AAE Glass

Instructor: Dana   Dates:  January 16, February 28,  March 29   TIME 12:30 - 4:30   Skill level - intermediate   Description:   New class!  Students will create a large 16" Birdbath Basin which can also be used as a functional glass bowl or dish.  Students must be able to cut glass unassisted to attend this class.  Using beautiful Bullseye transparent glass, students will learn to design this large bowl so it is both functional and pleasing to the eye.  Although the wrought iron stand is not included in the class, we will let yo...

Instructor: Dana   Dates:  January 4, February 13, March 20   TIME 12:30 - 3:30   Skill level - Intermediate   Description:   One of Tanya's most popular techniques!  Each student will create a 6" reactive Pebble Vanity Bowl.  Using metals and Bullseye glass, the art of reactive fuming is used to create these surprisingly simple bowls.  Samples will be available for you to choose from along with a quick lecture on reactive glass.  This is a great afternoon class with great fusing results.  The bowl slump and all supplies are inc...

Instructor: Tanya   Dates:  January 26 &  March 16   TIME 12:30 - 3:30   Skill level - Beginner   One of Tanya's newest and most popular Saturday video techniques.  You will be beside yourself and have TOO much fun in this short afternoon class.  No glass cutting or glass fusing experience required.  Each student will create (3) 7x7 art tiles.  Using non-toxic and food safe fusible Big Mouth Paints, Tanya will show you the trick to achieve beautiful galaxy paint designs on fused glass. All supplies and full fusing included. ...

Instructor: Tanya & Dana Time: 10:30 - 3:30pm Date: March 30, 2019 New Format!  We were all saddened that Molly moved to Chicago and this left a void in beginner class instruction here at AAE.  Tanya herself has decided to take over!  If you have taken this class with Molly before, Tanya's format is completely different so you would benefit from taking it again!  Each student will learn the basic fundamentals of fused glass including heatwork, cutting and breaking glass, design, safety, tools and a thorough instruction of how glass melts (and behaves at certain ...

Instructor: Dana Time: 12:30 - 3:30pm Date: Select From Drop Down Dates New Program! Students will create 4 fused glass pendants in this class.  Students must be able to cut glass.  A fun class with dichro, dichro & more dichro...students will select from a variety of square and rectangular pre-cut bases to form and stack basic dichroic jewelry pendants.  Select from the largest dichroic section in any class room know to man!  Textures, patterns, hot & cool colors, thick, thin, you name it!  In addition to 3 dichroic pendants, a frit casted donut pendant wil...

Instructors:  Tanya & Ciara Dates: January 3, 10, 17 & 24th, 2019 (Thursdays) Time:  6:00 p.m. - 8:30 p.m. Please read description and times carefully.  This is a 4 session night class.  No experience necessary but general glass fusing knowledge is a plus.  This will be one of the most exciting and fun classes of the year!  For four continuous sessions, you will have a great time with Tanya & Ciara using Simple Screen™ to create several enamel glass prints on glass.  Each session, we will build our screened pieces into a fused glass piece...

Date: March 1-3, 2019 Time: 10:00 a.m. - 5 p.m. Skill Level - All Levels All Supplies & Lunch Included NO PAINTING SKILLS REQUIRED!  No Kidding! Bonus!  All students will receive a video tutorial of their class upon completion! Mark will walk you through step by step his secrets to paintng beautiful crotons and birds of paradise on glass using enamels.  There is no need to be a painter or a professional artist with his easy method.  All will walk away with a succesful piece.   Each student will complete a croton piece and an 8" bird of paradise piece.&nb...

Date: February 2 - 5, 2019 Time: 10:00 a.m. - 5 p.m. Lunch & Supplies are included Prerequisite:  Tapestry with Richard Parrish "I am fascinated with the richness that results from pattern making and the color variations that are possible. There is a mathematical aspect to pattern making that appeals to my interest in structure and order." - Richard Parrish  This new class by Richard Parrish, Beyond Tapestry, picks up where his highly popular Tapestry class left off. Working with similar parts sheets as those used for Tapestry, partic...

Date: March 5-7, 2019 Time: 10:00 a.m. - 5 p.m. Skill Level - All Levels All Supplies & Lunch Included NO PAINTING SKILLS REQUIRED!  No Kidding! Bonus!  All students will receive a video tutorial of their class upon completion! Mark will walk you through step by step his secrets to paintng aquatic life with Colors for Earth enamels.  3-D river rocks will also be created using Bullseye glass. There is no need to be a painter or a professional artist with his easy method.  All will walk away with a succesful piece.   Each student will complete two pieces a...

Tuesdays 11:30am-4:30pm This is a little different than Glass Raid. There is no charge to use our beautiful new lab and design center. We are allowing free use of our tables, general glass tools and grinder. You can fire your projects with us (at an extra charge) or bring your projects home. Please be advised that there is no teacher present for instruction, this is a "true open studio" Registration is Required!