UrbanGlass
Classes in Brooklyn
UrbanGlass, founded in 1977, is the largest artist-access glass center in the United States, offering a comprehensive education program at every skill level. With a faculty of renowned artists and designers, UrbanGlass provides inspiration and resources to artists from around the world.
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Neon Weekend Deluxe Edition
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Unleash your creativity and learn the art of neon tube bending in this introductory course at UrbanGlass. Discover how to create simplified illustrative patterns inspired by your imagination, while also exploring the conceptual weight of neon as a material. Perfect for beginners and those looking to level up their techniques, this class offers the opportunity to create a small neon project and gain the knowledge to easily install it indoors.
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Experimental Stained Glass Sculpture
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Explore color, light and form through the creation of abstract, 3-dimensional stained glass sculptures using the Tiffany method. The class is open to beginners or intermediate students and will cover basic glass cutting, cold working with grinders and dremel, copper foil, soldering, and final assemblage of the sculpture. In addition, you will learn some stained glass history, along with a bit of color theory. The goal of this class...
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Large and in Charge
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Learn to use the material properties of borosilicate glass to create large scale sculptures and objects. Starting from a plan or drawing, components will be made and then formed together using annealing and kiln-manipulation techniques. Students will gain confidence in constructing complex forms and intricate shapes. This class is aimed at flameworkers with prior experience at the torch, who wish to gain a better understanding...
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$275
Holiday Ornaments (All Ages)
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Come spend the day out of the cold and cozy up to our furnace! In this one day workshop, we will learn to gather hot glass, apply color and make your very own unique, decorative ornaments to liven up your home this holiday season! Open to all, ages 10 and up!
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$250
Pattern Unlimited
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Mosaic cane is a generic term for a bar of glass that has an image or a design in its cross section. The creation of these canes is one of the earliest glass making techniques known and many objects made this way date back to Egyptian times. In the first part of the class students will learn to create a mosaic pattern bar from sheet glass that contains their own unique design. Students will then cut up, coldwork and reassemble their mosaic...
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Sculptural Kilnforming
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In this introductory class students will create glass sculptures through the kilnforming techniques of fusing, slumping, and simple open-faced mold making. The course begins with an introduction to the processes for fusing and slumping glass followed by the more extensive methods of mold making for kiln casting. Students will work on a variety of projects including a fuse wall tile, a slumped sculptural piece, and a 3 dimensional cast piece. There...
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Introduction to Glassblowing (Friday Nights)
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Students will continue to build on basic hand skills and a fundamental understanding of the way blown glass works as they explore on more complicated shapes and techniques and learn to control form. This class is a continuation of the introduction to glassblowing class. Color techniques such as overlays and wraps will be introduced and team work at the bench will be encouraged. Q&A Q: Can I make up a class if I miss one? A: No, there...
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Glass Exploration For Beg : Intro to Glassblowing I
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In this class we will explore all the basic skills needed to shape, form, and blow glass. We will also take time out to digress and have some fun with colorful paperweights, flowers, and some abstract sculptural forms. This class will be a well-rounded introduction to anyone interested in this enticing material. Important Thing to Note: No experience necessary. Q&A Q: Can I make up a class if I miss one? A: No, there are...
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Illuminated Manuscript: Intro to Neon
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In our brand new neon studio, this class will introduce students to the techniques of bending and illuminating gas filled glass tubes and discuss their application to concepts and design. Introduced to the US in 1923, neon signage radically transformed our urban landscape for the next 70 years. As neon has faded from prominence in the signage industry it has increasing found a home in the fine art world. Important Thing to Note: No experience...
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Beginning Glassblowing Intensive: Full Immersion
UrbanGlass See all classes by this school @ 647 Fulton St, Brooklyn, NY
This week long intensive will focus on creating a solid foundation of beginning glassblowing skills that can be built on from one day to the next. Get fully immersed in glassblowing and maximize your potential! From sculpting solid forms to blowing hollow vessels, this class will provide students with an opportunity to take creative license and make pieces that are distinctly their own. Important Thing to Note: No experience necessary. Q&A...
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Flametastic Voyage on the Borosilicate Sea
UrbanGlass See all classes by this school @ 647 Fulton St, Brooklyn, NY
During this class we will explore non-traditional and traditional techniques of hollow and solid sculpting, including component construction, bit work, stringer drawing, frit and color application. Borosilicate glassblowing is an incredibly versatile and accesible medium. With a focus on easy application of complicated techniques, students will learn about the endless possibilities of flameworking. Discussions on how to set up an efficient and...
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Introduction to Coldworking: Design and Execution
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Cold working is used to finish blown and kilnformed pieces, but can also be the means of sculpting glass from start to finish. In this course, students will learn basic glass cold working techniques such as drilling, cutting, grinding, shaping and polishing using machinery, gluing techniques will also be covered. Individual projects will support support group learning about the technical scope of coldworking. Design will be emphasised, students are...
