Curved Fused Glass Ornament @ Our Crafty Place

The Workshop

Your tutor, Trisha, is looking forward to meeting you and says: “Come and spend a relaxed afternoon creating your own flower ornament out of glass. In this 2 ½ hour session I will show you how. Starting with a flat rectangle of clear glass, on it you will design your flower arrangement using colourful cabochons, frit and curved / straight stringers (rods) of glass. A cabochon is a pre-fired bead of glass, frit is the term for lots of small pieces of glass and the rods are used for the stems and leaves.

Spend some time choosing your colour theme and laying out your design. At this stage it is very satisfying to experiment and have fun. When you are pleased with your effect, using a very small amount of glue, you will stick down the pieces of glass in position. This means your design will stay in place while I transport it to my kiln.

Your ornament then gets fired twice. Once to fuse the glass pieces together and the second time to slump the glass over a curve, so you end up with a beautiful piece of glass that stands up on its own.” Pop a tealight behind it, or stand it on a window cill and watch it sparkle.

What is the cost?

£45 + 94p card fee This includes all the materials needed to make your ornament and refreshments.

How many places are available?

To ensure the quality of your personal experience, the group size is limited to 10.

What are the timings?

This is a relaxed, afternoon running from 1.30pm to 4pm.

Our purple front door will be open from 1pm so we can welcome you in, you can get to meet Trisha and your fellow crafters and grab a cuppa before you start.

What skills are needed?

No experience is necessary. [Ed. If you were someone who loved the feel of the jewels in your grandmother’s jewellery box, be aware that you may want to spend ages just feeling the cabochons, it’s a glorious experience!!]

What to bring on the day?

Anticipation to enjoy the whole afternoon!

Specific to this workshop:

• It is essential that you wear closed shoes please, i.e. no sandals or flip-flops
• Plasters, if you have a known allergy to some makes of plasters. Glass frit and rods have sharp edges and it is possible to gets little cuts from handling them. Trisha will give you a good safety briefing to ensure this risk is minimal.
• Reading glasses if you need them. Glasses are good for protecting your eyes when breaking the narrow rods of glass, as small shards of glass can flick upwards. We will supply googles for you to use.

We want you to go home with a spring in your step and feel really good about what you have achieved. To make sure we can thoroughly look after you during your workshop please fill in your booking form with all the things that will help, be it your favourite milk, or any extra support you may require. Please also let us know of allergies that we may need to highlight to your fellow crafters e.g. nuts, perfume. Many thanks.