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Meetup Taster: Glass Flameworking
Entry-level
Create art while forging new friendships in the process and come away with an experience like no other. Our 3-hour Meetup Tasters are a fantastic way to begin exploring industrial art and meet people with a common interest. In this glass flameworking Taster you'll learn how to melt and shape borosilicate glass with an oxy-propane torch. We've paired our Tasters up with a lunch for the morning section and a wine-and-cheese mixer for the afternoon section so that students may socialize and engage in warm conversation about their experiences. Not only will you create a small project, but you'll also meet new fun people. Sign up for one morning and one afternoon Taster on the same day in separate disciplines and you'll receive a $15 discount.
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Maker Taster: Glass Flameworking
Entry-level
Our 3-hour Maker Tasters are a fantastic way to begin exploring industrial art and meet people with a common interest. In this glass flameworking Taster you'll learn how to melt and shape borosilicate glass with an oxy-propane torch. Sign up for one morning and one afternoon Taster on the same day in separate disciplines and you'll receive a $15 discount. You'll finish your Taster with a small finished project.
Coming May 2012...
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Holiday Taster: Glass Flameworking
Entry-level
Our three-hour Taster classes are an easy way to begin exploring the industrial arts. In this glass flameworking Taster you'll learn how to melt and shape borosilicate glass with an oxy-propane torch. Taster classes make great gifts for a do-it-yourselfer, or take a class together with family and friends for a unique holiday bonding experience. Sign up for one morning and one afternoon Taster on the same day in separate disciplines and you'll receive a $15 discount. You'll finish your Taster with a small finished project.
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Glass Flameworking I 
Entry-level
This fundamentals class in flameworking will teach you the basics of transforming and manipulating glass over a bench-top torch. You'll use an oxygen-propane torch to melt borosilicate glass to mold and shape it into beautiful glass marbles, sculptures, ornaments, and more! This class introduces you to the tools and equipment of glass flameworking and covers a variety of techniques including color pulling and application, sculpting, cane making, frit application and marble making.
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Also check out this class in our Youth Department and as part of a Family Fun Weekend!
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Glass Flameworking II
Prerequisite: Glass Flameworking
In this intermediate course, we expand on the fundamentals and investigate the intricacies of borosilicate glass flameworking in more involved projects and contemporary designs. In addition to learning more progressive solid glass techniques, you will learn to use glass tubing to make blown glass perfume bottles and vessels, as well as color application to blown glass pieces, and annealing hollow form pieces.
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Advanced Techniques in Flameworking
(Yearly)
Prerequisite: Instructor Approval
This advanced class will build upon the techniques learned in Glass Flameworking and Continuing Techniques in Glass Flameworking. Advanced projects will include working with the human figure and discussions on the business of glass flameworking, including marketing, production, design, goal setting, sales, galleries, museums and art shows.
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Glass Beads I
Entry-level
Learn how to make colorful glass beads from Effettre glass rods (a soft glass), using an oxy-propane torch. This class will teach you how to make a variety of bead shapes, to form and alter surface patterns and to make stringers and twisters.
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Glass Beads II
Prerequisite: Glass Beads
Improve your bead-making skills! Explore the many uses of such bead-making techniques as dots, lines, twisters, raking and encasing. We will choose up to four areas of concentration and devote two to three hours to each topic.
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Adventures in Soft Glass: Finding Your Inner Monster
Prerequisite: Glass Flameworking or Glass Beads
Extend your glass experience by learning techniques in creating open hollow forms. Monster expert Ralph McCaskey takes you on a journey in soft glass, sharing secrets to creating facial expressions with a focus on eyes. A brief historical look at monsters provides a good starting point for your project. The class culminates with embellishments, such as feathers, and electroforming techniques.
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Duplicating Nature in Glass
Prerequisite: Glass Flameworking
Learn techniques in twisting and manipulating glass to create flowers, branches and insects. In this class you will closely examine organic elements and explore techniques to create in glass what grows naturally in your garden.
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Core Vessel Forming
Entry-level
Learn the ancient Egyptian art of core vessel forming. Building around a core, you will duplicate techniques used thousands of years ago in ancient Egypt to create the first bottles.
