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Unleash your creativity and learn the art of glass blowing with a variety of classes offered in NYC. Discover mesmerizing techniques, create beautiful glass pieces, and gain a new skill that will leave you feeling accomplished and inspired.

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Bottles to Beads

UrbanGlass @ 647 Fulton St, Brooklyn, NY

One person's junk is another person's treasure! In this 2-day workshop, we will learn the recycling properties of everyday glassware and how to transform it in the flame shop into something new. Students will experiment with melting and pulling glass cane, while also learning the basics of flameworking glass beads. We will not only cover how to select the right type of glass to use, but where to find it, and how to up-cycle it into your own jewe...

(54) All levels 18 and older
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$425

2 sessions

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Stained Glass and 3D Sculptures

UrbanGlass @ 647 Fulton St, Brooklyn, NY

Using wire and metal sheets, students will create armatures and form architectural structures to support 3-dimensional stained glass pieces. By integrating a metal framework within glass sculptures, students will be able to create new and inventive works, playing with scale, shape, and pushing into new territories in stained glass. We will learn how to cut glass, and assemble pieces using traditional copper foil and soldering method. This workshop...

(54) All levels 18 and older
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$400

2 sessions

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Piece It Together: Stained Glass Design

UrbanGlass @ 647 Fulton St, Brooklyn, NY

Flat glass design is a workshop for beginner students interested in stained glass objects. Students will learn basic skills for working with flat glass like cutting, grinding, copper foil and solder. This class will also discuss simple stained glass design and be centered around making an object you want to have displayed in your home. Never worked in glass before? Join us in making your first ever stained glass object.

(54) All levels 18 and older
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$400

2 sessions

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Scientific Flameworking: Basic Techniques

UrbanGlass @ 647 Fulton St, Brooklyn, NY

This is a hands on class concentrating on scientific glass techniques and how they are beneficial to artistic endeavors.  Bends, side seals, pulling points, ring seals, wrapping coils, colored glass use and freehand blowing as well as use of a blow hose will be practiced. The final class will focus on flame worked goblets. Some completed goblet feet and cups will be provided to allow participant’s to let creativity flow. Q&A Q: ...

(54) Beginner 18 and older
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$685

6 sessions

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Intro to Stained Glass-Color Theory

UrbanGlass @ 647 Fulton St, Brooklyn, NY

Learn to use color with purpose! This workshop will introduce you to planning color palettes that are harmonious and expressive. Come investigate the many dimensions of color: hue, value, and saturation in a series of hands-on exercises in color design. Working with stained glass, we’ll explore harmonies, contrasts, textures, and opacity. This class will cover the fundamentals of stained glass design, glass cutting, and the copper foil construction...

(54) Beginner 14 and older
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$525

2 sessions

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Title Neon 101: Light As Sculpture

UrbanGlass @ 647 Fulton St, Brooklyn, NY

Discover the art of creating stunning neon signs and sculptures in this hands-on workshop. Learn the entire process, from design to installation, and leave with your very own neon piece. Perfect for beginners and those looking to refine their skills.

(54) Beginner 14 and older
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$565

2 sessions

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Experimental Stained Glass Sculpture

UrbanGlass @ 647 Fulton St, Brooklyn, NY

Explore color, light and form through the creation of abstract, 3-dimensional stained glass sculptures using the Tiffany method.  The class is open to beginners or intermediate students and will cover basic glass cutting, cold working with grinders and dremel, copper foil, soldering, and final assemblage of the sculpture.  In addition, you will learn some stained glass history, along with a bit of color theory. The goal of this class...

(54) All levels 18 and older
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$425

2 sessions

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Introduction to Coldworking: Design and Execution

UrbanGlass @ 647 Fulton St, Brooklyn, NY

Cold working is used to finish blown and kilnformed pieces, but can also be the means of sculpting glass from start to finish. In this course, students will learn basic glass cold working techniques such as drilling, cutting, grinding, shaping and polishing using machinery, gluing techniques will also be covered. Individual projects will support support group learning about the technical scope of coldworking. Design will be emphasised, students are...

(54) Beginner 18 and older
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$565

6 sessions

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Pre-College Camp: Portfolio Polish

UrbanGlass @ 647 Fulton St, Brooklyn, NY

This intensive one-week pre college session is perfect for creative students looking to broaden their knowledge of sculptural mediums and further their art education. Through carving, gluing and casting students will transform their sketches and ideas into three-dimensional pieces of glass art. As well as an amazing introduction to our studio and to a wide variety of glass making techniques, young artists will leave this workshop with unique works...

(54) All levels 13 and older
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$800

5 sessions

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Glass: The Spooky Substance

UrbanGlass @ 647 Fulton St, Brooklyn, NY

Clear glass has the quality of seeming both present and absent at the same time. Like a ghost crossing between worlds, it can hold light and have a skin-like biological feel. In this beginner class we will learn basic hot and cold shop techniques while exploring these spooky qualities and their sculptural potential.  Students will be expected to keep a sketchbook and be ready to discuss ideas they would like to pursue in class. There will be...

