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.
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.
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