Making Your Own Hand-Blown Glass Bird
Making Your Own Hand-Blown Glass Bird
May 11th, 2024 – 10 AM to 4 PM
$125. Per Student
Corinne Everhart
With the help of our studio artists, you’ll be creating the piece alongside one of our experienced glass artists. Glass Bird Workshop, we will perform a demo of all the steps, introduce you to the tools you’ll be using, and explain the safety guidelines. After the introduction, you will pick your colors from a delightfully wide array of choices, you’ll need to start with a gather of molten glass shape the glass using the blowpipe to shape it into the body of the bird. When it’s your turn you will hold the steel rod, turn the glass, and use artisan tools while sitting at the glass making bench you can use a variety of tools to shape the Bird, like paddles, tweezers, and shears adding details use smaller pieces of eyes, wings, tail and beak of the Bird, paying attention to detail. Once the basic shape is achieved, add any decorative elements like feathers.
This class meets on Saturday morning beginning on May, 11th, 2024
10 AM to 4 PM ~ Complimentary croissants from Good Taste Epicurean food Market
Please call, or email to reserve your available spot – 4 spots are available per hour.
bsharp@bobbysharpglassworks.com
607-432-2322
On Historic Franklin Mountain – 736 State Hwy 28 South
2 miles from Oneonta.
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ABOUT CORINNE EVERHART
Corinne Artist Corinne Everhart has been working with glass as a preferred medium since 1998. She began as a self taught hobbyist with torch working borosilicate glass along with kiln work, fusing and slumping techniques and also stained glass work. Miss Everhart has an Associates degree in Scientific Glass Technology. She has worked as an instructor and assistant instructor for the Corning Museum of Glass since 2012. Corinne finds working with glass is a wonderful balance of challenging limits while also therapeutic and fulfilling.
