Beginning Glassblowing
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Note: This is a multi-session event series. By purchasing the event package, you acknowledge that you can attend all event dates included below.Get involved in the fire! Turn up the heat! Learn to blow glass!
This four week class starts from the very beginning, giving students a chance to learn the basics of the glassblowing process. You will start by learning about tools and equipment, how to move around the glass studio safely and efficiently, and how to gather glass out of the furnace. From there, the class will work toward learning to blow a bubble in glass which is the start of any hollow form, be it a cup, bowl or plate. By the end of the class you will be making cups!
This class will meet on the following Mondays:
April 7th: 7-10 pm
April 14th: 7-10 pm
April 21st: 7-10 pm
April 28th: 7-10 pm
This class is first and foremost about process which means that it is more about skill building than about making a final piece. However, you will complete a piece each week which, after being cooled slowly overnight, will be available for pick up at the following week's class.
If you have any questions, please contact the instructor, Kit Paulson.
Students should wear all natural fibers (no polyester, rayon, nylon, etc.), tie back any long hair, wear closed toe shoes and avoid loose hanging clothing that could get caught on things.
All ages welcome
All tools, equipment and materials are provided
Cancellation Policy
Kit Paulson received her BFA with a concentration in glass from Alfred University in 2004. After leaving Alfred she spent time working for a number of other glass artists around the country. She has worked in various capacities at Chicago area glassblowing studios including Making Glass LLC, Chaos Glass Studio, Prodigy Glass, Talisman Glass, among others. She has traveled around the US as a teaching assistant as has had the chance to spend time at the Studio of the Corning Museum of Glass, Penland School of Craft, Ox Bow School of Art and Pilchuck Glass School. This May she will complete a residency at the Tacoma Museum of Glass.
Currently she splits her time between teaching glassblowing classes at a local public access glass studio and feverishly making work.