Reverse Painting on glass, glass bead making
This is an intermediate class focusing on how to work with enamels and how to apply them. We will be applying wet enamel, capturing your own line-drawings on a flat surface then, after firing the enamels; we will apply the image to a bead.
Duration: 2 days
Day 1: We will be creating our own one-of-a-kind small glass paintings. We will learn how different brushes create different effects, and how to sign you name on your work.
Day 2: We will be lighting the torch and rolling up our sleeves, as well as our paintings, to create beautiful pieces of wearable art. There will be a lot of hands on practice in order become comfortable with the amount of heat we need, and the new tools we will be using to make the images permanent on our bead.
Surface Painting on glass, glass bead making
This is an intermediate class focusing on how to work with enamels and how to apply them. We will be making beads and then we will be applying wet enamel, capturing your own line-drawings on non-flat surface . We will then fire the enamel onto the beads, so the image becomes permanent.
Day 1: We will be creating core beads. We will also be mixing enamels and getting everything ready to ‘Paint’.
Day 2: Once the core beads have been annealed, we will apply wet enamels and re-fire the beads.
Surface and Reverse painting on glass, glass bead making
This is an intermediate class focusing on how to work with enamels and how to apply them. We will be focusing on making core beads, then applying a wet enamel, capturing your own images and ideas.
Duration: 3 days
Day 1: We will be creating core beads. We will also be mixing enamels and getting everything ready to ‘Paint’.
Day 2: We will be creating our own one-of-a-kind small glass paintings on flat glass. We will learn how different brushes create different effects, and how to sign you name on your work. We will be painting on our core beads with wet enamels.
Day 3: Beads!!!!
Flamework Recycle Bottles and Make BEADS!!!
This is an intermediate class focusing on how to work with scrap glass from bottles. We will be focusing on how to safely cut bottles, how to determine if one bottle is compatible with another one and how to flame work this exciting and “free” recycled material.
Duration: 1 day
Recycle Bottles and make cool 1970’s style Candle holders, vases and drinking vessels !!!
This is a beginning class focusing on how to work with bottles. We will be focusing on how to safely cut bottles and how to grind the ends to make a beautiful recycled bottle glass vessel.
Duration: 1 day
Torch Enameled Copper Beads and Pendants!!!
This is an intermediate class focusing on how to work with powered enamels on copper to make beads and pendants. We will learn how to modify common tooling to work with our needs.
Duration: 1 day
more to come
