Description

Class Overview

Turn up the heat on Wednesday night and make something that never needs watering.

In this colorful, hands-on evening torchworking class, students will use real flame and molten borosilicate glass to create beautiful glass flowers inspired by the natural shapes, colors, and movement of flower petals.

Held Wednesdays from 6:00 PM–8:00 PM in the Robert Bank Glass studio at Remlinger Farms, this two-hour experience is designed for complete beginners as well as students with previous torchworking experience.

Students will learn how individual pieces of molten glass can be shaped, colored, stretched, and assembled into an organic floral form. Special emphasis will be placed on creating petals, controlling symmetry and movement, applying color, and bringing multiple glass elements together into one finished design.

Students will create their own colorful glass flower artwork to take home, with each finished piece reflecting the colors, shapes, and personality of the person who made it.

No prior experience is necessary. Whether you’re looking for a creative evening out, trying glassworking for the first time, or ready to explore a new torchworking technique, this class offers a completely different way to spend a Wednesday night.

**All students MUST arrive 30 minutes prior to class for check-in, waiver approval and to grab your seat – NO EXCEPTIONS**

What You’ll Learn

During this experiential class, students will be introduced to:

• Basic glass safety and studio practices
• Introduction to borosilicate glass and its unique properties
• Torchworking fundamentals
• Understanding heat control and flame chemistry
• Shaping and sculpting molten glass
• Creating organic petal and floral shapes
• Pulling, stretching, and manipulating glass
• Color application and layering techniques
• Joining individual glass elements together
• Creating symmetry, movement, and dimensional form
• Common glassworking tools and their uses
• Proper annealing and cooling processes

Project Details

Students will work with clear and colored borosilicate glass to create their own glass flower designs.

Glass Flowers

Learn how to heat and shape molten glass into individual petals, introduce color, create organic curves and movement, and carefully bring the separate elements together into a finished floral form.

Students will explore how subtle changes in heat, pressure, color, and shaping can create dramatically different results, making every flower completely unique.

Every project is handmade, ensuring that no two creations will ever be exactly alike.*

*Everybody’s artwork will look different. The product image is a representation of the style of glass flowers created in class.

Who Can Attend?

• Ages 11 and older
• Beginners welcome
• Previous glassworking experience is not required
• Maximum 8 students per class for personalized instruction

What to Wear

For your safety and comfort:

• Closed-toe shoes are required
• No sandals or open-toed footwear
• Cotton clothing ONLY; no polyester, nylon, rayon, or other synthetic fabrics
• Long hair must be tied back
• Avoid loose or flowing clothing around the torch area
• Please refrain from wearing heavy perfumes or fragrances

Safety glasses and all necessary materials will be provided.

Why Take This Class?

Working with glass is more than simply making something beautiful. Students often discover that torchworking encourages:

• Focus and concentration
• Creativity and self-expression
• Patience and perseverance
• Fine motor skills and hand-eye coordination
• An understanding of color, balance, and organic form
• Confidence through creating something entirely by hand

There is something wonderfully strange about taking a rigid glass rod, introducing it to several thousand degrees of persuasion, and watching a flower emerge.

No soil. No watering. No aphids.

Just fire, glass, color, and a Wednesday night very well spent.

Class Length & Capacity

Schedule: Wednesdays, 6:00 PM–8:00 PM
Duration: 2 Hours
Skill Level: Beginner & Intermediate
Maximum Class Size: 8 Students
Materials Included: Yes

Come experience the excitement of working with molten glass as you learn to shape, color, sculpt, and assemble borosilicate glass into beautiful floral forms.

You’ll leave with your own handcrafted glass flower artwork, new torchworking skills, and considerably more interesting evidence of what you did Wednesday night than “watched something on TV.”