Masterclass: Venetian Stemware with Dave Barry
with Dave BarryA fast paced masterclass on Venetian style glass stemware. The course aims to provide a grounding in the technique used to blow delicate, thin-walled goblets. You will be taught how to use optic moulds, to create blown stems and blown feet, as well as working efficiently as a team. With demonstrations and plenty of hands-on learning, this course will push your glassmaking to new limits.
£595.00 / SOLD OUT
Masterclass: Beyond the Bead – Sculpting in Soft Glass with Laura Quinn
with Laura QuinnLearn the foundational skills for controlling and sculpting soft glass - but without the mandrel! A perfect class for those who have tried a beadmaking or a lampworking experience and want to explore different and more intricate forms. You will develop a deeper understanding of heat control so that you can work soft glass in a more complex and creative way.
£425.00 / SOLD OUT
Masterclass: Collage for Kiln Casting – Georgia Redpath
with Georgia RedpathFrom paper into glass - explore collage and paper sculpting techniques to create original relief models focussing on form and texture. You will then move on to mould-making techniques, using rubbers, and finally making the investment moulds which will hold and shape glass in the kiln.
£695.00 / Places Left: 3
Masterclass: Glass from Nature – Andrea Spencer
with Andrea SpencerTake inspiration from nature on this three-day flameworking workshop. Using heat and gravity to manipulate glass in the flame you will learn methods and techniques to bend, stretch, sculpt and carve molten glass, creating sculptural objects, inspired by natural forms.
£675.00 / SOLD OUT
Masterclass: Colour Dropouts – Ruth Shelley
with Ruth ShelleyMaster the art of the dropout on this fascinating masterclass. Ruth Shelley will guide you through the process, working with the Bullseye colour palette, alongside demonstrations, practical hands-on experiments and discussion.
£695.00 / Places Left: 1
Fusing with the Wow Factor – Opal Seabrook
with Opal SeabrookExplore ‘Pop Art’ in glass with the artist Opal Seabrook. Don’t miss this amazing opportunity to discover how to build colourful, graphic 3D artworks in fused glass. Opal will share with you the techniques she has developed over ten years evolving her unique style.
£550.00 / Places Left: 3
Masterclass: Hot and Cold, Colour and Surface – Neil Edwards
with Neil EdwardsWorking as a team combine glassblowing and coldworking techniques to create colourful patterning and surface texture in glass. Explore colour layering, engraving, sandblasting, cutting, grinding and assembly. A truly collaborative approach to glassmaking.
£795.00 / Places Left: 1
Masterclass: Advanced Pattern Making in Glass – Ian Chadwick
with Ian ChadwickExplore advanced pattern forming in fused glass over five days with glass artist Ian Chadwick. Working from Bullseye glass stringer sheets, you will expand your knowledge and experience of both kiln-forming and cold-working techniques to produce intricate, geometric, mandala-like patterns.
£825.00 / SOLD OUT
Masterclass: Connected Forms – Flameworking – Zoe Garner
with Zoe GarnerExplore the potential of flame-worked Borosilicate glass, drawing concepts and ideas from the movement of the material itself. You will transform glass rods and tubes into components using gravity, centrifugal force, blowing and manipulation with tools and then connect your components into assembled structures.
£625.00 – £800.00 / Places Left: 5
Masterclass: Print, Stain, Blast & Bond – James Cockerill
with James CockerillJoin award-winning glass artist James Cockerill for this rare opportunity to experience how multiple processes - screen printing, sandblasting, kiln-fired enamels, traditional stained glass paints, silver and copper stains followed by plating, and UV bonding - combine to create richly layered glass collage.
£550.00 / Places Left: 8
Masterclass: P̢te-de-Verre Vessels РAlison Lowry
with Alison LowryTake a deep dive into Pâte-de-Verre glass making with artist Alison Lowry. Learn the unique process of creating glass works using ground glass, examining form, colour and adding interest with metal inclusions, reactive glasses and texturing.
£650.00 / Places Left: 2
Masterclass: Connected Forms – Flameworking – Zoe Garner
with Zoe GarnerExplore the potential of flame-worked Borosilicate glass, drawing concepts and ideas from the movement of the material itself. You will transform glass rods and tubes into components using gravity, centrifugal force, blowing and manipulation with tools and then connect your components into assembled structures.
£625.00 – £800.00 / Places Left: 6
Masterclass: Murrine to the Hot Shop – Tabitha Burrill
with Tabitha BurrillDelve into the fascinating world of vitrigraph murrine with glass artist and innovator Tabitha Burrill. In an immersive three-day masterclass, you will explore both fusing and hot techniques, creating unique design elements in the kiln to be used in a blown glass vessel and more.
£950.00 / Places Left: 6
Masterclass: Hot Glass Mould Blowing – Sadhbh Mowlds
with Sadhbh MowldsJoin award-winning glass artist Sadhbh Mowlds and learn how to create and blow glass into a two or three-part plaster moulds in the hot shop. You will consider the different types of moulds and their functions and re-create objects or sculptures in glass.
£895.00 / Places Left: 4
Masterclass: Venetian Cane Techniques – Dave Barry
with Dave BarryCreate Venetian style vessels using cane, with master glassblower Dave Barry. Practice pulling and rolling up cane, forming hollow vessels while absorbing techniques of production and teamwork. Students will each learn how to pull their own cane, then create supio to make a series of small cups to make into tumblers (cups).