Glassblowing Weekend
The Glass Hub Stowford Manor farm, WingfieldLearn how to gather, blow and shape hot molten glass straight from the furnace. This is a wonderful introduction to glassmaking, with plenty of hands-on practice in small groups of up to four students per tutor. Come and experience this ancient craft and create your own glass objects.
3-Day Glassblowing (Beginner)
The Glass Hub Stowford Manor farm, WingfieldThis three day course offers beginners the opportunity to discover the potential of this unique material, with enough time to fully immerse themselves in hot glass techniques. This is an excellent fun and stimulating course for those looking for a more solid foundation and better understanding of glassblowing techniques.
3-Day Glassblowing (Intermediate)
The Glass Hub Stowford Manor farm, WingfieldSuitable as a follow-on course for those with some blowing experience, The focus of this class will be to blow independently, check the the fundamentals of the blowing "formula", and then move into blowing tumblers, colour and much more!. Fully immerse themselves in the process, move at your own pace and stretch your limits.
Masterclass: Form and Colour with Katie Huskie
The Glass Hub Stowford Manor farm, WingfieldKatie Huskie will lead this weekend in the Hot shop, and focus upon the fundamentals of form and colour in blown glass. Her class will concentrate on the core principals of glassblowing, through the process of blowing basic forms well, and the exploration of colour with your chosen designs.
Postponed Masterclass: Casting Nature with Colin Reid
The Glass Hub Stowford Manor farm, WingfieldEngage with nature - taking the immediate environment as a source of form, texture and inspiration for casting in glass. In this four day kiln-casting course you will explore a variety of moulding techniques to translate natural forms into cast glass, working both outside in the landscape and in the studio.
Fusing doesn’t have to be flat with Nina Casson McGarva
The Glass Hub Stowford Manor farm, WingfieldCreate 3d sculptures using hot glass manipulation with traditional fusing techniques as a base. The emphasis will be on experimentation and is suitable for intermediate to advanced students who can embrace failure as being part of the learning curve in testing the limits of glass fusing.
1-Day Glassblowing
The Glass Hub Stowford Manor farm, WingfieldA great introduction to glassblowing, suitable for beginners to try their hand at this molten art form. A guaranteed unique and exciting day, you will leave with a new understanding of glass as well as first-hand skills.
Lampworking – Beads
The Glass Hub Stowford Manor farm, WingfieldDiscover the art of lampworking beads with glass artist Sarah Morris. Sarah will take you through the fundamentals of lampworking (flameworking) using a torch. You will design and make ten or more beautiful beads over the day, using a wide selection of colours and processes.
1-Day Glassblowing
The Glass Hub Stowford Manor farm, WingfieldA great introduction to glassblowing, suitable for beginners to try their hand at this molten art form. A guaranteed unique and exciting day, you will leave with a new understanding of glass as well as first-hand skills.
1-Day Glass Fusing
The Glass Hub Stowford Manor farm, WingfieldDiscover the art of fusing glass and explore a variety of techniques to create your own designs in glass. You will learn the fundamentals of glass cutting, assembly, inclusions, kiln firing and slumping under the expert guidance of the Glass Hub Tutors. A great introduction for beginners or artists working in other mediums to experiment with this art form.
1-Day Further Glass Fusing
The Glass Hub Stowford Manor farm, WingfieldAn opportunity to explore some exciting new techniques in fusing and slumping, including crackle fusing, flexi-glass medium, working with dichroic glass and drop-out slumping.
Winter School
The Glass Hub Stowford Manor farm, WingfieldDiscover what this amazing material can do by spending Five whole days with us exploring a range of glassmaking techniques including glass blowing, kiln forming, fusing as well as beadmaking and sandcasting. The course will include talks and demos plus an evening meal. Come and learn, enjoy and share the art of glass at The Hub.