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Blowing, Sculpting, Carving and Printing
UrbanGlass See all classes by this school @ 647 Fulton St, Brooklyn, NY
This week long intensive will focus on creating a solid foundation of beginning glassblowing skills that can be built on from one day to the next. Get fully immersed in glassblowing and maximize your potential! From sculpting solid forms to blowing hollow vessels, this class will provide students with an opportunity to take creative license and make pieces that are distinctly their own. Important Thing to Note: No experience necessary. Q&A...
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Breaking Through Basics: Glass Fundamentals For Youth
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Students will learn the basic fundamentals of these processes and will have the opportunity to investigate the possibilities of crossing over techniques between the studios. Come explore the many techniques of making glass in this six week course. This workshop covers 3 major areas of glass making, and much more. Students will try flame-working, making beads and other glass art on a table top bench torch, blowing glass in the hot shop and making...
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Put it on the Glass: Perverse Stained Glass
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“Put It on the Glass” transfers contemporary imagery and issues onto flat glass surfaces using stained glass painting, etching, and joining processes. Focusing on the power of juxtaposition and controversy, this course employs traditional stained glass techniques to re-contextualize our current interests and experiences through an archival art form. The class will begin with a short slide presentation that binds past and present, spanning 13th...
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Cane Camp - Getting down to Brass Tacks
UrbanGlass See all classes by this school @ 647 Fulton St, Brooklyn, NY
In this intensive glassblowing class, cane is the name of the game. By reducing the color pallet and scale, students will focus on the fundamentals of using cane as a decorative technique. Demos and projects will start off with simple exercises and increase in complexity as students build a solid foundation of understanding. Subjects covered will include simple and complex cane pulls, collar and bubble pick ups, prep work and various approaches to...
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Pre-College Camp: Portfolio Polish
UrbanGlass See all classes by this school @ 647 Fulton St, Brooklyn, NY
This intensive one-week pre college session is perfect for creative students looking to broaden their knowledge of sculptural mediums and further their art education. Through carving, gluing and casting students will transform their sketches and ideas into three-dimensional pieces of glass art. As well as an amazing introduction to our studio and to a wide variety of glass making techniques, young artists will leave this workshop with unique works...
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Creative Concepts in Kilnforming
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Morgan Madison creates work in glass and other media that is informed by his love of drawing and inspired by place- the colors, materials and forms that comprise the man-made and natural environments around us. His interest in these elements stems from their ability to tell us about the character of a place as well as to tell us something about ourselves. This class will explore the process and techniques Morgan uses to achieve the distinct linear...
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Glass + Metal = A Perfect Mélange
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In this collaborative course with Brooklyn Metal Works we will work with the lost wax technique to kiln cast small pâte de verre jewels. These glass pieces will be designed as either brooches or pendants and will be made wearable using metalsmithing techniques. Beginning at the UrbanGlass studios, we will create wax models using soft waxes from both the jewelry and sculpture worlds. Combining these materials and techniques will yield a more detailed...
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#Glassblowing: All Ages Glassblowing Weekend
UrbanGlass See all classes by this school @ 647 Fulton St, Brooklyn, NY
This exciting all ages beginners class will introduce students to the hot shop and glass blowing. Students will work in teams to create several intro projects including marbles, paperweights and colorful leaves or flowers. The two-day class will culminate in learning to blow a bubble into molten glass and a large group sculpture. Emphasis will be on hot shop safety, teamwork, and #FUN! There will be plenty of photo-ops for posting on Instagram and...
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Reviews of UrbanGlass
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Mirror Party
I enjoyed the class and learned a lot. However, I do feel like I did not fully understand the chemical reaction so I would like it to be explained a bit more. After we completed the project, it was not clear when we were able to pick up our product and how to add the finishing touches. I felt I had to keep following up to figure out how to get my belongings completed. -
Intro to Fusing- Coasters
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Paperweight Glass Blowing Party
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Paperweight Glass Blowing Party
This was a great experience- urban glass was well set up to accommodate the class size and very organized. The staff was amazing and very talented. I recommend this class very highly to anyone wanting to explore glass -
Stained Glass 101
Great instructors, great pace, great facility! -
Intro to Sparkly Beads: Metal, Foil, Leaf, & Aventurine
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Neon 101
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Intro to Stained Glass
I went in expecting to learn how to make stained glass, and I learned how to make stained glass! I actually made more pieces than I expected. -
One Day Mosaics
The teacher was wonderful. Supplies were plentiful. We got a great tour of Urban Glass so I need to decide what to try next. I think everyone was very pleased with their projects. Please note that the projects are 10x10 inches. It was a pleasant surprise that they were larger than a coaster. -
One Day Mosaics
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Glassblowing 101
I had a great experience and learned a lot! -
Paperweight Glass Blowing Party
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Paperweight Glass Blowing Party
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Neon 101
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Neon 101
Amazing class. Teaching staff was very knowledgeable and patient, I learned a lot and highly recommend anyone interested in neon to go for this class! -
Intro to Beads
exactly what we wanted -
One Day Mosaics
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Intro to Beadmaking
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One Day Mosaics
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Intro to Stained Glass-Color Theory
I didn’t feel very well so I left early day one and couldn’t attend day 2.
