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Have fun with friends and/or family creating glassy art for your gardens indoors or out. A great experience for special occasions or just to enjoy time together.
HOT GLASS component: Learn how to melt hot glass to create garden bugs that can nestle in your garden, amongst your pot plants or visit indoors.
WIRE & GLASS component: Learn some simple techniques for creating wire and glass blooms that are happy indoors or outdoors all year around.
HOW IT WORKS: We'll all learn wire and glass techniques together at the beginning of the session and then as two of your group learn how to melt and create with hot glass the other two members of the group will create their garden stakes. We'll then swap over so everyone has time learning hot glass and time creating their garden stakes.
WHAT YOU'LL TAKE HOME: You will have at least two garden stakes each to take home of the day. Your hot glass treasures can be collected the next day or posted to you. They need time to cool in the kiln overnight to avoid the glass cracking.
SKILL LEVEL: No prior experience necessary.
AGE: Minimum age for hot glass experiences is 16 years old.
FEES: $400 per group. (Maximum 4 people)
SESSION LENGTH: 2.5 hours
BOOKINGS: PLEASE LINK HERE
EFTPOS: available at the studio
REFRESHMENTS: Light refreshments provided.
SPECIAL OCCASION?
Please let us know if its a special occasion - what it is and who its special for.
It's possible to personalise:
KIT colours - we can prepare them in your favorite colors. Just let us know in advance.
MUSIC while we create - we can pop on any favorite music while you create.
PHOTOS - I'm happy to take photos on the day... its easy to Airdrop or email them to you and/or the rest of the group so you have ready memories of the occasion.
REFRESHMENTS - yes, we have candles if needed! Talk to us about other options.
GARDEN BUGS & OTHER CRITTERS: creating small sculptures in a flame with hot glass
GARDEN BUGS & OTHER CRITTERS: creating small sculptures in a flame with hot glass
Learn how to safely melt glass and make small garden sculptures out of molten glass.
We'll melt and pull hot glass into thin rods (stringers), learn how to decorate with stringers and use gravity and simple tools to shape glass into sculptures.
Use your sculptures to decorate your home, your garden or turn them into a brooch or fridge magnet or just enjoy them.
Little bugs and other critters - we'll have fun adding to the plant's biodiversity.
Melting glass in a hot flame is mesmerizing.... full of surprises and possibilities.
Combo of stakes keeping the pot plants company. (Above)Simple wire leaf added to glassy bloom (Below)
The final look of the art will depend on the components chosen on the day.
The final look of the art will depend on the components chosen on the day.
GLASSY GARDEN STAKES: wire & glass
GLASSY GARDEN STAKES: wire & glass
Combine up-cycled components, wire, glass and copper to create a unique piece of garden art. They never need watering, add colour all year and are happy living outside.
The final look of the art will depend on the components chosen on the day.
TECHNIQUES:
We'll use simple tools to learn simple wire wrapping techniques (coiling, joining wires, bending and shaping) to use unique pieces of handblown lampwork glass and glass beads to create garden stakes you can pop in the garden, amongst pot plants or in an outdoor vase with other glass art.
KITS:
Included in the workshop fees will be all the components needed to make TWO garden stakes featuring lampwork glass and wire components.
Kit colour choices are available on the day but if you would like a specific colour please let Glenda know at least one week in advance.
Additional glass components will be available for purchase if you wish to make more stake at home.
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