Spend a day surrounded by color and creativity as you craft your own bouquet of glass flowers in this full-day beginner workshop. Working with borosilicate glass and a 3,000°F tabletop torch, you’ll learn how to melt, shape, and bring glass to life with vibrant color and sculptural detail. Demonstrations throughout the day will guide you in forming petals, sculpting leaves, and exploring different techniques for assembling your blossoms.

Design your flowers to stand tall on 6” clear stems, perfect for a vase or potted plant, or add loops to transform them into wearable pendants. You will gain a solid foundation in studio safety, torch operation, essential sculpting techniques, and experience the joy of working with molten glass.

Note: Class includes a 30-minute lunch break. Lunch is not provided, but a refrigerator is available for student use.

Ages 14+

Due to the nature of hot glass, your items will be available for pickup 5 days after your activity.

Serve up style with your very own handmade glass platter. In this introductory 4-hour workshop, you’ll learn how to cut, design, and assemble colorful sheet glass, glass granules (frit), and thin glass rods (stringers) into your own pattern under the guidance of a skilled instructor.

Once your design is complete, we’ll fuse it in the kiln to create a dazzling platter perfect for serving your favorite food, or simply displaying as a handmade work of art. Platters can be made in a variety of sizes including 7" x 12", 10" x 10", 8" x 8", or 9" round.

Ages 14+

Due to the nature of hot glass, your items will be available for pickup 5 days after your activity.

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An 8-week curriculum, accelerated into just 4 weeks.

Learn Flame Shop basics in this 4-week intro class, which gives you the same number of contact hours as our 8-week class. Work with borosilicate (hard) glass rods, which can be melted, colored, and shaped into decorated beads, pendants, marbles, and sculptures. Over 4 weeks, focus on hand control, color application, and annealing while receiving one-on-one troubleshooting advice. No experience necessary.

 

This 4-week class meets twice a week on both Tuesday and Thursday.

 

Ages 14+

Discover a rainbow of options with color-shifting dichroic glass! Learn how to make sparkling fused glass pendants and earrings using a variety of techniques. Well also incorporate accessory glass and decals, explore coldworking techniques, and attach findings that turn your one-of-a-kind creations into wearable works of art. No experience is necessary.

Ages 14+

An 8-week curriculum, accelerated into just 4 weeks.

Learn Flame Shop basics in this 4-week intro class, which gives you the same number of contact hours as our 8-week class. Work with borosilicate (hard) glass rods, which can be melted, colored, and shaped into decorated beads, pendants, marbles, and sculptures. Over 4 weeks, focus on hand control, color application, and annealing while receiving one-on-one troubleshooting advice. No experience necessary.

 

This 4-week class meets twice a week on both Tuesday and Thursday.

 

Ages 14+

An 8-week curriculum, accelerated into just 4 weeks.

Explore glassblowing in just 4-weeks! Learn to gather molten glass from the furnace, and then sculpt it into various forms, from paperweights to simple blown shapes, like cups and bowls. 

Focus will be placed on the team approach to glassblowing and will emphasize safety, proper tool use, basic techniques, and materials.

This class is appropriate whether you have limited hot shop experience or none at all. You will experience the same number of contact hours as students attending the once-a-week, 8-week classes, but in a condensed, 4-week format.

There are two options: One class meets twice a week on both Tuesday and Thursday; the other is a longer day on Saturdays.

Ages 14+

Fascinated by the intricacies of colorful glass beads and glass jewelry? In this introduction to bead making, learn the basic skills of heating glass, applying it to a mandrel, and shaping it with tools in just 4 weeks.

 

Plus, learn important decorative techniques, such as dots and trails. You’ll make several different kinds of beads that you'll want to wear or share.

 

Ages 14+