Inferno: Intro to Glassblowing
UrbanGlass @ 647 Fulton St, Brooklyn, NY
This class will introduce students to the hot shop and glassblowing. Students will learn hot shop basics and work in teams to create several projects including paperweights, flowers, and bowls. Emphasis will be on hot shop safety, teamwork, and FUN! The perfect class for anyone who wants to try out the material and have an unforgettable creative experience!
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Vincent Van Blow
UrbanGlass @ 647 Fulton St, Brooklyn, NY
This bi-weekly course is designed to improve and motivate your glass blowing practice. Over the course of this class, students will work closely with hand drawn designs and attempt to execute them on the blow pipe. All demos and techniques covered in class will be based on the drawings of the students. Students will learn how to solve technical problems, while honing their glassblowing and design skills. How much perseverance and determination...
Layer Up: Glass Lamination
UrbanGlass @ 647 Fulton St, Brooklyn, NY
Layers are not only the answer for cold seasons, they also have their merits in working with glass. Just like in fashion, when several layers of light clothing give us more options to face the elements and express our personal aesthetics, laminating layers of glass enriches one's artistic palette and expands technical vocabulary. This class will cover the technical steps of the process of glass lamination. As we explore how to design for a particular...
Glass and Flora
UrbanGlass @ 647 Fulton St, Brooklyn, NY
In this class we’ll explore the practical relationship between form and function as we fabricate vessels to showcase a variety of floral arrangements. This weekend workshop will devote the first day to work in the hot shop where we will focus on designing vases that will lend themselves well to displaying flower designs. After a brief intro into kinds and principals of floral design on Saturday, we will spend time Sunday learning basic flower preparation...
Workin’ for the Weekend
UrbanGlass @ 647 Fulton St, Brooklyn, NY
We know you work hard all week long and you deserve the best opportunity to get the most out of your weekend hot shop time! This class will focus on improving your glass-making skills, ability to work and lead a team, and help you further develop your own personal goals in glass-making. This intensive glassblowing class will encourage students to participate in helping each other make the best work we can, together! Bring your sketchbook...
Holiday Stained Glass
UrbanGlass @ 647 Fulton St, Brooklyn, NY
Create a small holiday-themed object to decorate your home or as a lovely gift. During this two-day class, students can take inspiration from templates of holiday symbols and shapes or bring their own ideas to class. Create a snowman, snowflake, star, tree, or a three-dimensional hanging object to brighten your world this holiday season.
Kung Fu Hue
UrbanGlass @ 647 Fulton St, Brooklyn, NY
This introductory class focuses on experimental processes, using glass color in the hot shop. Before students begin experimenting and developing new and innovative color applications, they will first need a basic foundation of skills to work with. Once students have acquired these basic skills, they will begin to deconstruct traditional methods of applying glass color and begin to express themselves with entirely unique processes developed in class. ...
Crystals, Bling and Subtle Thangs
UrbanGlass @ 647 Fulton St, Brooklyn, NY
All about that diamond life! This glass will focus on transforming a solid slab of glass into something flashy, or something subtle, but always spectacular. Utilizing many of the machines in the cold studio, students will learn how to laminate, grind, facet, and polish glass to create a wide variety of effects on a hand-size scale.
The Basics of a Bubble: Glassblowing Weekend (Ages 10+)
UrbanGlass @ 647 Fulton St, Brooklyn, NY
This weekend workshop is designed to give students a crash course in blowing glass. Students will be given the fundamental techniques involved in manipulating glass as a material and creating basic forms in the hotshop. Working in teams, students will be guided through traditional processes by constructing solid and hollow forms. This class aims to excite your senses and serve as a starting point for an everlasting relationship with glass. ...
Hot Glass Color Experiments
UrbanGlass @ 647 Fulton St, Brooklyn, NY
Designed for students of all ages, this introductory weekend glassblowing class focuses on experimental processes and using glass color in the hotshop. Class will start with basic hotshop skills, which students can use as a jumping off point to begin experimenting and developing new and innovative color applications. Students will be encouraged to deconstruct traditional methods of applying glass color and express themselves with entirely unique...
Warm Up Your Ideas: Introduction to Fusing
UrbanGlass @ 647 Fulton St, Brooklyn, NY
This course is an introduction to fusing glass, which involves layering glass sheets in a kiln and heating them to different temperatures until it melts together. Students will be encouraged to make both functional and experimental pieces. Through techniques such as cutting, shaping, and tacking flat glass, students will work through the process from start to finish. Come melt some glass together!
$450
True Grit: Harness Your Coldworking Skills
UrbanGlass @ 647 Fulton St, Brooklyn, NY
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 their own artistic practices in a myriad of ways, from removing the punty on a blown piece, to carving...
Next Steps: Folding Fun
UrbanGlass @ 647 Fulton St, Brooklyn, NY
This class will focus on interior and exterior folds: a technique in which, in the process of blowing, the glass is strategically folded on itself to produce a ring. This ring can be on the inside or the outside of the vessel. Folds can have practical or aesthetic value and can be incorporated into a design in a variety of ways. They can be used to produce a rim for a lid, or reinforce the lip of a vessel by doubling it over. Some historians refer...
Exploring Glass Lamination
UrbanGlass @ 647 Fulton St, Brooklyn, NY
This workshop will explore how glass lamination can enrich one's artistic palette and expand technical vocabulary, layering sheets of glass, inclusions, and adhesive for dynamic effects. Students will learn how to design for a particular desired outcome and to use transparency, translucency/opacity, and textural variety of glass as a palette. Blocking, redirecting, reducing or enhancing light, alternating luminosity and vibrancy, and creating glass...
Next Steps: Stuff Cups
UrbanGlass @ 647 Fulton St, Brooklyn, NY
The “cup” shape is much more than the container we think it is. It is also one of the building blocks for many color processes. Spend a weekend brushing up on stuffed cups, incalmo technique, and supios. Over two days we will look at color overlays and color efficiency, how to use the garage, and how to stack, stuff, and split cups. Previous glassblowing experience required.
Back to the Drawing Board
UrbanGlass @ 647 Fulton St, Brooklyn, NY
As craftspeople, whether the intention is to be a studio artist, production glass maker, or fabricating your own design objects, the skills of communication and bringing 2D concepts into the 3rd dimension are integral to success. This class will cover design basics and the tools necessary to illustrate ideas, making them clear to both yourself and your potential “client”. Hand drawing, simple schematics, scale drawings, and the use of calipers...
Glass Crush: Up-Cycling Glass in the Kiln
UrbanGlass @ 647 Fulton St, Brooklyn, NY
Join us for a weekend of experimentation as we learn how to re-use found glass and re-think what can be created from waste. Students will be encouraged to bring in found glass to cut and crush. However, glass scraps of different shapes and colors will be provided. We will cover basic skills such as cutting, fusing, slumping and re-assembling found glass into sculptural or functional objects using the heat of a kiln. Open to all ages 11 and...
Seed Bead Hair Clip
UrbanGlass @ 647 Fulton St, Brooklyn, NY
Join Lenny, creator of Antelope Women Designs, for this two day workshop that will get you started on your own beaded journey. Learn to create beaded appliqué, and leave with a cool hair clip! Lenny is excited to share five different beginner techniques and how to assemble your finished beadwork into a wearable item. Class discussion will also touch on cultural appropriation and appreciation within the vast, international history of beadwork. ...
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