Australia Day 2026 – Guild closed
The Guild is closed for Australia Day 2026.
The Guild is closed for Australia Day 2026.
Glass Bead Making - Beginners Tutor: Wendy McKean Day 1: Introduction to lampworking tools and equipment; safety requirements, use of hothead torch as well as instruction on how to make your own glass beads. You will have time to practice this new skill with various bead shapes. Day 2: Learn to pull glass stringers; how…
Tutor: Katrina Jackson Delivered in 2 sessions, first use live plants fused between 6mm clear float glass in order to leave a "fossil-like" ghost image in the glass. After break, have fun using glass frit and powders to create a scene of your choice on clear glass. Your pieces will be fired for you to collect…
Tutor: Wendy McKean In this tutorial, you will review basic torching skills before making an ocean-style bead decorated with shells. This tutorial will not only cover the use of a brass press to shape glass, but also the application of surface decoration using silvered stringers and glass chips called murrini. Students will then learn how to…
Leadlight & Copperfoiling - Beginners Tutor: Warren Collins and Denis Reedy ALERT! This course has been rescheduled to Tuesday evenings not Thursday as originally advertised. A comprehensive 27-hour course over 9 weeks. It teaches the skills and techniques necessary to continue onto advanced leadlight or copperfoil projects such as larger leadlight window panels incorporating intricate…
Mosaics - BEGINNERS Tutors: April Araullo and Marianne Bland In this 18-hour course held over 6 consecutive Wednesday evenings, you will learn skills and techniques necessary to create a beautiful glass mosaic suitable for displaying inside your home or outside in your garden. You choose! Learn how to score and cut glass; safety practices when…
A get-together for "mosaicing" members to share their glass mosaic experiences - their successes and challenges. This group is the space to share tips and information with others who mosaic. While we help others who are less experienced, it does not replace our Wednesday evening Intermediate Mosaics course where tutors are available to support your…
Tutor: Warren Collins In this 16-hour course run over 4 weeks, students will look at using traditional glass painting techniques that could be used to make a stained glass panel. You will learn skills involved in preparing the paint, tracing, matting and what tools are used to achieve this. Practising these skills will be a…