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Advanced Marble Making Techniques
Prerequisite: Glass Flameworking
The magical world of glass marble making continues in this course for the enthusiast. You will explore advanced techniques such as color, depth, texture, organic detail, murrine and cane use, as well as surface decoration. You will develop skills creating mysterious vortex marbles, enchanting implosion marbles, and mystical dichroic galaxy marbles.
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Lab: Glass Flameworking (Borosilicate or Soft Glass)
Practice and perfect the skills you learn in class. In labs, you can work on class assignments or your own projects. Lab time is supervised, but does not include instruction or materials.
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Meetup Taster: Glass Fusing
Entry-level
Create art while forging new friendships in the process and come away with an experience like no other. Our 3-hour Meetup Tasters are a fantastic way to begin exploring industrial art and meet people with a common interest. In this glass fusing Taster you'll learn the basics of glass/heat interaction, glass cutting, fusing (combining colors), as well as a brief description of firing and annealing procedures. We've paired our Tasters up with a lunch for the morning section and a wine-and-cheese mixer for the afternoon section so that students may socialize and engage in warm conversation about their experiences. Not only will you create a small project, but you'll also meet new fun people. Sign up for one morning and one afternoon Taster on the same day in separate disciplines and you'll receive a $15 discount.
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Maker Taster: Glass Fusing
Entry-level
Our 3-hour Maker Tasters are a fantastic way to begin exploring industrial art and meet people with a common interest. In this glass fusing Taster you'll learn the basics of glass/heat interaction, glass cutting, fusing (combining colors), as well as a brief description of firing and annealing procedures. Sign up for one morning and one afternoon Taster on the same day in separate disciplines and you'll receive a $15 discount. You'll finish your Taster with a small finished project.
Coming May 2012...
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Holiday Taster: Glass Fusing
Entry-level
Our three-hour Taster classes are an easy way to begin exploring the industrial arts. In this glass fusing Taster you'll learn the basics of glass/heat interaction, glass cutting, fusing (combining colors), as well as a brief description of firing and annealing procedures. Taster classes make great gifts for a do-it-yourselfer, or take a class together with family and friends for a unique holiday bonding experience. Sign up for one morning and one afternoon Taster on the same day in separate disciplines and you'll receive a $15 discount. You'll finish your Taster with a small finished project.
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Fundamentals of Glass Fusing & Slumping
Entry-level
This two-day fundamentals workshop is a great way to enter the world of art glass. The techniques of fusing and slumping offer new possibilities for creating with color and form. You'll learn the basics of glass/heat interaction, glass cutting, fusing (combining colors), and slumping (shaping glass into or over mold materials to create flat and dimensional forms). Projects include a fused and slumped plate as well as a wall "pocket vase" and mosaic "sun catcher."
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Glass Fusing & Slumping I
Entry-level
This entry-level class is a great way to enter the world of art glass, and the techniques of fusing and slumping offer you almost limitless possibilities for creating with color and form. You will learn the basics of glass/heat interaction, glass cutting, fusing (combining colors), and slumping (shaping glass into or over molds to create flat and three-dimensional forms). The class covers mold materials, as well as firing and annealing procedures. Each week, you'll explore a new process and complete a small project for kiln firing.
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Also check out this class in our Youth Department.
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Glass Fusing & Slumping II
Prerequisite: Glass Fusing & Slumping I
This class continues your investigation into slumping and fusing. Using different materials, such as clay, fiber and firebricks, you will design and create your own slumping molds. You will also learn some glass chemistry and more advanced fusing and slumping processes.
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Glass Fusing & Slumping III: Canes & Murrinis (Twice a Year)
Prerequisite:Kiln-Fired Glass-Fusing & Slumping I & II
Build on skills learned in the introductory kiln-fired glass classes with more advanced techniques and projects. This class focuses on manipulating glass using hot and cold methods. You'll learn pattern bar and cane construction, cane pulling in the glory hole and sawing murrini: all techniques that enable you create intricate patterns in glass. Using elements you've make in the glory hole, you'll complete a glass plate.
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Continuing Techniques in Kiln-Fired Glass: Working Deep (Twice a Year)
Prerequisite: Kiln-Fired Glass-Fusing & Slumping I & II
This class offers an advanced technique that uses the skills you learned in the introductory kiln-fired glass class. You will fuse multiple pieces of glass, creating a design embedded within the layers. You will explore the use of frits (crushed glass) and powdered glass to create a piece that captures imagery in great depth.
