Holiday Happenings                                                                         Fee: $20.00 plus glass supplies 

New for the fall!  Starting September 10th through mid-December, 2010 most Friday's will be focused on creating holiday giftables.  We will start these events at 3 pm to 5 pm and 6 pm to 8 pm.  Each Friday will require reservations for both the day and evening time slots.  Watch the calendar for the theme for the 'Happening'!

Learn to Cut 
This is a must have class for beginner stained glass, mosaics, and hot glass.  This class is offered once a month for 1 1/2 hours.  You will learn the basics of cutting straight lines, inside and outside curves,and circles.  You will also have the opportunity to try all the different types of glass cutting tools and grinders.  This is a great refresher for those who have not cut glass in some time.

Off The Wall                                             No Experience Needed

Great introduction to stained glass!  After this beginning you will be ready for more glass art!  Off The Wall is a wonderful class for those experienced in stained glass to learn to make quick, fun and fabulous gifts right off the walls of the studio!  Bring your own soldering tools or rent studio tools for this class.

The photo displays a few examples of what can be designed right off the studio walls. 

Intermediate Flat Foil      Prerequisite:Beginning Foil   4 Sessions This is a great class for a refresher or to enhance your skills by challenging yourself to do something you have not tried.  Learn more to advanced cutting techniques along with the skills needed for working with thick, heavy textured, or rippled glass, and filigree overlays. We will work with rounds, ovals, or patterns that extend outside the edge. If necessary there will be basic pattern modification, incorporating bevels, and wiring the edge of a piece or came bending. As needed, we will include additional soldering techniques to include limited reinforcement techniques. larger flat panels, foil overlays, ovals, and pieces that extend outside the edge of the piece. This class will greatly enhance your skills.  We recommend that you work on a piece that is larger than you have done before and that presents challenges you have not yet experienced.

Intermediate Flat Foil Clock  (4 Sessions)                               Prerequisite:  Beginning Foil Method                                                      This is a great class for a refresher or to enhance your skills by challenging yourself to do something you have not tried.  Learn more to advanced cutting techniques along with the skills needed for working with thick, heavy textured, or rippled glass, and filigree overlays. We will work with ovals, incorporating bevels, and mirror. As needed, we will include additional soldering techniques to include limited reinforcement techniques. This class will greatly enhance your skills.  .

Realistic Salt Water Fish   

Requires: Foil Method

These little colorful fish will be a delight in any room!  What a great gift for every man on your gift giving list.  This a mixture of stained glass and fused glass.  The fan coral is made in the kiln.

Copper Sculpture Overlay

Requires: Foil Method                                                                    Using patterns designed for stained glass create beautiful copper sculptures on glass.  Be creative with patterns to enhance the art with depth and shadows. Learn about different grinder bits to smooth and round the edges of the glass. This is a full day course that each student leaves with a completed project.

 Charm School 

Prerequisite: Soldering ability is helpful but you can learn it in class

You have seen them, everyone is wearing them so why not learn who to make you very own charms using family photos, funky art pictures, religious cards, or what ever image you like.  This class will give you all the ins and out on how to make these fabulous charms and necklace pendants.  You will make one pendant and up to six bracelet charms in the amount of the class time.  Come with your pictures but don't cut them to size.  We will do that in class.

Kaleidoscope 

Kaleidoscopes offer a wonderful view!  Kids from 8 to 100 love a kaleidoscope!  Learn to make them as gifts! Kaleidoscope workshop will be held on two days.  You will complete two kaleidoscopes with one stand!

Intermediate Flat Foil Lamp  (4 Sessions)         Prerequisite:  Beginning Foil Method                                           This is a great class for a refresher or to enhance your skills by challenging yourself to do something you have not tried.  Learn more to advanced cutting techniques along with the skills needed for working with thick, heavy textured, or rippled glass, and filigree overlays. We will work with wiring the edge of  piece. As needed, we will include additional soldering techniques to include limited reinforcement techniques. This class will greatly enhance your skills. 

Intermediate Foil 3-D ( 4 sessions)

Prerequisite: Beginner Foil Method
3 Dimensional pieces can be a lot of fun to create and easy to do when you know the techniques. They always become a point of conversation as those who see them will want to know how you made such a wonderful piece.  Projects that can be included in this class are the flying dragon and butterfly (yes the wings actually move as if they are flying through the air),  panel lamps, kaleidoscopes, and whirls. If there is another project you want to do and it is not listed just ask.  Be prepared to declare which project you will be making at the time you register for class.

Tissue Boxes  (2  Sessions) 

Prerequisite:  Beginning Foil
Every room needs to have a box of tissues.  Make a cover to coordinate with your décor.  Tissue boxes are wonderful gifts! 

Boxes 

Prerequisite: Beginning Foil
These beautiful jewelry boxes can be in various sizes square or rectangle.  Once your learn the basics of these boxes you will be able to create a wide variety of box styles.  This is a great way to use decorative soldering and they make wonderful gifts for the graduate, bride, and moms.

Music Boxes - Stop by to see a sample.
Fun and whimsical these creations work well for any occasion.

