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Unleash your creativity and learn the art of glass blowing with a variety of classes offered in NYC. Discover mesmerizing techniques, create beautiful glass pieces, and gain a new skill that will leave you feeling accomplished and inspired.

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Make Stained Glass

UrbanGlass @ 647 Fulton St, Brooklyn, NY

Learn the art of creating stunning stained glass pieces in this introductory course. Choose a design, cut and grind glass, solder your pieces together, and finish with cleaning and patina. No experience necessary, open to ages 14 and up.

(54) All levels 14 and older

Intro to Fusing- Coasters

UrbanGlass @ 647 Fulton St, Brooklyn, NY

Discover the art of transforming flat sheet glass into personalized coasters in this introductory fusing course. Learn glass cutting, grinding, and design techniques to create your own unique patterns. With the opportunity to experiment with different temperatures and embellishments, you'll leave with a set of coasters that showcase your creative style.

(54) Beginner 12 and older
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DIY Date Night: Glass Etching

Brooklyn Craft Company @ 165 Greenpoint Ave, Brooklyn, NY

Join us for a fun evening of crafting up a set of custom-etched glasses! First you’ll plan your design using letters, shapes or simple graphic lines. Then, using a special etching cream, you’ll permanently transfer that design onto the glass, where it will create a frosted look. This set will makes the perfect custom gift for friends or family… or just keep it for yourself. :) Come craft solo, or book for you and your BFF together...

(557) All levels 18 and older
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$120
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Walk Into the Light

UrbanGlass @ 647 Fulton St, Brooklyn, NY

The premise of this class is for students to explore techniques beyond the hot shop creation, specifically the inclusion of neon and light. This course will encourage thinking of glass as a multi-step, multi-media process.  The basic foundation will focus on the creation of blown glass forms that will be filled and illuminated with noble gases (such as neon, argon, krypton, or xenon). The course will provide a basic understanding of neon. We...

(54) All levels 18 and older
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$860

5 sessions

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Wooden Molds in the Hot Shop

UrbanGlass @ 647 Fulton St, Brooklyn, NY

A weekend workshop that investigates the dynamic between glassblower and mold maker when designing and executing a wooden turn mold. Spend a day with a mold maker for an overview of wooden mold design and fabrication considerations. We will discuss everything from wood selection to hardware and turn a mold from a real world request. We will focus on the technical subtleties considered by designer, glassblower and mold maker, critical to the development...

(54) All levels 18 and older
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$550

2 sessions

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Designing with Glass

UrbanGlass @ 647 Fulton St, Brooklyn, NY

Learn how to use the copper foil stained glass method to create contemporary and illusionistic imagery. Class will begin with a discussion on embracing the parameters of the medium, followed by a design process that focuses on utilizing the color, texture, and opacity levels of glass.  Students may draw out their glass pattern on paper or design it in Adobe Illustrator with basic instruction. A design critique and problem solving session will...

(54) All levels 18 and older
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$850

5 sessions

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Stained Glass Weekend

UrbanGlass @ 647 Fulton St, Brooklyn, NY

Unleash your creativity and learn the art of stained glass design in this immersive beginner's class. Discover the copper foil construction method and create your own unique stained glass panel using colorful glass. No experience is required, just a passion for crafting.

(54) All levels 14 and older
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$525

2 sessions

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Printing Hot: Frit de Verre

UrbanGlass @ 647 Fulton St, Brooklyn, NY

This course introduces a specific frit/pâte de verre technique which translates the idea of intaglio printing into a kilnforming process. Students will learn how to transfer handwritten text, drawing, color and structure from a mold onto glass. By using the mold-making materials as a canvas, we will create flat pâte de verre castings that carry our imagery, and develop ideas of how to manipulate these in the kiln to bring them into a sculptural...

(54) Beginner 18 and older
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$400

2 sessions

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Neon Weekend Deluxe Edition

UrbanGlass @ 647 Fulton St, Brooklyn, NY

Unleash your creativity and learn the art of neon tube bending in this introductory course at UrbanGlass. Discover how to create simplified illustrative patterns inspired by your imagination, while also exploring the conceptual weight of neon as a material. Perfect for beginners and those looking to level up their techniques, this class offers the opportunity to create a small neon project and gain the knowledge to easily install it indoors.

(54) Beginner 14 and older
No upcoming schedules
$1,070

3 sessions

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Art and Biography

The Jewish Museum @ 1109 5th Ave, New York, NY

Consider how works of art can contribute to the understanding of an individual’s life story, and how a biographical treatment can assume many different creative forms. Experience works of art in the highly anticipated exhibition, Leonard Cohen: A Crack in Everything along with works of art in the Jewish Museum’s collection, and participate in a hands-on workshop that integrates art making and writing.

