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Fundamentals of Hollow Glass
$105.00 Add to cartDate and Time: 09/15/2019 from 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Capacity: 6
Instructor: Benjamin Revis, UI’s Scientific Glass Blower
Prerequisites: No experience needed.
Learn how to manipulate borosilicate glass tubing. Participants will learn to stretch, blow, and embellish tube glass.
Next Steps in Boro: Marble Making
$98.00 Add to cartDate and Time: 04/09/2017 from 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Capacity: 6
Instructor: Benjamin Revis, UI Scientific Glass Blower
Prerequisites: Intro to Boro on April 2 or demonstrated equivalent skill set
Use solid boro glass rods to create marbles. This is a “next steps” class that will give participants a deeper understanding of the techniques needed to be successful in marble making. Instructor: Benjamin Revis, UI Scientific Glass Blower.
Take both Intro to Boro and Marble Making for double rewards points.
Fundamentals of Borosilicate Glass Work
$98.00 Add to cartDate and Time: 09/10/2017 from 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Capacity: 6
Instructor: Benjamin Revis, UI Scientific Glass Blower
Prerequisites: No experience necessary.
Learn how to manipulate solid borosilicate glass. Participants will make a pawn, basic marble, and an icicle pendant.
Flame II: Next Steps in Making Glass Beads
$105.00 Add to cartDate and Time: 11/23/2019 from 10:00 AM - 2:00 PM
Capacity: 7
Instructor: Karen Kubby
Prerequisites: Make Glass Beads or equivalent.
Continue to explore the art of lampworking with a torch and glass rods. In this class, you will learn more techniques for manipulating color, making the perfect dot, and shaping with a goal of making a variety of more complicated shapes, including a hollow bead–see the great fish beads in the photo to the left. Your beads will be annealed overnight at the store.
You must be at least 15 years old to register for this class.
Next Steps in Hollow Glass: Implosion Pendant
$105.00 Add to cartDate and Time: 10/20/2019 from 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Capacity: 6
Instructor: Benjamin Revis, UI Scientific Glass Blower
Prerequisites: Intro to Hollow Glass Work on Sept. 15 or Oct. 13 or equivalent.
Learn to manipulate and embellish hollow glass to make a floral implosion pendant.