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Work made in beginners courseKiln carving, fusing, and slumping involves placing glass in kilns to melt and fuse glass pieces together, to add textures and patterns, and to mould the glass into forms. These techniques are used to create beautiful plates, platters, coasters and objets d’art.

COURSES – BEGINNERS

Fusing & Slumping – BEGINNERS 

Tutor: Katrina Jackson and Kym Braithwaite

Want to enter the wonderful world of fused and slumped glass? In this course, beginners to glass and those with some experience, will learn processes required to create a beautiful fused and slumped glass piece to take home.  Learn how to cut glass, safety practices when working with glass, how to prepare glass for kiln firing, use and care of Guild kilns, and learn what happens to glass in the fusing and slumping processes.

Numbers: Minimum 5, Maximum 6  

Prerequisite: No experience necessary.

Cost: $400.00 – Includes all materials, patterns, kiln use and course notes

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Weekend: Saturday & Sunday 9:30am – 4:00 pm, Saturday 9:30 am – 12:30 pm

Jun 08
Jun 09
Jun 16

COURSES – INTERMEDIATE

Fusing and Slumping – INTERMEDIATE

Tutor: Katrina Jackson

Now you have completed Beginners fusing and slumping, why not experiment and create your own designs with a tutor to support?  Topics include choosing your project (pattern and mold); project design choices; selecting glass, glass cutting techniques; project composition; and setting the kiln.  Come prepared with design ideas and inspirations.

Numbers: Minimum 5 Maximum 8

Prerequisite: Guild membership and completion of Beginners Fusing and Slumping course.

Cost: $90.00 – glass & kiln hire not included. (Note: Materials and kiln use are charged separately as projects will have different requirements and be ready for firing at different times.)

WORKSHOPS

Fused Glass Christmas Decorations 

Tutor: Chris Bell

Great presents for Christmas! In this workshop, the tutor will provide a number of Christmas themed designs to work on, or you can bring your own.  Instruction will be given to those who have not cut glass before. Expect to make about 8 to 10 decorations which, after firing, you will take home along with the “bibs and bobs” to decorate them.

Numbers: Minimum 6, Maximum 8

Prerequisite: No experience necessary.
Note: This workshop is not a replacement for the beginners fusing and slumping course.

Cost: $145.00 – includes glass cutting instruction, small glass pack, firing fees, adhesives, ribbons and decorations to finish at home. Additional glass is available to purchase.

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Weekend: Saturday or Sunday, 9:30am to 3:30 pm (1day)

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Kiln Carving – Making patterns in glass 

Tutor: Katrina Jackson and Kym Braithwaite

Ever wondered how patterns are “carved” into glass? Kiln carving is a simple firing process that achieves a bas relief, textured, or sculpted look in glass. Learn techniques to create “carved” glass, and how to create and cut patterns from ceramic fibre paper; the types of glass to use; and kiln firing processes involved. Safety procedures for using glass and ceramic fibre products are covered. A great beginner course as no glass cutting skills are required. Experienced glass users will also benefit by learning new techniques to add to their glass skills. Participants will make two glass “kiln carved” projects.

Numbers: Minimum 5, Maximum 6

Prerequisite: No experience necessary.

Cost: $145.00 – Includes glass, patterns, kiln use and all other materials.

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Weekend: Saturday or Sunday, 9:30 am – 3:30 pm (1 day)

There are no upcoming events at this time

Pot Melt  

Tutor: Katrina Jackson and Kym Braithwaite

Make your own unique glass colour combinations using the pot melt technique. Using scrap glass we will create some interesting, fused glass pattern mixes and visual effect, by mixing and melting together scrap pieces of fused glass through some “holey” clay pots overnight in the kiln. These melts can be used alone or sliced and cut to make jewellery or other fused creations.

Numbers: Minimum 5, Maximum 8

Prerequisite: No experience necessary.

Cost: $116.00 – Includes all materials and kiln use.

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Weekend: Sunday, 9:00 am – 2:00 pm (5 hours)

Apr 21
9:00 am - 2:00 pm

Fern Burn – Making “fossil-like” images in glass

Tutor: Katrina Jackson and Kym Braithwaite

Love plants? Why not fossilize them in glass? In this workshop, you will use live plants fused between 6mm clear float glass in order to leave a ghost image in the glass. The fused glass may then be slumped in a mold or left flat and with the addition of legs become a food platter.

Numbers: Minimum 5, Maximum 8

Prerequisite: No experience necessary.

Cost: $95.00 – Includes all materials and kiln use.

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Weekend: Sunday, 9:00 am – 2:00 pm (5 hours)

Frit Painting

Tutor: Katrina Jackson and Kym Braithwaite

Create a scene using crushed glass and glass powders on clear glass. Sunsets, beach scenes, bush trails, rainbows…the choice is yours to explore. After firing, the piece is yours to take home to display, use as a platter or frame.

Numbers: Minimum 5, Maximum 8

Prerequisite: No experience necessary.

Cost: $170.00 – Includes all materials and kiln use.

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Weekend: Sunday, 9:00 am – 2:00 pm (5 hours)

Jul 21
9:00 am - 2:00 pm

Glass Fusing on Textured Moulds (for members only)

Tutor: Mary Berkelmans

Ever wondered how to create decorative detail in kiln-fired glass?  Join in this quick and fun project to learn the secret of making a permanent textured imprint in beautiful coloured art glass. You will learn how to prepare the mould, use powder frit to minimise bubbles, the best glass to use, firing temperature and kiln settings.

In this workshop, you will make a flat textured piece which, once fired, you may choose to slump in a suitable mould to create a bowl, tray or plate with amazing detail. The guild has several texture moulds for members’ use in our kilns. Here’s your chance to learn how to use them effectively and, this newly learnt skill will open up so many possibilities for you to use textured glass in, for example, lanterns, platters, windows, wall hangings. You will only be limited by imagination!

Numbers: Minimum 6, Maximum 7

Prerequisite: Ability to score and cut glass and, while completion of beginners fusing and slumping is not essential, prior fusing knowledge is preferred.  Guild membership.

Cost: $75.00 – Includes all materials and one firing of kiln.

Members, check availability and enrol

Weekend: Sunday, 10:00 am – 12:00 pm (2 hours)

There are no upcoming events at this time

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