If you love colour in your jewellery then this is a must try!
But be warned, with a vast range of colours available at such a low cost, fused glass jewellery making is a very addicitive!
You don’t need any previous experience for this class and you won’t be disappointed with the results.
Techniques covered in this class include:
- Basic glass cutting techniques
- Basic principles of fusing different pieces of glass together
- Using frits
- Including metal to create patterns
- Adding and manipulating stringers to create line patterns
- Creating bubbles in glass
- The health and safety aspects of working with glass
- Firing glass and much more...
Following an introduction to working with glass, our expert tutor will guide you through a series of projects designed to cover a full range of techniques and skills. You will have the chance to experiment and try out different colours, shapes and sizes etc.
What you make is up to you but most students leave with 5 or 6 finished glass pieces ready to be made into jewellery. All of the pieces you make will be fired in a kiln ready for you to take home at the end of the day.
Please note this course concentrates on glass working techniques and you will not make finished pieces of jewellery during the course. However, the pieces can easily be made into earrings, pendants, rings or brooches at home using simple jewellery making techniques that will be demonstrated.
We will also provide you with plenty of information on how to carry on making glass jewellery after the class, either as a hobby or for a creative business idea. This will include information on where you can buy supplies, access to kilns and much more.
Glass is a great colourful and affordable material. It can be used in combination with other materials such as metal clay to make beautiful mixed media pieces.
What you need to bring to this class:
For this class you don't need to bring anything but yourself as everything is provided. However if you have any ideas of what you would like to make, feel free to bring pictures, sketches and ideas.
General Info:
As with all of our classes, all materials are included in the cost of the class as well as plenty of tea, coffee and luxury biscuits! The classes are all run by friendly, knowledgeable and approachable tutors who have years of professional experience. The size of the classes is kept small to allow plenty of one-on-one attention and the maximum number of students for this class is 7.
We take an hour break for lunch and there are plenty of local shops to get food from, or you can always bring a packed lunch to eat in the studio. If you have any questions regarding this or other courses please don't hesitate to get in touch.