(54) Beginner 18 and older
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$780

5 sessions

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Devil in the Details: Problem Solving for Moldmakers

UrbanGlass @ 647 Fulton St, Brooklyn, NY

Mold making for glass can be frustrating, but only if you gloss over the minutiae. Learn some of the finer points of mold construction for both fused and hot casting that will extend your skill set. Rather than a series of limitations, we will approach the process as a refinement of control and an opportunity to expand our visual language through the versatility of the materials. To that end, we will cover some tricks of the trade used to form the...

(54) All levels 18 and older
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$780

4 sessions

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Designing Negative Space: Hot Glass & Moldmaking

UrbanGlass @ 647 Fulton St, Brooklyn, NY

Students will design experimental negative spaces in order to create unpredictable positive forms in glass. Using moldmaking as a starting point; students will sculpt, carve, and combine materials to create a hollow cavity to be blown into with molten glass. Working quickly, pursuing the unexpected and uninhibited, students will gain information and inspiration while finding the line between completed objects and their failed counterparts. The object...

(54) Beginner 18 and older
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$880

5 sessions

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Pencil to Panel

UrbanGlass @ 647 Fulton St, Brooklyn, NY

From Pencil to Panel is a week long workshop for beginner flat glass students interested in stained glass objects. We will work starting with paper and pencil, exploring shapes and lines to develop designs to make out of glass. Students will learn basic skills for working with flat glass like cutting, grinding, copper foil and solder. This class will also discuss simple stained glass design and be centered around making an object you want to have...

(54) All levels 18 and older
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$825

5 sessions

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Fusing & Slumping Master Class

UrbanGlass @ 647 Fulton St, Brooklyn, NY

This class is for dedicated artists who want to better understand and enhance their creative process in the glass studio, and its underlying needs and goals.  Students will approach kilnforming with an open mind; experimenting, exploring, and embracing the unknown. You’ll practice thinking deeper and speaking more explicitly about your personal process, your creations, and your existential relationship to art. You will learn to strengthen...

(54) All levels 18 and older
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$750

7 sessions

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Jewelry Design with Kilnformed Glass

UrbanGlass @ 647 Fulton St, Brooklyn, NY

Appreciation of, and obsession with, handmade jewelry are the guiding factors in this class.  Join Rachel, a handmade jewelry aficionado, to get geeky over techniques involved in using glass in the kiln and coldshop to create fun, wearable patterns and textures.  Starting in the basics of kilnforming, students will use glass to create a brilliant palette and interesting shapes to feature in wearable forms. The glass will then be...

(54) All levels 18 and older
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$775

5 sessions

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Patterns + Textures

UrbanGlass @ 647 Fulton St, Brooklyn, NY

Discover the beauty of engraved glass! This class will explore patterns and textures, using a variety of coldworking equipment and tools such as lathes, belt sanders, and flat grinders. In addition to acquiring glass engraving skills, students will also learn grinding and polishing techniques. Investigate the exciting medium of glass printing (Vitreography) with the patterns and textures we create. No glassworking experience is required. Advanced...

(54) All levels 18 and older
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$500

2 sessions

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Pendants, Pairs, and Doublets: A Collaboration w/ BKMW

UrbanGlass @ 647 Fulton St, Brooklyn, NY

Full Course Name Pendants, Pairs, and Doublets: A Collaboration with Brooklyn Metal Works Join Bianca and Erin for this eight week course in glass and metalworking for jewelry using both UrbanGlass and Brooklyn Metal Works’ studios. The class begins in the cold shop where we will explore different ways to manipulate pre-cut pieces of glass, or “blanks”, into carved and faceted segments. Students will learn to use the lathe, flat wheels, sanding...

(54) All levels 18 and older
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$600

8 sessions

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Flat-ish Framework

UrbanGlass @ 647 Fulton St, Brooklyn, NY

Working with solid borosilicate rod, students will be guided through constructing complex forms from flat drawings. Similar to raising a house, we will begin by building a two-dimensional framework from schematic illustrations. Students will learn to upend those parts and create three dimensional forms built from the ground up. Days will begin with small demonstrations and include personal instruction based on the concepts. Required Material: Come...

(54) All levels 18 and older
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$550

4 sessions

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Fusing 101: Back to Basics

UrbanGlass @ 647 Fulton St, Brooklyn, NY

In this two-day intensive, students will create pieces using various flat glass techniques. Once cut and assembled, the glass will be joined together by heat and gravity. During this workshop students will also learn the process of grinding sheet glass and gain knowledge of multiple fusing styles, along with writing proper kiln schedules. Please Note: Preparation for Classes Students should bring notebooks to each class for sketching steps to techniques,...

(54) Beginner 18 and older
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$500

2 sessions

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Software to Glassware

UrbanGlass @ 647 Fulton St, Brooklyn, NY

Come learn the basics of 3D modeling to explore the many ways this tool can be used in glassmaking. This course will focus on experiments in both 3D modeling and studio glass techniques. Once registered, students will receive information on downloading free 3D software and the steps to get started with the software. We will work with an outside organization to print designs, with one print (at a set scale/material) included in the price of the class....

(54) All levels 18 and older
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$1,800

10 sessions

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