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Intro to Soft Glass: Snakes
UrbanGlass @ 647 Fulton St, Brooklyn, NY
Unlock your creativity and learn the art of sculpting molten glass at UrbanGlass. Join our beginner flameworking workshop and discover the magic of creating colorful snakes using soft glass. Gain confidence and skill as you master heat control and explore different techniques in this hands-on studio experience.
$190
Banjo Beginner
Bantam Studios @ 126 St Felix St, Brooklyn, NY
Banjo beginner is an introductory course designed to introduce students to the 5-string banjo via the Clawhammer banjo technique that is used in "Old-Time-Appalachian" music. Students will learn everything from the ground up, including how to hold the banjo, how to tune it, and the parts of the instrument. There will be a strong focus on creating a solid right hand technique to start, after which students will learn left hand techniques such as...
Fooling the Eye 2 for Teens
UrbanGlass @ 647 Fulton St, Brooklyn, NY
Fooling the eye 2 picks up where part 1 left off, introducing students to more complex glass techniques and giving students more time to develop their ideas and refine their skills. Beginning students are also welcome to sign up for this class. Q&A Q: Can I make up a class if I miss one? A: No, there are no makeups allowed. Q: Is a certificate of completion available to me after completing their class? A: No Q: Is...
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Principles of Borosilicate
UrbanGlass @ 647 Fulton St, Brooklyn, NY
In this weekend workshop, students with some experience at the torch will explore the vessel using borosilicate glass. Those new to hollow forms will start with simple bubbles and pulling points while more advanced students will work to refine their skills making footed cups and larger vessels. From proper bubble set-up to defining an order of operations, as a class we will take a close look at our process to maximize efficiency and ensure that...
Levels Up with Implosions
UrbanGlass @ 647 Fulton St, Brooklyn, NY
Have you ever wondered how flowers get inside glass pendants and marbles? In this weekend class, we will explore implosions, one of the most fun and addictive of all flameworking techniques. The implosion process involves using heat, gravity and optics to transform a flat pattern into a three-dimensional one. Students will use glass stringers and frit to create gorgeous pendants, marbles, and miniature paperweights of their own designs. The design...
And Mosaics for All
UrbanGlass @ 647 Fulton St, Brooklyn, NY
Experience the beautiful simplicity of John Drury’s direct method of mosaic. Anyone, aged 8 to 80, can enjoy the successfully completing of a colorful work in glass mosaic; so bring the entire family along! With an eye to recycling, this is the perfect course for those who are comfortable in two-dimensions and are interested in using their experience in drawing and painting into three-dimensional works of glass art. No experience with...
Simple Mold Making for Jewelry
UrbanGlass @ 647 Fulton St, Brooklyn, NY
It’s simple and easy to make your own molds for glass jewelry. Cuttlefish bones, such as the ones you see in birdcages, are soft and easy to carve. They are perfect for making small pendants, pieces for bracelets, necklaces, earrings and brooches. Molds can be filled with large and small glass frit and powders, as well as small inclusions like fine gauge wire, millefiori and metal foil. Students should come prepared with simple drawings that...
Beginning Beadmaking
UrbanGlass @ 647 Fulton St, Brooklyn, NY
In this three-week introduction to beadmaking, students will be introduced to basic decorative techniques that can be used to produce a variety of surfaces and shapes and students will be encouraged to develop their own personal aesthetic using these tools. Feel free to bring to class jewelry designs that you want to achieve. Q&A Q: Can I make up a class if I miss one? A: No, there are no makeups allowed. Q: Is a certificate...
Introduction to Kilnforming Weekend Workshop
UrbanGlass @ 647 Fulton St, Brooklyn, NY
In this fun two-day class, you will learn the skills to make items like plates, coasters, wall sconces, and jewelry elements; this and more is possible when working with kilnformed glass. The workshop will introduce students to the fundamentals of kilnforming – glass cutting, fusing and slumping. Students will work with flat glass, crushed glass, stringers and rods, as well as metal inclusions, to make finished pieces. Experimentation is highly...
Slumbering in Stone: Introduction to Carving
UrbanGlass @ 647 Fulton St, Brooklyn, NY
Carving in glass and stone involves both patience and foresight, requiring an ability to visualize three dimensional forms hidden within raw material. While there are various traditions of shaping hard siliceous materials, the coldshop offers a modern range of tools and processes utilizing diamond abrasion. This workshop will give students an introduction to methods of carving using the tools of the coldshop, with special attention given towards...
