Stained Glass Weekend
Learn to design, cut, lead and solder your very own leaded glass panel. Using traditional stained glass skills, tools and materials. This course is an excellent beginners introduction to Stained Glass!
Traditional Glass Painting
Discover the traditional skill of painting on glass using vitreous glass paints and specialised brushes. Paint a number of glass samples and a finished piece to practise a range of lining, shading and sgraffito techniques.
One Day Glassblowing
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.
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.
One Day Flameworking
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.
Glassblowing Experience Afternoon
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.
Glassblowing Experience Morning
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.
Masterclass: Transparent Pattern Making in Glass – Ian Chadwick
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.
Masterclass: Murrine to the Hot Shop – Tabitha Burrill
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.
Masterclass: Screen Printing on Glass – James Cockerill
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.