GLASSBLOWING / HOT GLASS
	2-Day Cane & Cup Workshop	Learn about the Venetian technique of cane working in this 2-day workshop. On the first day, Benjamin and Rebekah will assist you in designing and pulling out a variety of cane (a long & thin glass rod used in decorative glasswork). You will learn how to gather from the furnace, apply color, and stretch glass cane over the length of the studio. The second day, you will be instructed on how to apply the cane to a glass vessel, the cup. With the assistance of your instructor, you will be taking home your very own Venetian cup! Register now!	Saturday, Jan 23, 2010 (10-5pm) & Sunday, Jan 24, 2010 (12-5pm)	Benjamin Phelan & Rebekah Davis	$295
	Glassblowing I	This introduction course meets for five consecutive Tuesday evenings. It is intended for beginners with no experience. Students will learn the fundamentals of hot glass sculpting and glassblowing with continual emphasis on teamwork and communication. The class will focus on the primary skills needed to create basic shapes from hot glass. Students will learn how to gather molten glass, sculpt small marbles and paperweights, and explore the basics of blown forms such cups and vases. Six students maximum. Register now!	Tuesday evenings: Feb 2 - Mar 3, 2010 Mar 30 -Apr 28, 2010 June 22 - July 21, 2010 Sept 7-Oct 6, 2010 6-9pm	Glassworks Artist	$445
	Intermediate Glassblowing II	The Intermediate class is designed for glassblowing students who are comfortable with the basic forms created in the Beginning class. The Intermediate class will concentrate on building hand skills and refining the forms. Many different color techniques will be taught and some advanced bit-work will be covered as well, including dropped feet, wraps, handles, and other sculptural bits. Minimum 3 students. Prerequisite: Glassblowing I or approval from instructor. Register now!	Wednesday evenings: Feb 3-Mar 4, 2010 Mar 31- April 29, 2010 June 23-July 22, 2010 Sept 8- Oct 7, 2010 6-9pm	Glassworks Artist	$445
	1 day Glassblowing Workshop	Come into the hotshop to warm up and learn how to blow glass. You will receive hands-on instruction and be taught how to gather out of the glass furnace, use a variety of tools, shape and blow hot glass. This is a very intensive, basic introduction to glass that will allow you to determine whether you would like to further your experience in working with hot glass. Register now!	Saturday, Jan 16, 2010 Sunday, April 25, 2010 Saturday, June 26, 2010 10am-5pm (w/ lunch break)	Glassworks Artist	$225
	Private Glassblowing Instruction	For any skill level, we can cater a class to your needs! Our talented instructors are available year round for private instruction. Must have taken Glassblowing I or 1 day Glassblowing Workshop. Register now!	ongoing	Chad Balster or McKinley Moore	$100/hr (3 hr min)
	Hot Glass Paperweight Workshop	Learn to make a paperweight from hot, molten glass from the furnace. Different color techniques and applications will be explored in this session. All tools and glass are included. No experience required. Class minimum is 4. Register now!	Apr 18, 2010 10am-5pm	Glassworks Artists	$200
	Breaking Symmetry   offered in conjunction with GAS Conference	This class is intended for those with some experience blowing glass to break out of the functional mode and start seeing glass in 3 Dimensions.  This class will deal with everything from closed forms and blow punties to inside sculpting with oxy/propane torches.  Issues of heating, turning, carrying more glass and preparing the proper shaped bubble for the final outcome will be constant conversation throughout the class.  A love for experimentation and some glass experience required. Instructor Bio:  Slate Grove received his BFA from the Cleveland Institute of Art and has taught at Snow Farm: The New England Craft Program, Williamsburg, Mass., 160 Glass, Brooklyn, NY and Urban Glass, Brooklyn, NY as well as having been a visiting artist at Rochester Institute of Technology and Iowa State University.  Slate has exhibited work in Seattle, WA; Chicago, IL; Toronto, Ontario, Canada; New York, NY; Cleveland, OH; and Louisville, KY and is currently the Glass Studio Coordinator at Penland School of Crafts. Register now!	June 4-8, 2010	Slate Grove	$800
	Illustrate Your Life in Glass   offered in conjunction with GAS Conference	Demo in morning, lunch, afternoon 9-5 Requirement: 1 year or more of hot glass experience. In this intermediate to advanced class students will be encouraged to illustrate their lives in glass. We will draw from other interests and parts of our lives besides art and glass to influence our ideas and concepts. Technically, this class will explore the logic and physics of glassmaking. We will not be making vessels but we will use the bubble sculpturally. This class will also cover solid and core sculpting, bit work, common and special situation punties, and garage work. We will learn how to draw and disect objects in order to be able to make parts and assemble pieces into the final object. Glass can be anything and that is just what we will make. Register now!	June 13-17	Scott Darlington	$800
	Blow Your Own...	Glassworks offers the opportunity for the public to work with the resident glassblowers to blow their very own piece (varies by season)! Click here to learn more!	ongoing	Glassworks Artists	$40-$60
	PRIVATE GROUP - Blow Your Own...	Bring a group of 10 or more people for a private Blow Your Own Ornament session at Glassworks. Your group will work with Glassworks artist to create their own, one of a kind, hand blown ornament or suncatcher. Click here to learn more!	ongoing	Glassworks Artists	$40
FUSING / SLUMPING