Chop Shop: Making Cold Creations Using Simple Bubbles
UrbanGlass @ 647 Fulton St, Brooklyn, NY
The cold shop is often considered a place to remove punties and straighten vases, but it can be a place where a basic object can be cut apart and reassembled to make entirely new creations. It is a place where we can create sharp crisp facets and various textures that can change both the look and feel of a piece of glass. During this class we will be looking at alternate ways to make work out of multiple pieces of glass by using just cold techniques. ...
Trash to Treasure: Upcycling Techniques in Glass
UrbanGlass @ 647 Fulton St, Brooklyn, NY
In this workshop we will use basic glass techniques to rethinking and redesign common glass into new possibilities. Each of the four sessions will rotate to a different studio method to find experimental and utilitarian solutions to our recycling. We will explore the cold shop to learn simple ways of cutting glass and adding pattern and texture. As well as the kiln and flame studio to re-melt found glass and collage imagery with drawing. We...
Product Photography and Lighting - Shiny and Reflective
UrbanGlass @ 647 Fulton St, Brooklyn, NY
Photographing your work can often be the missing link between making inspiring objects and actually showing them to anyone. Of course, it would be nice to have someone do it for you, but if you can coherently document your own work it opens up an easy channel from being productive in the studio to sharing your work digitally. In two days, class will experiment with different approaches to lighting, camera setup, and set design with a focus...
Float like a Butterfly, Sting like a Bead
UrbanGlass @ 647 Fulton St, Brooklyn, NY
Join us for a weekend workshop creating beads that are all about spring! Make flower inspired beads, bumble beads, and more! In this course, students will learn the key fundamentals of flameworking soft glass beads. Starting with basic safety and glass knowledge, students will learn how to heat and form glass around steel mandrels to create their very own glass beads. Open to all ages 11 and up, 9 with guardian, all skill levels welcome....
Father's Day Glassblowing
UrbanGlass @ 647 Fulton St, Brooklyn, NY
Come experiment with hot molten glass in this one day Father’s Day workshop! Students will work in teams to learn beginning glassblowing techniques and help each other create handmade objects to take home. Sign up on your own, or with dad for a special shared experience! Open to all ages 11 and up, 10 with parent/caregiver.
$300
Sticky Situation: Glass Mosaic
UrbanGlass @ 647 Fulton St, Brooklyn, NY
Join us in updating this most ancient of arts – glass mosaic. We will learn to cut glass, adhere (glue) it properly to a support board and grout it to realize your unique design. Be you - the sky's the limit! All sorts of imagery is absolutely acceptable, and we will design and adhere your work to a board on day one. Flowers, butterflies, your dog or cat – Pokemon, Creeper or your favorite team’s logo – we can do it together! On day...
Sandcasting
UrbanGlass @ 647 Fulton St, Brooklyn, NY
In this one day workshop students will get an introduction to hot casting glass using Zircar Mold Mix molds. Pouring hot glass into molds in the hot shop allows artists to create unique solid glass objects. Zircar Mold Mix 6 is a high temperature ceramic mold material used to make light-weight, strong, reusable mold for glass casting and blowing. During this workshop students will make several reusable molds using Zircar Mold Mix 6. These molds...
$335
Winter Star
UrbanGlass @ 647 Fulton St, Brooklyn, NY
Unleash your creativity and learn the art of stained glass in a captivating 3D star workshop. Join us for an immersive experience where you'll master the techniques to craft a luminous stained glass star that reflects your unique style and artistic voice. No experience necessary.
$305
The Glass Postcard (One Day Fusing)
UrbanGlass @ 647 Fulton St, Brooklyn, NY
Explore the transformative power of glass as you create a stunning glass "postcard" inspired by your image. Learn cutting, assembling, and fusing techniques while incorporating clear and colored sheet glass and glass powders to add depth and dimension to your artwork. No experience is required.
Intro to Glassblowing with Charlie Golonkiewicz
UrbanGlass @ 647 Fulton St, Brooklyn, NY
Learn the introductory skills of glassblowing in this dynamic one-day workshop at UrbanGlass. Discover how to manipulate molten glass and create colorful glassware, such as paperweights and cups. No previous experience is required, open to ages 14 and up.
$375
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