Glass Kiln & Casting Course Programme
Glass Fusing and Casting Courses run once or twice a month throughout the year. Courses can be booked by online shortly on the Course Calendar and Course Shop. Please contact SALT glass for 2015 course programme dates.
Students Comments: ‘Well organised, good instructions, very friendly, really enojoyed the experience’
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SALT offer Gift Vouchers for Glass-Printmaking Courses which make a fantastic gift!
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Examples of students Glass Fusing Taster Course work
Dates: Half Terms and School Holidays and Throughout 2015 – 10 am – 5 pm
Price: £15 per student (30 minutes per student)
Level: Beginners and Progressers
Max: 4-6 people per course session
Tutor: Max Lamb & Fiona Wilkes
This is fun session where students create a unique coloured glass fused panel for yourself or as a gift!
Students learn to design a unique glass fused panel using different types of glass pre-cut colour glass shapes, carve into the glass using embossed inclusion and copper wire ready for kiln fusing.
No experience required. All ages welcome, bookings essential. Suitable for ages five years and above, individuals, family or groups. Children must be accompanied by adults.
To create a glass fused panel for a taster course takes approximately 30 minutes. SALT can offer a group of four to eight students a sessions for 30 mins. When booking SALT provide an approximate time for your booking but recommend that you arrive at least 10 minutes before your allotted time.
Booking: Please contact SALT by phone or email to book your course.
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Kiln Glass Emboss – Relief Fusing Course
Level: Beginners and Progressers
Price: £120 per student – 10am – 5pm
Max: 6 people per course
Tutor: Max Lamb & Fiona Wilkes
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During this fusing course students explores designing glass panels learning how to cut coloured glass and use ceramic fibre papers to carve and emboss into the glass and use colour frits powders and copper inclusion to create unique glass panels ready for kiln fusing. No experience required.
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Kiln Emboss Fusing Course Dates 2015 – Contact SALT to book a course date |
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10 January 2015 – 10am – 5pm | 6 June 2015 – 10am – 5pm |
24 January 2015 – 10am – 5pm | 4 July 2015 – 10am – 5pm |
7 February 2015 – 10am – 5pm | 1 August 2015 – 10am – 5pm |
7 March 2015 – 10am – 5pm | 5 September 2015 – 10am – 5pm |
4 April 2015 – 10am – 5pm | 3 October 2015 – 10am – 5pm |
2 May 2015 – 10am – 5pm | 7 November 2015 – 10am – 5pm |
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Kiln Glass Casting – Quartz Mould Making Course
Level: Beginners and Progressers
Price: £120 per student (One Day Courses)
Max: 6 people per hour
Tutor: Max Lamb & Fiona Wilkes
This course is an excellent introduction into plaster quartz mould making and kiln casting to create glass sculptural forms.
This course is an excellent introduction to mould making and kiln casting techniques and developing new glass sculptural forms and ideas. Suitable for beginners and the more experienced
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Kiln Glass Casting – Quartz Mould Making Courses 2015 – Contact SALT to book a course date |
23 May 2015 – 10am – 5pm |
27 June 2015 – 10am – 5pm |
10 October 2015 – 10am – 1pm |
22 November 2015 – 10am – 1pm |
This comprehensive course focuses on the exciting potential of clay to plaster quartz mould making to create cast glass pieces fired in the kiln. The first part of the course covers the principles of working with and modelling using various materials to provide forms and textures. The course then moves on to explore plaster mould making techniques using plaster quartz for casting with glass ready firing in a kiln.
The work produced will be cast in a kiln for several days. Materials and equipment will be provided. Additional glass can be purchased to demand and depending of scale of work.
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Kiln Glass Casting – Rubber Mould Making Course
Dates: Throughout 2015
Level: Beginners and Progressers
Price: £240 per student (Two Day Courses )
Max: 6 people per hour
Tutor: Max Lamb & Fiona Wilkes
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Kiln Glass Casting – Rubber Mould Making Courses 2015 – Contact SALT to book a course date |
17- 18 January 2015 – 10am – 5pm |
31 January – 1 February 2015 – 10am – 5pm |
21 – 22 March 2015 – 10am – 5pm |
28 – 29 November 2015 – 10am – 5pm |
This two day course provides an indepth hand on experience of making silicone rubber moulds that can be used for learning techniques for glass casting.
This two day course provides an indepth hand on experience of making silicone rubber moulds that can be used for a range of techniques for glass casting. Suitable for beginners and the more experienced.
This comprehensive course focuses on the exciting potential of silicone rubber mould making and transference to plaster quarts moulds to create cast glass pieces fired in the kiln. The first day covers the key principles of rubber model making working directly from found objects (modelled, organic or made-made) to create a unique rubber mould pour to set over night. The second day of the course covers the rubber mould’s transference to plaster quartz moulds techniques to then prepare a cast in glass ready to fire in the kiln.
The work produced will be cast in a kiln for several days. Materials and equipment will be provided. Additional glass can be purchased to demand and depending of scale of work.
Things to bring for the course: Bringing your own ideas, sketches or objects/patterns to start working from.
For further course details contact SALT or email info@saltglassstudios.co.uk
Please see Terms & Conditions.
Glass art work requires cooling down over night and can be collected the following day/weeks. Alternatively students can arrange for prepaid Post & Packing of course work via Royal Mail Signed For Delivery which cost approx. £6.
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For further course details please contact the studio or use the enquiry page .
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