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Pencil to Panel

UrbanGlass @ 647 Fulton St, Brooklyn, NY

From Pencil to Panel is a week long workshop for beginner flat glass students interested in stained glass objects. We will work starting with paper and pencil, exploring shapes and lines to develop designs to make out of glass. Students will learn basic skills for working with flat glass like cutting, grinding, copper foil and solder. This class will also discuss simple stained glass design and be centered around making an object you want to have...

(54) All levels 18 and older
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$825

5 sessions

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Fusing & Slumping Master Class

UrbanGlass @ 647 Fulton St, Brooklyn, NY

This class is for dedicated artists who want to better understand and enhance their creative process in the glass studio, and its underlying needs and goals.  Students will approach kilnforming with an open mind; experimenting, exploring, and embracing the unknown. You’ll practice thinking deeper and speaking more explicitly about your personal process, your creations, and your existential relationship to art. You will learn to strengthen...

(54) All levels 18 and older
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$750

7 sessions

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Glass & Gas: Intro to Neon

UrbanGlass @ 647 Fulton St, Brooklyn, NY

In this 8-week, introductory workshop, students will learn to manipulate glass tubes to create their own, unique neon signs. Demonstrations on equipment safety, basic bends, and good technique will lead to more complex explorations dependent on student designs. Using the week in between each class to process what they’ve learned, students will learn to pattern for neon, plan out their signs, experiment, and add neon art to their tool kit as artists....

(54) Beginner 18 and older
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$1,000

8 sessions

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Designed To Be Arranged

UrbanGlass @ 647 Fulton St, Brooklyn, NY

In this class we’ll explore the practical relationship between form and function as we fabricate vessels to showcase a variety of floral arrangements.  This weekend workshop will devote the first day to work in the hot shop where we will focus on designing vases that will lend themselves well to displaying flower designs.  After a brief intro into kinds and principals of floral design on Saturday, we will spend time Sunday learning...

(54) All levels 18 and older
No upcoming schedules
$500

2 sessions

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Boro Bootcamp: Push, Pull and Sculpt

UrbanGlass @ 647 Fulton St, Brooklyn, NY

In this fast paced flameworking class we will cover a variety of coloring processes and strategies for creating borosilicate jewelry. The techniques covered in this class will broaden the possibilities of wearables created with the flameworking process. In this 2-day class we will cover color layering and application, cane pulling, solid and hollow implosions, as well as sculpting. This class will be accessible to the beginner at the torch and...

(54) All levels 18 and older
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$500

2 sessions

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Working with Gravity: Introduction to Glassblowing

UrbanGlass @ 647 Fulton St, Brooklyn, NY

Glassblowing is a dance of physical forces. In this introductory class, students will learn the foundations of glassblowing, including safety in the studio, body movement, basic techniques, and finishing pieces.  We will put special emphasis on gravity and centrifugal force, which are the most valuable tools in understanding the material. We will learn to utilize these forces to create unique forms, experimenting in the studio with lengthening,...

(54) All levels 18 and older
No upcoming schedules
$825

6 sessions

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Jewelry Design with Kilnformed Glass

UrbanGlass @ 647 Fulton St, Brooklyn, NY

Appreciation of, and obsession with, handmade jewelry are the guiding factors in this class.  Join Rachel, a handmade jewelry aficionado, to get geeky over techniques involved in using glass in the kiln and coldshop to create fun, wearable patterns and textures.  Starting in the basics of kilnforming, students will use glass to create a brilliant palette and interesting shapes to feature in wearable forms. The glass will then be...

(54) All levels 18 and older
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$775

5 sessions

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Patterns + Textures

UrbanGlass @ 647 Fulton St, Brooklyn, NY

Discover the beauty of engraved glass! This class will explore patterns and textures, using a variety of coldworking equipment and tools such as lathes, belt sanders, and flat grinders. In addition to acquiring glass engraving skills, students will also learn grinding and polishing techniques. Investigate the exciting medium of glass printing (Vitreography) with the patterns and textures we create. No glassworking experience is required. Advanced...

(54) All levels 18 and older
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$500

2 sessions

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Simple Goblets

UrbanGlass @ 647 Fulton St, Brooklyn, NY

Simple Goblets is a six week introductory course designed for students with some glassblowing experience. We will be reviewing basic goblet making techniques, as well as introducing optic mold enhancements. Optic cups and feet will be demonstrated as well as avolio and morise connections. Goblet making is the holy grail of glassblowing, and this course will take you out of your comfort zone while bringing your skills to the next level.

(54) Beginner 18 and older
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$560

2 sessions

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Pendants, Pairs, and Doublets: A Collaboration w/ BKMW

UrbanGlass @ 647 Fulton St, Brooklyn, NY

Full Course Name Pendants, Pairs, and Doublets: A Collaboration with Brooklyn Metal Works Join Bianca and Erin for this eight week course in glass and metalworking for jewelry using both UrbanGlass and Brooklyn Metal Works’ studios. The class begins in the cold shop where we will explore different ways to manipulate pre-cut pieces of glass, or “blanks”, into carved and faceted segments. Students will learn to use the lathe, flat wheels, sanding...

