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…
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…
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: Lenore Keough In this tutorial, you will review basic torching skills before making an oval bead with a meadow background and surface floral design. This tutorial will cover practicing several decorative techniques and then using them to make the floral design. Numbers: Minimum 3, Maximum 5 Prerequisite: Suitable for students who have done torching…
Tutor: Jenny Keys Running over 10 weeks on Thursday evenings, students choose from three lamp designs, or, may choose their own simple pattern after discussion with, and agreement by, tutor. If you choose your own pattern, you may need to work in your own time to complete lamp. Numbers: Minimum 4, Maximum 8 Prerequisite: Guild membership…
Tutor: Lenore Keough In this tutorial, you will review basic torching skills before making cute sculptural beads - a cat, mouse and if time allows a monster bead. This tutorial will cover shaping beads as well as dots and stringers to create sculptural designs and elements. Numbers: Minimum 3, Maximum 5 Prerequisite: Suitable for students who…
Tutor: Lenore Keough This tutorial covers learning new shapes and the application of surface decoration using stringers and rods to sculp various glass forms. Students will be taught the use of a tools and decorative techniques to make three Christmas themed beads. You will review basic torching skills before being taught to make beads of a…