Intensive weekend classes

With: Angela Casalino
Dates and times: September 15, 2018, 10 am to 5 pm
or November 4, 2018, 10 am to 5 pm

Discover the glass techniques with a gallery tour, studio demonstrations and practical exercises (kiln working, flameworking and sandblasting).

Cost: $105

GLASSBLOWING I

With: Marie-Hélène Beaulieu
Date and time: September 21, 7 pm to 10 pm, and September  22 – 23, 2018, 9 am to 5 pm

Observe and practice the basic technical steps of glassblowing to create decorative pieces.

Cost: $390

GLASSBLOWING II

With: Catherine Benoit
Prerequisite : Glassblowing I
Date and time: October 12, 7 pm to 10 pm, and October 13 – 14, 2018, 9 am to 5 pm

Practice and improve different glassblowing techniques to create personal projects.

Cost: $410

GLASSBLOWING III

With: Catherine Benoit
Prerequisite : Glassblowing II
Date and time: November 9, 7 pm to 10 pm, and November 10 – 11, 2018, 9 am to 5 pm

Relying on techniques learned in Glassblowing I and II, you will work on the shape of objects and the basic technical notions.

Cost: $440

KILN WORKING I

With: Catherine Labonté
Date and time: October 27 – 28, 2018, 9 am to 5 pm

Discover the elementary steps of the kiln working technique. Learn to slump and fuse sheets of glass to create original objects.

Cost: $235

KILN WORKING II

With: Catherine Labonté
Date and time: Coming in Spring 2019

Learn to fully and partially fuse glass on an engraved plaster bed while using plain and coloured sheet glass.

Cost: $255

With: Jean-Marie Giguère
Date and time: October 20 – 21, 2018, 9 am to 5 pm

Discover the different vitreous pigments and explore image transfer using Lazertran. Create your own personal projects on sheet, kiln-worked or blown glass pieces.

Cost: $205

FLAMEWORKING

With: Carolyne Brouillard (September) or Gérald Collard (November)
Date and time: September 29 – 30, 2018, 9 am to 5 pm
or November 9, 2018, 7 pm to 10 pm, and November 10 – 11, 2018, 9 am to 5 pm

Observe and practice the basics of flameworking: shaping (beads, marbles), constructing (animals, sculptures) and blowing (balls, bottles).

Cost: $265 (2 days) or $325 (3 days)

FLAMEWORKED BEADS

With: Instructor TBD
Date and time: Coming soon

Explore the decorating techniques to make your own beads with the flameworking torch.

Cost: $275

With: Jean-Marie Giguère
Date and time: November 10, 2018, 9 am to 5 pm

Explore the many sculptural possibilities offered by the cold glass techniques. Learn to cut, engrave, polish, and frost glass using a diamond saw and drill, flat lap grinders, belt sanders, as well as cork and cotton polishing wheels.

Cost: $115

With: Gilles Payette
Date and time: Coming Spring 2019

Learn the different steps of sand casting to make sculptural objects, using different molding techniques.

Cost: $450

With: Stephen Pon
Date and time: Coming Spring 2019

Learn to make a glass object using the lost wax technique. Develop a model that you will transfer into glass using the various applicable steps.

Cost: $485