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The Glass Hub Winter School

Discover 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.

Fusing with Pattern Bar

Discover the potential of pattern bar, a process inspired by hot glass ‘murrine’ techniques, to make highly detailed elements that can be fused into other projects. Striking patterns and effects can be achieved with this deceptively simple technique.

3-Day Kilnworking

Get 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.

Fusing with the Wow Factor – Opal Seabrook

Explore ‘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.

One Day Further Glass Fusing

Explore further techniques in fusing and slumping, including powder techniques like fossil vitra, stencilling and part sheets, plus slumping drop-out vessels. An excellent follow-on day to One Day Glass Fusing and an opportunity to extend your skills or to develop new creative directions with expert guidance.

One Day Glass Fusing

Discover the art of fusing glass and explore a variety of techniques. You will learn the fundamentals of glass cutting, assembly, accessory glass, metal inclusions, and kiln firing under the expert guidance of the Glass Hub Tutors. A great introduction for beginners or artists working in other mediums to experiment with this art form.

One Day Further Fusing

Explore some exciting new techniques in fusing and slumping, including methods such as drop-outs, and powder techniques like fossil vitra, screen printing and part sheets. An excellent follow-on day to One Day Fusing.

Reactive Fusing

Combine Bullseye sheet glass, powder, frit or metal foils to create reactions when fusing, resulting in special colours and effects. We will experiment with the use of lead, copper and sulphur bearing glasses, as well as red reactive, in sheet glass, stringer and frit form, to create amazing reactive combinations.

Masterclass: Advanced Pattern Making in Glass – Ian Chadwick

Explore 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.

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