Welcome to Glasstronomy Studios’ adult art glass workshop program. Our project-based learning has been developed to offer you skills, technique, and confidence while creating one or more projects. You can take this knowledge and experience and apply it to your own creative endeavors. This season we are offering Zoom or in Studio sessions from November 5 to December 12, 2020. Some of these sessions span more than one day. Registration is now open.
Whether exploring a new technique, refreshing skills, or sampling the wonders of glass, this session's projects can be gifted or featured as part of your own holiday decor.
During this time, we have discovered the wellness benefits of connectivity, learning, and creativity. Our in Studio and at home options offer you the chance to escape your routine and channel your energy into something you can enjoy in its creation and ever after.
Learn best practices in our safe and physically distanced space or connect remotely and work at home at your own pace.
This season, consider a fun, creative, and local experience!
View our events calendar here.
COVID-19 safety — We are committed to keeping our Studio family and visitors safe. For information on what measures we are undertaking, please review our guidelines.
Fine print — As of March 2020, non-members who are first-time registrants are required to complete and sign a waiver * prior to participating in the learning session they are paying for. The waiver is an acknowledgment of our cancellation policy (mandatory), waiver of liability (mandatory), and image use (optional). If you choose a remote method of payment, the waiver will be emailed to you. Registration will not be deemed complete until the signed waiver is emailed back.
* If you are under the age of 18, a legal guardian must sign on your behalf.
We could not let the Holidays go by this year without marking the days with the windows of our lives. Whether from your home studio via Zoom or in our safe practice Studio, create this nostalgic interactive keepsake full of your favourite painted characters and symbols to reveal as you count down the days to celebration.
Focusing primarily on glass painting, this four-week course will bring out the kid in you as you build the scenes of your fancy (patterns and templates available for more timid designers). The project also introduces our unique fused glass hinging technique. And, yes, the windows actually open! What’s behind the curtains of your holiday house?
When: Thursdays, November 5, 12, 19, and 26, 2020, from 7 to 10 pm
Fee: $369 + HST (includes all materials, frame, and project firings)
We could not let the Holidays go by this year without marking the days with the windows of our lives. Whether from your home studio via Zoom or in our safe practice Studio, create this nostalgic interactive keepsake full of your favourite painted characters and symbols to reveal as you count down the days to celebration.
Focusing primarily on glass painting, this four-week course will bring out the kid in you as you build the scenes of your fancy (patterns and templates available for more timid designers). The project also introduces our unique fused glass hinging technique. And, yes, the windows actually open! What’s behind the curtains of your holiday house?
When:Thursdays, November 5, 12, 19, and 26, 2020, from 7 to 8 pm
Fee: $239 + HST (includes 96 COE glass, Glassline paint, frame, metals) + glass powders and frit, Glastac, and project firings
Optional
Fee: $80 + HST | Firing
Fee: $11.99 + HST | Glassline paint deluxe tip applicator set
Melanie has finally made friends with bubbles! Join her for an hour of show and tell, bubble style. Embrace your inner mad scientist and learn how bubbles can be purposefully made to create everything from effervescence to full out globules. Who would have thought they could be sooo cute!
When: Saturday, November 14, 2020, from 10 to 11 am
Fee: $30 + HST
Can you turn glass into clay? Absolutely! Using Glass Bird Modeling Glass binders we can transform glass powder into a malleable clay-like material that can be shaped, carved, layered, and fired. Join us on Zoom and learn the tips and tricks to these adorable ornaments. Don’t have a home studio? You can purchase the kits to make these safely at home and drop them off for firing! Great gift ideas for your holiday gift giving. Fun for the whole family. No experience required.
When: Saturday, November 7, 2020, from 10 to 11 am
Fee: $30 + HST
Optional
Fee: $80 + HST | Materials kit (96 COE glass powders, Glass Bird Modeling Glass Starter Kit, fused glass eyeballs, highfire wire)
Fee: $15 + HST | Firing (7-inch x 7-inch tile with Thin fire separator)
You may have admired this unique piece in our Studio over past holidays and have been wishing upon a star to make your very own 16-inch diameter version. Using a combination of 96 COE fusible clear glass and frit, learn how to solve the geometric puzzle that is this dynamic window piece. For those of you who love some extra sparkle, bring your clear backed dichroic glass and add extra sparkle to your heart’s content! Beginner fusers are welcome. Glass cutting experience required.
When: Saturday, November 7, 2020, from 1 to 4 pm (THIS SESSION IS FULL)
Second session added
Thursday, November 12, 2020, from 1 to 4 pm
Fee: $175 + HST (96 COE clear glass and frit and project firing included) + Dichroic glass (optional)
This dynamic contemporary tree scape trio is both reversible and interchangeable. Using 96 COE glass, duraboard and durafibre, participants will learn how to stack and wrap glass to fire to a 1-1/2-inch thickness. Add some extra pizazz with dichroic inclusions. Hole drilling and cold working will also be covered.
When: Saturdays, November 14 and 21, 2020, from 1 to 4 pm (THIS SESSION IS FULL)
Fee: $275 + HST (includes all materials and firings) + Display kit (optional)
Optional
Fee: $80 + HST | Display kit (shadow box, two sets of miniature battery operated string lights, batteries)
This plaid has definitely gone mad! But what holiday doesn’t come with a little craziness?! Challenge yourself to create the designs you see in the online tutorial and make these intricate ornaments for your most valued family and friends. Using the colour family mixes of 96 COE stringers you will learn the how to make linear and curved shapes. Firing schedules will also be covered.
