Wednesdays
Whether it is a display for a big fossil, a decorative element for your garden, a way to showcase your new glass piece, or something you’d like to add to your clay sculpture, we will achieve working with lines in space using thick (1-10 gauge) copper or brass wire/rod. Everyone…
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Experience the calming effects and therapeutic benefits of watercolor painting while experimenting with the abstract, unpredictable and playful nature of watercolor. Investigate the process with unique methods and materials. Learn pouring, flowing, dripping, and texturizing techniques across varied papers. Explore controlled mark-making on top of washes with various inks, pencils,…
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Design a geometric look with glass stringers! Students will create a sheet of glass using a specific layout of glass stringers. Once fused and out of the kiln, the glass will be cut up into pieces and cold worked (polished). From this point, demonstrations will also include arranging these pieces…
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Create unique fused glass objects to decorate your garden or patio! Learn intricate cutting, fusing, kiln forming techniques to make your designs into reality. Demonstrations on how to use cold working tools to design flowers, butterflies, and other objects in a variety of colored glass will also be covered. Materials…
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Build a house out of glass!!! In this 4 week class you will learn how to draw and lay out your plans for the construction of a glass house. Students use the basic glass fusion techniques for cutting glass as well as learn how to use a ring saw to…
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Shape your own glass creation from start to finish by developing your own unique molds! We will work with a variety of mold forms including Silk Mat, plaster, and screens. Students will make a fused glass art piece to then be slumped or draped into the molds. Materials and firing…
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Design and create a fused glass dish or art panel with a variety of colored glass and more. In this lesson, we will apply the basics of glass fusion when designing your art piece. Glassline paints are one way to draw and paint on your project for added design and…
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Want a new look to your old jewelry? Lost one earring and don’t know what to do with the other one? In this class, we will upcycle your personal jewelry into a fantastic new piece of adornment! Necklaces, earrings, bracelets, and rings will be melted down, reassembled, and collaged into…
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