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It Is Friday Night !!
Take a Friday Night Fusing course and have some fun! Every Friday night a new project for $45.00 plus supplies. Prerequisite: Learn to Cut.
May 16th 6 - 9 p.m. First time offering at SGC Workbench - Cold Combing to make into jewelry cabachons, earnings, money clip (Father's day is coming) and more. Check the calendar for each Friday's project offering or here for a picture.
Introduce a friend to Friday Night Courses and receive a FREE dichroic glass grab bag! |
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Learn to Cut ($25.00)
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. |
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Stained Glass - Foil Method; Beginner or Refresher ($65.00): Prerequisite: Learn to Cut
Like many people you have probably seen or admired stained glass windows. Perhaps you have imagined a stained glass window in your home. The inherent beauty of light interacting with a piece of stained glass you have made will have your friends and family asking you to make one for them. The art of creating a stained glass piece is a great stress reliever and lots of fun! Join our class and have fun while you meet others who share this same interest. |
NEW ONE DAY WORKSHOP Stained Glass - Foil Method; Beginner or Refresher ($65.00): Prerequisite: Learn to Cut
Like many people you have probably seen or admired stained glass windows. Perhaps you have imagined a stained glass window in your home. The inherent beauty of light interacting with a piece of stained glass you have made will have your friends and family asking you to make one for them. The art of creating a stained glass piece is a great stress reliever and lots of fun! Join our class and have fun while you meet others who share this same interest. |
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Soldering 101
If you have had problems with your soldering looking the way you want it to, then this is the class for you. We will practice soldering techniques and cover all the problems from getting smooth beads, bleed thru, pregnant lines, and fish eyes. |
Intermediate Flat Foil ($75.00) 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. |
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Intermediate Flat Foil Clock ($75.00) (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. . |
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Intermediate Flat Foil Lamp ($75.00) (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. |
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Tissue Boxes (2 Sessions) $65.00 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! |
Intermediate Foil 3-D ( 4 sessions) $75.00 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. |
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Three Piece Angel Mantel Set $75.00
Prerequisite: Beginner Foil
There will be three different size angels in three techniques to adorn your mantel or table top for everyday or special occasions. One angel is completed in stained glass, one angel is slumped and the remaining angel's dress is stamped and fused. Theses make wonderful gifts. |
Morton Tapestry (3 sessions) $75.00
Prerequisite: Beginning Foil
This class will utilize the use of the Morton's Portable Glass Shop and Decorative Soldering while completing a very unique piece which will include bevels, nuggets, and decorative wire. If you have never seen the Morton Portable Glass Shop system in action, you will amazed by what you will be able to accomplish with this tool. Strip cutting for borders, cutting diamonds, squares, triangles--all a breeze and perfect every time with the Morton Portable Glass Shop! Bring your Morton Portable Glass Shop if you want and we will show you how to maximize its potential. Or, use our system for the first class. Learn to cut a must have class. |
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Boxes (2 sessions) $75.00 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. |
Pattern Making ($75.00) 3 classes
We have been asked many times to offer our expertise on designing custom panels. In this class we will share lots of tips and techniques to make design elements more understandable. When you are finished with the class you will be able to create a design for a specific size, using your own design elements or from other patterns, pictures, or 3-d objects. Our customers always tell us this class was well worth taking, "I learned so much from this class. There was more to this than I expected and you made the process so easy. |
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Stained Glass - Intermediate Lead Method($75.00):
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. |
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Mosaics Table Top $125.00 (3 Session) 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. |
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. |
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Mosaics Lazy Susan 2 Sessions $ 75.00 Learn to cut class a must have. 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. |
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Lampwork/Beads for Beginners ($75.00) 4 Sessions
Beading is the rage in jewelry making. Now add your own handmade beads to create one-of-a-kind creations! This course will cover the basic shapes; Round, tabs, Cubes, Barrels, Cones, Bicones and Hearts. Add decorations; stringers, latticino (twisted cane), cane making to create dots, feathers, stripes, flowers and encasing techniques to complete a jewelry item(s) at the last session. Beads for Beginners will be conducted over a four week period, meeting once weekly, to allow for practice to improve each shape and technique. |
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Metal Clay Art – Art Clay Silver 1 Day Workshop Metal Clay Art creates fine silver 99.9% pure jewelry items from little pieces of a special clay combined of silver particles, a binder and water. Different workshops will include making a pendant with a self-bail, a pendant that includes a bezel to add gemstones, an adjustable ring which can include a small Dichroic cabochon, and taking from nature to create a real leaf or pod pendant. Metal Clay in the universal category to describe items made from either of the manufacturers PMC and Art Clay. |
Metal Clay Art – Art Clay Silver - Glass Frit Inlay Pendant 2 Sessions Metal Clay Art creates fine silver 99.9% pure jewelry items from little pieces of a special clay combined of silver particles, a binder and water. This workshops will include making a pendant with glass frit inlay. Metal Clay in the universal category to describe items made from either of the manufacturers PMC and Art Clay. |
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Introduction to Fusing 101A ($50.00)
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 course you will program the kiln to achieve the desired effect on your project. You will make ands fire a sample of System 96 glasses as a reference board.