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Architectural Applications of Plate Glass:
Using Recycled Glass (Yearly)
Entry-level class
This fast-paced, five-week class explores techniques for using broken window glass and post-consumer bottle glass to form sculptural pieces, tableware and architectural elements. Each week's session introduces a different approach to using glass: combining colors by fusing glass in the kiln, changing the shape of resulting pieces using molds, using the glory hole to re-form recycled bottles and working with the cold glass. You will learn glass chemistry, coloration and firing temperatures for each application.
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Glass Powder Painting
Entry-level class
This workshop uses fusible glass powders to create "drawn" or "painted" images that are kiln fired on multiple layers of glass. The layers are then fused into a single block of glass revealing a picture or design with dimensional qualities.
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Pot Melt Glass Workshop
Entry-level class
Create unique glass art using tested-compatible glass melted in a flower pot in the kiln. This process heats scrap glass to 1,650˚ F, allowing it to flow onto the kiln shelf, forming a "puddle" of multi-colored glass. You will cut and grind this unique glass into a shape that is then re-fused into a final finished art piece.
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Reactive Glass Workshop
Entry-level
This workshop shows how you can use Bullseye glass to create special effects after kiln firing. Differing glass chemistries, when combined, cause reactions that change the fired glass's color and appearance. Adding metal foils further alters the look of the glass. In this workshop, you will make a number of samples to help give you a wider range of expression in your fused and slumped glass art.
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Stained Glass Sculpture
(Yearly)
Entry-level
Stained glass or glass fusing experience is helpful but not required for this class. You will use a combination of fusing and stained glass fabrication techniques to make three-dimensional forms in glass. You will combine colors of glass and shape the resulting pieces in the kiln. Then you'll use copper foiling and soldering to join individual pieces to make a three-dimensional creation. The class will also explore different mold materials and fastening methods.
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Kiln-Cast Glass
Entry-level
Learn the ancient art of lost-wax glass casting. You will sculpt a small wax form and use it to make a mold for a one-off reproduction. This class teaches techniques for working with wax, plaster/silica mold making, de-waxing the mold, the kiln firing process, firing schedules and annealing the glass. You can complete two to three finished projects and learn basic cold working techniques.
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Reverse Relief Kiln-Cast Glass
Entry-level
Capture the light in your sculpture. You will learn about the magical world of reverse relief in glass. Some knowledge about kiln-cast glass is helpful, but beginners are welcome too. You will make a relief in clay, then a wax relief from your clay. Your final project will be a solid block of glass, with a reverse relief in the back. Viewing it through the smooth, glassy front, you will see the positive image of your relief.
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Kiln-Formed Recycled Glass Tableware
Entry-level
The goal of this class is to make a dinner ware set of four, including large plates, salad plates, desert plates and coasters, by repurposing and re-melting window and plate glass. You will have the coice of making your own 12" max custom molds out of clay or fiber or use the 12" and 8" clay provided. Old window glass and colors for the window glass will be included in the class, but you are welcomed to bring in your own found glass for experimentation and possible use.
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Fusing & Slumping Independant Projects
Entry-level
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Lab: Glass Fusing
Taking a glass lab is a great way to practice and perfect the skills you learn in class. In labs, you will have time to work on class assignments or your own projects. Lab time is supervised, but does not include instruction or materials.
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Introduction to Glass Blowing
Entry-level
In this introductory glass blowing class you will practice and learn the basic skills and techniques that will allow you to create your very own hand blown glass work. Through supportive instruction and a team environment, you'll gather from the furnace and learn to use the tools to manipulate and shape the glass into paperweights, cups, bowls, sculptures and more. Be prepared for very hot work.
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Continuing Techniques in Glass Blowing
Prerequisite: Introduction to Glass Blowing
This class picks up where the introduction to glass blowing leaves off. You'll briefly revisit what you learned in the first class and then move on from there. There will be more focus on technique's, color application, bit work, an introduction to optic molds and cane work. You can expect to refine your skills in tumblers, cups and bowl making, as well as, expanding your repertoire in other vessel shapes. Be prepared for very hot work.
