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Glass blowing courses: Learn to blow glass at Clavering Glassworks, Essex

1 DAY BEGINNER COURSE

This one day lesson lasts for six hours and aims to provide an intensive introduction to this most exciting and challenging of craft disciplines.

Throughout the lesson, you will learn to gather molten glass from the furnace at a temperature exceeding 1100 degrees and manipulate it with a range of traditional glassmaking tools. You will be taught to apply colour and pattern to the clear glass so that by the end of the lesson,  you will have produced a number of items from vessels to paper weights of your own design to take home and treasure.

KEY INFORMATION:

  • This glassblowing lesson is aimed at complete beginners, so no previous experience is necessary.

  • Small class sizes - maximum of two students to one instructor so you will get plenty of one-on one instruction and be active throughout the day

  • All safety equipment and materials are provided.

  • Please wear sensible, comfortable clothes, preferably layers, so you can remove the outer layer if you get hot; and flat, sturdy shoes. Long hair should be tied back.

  • Complimentary hot and cold drinks will be provided but feel free to bring along drinks, snacks and a packed lunch. Lunch is available at the Lodge nearby.

  • Students for glassblowing courses must be over 18 years of age.

  • Please note that glass vessels and other pieces made during the lesson need to cool slowly in the kiln, so these can be picked up two days later, or alternatively these can be posted for a charge.

  • !0am - 4pm

COST OF 1 DAY BEGINNER COURSE £295

3 days - The basics

Suitable for beginners

Everything about working with hot glass stems from a few key moves. From the first gather you take with us, this 3 day class will teach you the fundamental moves and tool operations, and we’ll put these to use in the creation of a set of vessels. The class is focused on learning skills rather than making perfect objects, so we’ll repeat steps to get better, and aim to work on simple forms, such as tumblers and vases. This is a great first step for anyone who wants to learn glassmaking.

By the end of the class we will have covered making several forms: cylinders, round shapes and conical forms. You will pick one form and make a set to learn from repetition.

10am to 5pm each day.

Cost of Course £750

GIFT VOUCHERS:

For a truly unique gift experience, we offer gift vouchers for glassblowing lessons for all these courses