Stained Glass -  Intermediate Lead Method:
Prerequisite: Stained Glass Foil Method
Lead method stained glass is the old masters method of creating stained glass.  This method is wonderful in larger windows, sidelights, and doors. The look of a geometric piece is enhanced with the lead method. You will be more successful with this method if you have developed your glass cutting skills. You will construct a small panel from patterns we will offer and need to make your selection before class.

3-D Bluebonnets of Texas  

 This class combines fusing and stained glass techniques. Learn to make bluebonnets that will not fade as summer comes to Texas.  This class was created exclusively by SGC Workbench. 

Mosaics  Table Top 

Prerequisite: Learn to Cut
Mosaics have been very popular and are a wonderful way to use up your scrap glass from other projects.  Once you learn to mosaic, you will be mosaic anything that does not move!  Our 19" table is a furniture quality table with metal wrought iron base that is a wonderful addition to any patio or breakfast nook.

Lotus Mirror                                                                             Requires: Learn to Cut                                                                        Ready to create a wonderful piece for your home?  A decorative mirror can be used in an entry hall, guest room, guest bath or for art over the mantel.  Take this class to create a mirror using either stained glass mirror glass or a regular mirror, your choice.  We will assist you in creating the design to fit your decor.  

Liquifusion
Liquifusion gives a finished look to any mosaic project, and is an excellent way to finish of the lazy susan or table top.  The finish leaves a glossing, smooth surface that is easy to wipe clean.  It takes your mosaic pieces to the next level. 

Mosaic Birdbath                                                                Requires: Learn To Cut

Within three sessions you will turn a boring birdbath into a piece of garden art!  This birdbath will have birds flocking to take part!

You will design your own birdbath.  Bring your own birdbath bowl to the class!

Mosaics Lazy Susan 

Learn to cut class a must.

The lazy susan has been an exciting projects that you will surely want to do.  It can be done with all nipped glass pieces, found objects, stained glass cut pieces or a combination.  Lazy Susans can be enhanced with the addition Liquifusion top.  The Liquifusion is an optional finishing class.

Introduction to Fusing  Four sessions
Prerequisite: Learn to Cut
This course is an introduction to fusing to include learn about care and operation of kilns, co-efficiency of glass, the difference between a tack, contour, full fuse, drape or slump and much much more. During the first session you will program the kiln to achieve the desired effect on your project.  You will make ands fire a fun tile using System 96 glasses that can be applied into various garden on household decor items. In the second session the fun begins as you create your own art glass with an introduction to stringers, noodles, and frit.  You will incorporate these items into a tile which will be fused for use as a clock. You will learn to drill a hole in the glass  for the clock mechanism. During session number three you will manipulate glass by weaving two ways to create fun and functional glass  projects in. In in this last session you will learn how to prepare, care for and create Ceramic, Kaiser Lee Board and Stainless Steel molds are the focus of this class.   The woven items from the previous class will be slumped and draped to complete the Introduction to Fusing.

Fused Mosaic Lazy Susan or Fused Mosaics Table Prerequisite:  Learn to Cut
This is a new and fun way to incorporate mosaic techniques into the popular fusing technique.  The look is wonderful and the process is quicker than traditional mosaic. Learn to cut a must have class.

Wine Cheese Board and Accessories

One slumped Bottle to make a cheese board. Add Cheese spreader knife and appetizer fork for a wonderful set.    Great for the summer parties on the patio, gifts to take to the hostess.

The 3 D's - Dimensional Dazzling Dichroic                   

It is Dazzling,  It is Dimensional, And of course it is Dichroic!  This exciting experience lets you create a multi dimensional dichroic base giving depth to the jewelry pieces that will be cut from your creation. You will be truly amazed at what you will learn and can do with this technique.  During this course you will be using the Taurus 3 Ring Saw and the disc grinder to coldworking your pieces. While taking this class you will have a special price available for purchasing these two pieces of equipment.

Kiln Cast Jewelry                                                 

Jewelry Mold Making.  Learn to fuse in deep molds!  Jewelry molds come in square, rounds, ovals, triangles, bars, mini bars, tear drop, Mini circles, mini squares and circles. 

Hostess Serving Ensemble     

Hostess Service Ensemble consists of 2 piece Salad Tong Set, a Bread/Cake Knife, and a Cheese Slicer handles will be using  Millifiore, Dichroic Glass and the NEW Funky Dichroic Pattern Glass.  Glass and Stainless Steel inserts separate from workshop fees. 

Wonderful additions for your entertaining or great gift ideas for June Brides, gifts now or start for the holidays! 

Stripped Basket Weave                                     

Come in to make this basket weaved dish using stripped glass.  After fusing, the piece will be slumped into a bowl or dish.  Firings, Slump Firing and supplies additional. 

Flip Flop Fun 

Cinderella may have had glass slippers, but you can make your own glass flip flops.  They are fun, glamorous, and wonderful gifts!  The course fee includes all the supplies and firings.

3-D Dichroic Slides 

Make a story tile for a frame and two jewelry different styles of cabochons using Dichroic Slide material.  Also incorporated into this course will be metal inclusions, stamping with mica and the dichroic slide!  Using just the dichroic slide materials, create two jewelry cabochons. FUN!