	Intro to Fusing and Slumping	Utilizing heat, gravity and time, create an array of original fused and slumped pieces. Students will learn the technical basics of kiln working. From melting temperatures to annealing temperatures, students will gain an understanding of how glass reacts as it is heated and cooled. Learn to score and cut glass in order to design beautiful, original works of art. Tools and materials are provided. No previous glass working experience is necessary. Pieces may be picked up one week after class or shipped for an additional $15. Six students maximum. Register now!	1/17/10 2/20/10 3/20/10 4/18/10 5/16/10 6/27/10 8/15/10 10/17/10 12/12/10 12-5pm		$150
	Fusing with Powder	In this 2-day workshop, students will learn a variety of techniques for applying powdered glass frit onto glass. In the first session, students will become acquainted with the application methods, including sifting, sprinkling and 'drawing' on glass. Many of these methods have been developed for commercial use by Architectural Glass Art, and are adapted for the creation of warm glass art pieces. In the second session, we will create window or wall hangings in a design of the student’s choice. Register now!	Mar 9 & Mar 16, 2010	Devin French & Chris Chappell	$150
FLAMEWORKING / BEADMAKING
	Intro to Flameworking	This class is designed to give students a basic overview of flameworking, a method using glass rods or tubes and a blowtorch to heat and manipulate the glass into an object. Students will explore a variety of techniques and tool usage, also learning about safety and equipment usage . Students will use clear borosilicate glass, supplemented by color application, in which both solid rod and hollow tubing will be used. Register now!	Jan 16-17, 2010 Mar 20-21, 2010 May 22-23, 2010 July 10-11, 2010 Sept 18-19, 2010 Nov 20-21, 2010 12-5pm	Mark Payton	$250
	Beginning Beadmaking	This two day class covers the basics of working with rods of glass in front of a torch. Learn how to make our own collections of flameworked glass beads made with Moretti Glass (soft colorful glass from Italy). The first day begins with a safety and equipment overview followed by leaning how to layer and shape the glass. During the second day you learn the core decorative techniques of dots, wrap, and pulled patterns. Maximum 6 Students. Register now!	Feb 27-28, 2010 Aug 21-22, 2010 12-5pm	Mark Payton	$250
	Vessels and Form Consciousness   offered in conjunction with GAS Conference	This class is designed to provide a solid base from which a students work can progress. with points,  jacks, and diamond shears, students of all levels will experiment with borsilicate tubing. the main focus will be our approach to the material. shape, scale, and proportion will pass through a technical "strainer" in an effort to create work of varied scale and difficulty. Matt Eskuche began working in glass in 1998 and has studied with many flameworkers, including Emilio Santini and Cesare Toffolo. he teaches classes at many schools and studios around the country and exhibits his glass sculpture with Habatat Galleries in Chicago. His work can be found in the collections of the Philadelphia Museum of Art, the Racine Art Museum, and the Museum of Arts and Design in New York. Register now!	June 8-9	Matt Eskuche	$350
	2-day Marble Making Workshop	This class is designed to give students a basic overview of flameworking, a method using glass rods or tubes and a blowtorch to heat and manipulate the glass into a marble. Students will explore a variety of techniques and tool usage, also learning about safety and equipment usage . Students will use clear borosilicate glass, supplemented by color application, in which both solid rod and hollow tubing will be used. Instructed by Mark Payton. No experience required. Class minimum is 4. Register now!	Dates TBD	Mark Payton	$250
ARCHITECTURAL GLASS
	Kiln Cast Glass Tabletop	Make a utilitarian item that could double as sculptural art. Learn the basics of kiln casting by working with heat resistant mold material to make a textured surface on which large sheet glass will be cast. Register now!	Dates TBD		$450
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	Glass Jewelry Workshop	Come to Glassworks Walk-in Workshop and learn to make your own jewelry using different techniques in glass. You will make three pieces of jewelry of your choice. . Class runs from 1-4:00pm Register now!	Saturdays in January, 2010 1-4pm		$90
	Make your own Cuff Bracelet with Bezel set Cast Glass “Stone”	Students will cast their own glass “stone” to set on a cuff bracelet that they will design and fabricate in this 2-day workshop. Along with creating their one-of-a-kind glass “stones”, this class will also teach students fundamental metalsmithing techniques that they will use to achieve the transfer of their two-dimensional design onto their finished bracelet. No experience required. Register now!	Dates TBD	Susan Murphy	$125
	Glass Variety Pack	So you’d love to learn a little about art glass, but aren’t sure where to begin? We have the perfect solution! Starting in April, the Glassworks Walk-In Workshop will offer a Glass Variety Pack. Each Thursday night of the month, from 6pm-8pm, we’ll teach you a new and exciting technique. We’ll start with a small stained glass project, using the copper foil method. The next week, we’ll tackle a leaded stained glass piece. The following week we’ll learn about fusing and slumping glass and use of a kiln. The last Thursday of the month we’ll let YOU decide which method you want to wrap up the class with. You can create jewelry using the fusing method, design another fused and slumped piece, or complete another copper foil or leaded stained glass piece! So, why keep wondering? Class maximum is six people, so sign up today! No previous glass experience is necessary. Register now!	Dates TBD		$225