When: Saturday, November 21, 2020, from 10 to 11 am
Fee: $30 + HST
Optional
Fee: $60 + HST | Stringer kit (blue family, warm family, green family, and clear COE 96 stringers)
Fee: $35 + HST | Firing of 10-inch x 11-inch tile and thin fire paper
Hot, hot, hot, but fun, fun, fun! Reserve a time slot for some vitrigraph candy cane making. Come and twist the whole pot and take home the spoils to decorate the tree, gifts or other glass projects. Safe preparation and handling of the vitrigraph kiln will also be covered.
When: Saturday, November 28, 2020, pick your time slot: 10 am, 10:30 am, 11 am, or 11:30 am (four time slots only)
Fee: $50 + HST
These hilariously fun character cutouts are sure to be the most talked about gift or décor item this holiday season. Learn how to drill holes into the middle of your solid glass piece background and then create your playful costume surround. Participants will receive a pattern set of three designs and will make one during this three-hour workshop. Make the rest at home or during Studio time and have the complete set!
When: Saturday, November 28, 2020, from 1 to 4 pm
Fee: $150 + HST (includes 96 COE white base glass, character glass, glass accessories, and project firings)
Bevels have always offered a faceted finish to your soldered holiday creations. Now add plating, painting, and floating to your repertoire and upscale the possibilities. During this two-session workshop, participants will learn how to plate their bevels with dichroic glass, apply alcohol ink, and fill a soldered vessel with fluid and inclusions that will be permanently sealed! Make five different pieces that are sure to please. Soldering experience necessary.
When: Thursdays, December 3 and 10, 2020, from 7 to 10 pm
Fee: $195 + HST
Bevels have always offered a faceted finish to your soldered holiday creations. Now add plating, painting, and floating to your repertoire and upscale the possibilities. During this two-session workshop, participants will learn how to plate their bevels with dichroic glass, apply alcohol ink, and fill a soldered vessel with fluid and inclusions that will be permanently sealed! Make five different pieces that are sure to please. Soldering experience necessary.
When: Thursdays, December 3 and 10, 2020, from 7 to 8 pm
Fee: $60 + HST + Materials kit (optional) + Solder, copper foil, and chemicals
Optional
Fee: $110 + HST | Materials kit (bevels, twisted wire, copper sheet foil, alcohol ink, dichroic glass, and mini holiday ornaments)
Swarovski had better watch out! These sparkling embossed snowflake ornaments are made simple with the Morton System’s easy shape cutting process. During this Zoom lesson, learn how to properly set up the cutting bar to make and replicate a diamond rhombus as well as how to achieve bas relief using durafibre. Firing schedules will be included.
When: Saturday, December 5, 2020, from 10 to 11 am
Fee: $30 + HST + Materials kit (optional)
Optional
Fee: $30 + HST | Materials kit (96 COE clear and clear luster sheet glass, highfire wire, durafibre)
Fee: TBD + HST | Firing (fees are based on quantity and will be determined upon delivery)
Everyone knows Santa’s star reindeer made famous in the Johnny Marks/Gene Autry holiday classic. Our version is sure to keep a smile on your face! The latest in our seasonal stake series has been engineered to hold an LED light behind the protruding luminous red nose which is sure to guide Santa’s sleigh straight to your doorstep! During this two-session workshop, participants will tackle drop ring firing as well as dangling holiday lights. Happy holidays everyone!
When: Saturday, December 5 and 12, 2020, from 1 to 4 pm
Fee: $345 + HST (all materials and project firings included) + custom stake (optional)
Capacity: THIS SESSION IS FULL
Everyone knows Santa’s star reindeer made famous in the Johnny Marks/Gene Autry holiday classic. Our version is sure to keep a smile on your face! The latest in our seasonal stake series has been engineered to hold an LED light behind the protruding luminous red nose which is sure to guide Santa’s sleigh straight to your doorstep! During this two-session workshop, participants will tackle drop ring firing as well as dangling holiday lights. Happy holidays everyone!
When: Saturday, December 5 and 12, 2020, from 1 to 2 pm
Fee: $245 + HST (glass package included) + custom stake (optional) + pre-made nose (optional) + project firings (optional)
Optional
Fee: TBD + HST | Firing (contact Melanie for quote)
Fee: $50 + HST | Pre-made nose
Fee: $85 + HST | Custom stake
Snow crystals are unique formations of frozen water and the inspiration for these unique, flake-like creations. Whether used as a candleholder or table centerpiece, they will add a delicate look to your holiday décor. Using 96 COE glass and the rules of glass volume, participants can follow along at home or in Studio and make either a lacy light or bowl to enjoy. Beginners are welcome.
When: Saturday, December 11, 2020, from 10 am to 12 pm
Fee: $80 + HST (includes all materials and project firing)
Snow crystals are unique formations of frozen water and the inspiration for these unique, flake-like creations. Whether used as a candleholder or table centerpiece, they will add a delicate look to your holiday décor. Using 96 COE glass and the rules of glass volume, participants can follow along at home or in Studio and make either a lacy light or bowl to enjoy. Beginners are welcome.
When: Saturday, December 11, 2020, from 10 to 11 am
Fee: $30 + HST + Full package (optional)
Optional
Fee: $50 + HST | Full package (build at home and return for firing kit and shelf/tool rental)
There are currently no learning sessions open to youth participants (14+ years old) where accompanied by an adult participant.
