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Exploring glass beadmaking – developing skills (S3D31360)
16 to 19 Sep 2024. Build on your glass beadmaking skills and improve the placement of decorations. Make encased floral beads, complex twisted stringers and use dichroic glass, murrini and metal inclusions. Tutors: Sarah Downton
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Picture framing (S3D31956)
22 to 25 Sep 2024. Learn how to frame up to four pieces of your precious artwork using the basic tools. The course will cover all the essentials of picture framing, selecting frames and mounts to glass cutting and joining mouldings. Tutors: Michael B...
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Flame and fused glass – torch and kiln crossover (SLW29854)
27 to 30 Sep 2024. Explore manipulating glass in the flame to create unique elements to fuse. Fluid lines and special canes add intriguing patterns. Tutors: Katrina Beattie
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Stained glass – introduction (SSW32017)
5 to 6 Oct 2024. This course is a short weekend with a timetable variation: 10am-5pm on Saturday and 9am-4pm on Sunday. Make your own stained glass panel from start to finish using traditional techniques. You will learn all the stages involved inc...
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Floral French beading – rosa canina decoration (S2D33178)
23 to 25 Oct 2024. Try your hand at a 19th-century art form that refers to a set of techniques, which combines: stringing glass seed beads; wire wrapping and twisting; and sculpting to create a circular rosa canina arrangement to treasure. This works...
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Enamelling on silver – an introduction (SWE32226)
1 to 3 Nov 2024. Learn the basic techniques of firing transparent enamel onto silver. Transparent enamel is coloured glass heated and fused onto metal. This transparency allows light to pass through the enamel and reflect the metal beneath. Tutors: A...
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Stained glass for beginners – painting with light (SLW32224)
7 to 10 Nov 2024. Design and create your own stained glass panel. Each process is covered – glass cutting, developing a design, glass selection, leading, soldering, cementing and finishing. Tutors: Carole Gray
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Creative mosaic techniques (SWE32225)
15 to 17 Nov 2024. Learn about glass mosaic in contemporary art works, exploring composition in classical and conceptual mosaic work. Explore techniques and materials, including new materials on the market that facilitate the exploration of the creat...