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Glass Blowing Immersion Workshop
Entry-level
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Glass Paper Weights
Entry-level
Demystify the secrets behind glass paperweights. This is an excellent beginning class for anyone wanting to dabble in hot glass. In this entry level one-day workshop you will learn to gather molten glass out of the furnace, apply color, learn various simple techniques to manipulate and shape the molten glass, as well as, proper use and terminology of traditional glass blowing tools. You can expect to create your very own one of a kind paperweights that will mesmerize both you and your friends!
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Hearts of Glass
Entry-level
In this exciting entry-level workshop we simplify the iconic and complex organ that symbolizes love and life: the heart. In our hot shop, learn basic glass working techniques to blow, shape and mold hot glass to capture your creativity in the form of a heart.
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Decorative Glass Pumpkins NEW
Entry-level
This is your chance to try your hand at glass blowing while creating your very own decorative glass pumpkins. With the supportive guidance of the instructor, students will learn to safely work with molten glass, gather glass out of the furnace, apply colors, and finally shape and sculpt the molten glass into their very own unique glass pumpkins that are not just great for holidays but all year round.
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Glass Ornaments NEW
Entry-level
Impress your friends and family by decorating your house with your very own hand blown glass ornaments. In this one day workshop you will work in a safe and supportive environment as the instructor guides you through the process of basic glass blowing to help you create your very own one of a kind hand blown glass ball ornaments. You will learn to gather molten glass out of the furnace, apply color, blow a hollow vessel and finally attach a hot glass loop to hang your ornaments from.
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Cup & Drinking Tumblers NEW
Prerequisites: Introduction to Glass Blowing
In this continuing class, you'll learn to hone and fine-tune skills creating variations of cups and drinking tumblers. Various tumbler shapes and attachments will be taught during class, with an emphasis on teamwork, punties, wraps, handles and repetition. There will also be some color application taught. You will make various individual tumblers, as well as, a matching set.
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Glass: Hot to Cold NEW
Entry-level
In this class you will have the opportunity learn the basic techniques taught in the Introduction to Glass Blowing class with the added bonus of learning basic cold working skills to finish your work. The first three classes you'll work in the hot shop learning to sculpt and blow molten glass. The last two classes you'll have the opportunity to learn basic cold working skills to grind, polish and even sand blast your glass work.
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Meetup Taster: Glass Ladling
Entry-level
Create art while forging new friendships in the process and come away with an experience like no other. Our 3-hour Meetup Tasters are a fantastic way to begin exploring industrial art and meet people with a common interest. In this glass ladling Taster you'll learn to make a temporary mold of sand and ladle molten glass directly into the mold. We've paired our Tasters up with a lunch for the morning section and a wine-and-cheese mixer for the afternoon section so that students may socialize and engage in warm conversation about their experiences. Not only will you create a small project, but you'll also meet new fun people. Sign up for one morning and one afternoon Taster on the same day in separate disciplines and you'll receive a $15 discount.
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Glass Ladling Into Sand Molds NEW
Entry-level
You will learn to make a temporary mold of sand and ladle molten glass directly into the mold. This is an exciting and often fast paced activity that yields instant gratification.
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Hot Glass Casting Into Metal Forms NEW
Prerequisites: Previous MIG welding and Glass Blowing skills
You will learn to fabricate shapes, containers and forms for ladle and punty glass casting. A variety of materials such as fabricated steel, cast iron, bronze, copper and graphite forms will be explored and experiment with. Inclusions to change texture, color, opacity will also be part of this experience and error teaching method.
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Lab: Glass Blowing NEW
Crucible Members Only
Prerequisites: Introduction to Glass Blowing
The glass blowing lab is an excellent way for you to hone your skills by practicing what you have learned in class, as well as, explore new possibilities with the medium. Labs are five hours long and run for five weeks. You are free to come and go as they please during lab hours. As in class, lab members will be expected to work together and share the area as space is limited. Labs are typically non instructional, but a lab monitor will be present to answer questions, make sure every thing/one is working safely and also to help out as needed.
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Glass Cold Working & Engraving
Entry-level
Learn to grind and polish glass in The Crucible's expanded cold working area. Using glass blanks, you will experiment with glass cutting, drilling, carving and sandblasting techniques, as well as lathe work. You will be able to complete at least two ground and polished glass objects. Returning students will learn advanced techniques.
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