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Glass Owl Beads: What a Hoot!
$98.00Date and Time: 02/11/2018 from -
Capacity: 6
Instructor: Wendy Ford
Prerequisites: Make Glass Beads or equivalent. See class on Jan. 12.
This class is for the advanced beginner/intermediate lampworker. Expand your skills by learning embellishment techniques to add wing patterns, ears, eyes, and beak to a core barrel bead to make your personalized owl.
Make Glass Beads: Intro to Lampworking–This class is full. Call to get on waitlist!
$120.00Date and Time: 06/15/2023 from 10:00 AM - 2:00 PM
Capacity: 5
Instructor: Karen Kubby
Prerequisites: No previous experience necessary.
Making glass beads is great fun and an opportunity to play with fire in a controlled and supportive environment. This class will teach you the art of lampworking, a technique of using a torch and melting Italian Effetre glass rods to create various shapes. Safety and appropriate equipment handling are emphasized. Your beads will need to stay in a kiln overnight to be annealed.
*NOTE:Participants must be at least 15 years old.*
This class is full. Call 319-338-1566 to get on the waitlist. When there are two people on the list we will work to schedule another class.
Masking in Glass–Next Steps in Lampworking
$120.00Date and Time: 08/09/2025 from 10:00 AM - 1:00 PM
Capacity: 6
Instructor: Karen Kubby
Prerequisites: Intro to Lampworking or equivalent skills.
Learn to “mask” with glass. This is a process where you layer glass in a way to create more intricate design elements. A great intermediate soft glass class.
Boro Beads
$120.00Date and Time: 09/30/2023 from 10:00 AM - 1:00 PM
Capacity: 5
Instructor: Karen Kubby
Prerequisites: Any lampworking experience.
This is an intermediate class for those with some lampworking experience. Use borosilicate glass to make glass beads.
Next Steps in Lampworking: Hollow Beads
$120.00Date and Time: 03/23/2024 from 10:00 AM - 1:00 PM
Capacity: 6
Instructor: Karen Kubby
Prerequisites: Basic lampworking skills.
Hollow beads are a challenge as you need heat to melt the glass, yet too much heat contracts the glass and you lose the hollow nature of your bead. Learn tips and tricks to making hollow beads. Try making a bead inside your hollow bead.
Make Glass Beads–Intro to Lampworking
$120.00Date and Time: 10/04/2025 from 10:00 AM - 2:00 PM
Capacity: 5
Instructor: Karen Kubby
Prerequisites: No experience needed.
This class will teach you the art of lampworking, a technique of using a torch and melting glass rods to create various shapes. Safety and appropriate equipment handling are emphasized. Your beads will need to stay in a kiln overnight to be annealed.
NOTE: Participants must be at least 15 years old.
This class serves as a prerequisite for next steps lampworking classes.
Flower Power: Glass Flower Disks
$105.00Date and Time: 08/10/2019 from -
Capacity: 7
Instructor: Karen Kubby
Prerequisites: Intro to Lampworking or equivalent skills.
Learn to make a disk with layers of colors. Spot heating will allow you to use tools to manipulate the glass into a flower. These beads are great for making pendants, earrings, and can be used as a clasp.