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Glass Gifts Made From Flame
Come for a weekend creating glass beads that we will turn into wine bottle stoppers, beer bottle openers, or letter openers, perfect as a gift set to give or to keep for yourself. We’ll start with the basics of melting and controlling glass, pulling stringers to use as decoration later. Then we will learn how to make glass beads, progressively learning decoration methods. We will experiment with different colors and techniques to create a set of beads to use on the wine stopper and letter and bottle opener mandrels. We will utilize the first two days to create on the torch and will finish the final gifts on the third day.
This class is for beginners or those with flameworking experience.
For safety please wear closed toed shoes, natural fibers such as cotton/flannel/wool/denim, and hair pulled back.
What You'll Learn:
Session 1: we will go over the flameworking set up, how to turn the system on, working the flame, glass selection, how to pull stringers and creating basic beads on the torch along with how to decorate as time allows.
Session 2: We will learn how to clean beads and learn design techniques like shaping beads, frit, dots, encasement, and more. We’ll create the final beads to fill in gaps to finish the gifts.
Session 3: We will finish cleaning beads from session 2 and assemble the beads into the final products.
Class Details:
Saturday June 21, 2025 from 11:00am - 1:00pm
Sunday June 22, 2025 from 11:00am - 1:00pm
Monday June 23, 2025 from 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Cost: (Includes $25 materials fee)
Everyone: $225
Safety Requirements: For your safety, please wear clothing made of natural fibers (wool, denim, cotton, etc.), close-toed shoes, and ensure long hair is pulled back securely.
Instructor: Jenni
