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Masterclass: Deep Slumped Forms – Karl Harron
with Karl HarronThe aim of this five-day Masterclass is to achieve a sublime deep vessel form in kiln-cast glass. You will be encouraged to develop your aesthetic and conceptual perspective, rather than simply mastering the technique, while negotiating the technical challenges of deep-slumping into three-step ceramic moulds.
£795.00 / SOLD OUT
Masterclass: Pâte de Verre – Joshua Kerley
with Joshua KerleyCreate beautiful thin-walled vessels with subtle translucency using a glassmaking technique known as Pâte de Verre. Artist Joshua Kerley will guide you to the process and with a playful exploration of colour you will produce your own palette of unique hues and tones.
£600.00 / 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.
£775.00 / SOLD OUT
3-Day Kilnworking
with The Glass Hub TeamGet creative with glass and explore a range of techniques for manipulating glass in the kiln. You'll experiment with glass fusing, reactive fusing, iridescent fusing and deep fusing. We will also look at relief casting, slumping, drop-out moulds, pot melts and open-faced moulds - creating form and texture in cast glass.
£440.00 / SOLD OUT
3-Day Glassblowing (Beginner)
with The Glass Hub TeamDiscover the potential of glassmaking over three days, enough time to fully immerse yourself in hot glass blowing techniques. This is an excellent fun and stimulating course for those looking for a more solid foundation and better understanding of glassblowing techniques.
£750.00 / SOLD OUT
3-Day Glassblowing (Further)
with The Glass Hub TeamIf you already have some blowing experience then take your glassblowing to the next stage. The focus of this class will be to learn to work more independently - blowing tumblers, working with colour and much more! Fully immerse yourself in the process, move at your own pace and stretch your limits.
£780.00 / SOLD OUT
Masterclass: Fusing doesn’t have to be flat – Nina Casson McGarva
with The Glass Hub TeamCreate 3D sculptures using hot glass manipulation with traditional fusing techniques as a base. The emphasis will be on experimentation and is suitable for intermediate to advanced students who can embrace failure as being part of the learning curve in testing the limits of glass fusing.
£625.00 / 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: 1
Masterclass: Screen Printing on Glass – James Cockerill
with James CockerillExplore the exciting potential of hand-pulled, silk screen printing onto glass. Using traditional glass paints and enamels, you will build up layers of print to create stunning one-off works of art.
£400.00 / SOLD OUT
Masterclass: Images in Glass with Helen Slater Stokes
with Helen Slater StokesInvestigate various techniques for creating photographic, digital or hand drawn imagery within glass. Helen Slater Stokes will share with you the processes of applying photo silkscreen printing; layered imagery; sgraffito frit drawing and decal transfers to your glass creations.
£695.00 / Places Left: 1
Masterclass: Venetian Stemware – Dave Barry
with Dave Barry2 LATE CANCELLATION PLACES! A 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 / Places Left: 1
The Glass Hub Spring School
with The Glass Hub TeamDiscover what this amazing material can do by spending five whole days with us exploring a range of glassmaking techniques including glass blowing, kiln forming, fusing as well as beadmaking and sandcasting. The course will include talks and expert demonstrations. Come and learn, enjoy and share the art of glass at The Hub.
£825.00 / SOLD OUT
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.
£595.00 / SOLD OUT
Masterclass: Colour Dropouts – Ruth Shelley
with Ruth ShelleyHave you ever wanted to re-create the colours that inspire you into glass but not sure where to start. Ruth Shelley will guide you through the Bullseye colour palette with demonstrations, practical hands-on experiments and discussion.
£695.00 / SOLD OUT
Masterclass: Connected Forms, Flameworking – Zoe Garner
with The Glass Hub TeamDrawing concepts and ideas from the movement of the material, you will explore the potential of flame worked Borosilicate (Pyrex) glass. Rods and tubes will be transformed, using gravity, centrifugal force, blowing and manipulation with tools into components that will then be connected to form assembled structures.
£625.00 / SOLD OUT
3-Day Glassblowing (Beginner)
with The Glass Hub TeamDiscover the potential of this unique material with enough time to fully immerse yourself in hot glass techniques. This is an excellent fun and stimulating course for those looking for a more solid foundation and better understanding of glassblowing techniques.
£750.00 / Places Left: 2
The Glass Hub Summer School
with The Glass Hub TeamDiscover the craft of glassmaking on our unique five-day glass summer school in rural Wiltshire. You will explore a whole range of glassmaking techniques including glass blowing, kiln forming, fusing, slumping, casting as well as lampworking with a torch. An unforgettable, hands on, craft experience.
£825.00 / Places Left: 1
Summer School Extra
with The Glass Hub TeamIf you already have some glass making experience, why not extend or refresh your skills over five days with us. A range of further techniques will be covered in all areas including glassblowing, fusing, casting and lampworking, together with discussion and expert demonstrations.
£825.00 / Places Left: 1
Masterclass: Flame to Furnace – Laura Quinn
with Laura QuinnCross the boundaries between lampworking and glass blowing and create intricate lampworked forms using cane pulled from the furnace and apply to blown vessels in the hotshop. An experimental class with artist Laura Quinn.
£695.00 / SOLD OUT
Glass Foundation Course (8 weeks)
with The Glass Hub TeamOur 8-week glass foundation course is a great way to explore a wide variety of techniques and processes involved in creating with glass. Each Wednesday you will explore hot glassblowing and kiln-forming techniques together with some lampworking, sandblasting and more.