Introduction to Fusing 101B ($50.00)
Prerequisite: Learn to Cut
Now the fun begins as you create your own art glass with an introductio 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.
Introduction to Fusing 101C ($50.00)
Prerequisite: Learn to Cut Manipulate glass by weaving it to create two fun and functional glass projects in 101D.
Introduction to Fusing 101D ($50.00)
Prerequisite: Learn to Cut
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 Course 101 series. |
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Fused Mosaics $75.00 plus supplies & firings
Prerequisite: Learn to Cut
This is a new and fun way to incorporate mosaicing into the popular fusing technique. The look is wonderful and the process is quicker than traditional mosaic. Learn to cut a must have class |
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Fused Fan Lamps $75.00 plus supplies & firing
Prerequisite: Learn to Cut
A wonderful home decor item which will change with each season or month. This class will include a book of fan lamps which will give you a pattern for every month. We will create four interchangeable lamps, on per week. These make a great entry way or night light. Learn to cut a must have class. |
Fused Stringer Bowl (2 classes)$125.00 includes stringers and firings
This technique will give you a woven fabric look with a fringed edge made out of glass. All supplies are included in the cost of this class. The second class you will have a choice of using one of our slumping molds or custom creating a mold for an additional cost. |
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Fused Dichroic Jewelry
Whether you are wanting to make these beautiful pieces or want to be introduced to fusing this is a wonderful class. You will make a blank and then cut out several shapes the make into jewelry pieces that everyone will want. |
3-D Slumped Flower (3 classes $75.00 plus supplies & firing)
This flat panel is open in the middle with a 3-D tulip taking center stage. This is truly stunning and is a gentle introduction to slumping. This course combines stained glass and slumpingLearn to cut a must have class. |
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Four wine bottles for four projects ... cheese board, cracker bowl, clock and a accent lamp! Choice of designs for embellishments. Bring two slump wine bottle (or bring two in earlier to have slumped for $20 additional) and bring two wine bottles not slumped for a night of fun. Great for the summer parties on the patio, gifts to take to the hostess or for craft bazaar items. |
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Courses & Schedules:
*We Have Samples of Most Class Projects Displayed in the Studio* If there is a class you want to take and don't see it listed below, check the calendar as we are constantly adding new classes. If you will call and request a class we will create it and when we have 4 or more participants, we will schedule the class.
- Hang Your Glass
This technique will open up a wide range of possibilities for displaying your glass art work or just a fabulous piece of Art Glass. You will also be able to create your own door and cabinet pulls, wall sconces, and much much more.
- Kaiser Lee Board (KLB) Slumped Mold Making
Learn to make your own unique molds different from what everyone else has. The KLB system allows you the flexibility to create your own sizes, design, depth, and multiple molds.
- Wire Wrapped Pendant (1 class$90.00)
Make two Dichroic pendents with two different wrapping techniques using silver and gold.
- Wet Glass Inlay
This class is a nice introduction into fusing. You will be creating tiles with various designs and these tiles will look great in a back splash, flooring, hot plate on the table, or as a decorative art piece. You will be surprised at how detailed and beautiful these tiles can be will little effort. |
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Manufacturers We Use:
Spectrum™ • Bullseye™ • Youghiogheny™
Kokomo™ • Uroboros™ • Armstrong™ |
Contact our shop in San Antonio, Texas, for stained glass art courses and supplies that include the new Twister grinder, Glastar Grinders, and the Taurus 3 Ring Saw. |
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