(8) All levels 18 and older
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Large and in Charge

UrbanGlass @ 647 Fulton St, Brooklyn, NY

Learn to use the material properties of borosilicate glass to create large scale sculptures and objects.  Starting from a plan or drawing, components will be made and then formed together using annealing and kiln-manipulation techniques.  Students will gain confidence in constructing complex forms and intricate shapes.  This class is aimed at flameworkers with prior experience at the torch, who wish to gain a better understanding...

(54) All levels 18 and older
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$275
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Holiday Ornaments (All Ages)

UrbanGlass @ 647 Fulton St, Brooklyn, NY

Come spend the day out of the cold and cozy up to our furnace! In this one day workshop, we will learn to gather hot glass, apply color and make your very own unique, decorative ornaments to liven up your home this holiday season!  Open to all, ages 10 and up!

(54) All levels 10 and older
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$250
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One Billet Wonder

UrbanGlass @ 647 Fulton St, Brooklyn, NY

This short, but intensive class is a great introduction to the process of open-face casting. Starting with developing a 5” x 10” sculptural design in clay, students will then create an open-face mold into which a clear or colored billet (slab) of glass will be placed and heated in a kiln to create a 3-dimensional form. Hands-on work will be complimented by a presentation on kilnformed glass. No experience required, however, this class is also...

(54) Beginner 18 and older
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$565

3 sessions

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Glass Exploration For Beg : Intro to Glassblowing I

UrbanGlass @ 647 Fulton St, Brooklyn, NY

In this class we will explore all the basic skills needed to shape, form, and blow glass. We will also take time out to digress and have some fun with colorful paperweights, flowers, and some abstract sculptural forms. This class will be a well-rounded introduction to anyone interested in this enticing material. Important Thing to Note:  No experience necessary. Q&A Q: Can I make up a class if I miss one? A: No, there are...

(54) Beginner 18 - 18 years old
No upcoming schedules
$950

10 sessions

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Illuminated Manuscript: Intro to Neon

UrbanGlass @ 647 Fulton St, Brooklyn, NY

In our brand new neon studio, this class will introduce students to the techniques of bending and illuminating gas filled glass tubes and discuss their application to concepts and design. Introduced to the US in 1923, neon signage radically transformed our urban landscape for the next 70 years. As neon has faded from prominence in the signage industry it has increasing found a home in the fine art world. Important Thing to Note:  No experience...

(54) Beginner 18 and older
No upcoming schedules
$600

6 sessions

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Beginning Glassblowing Intensive: Full Immersion

UrbanGlass @ 647 Fulton St, Brooklyn, NY

This week long intensive will focus on creating a solid foundation of beginning glassblowing skills that can be built on from one day to the next. Get fully immersed in glassblowing and maximize your potential! From sculpting solid forms to blowing hollow vessels, this class will provide students with an opportunity to take creative license and make pieces that are distinctly their own. Important Thing to Note:  No experience necessary. Q&A...

(54) Beginner 18 and older
No upcoming schedules
$650

5 sessions

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Flametastic Voyage on the Borosilicate Sea

UrbanGlass @ 647 Fulton St, Brooklyn, NY

During this class we will explore non-traditional and traditional techniques of hollow and solid sculpting, including component construction, bit work, stringer drawing, frit and color application. Borosilicate glassblowing is an incredibly versatile and accesible medium. With a focus on easy application of complicated techniques, students will learn about the endless possibilities of flameworking. Discussions on how to set up an efficient and...

(54) Beginner 18 and older
No upcoming schedules
$500

5 sessions

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Breaking Through Basics: Glass Fundamentals For Youth

UrbanGlass @ 647 Fulton St, Brooklyn, NY

Students will learn the basic fundamentals of these processes and will have the opportunity to investigate the possibilities of crossing over techniques between the studios. Come explore the many techniques of making glass in this six week course. This workshop covers 3 major areas of glass making, and much more. Students will try flame-working, making beads and other glass art on a table top bench torch, blowing glass in the hot shop and making...

(54) All levels 11 - 17 years old
No upcoming schedules
$650

6 sessions

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Put it on the Glass: Perverse Stained Glass

UrbanGlass @ 647 Fulton St, Brooklyn, NY

“Put It on the Glass” transfers contemporary imagery and issues onto flat glass surfaces using stained glass painting, etching, and joining processes. Focusing on the power of juxtaposition and controversy, this course employs traditional stained glass techniques to re-contextualize our current interests and experiences through an archival art form. The class will begin with a short slide presentation that binds past and present, spanning 13th...

(54) All levels 18 and older
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$535

5 sessions

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Cane Camp - Getting down to Brass Tacks

UrbanGlass @ 647 Fulton St, Brooklyn, NY

In this intensive glassblowing class, cane is the name of the game. By reducing the color pallet and scale, students will focus on the fundamentals of using cane as a decorative technique. Demos and projects will start off with simple exercises and increase in complexity as students build a solid foundation of understanding. Subjects covered will include simple and complex cane pulls, collar and bubble pick ups, prep work and various approaches to...

(54) All levels 18 and older
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$860

5 sessions

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