Flat plate glass can be re-worked in the kiln taking on new forms and colours particular to this art: plates, bowls, vases, sheets for windows, lamps, doors, etc. Work is carried out in the following phases: cutting of sheets (colored and transparent); building up of forms by overlying sheets; preparation of moulds in fiber and terracotta; use of colours and glazes, firing, and working with molten glass. Each phase of the process is preceded by an introduction to the properties of the material and its various states in the kiln (daily progression). All the students will work on their own projects, which they will be able to keep at the end of the course.

The softened glass is formed into a finished piece by blowing or manipulating it by hand and shaping it with hand tools. During the lessons small objects will be made, such as animals, insects,cruets, small figures, murrine, etc., gold and silver inserts. Later on some more complex objects will be produced using four hands – the teacher and the student.
Basic information about glass, tools and studio set-up is also covered. Together with a survey of the various artistic application students are encouraged to experiment.
All the students will work on their own flame; they will be able to keep all the pieces at the end of the course.

Lampworking allows the making of a great variety of shapes, without having to return it to the melting pot for its fusion: lamp working is the softening of glass rod and tubing by heating it in the flame of a blow lamp.

Course on beads making

The softened glass is formed into a finished piece by manipulating it by hand and shaping it with hand tools. In this hands-on introductory week-long class, we will have an overview of lampworking skills and feature surface decoration. Various techniques will be demonstrated and discussed including millefiori powdering, raking, canetwist and metal inclusion. At the end of the day the work will be joined with leather, string or metal into beautiful jewelry. Basic information about glass, tools and studio set-up is also covered. Students are encouraged to experiment.
All the students will work on their own flame; they will be able to keep all the pieces at the end of the course.

By Pandora School of arts and crafts in Tuscany – Italy

from January 2009 PERIOD ON REQUEST
€ 690 FOR 8 DAYS

glass beads