by Cathy Niland
Have you already flipped through our latest catalog and got excited about all our upcoming fall classes? Yesterday, early member registration for the 136 classes running September–December officially opened! With a two week headstart, members have the upper hand getting into popular courses like Woodturning and rarities like Bell Casting. And this session, we are offering 34 classes for the first time ever, so members get the first crack at fun new offerings like Wooden Toy and Belt and Buckle.
We know. Thirty-four is a lot. Take our short quiz below to guide you through the 34 new offerings and find the perfect fit for you (and maybe your family). And to make things easy, you can find some of our speciality courses being offered this fall listed below, including our new, rare, and most popular classes.
If you aren’t a member already, be sure to sign up to enjoy 10% off class tuition and get your spot first. Class seats are sure to disappear faster come public registration on July 30.
New Classes
Be one of the very first Crucible students ever to make a belt and buckle or an ornament in a number of mediums.
Metal Clay Forms From Nature
Create beautiful fine silver jewelry such as pendants, earrings, or charms from real leaves using metal art clay and paste! Learn how to properly apply metal art clay to organic...
Glass Flameworked Pendant
After a basic introduction to melting and shaping borosilicate glass with an oxy-propane torch, create elegant, organic and beautiful pendants for holiday gifting or for your own...
Metal Clay Rings
Create and design multiple rings from copper and silver metal clay, practicing a variety of rolling, texture, applique, and carving techniques. Kiln fire each piece, then finish...
Torch Fired Enameling
Learn how to use the torch to fuse glass to metal! Working on copper, you will learn the basics of how the enamel medium works and how to fuse using the torch. We will go over...
Glass Fused Ornaments
Learn to cut glass and assemble it into beautiful hanging glass fused ornaments! Add sparkle with dichroic glass, frit, and stringers that will embellish your design. Ornaments...
3-Hour Taster: Pate-de-Verre
One of the earliest techniques of glass manipulation, pâte-de-verre or “paste of glass” is a versatile kiln casting technique that uses glass paste. In this three-hour course, you...
Enamel Ornaments
Add a special touch to your holiday traditions with an enameled ornament of your own design. Using flat, precut copper shapes as a base, layer colored opaque glass in stenciled...
Wooden Toy
Build a unique, customizable wooden toy! Learn to safely use woodworking tools and machines, then complete your project with colorful, foodsafe finishes. Class projects include...
Mexican Tin Ornaments
Create unique tin ornaments inspired by repujado and hojalata from Mexico! Learn techniques for tooling aluminum, a malleable form of tin, while working with available designs and...
Glass Fused Ornaments
Learn to cut glass and assemble it into beautiful hanging glass fused ornaments! Add sparkle with dichroic glass, frit, and stringers that will embellish your design. Ornaments...
Rare Finds
These classes don’t come around often. Don’t miss your chance to dive into these rarely offered classes.
Bell Casting
Bell Casting introduces participants to bell design and the lost wax foundry technique. Each student will design, cast, and finish a bell approximately six inches in diameter. This...
Forge Your Own Blacksmithing Tools
Create your own blacksmithing tools! You will make a punch and learn how to use it to punch the eye on a hammerhead. You will learn techniques in double striking and heat-treating,...
Chasing and Repousse
Learn two ancient metalworking techniques for creating dimension and endless detail, by hammering sheet metal into three-dimensional reliefs. Working with two-inch squares of...
Pen In One Day
Students will make two pens at the lathe, one of solid wood and one of your own design built up from several pieces of wood. Since turning pens is a quick process, we will have...
Power Hammer I
We will focus on power hammer techniques as we forge a set of basic hammer tools, side sets, and a round-back flatter. By the time these new tools are heat-treated, students will...
Popular Classes
Going, going, gone! These classes fill up fast. Sign up now before public registration opens July 30.
Youth After School Classes
Get your kids into a creative state of mind in our weekend and after school classes (yes, back to school is sooner than you think!).
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