Because glass is so bright and colorful, it’s easy to make something beautiful and unique in a Beginning Glass Fusing class without prior experience. Lavae Aldrich teaches a variety of classes for children and adults. See the calendar below.
Make an ice-trimmed glass votive holder which sits on its own LED stand.
Hang them on your holiday tree or in a window. You can hang them around your neck as a pendant. Fused glass poinsettias make great holiday gifts. • In this class, we'll cut glass and compose the ornaments. They get fused in the kiln to create two dazzling pieces which you'll retrieve in 48 hours. • All tools, materials, and heat (one kiln-firing) provided.
Back by popular demand! Learn to cast glass into solid shapes. You'll fill heart-shaped casting molds with sheet glass, crushed glass, frits, noodles, and stringers. You'll learn to layer the colors with clear and dichroic glasses to get brilliant combinations. These castings can be hung on a provided hook, used as paper weights, or just displayed. All tools, materials, and heat (kiln-firing) provided!
Mosaics that look like stained glass without the caming and soldering. We'll compose pieces of colored glass onto a glass backer sheet and then “grout” them with powdered glass to define and give depth. You might choose to paint an icon or pattern onto the glass with high temperature paint. It all gets fused in the kiln to created a solid piece of art that's suitable for a plate or light catcher in your window. • All tools, materials, and heat (One kiln-firing included) provided. Quantity:
Can you include metals in glass art? Yes, you can. Copper works very well. In this class, you'll cut copper sheet using templates and slip them between sheets of glass to be kiln-fired. All tools, materials, and heat (One kiln-firing included) provided.
Do you want to start making scrumptious light-filled fused glass art? Start by learning the basics of kiln-forming with Lavae Aldrich. In this beginning class (no prior experience required), you'll learn the basic techniques, processes, and rules of glass fusing while creating a work of art. You'll start with a brief exercise to learn to cut glass. We'll talk about compatibility (COE) and what happens to glass in the kiln. Then, starting with a 6” glass blank, you'll compose your art work, using colored sheet glass, powders and frit, stringers and noodles, puddles, and dots. Each piece will be fired twice; fused first to a flat blank and then again in the mold of your choice. You'll choose from a dish, plate, votive holder, or nitelite. You'll return 3 days later to pick up your art piece. All tools, materials, and heat (kiln-firing) provided. Call to schedule a class. 505-520-5822
Can you include metals in glass art? Yes, you can. Copper works very well. In this class, you'll cut copper sheet using templates and slip them between sheets of glass to be kiln-fired. All tools, materials, and heat (One kiln-firing included) provided.
Learn to cast glass into solid shapes. You'll fill cookie cutters with crushed glass, frits, noodles, and stringers. You'll learn to layer colors with clear and dichroic glasses for brilliant combinations. Or you can embed flowers into the castings. The cast glass can be hung on a hook, used as paper weights or just displayed. All tools , materials, and heating (kiln-firing) provided.