Our one day glassblowing course is both an exciting experience day and a great introduction to glassblowing for beginners. Learn the fundamentals of this ancient craft while you make your own glass objects, using hot, molten glass straight from the furnace.
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.
Discover the art of flameworking beads. Our experienced tutor will guide you through the fundamentals of flameworking (lampworking) using a torch. You will work from your own torch to design and make ten or more beads over the day, using a wide selection of colours and processes.
The ideal follow-on course to our one-day or half-day classes. You will learn the fundamental skills of hot glass sculpture to shape a flower and a bird - getting the feel of how to master this magical material, followed by a blown piece like perhaps a tumbler. In the afternoon expand your skills to create a bowl, or plate.
A great glassblowing taster and introduction to the magic of glass. Through hands-on making you will gain first-hand insight into this ancient craft. You will gather hot molten glass straight from the furnace and shape into glass objects to keep.
A great glassblowing 'taster' and introduction to the magic of glass. Through hands-on making you will gain first-hand insight into this ancient craft. You will gather hot molten glass straight from the furnace and shape into glass objects to keep.
Take your pattern making to the next level! Create exciting, transformative effects in fused glass on this intensive five-day masterclass with glass artist Ian Chadwick.
Delve 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.
Explore 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.
Discover 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 flameworking with a torch. An unforgettable, hands-on, craft experience.