(54) All levels 18 and older
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$600

8 sessions

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Flat-ish Framework

UrbanGlass @ 647 Fulton St, Brooklyn, NY

Working with solid borosilicate rod, students will be guided through constructing complex forms from flat drawings. Similar to raising a house, we will begin by building a two-dimensional framework from schematic illustrations. Students will learn to upend those parts and create three dimensional forms built from the ground up. Days will begin with small demonstrations and include personal instruction based on the concepts. Required Material: Come...

(54) All levels 18 and older
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$550

4 sessions

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Fusing 101: Back to Basics

UrbanGlass @ 647 Fulton St, Brooklyn, NY

In this two-day intensive, students will create pieces using various flat glass techniques. Once cut and assembled, the glass will be joined together by heat and gravity. During this workshop students will also learn the process of grinding sheet glass and gain knowledge of multiple fusing styles, along with writing proper kiln schedules. Please Note: Preparation for Classes Students should bring notebooks to each class for sketching steps to techniques,...

(54) Beginner 18 and older
No upcoming schedules
$500

2 sessions

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Hot Glass American Summer

UrbanGlass @ 647 Fulton St, Brooklyn, NY

Learn something new this summer in the hot glass studio. In this six week course we will cover all the basics of working with hot glass. Through a series of skill building drills and guided work time we will cover everything one needs to know to begin their relationship with hot glass.  This class is designed to give students a basic understanding of the material and set them up to take the next steps becoming a glass maker.

(54) Beginner 18 and older
No upcoming schedules
$825

6 sessions

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Collage + Combine | Remix + Redux

UrbanGlass @ 647 Fulton St, Brooklyn, NY

In this experimental class, you will use multiple printmaking and painting processes with glass, mixed with glass cutting techniques to assemble layered imagery in glass. We will discuss the pros and cons of each technique and how to mix and match them to best realize your ideas. Individual experimentation will be encouraged through focused research and observation of process and material.  The print processes covered are lithographic image...

(54) All levels 18 and older
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$850

5 sessions

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Creative Working and Constructing with Glass

UrbanGlass @ 647 Fulton St, Brooklyn, NY

The material for this workshop consists of ordinary pieces of float-glass in various sizes that can be cut further in any desired shape. In this practical and theoretical workshop, new and found glass pieces and broken fragments will be used creatively to construct any object possible.  Students will also learn how to cut glass pieces to create these desired shapes. Cutting glass-pieces is similar to drawing and conducive to visualizing...

(54) All levels 18 and older
No upcoming schedules
$640

5 sessions

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Software to Glassware

UrbanGlass @ 647 Fulton St, Brooklyn, NY

Come learn the basics of 3D modeling to explore the many ways this tool can be used in glassmaking. This course will focus on experiments in both 3D modeling and studio glass techniques. Once registered, students will receive information on downloading free 3D software and the steps to get started with the software. We will work with an outside organization to print designs, with one print (at a set scale/material) included in the price of the class....

(54) All levels 18 and older
No upcoming schedules
$1,800

10 sessions

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Glass Beads A to Z

UrbanGlass @ 647 Fulton St, Brooklyn, NY

Join Maria Aroche for an intensive exploration of glass bead making. The first class begins with safety, bead release preparedness, basic shapes, dots, feathering, frit, and stringers with a twist. The second class will cover bead removal, cleaning, surface treatments, and sandblasting. In our third session we will work with molds, silver foils, encasing, and bubbles. Lastly, the fourth class will cover dichroic glass and working off the glass...

(54) All levels 18 and older
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$550

4 sessions

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Mold to Kiln and Back Again

UrbanGlass @ 647 Fulton St, Brooklyn, NY

Many objects, forms, and materials can be translated into glass through the art of mold making. This two-day intensive workshop is packed with information about basic mold making for kiln casting. Students will be working with clay and wax to create positives to directly translate into glass. Students will then learn how to hand-build two high-fire refractory molds that can be used in the kiln to complete the process of melting glass into final...

(54) Beginner 18 and older
No upcoming schedules
$560

2 sessions

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Introduction to Neon Letters

UrbanGlass @ 647 Fulton St, Brooklyn, NY

In this eight-week neon lettering class, learn the advanced skills required to bend letters and work from a pattern. We will focus on mastering the basics of tube bending techniques as well as layout preparation in order to create, wire, and display your own neon signs. By the end of the class, students will have the skills and confidence to work independently on advanced projects in our studio. This will be an intensive course, beginners and advanced...

(54) All levels 18 and older
No upcoming schedules
$1,000

8 sessions

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Introduction to Pâte De Verre

UrbanGlass @ 647 Fulton St, Brooklyn, NY

Pâte de verre is created by firing fine glass frit and/or powder, usually mixed with a binding agent, against the surface of a high fire refractory mold. A literal translation from the French: “paste of glass.”  In this intensive weekend workshop, you will learn the basics of this ancient glass technique by creating a low relief, 3-dimensional form, along with sample test color tiles. Students will also take away a clear understanding...

(54) Beginner 18 and older
No upcoming schedules
$560

2 sessions

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