Glass Experience Day Course in Worcester
Glass Fusing, Stained Glass & Enamelling in 1 Day
Other separate classes available:
- Glass fusing - private class for your own group (for 1-6 people), daytime or evening classes. From 1.5 hours to whole day.
- Enamelling Jewellery - private 1.5 hour class for your own group (for 1-3 people), daytime or evening classes.
- Half-day combined glass fusing & enamelling - 3 hour course for up to 4 people (same prices as the combined pottery & glass half-day)
- Pottery wheel & glass fusing combined (1-day or a half-day course)
3-in-1 Glass Experience Day
As far as I'm aware, this is the only place you can get a taster of 3 different glass techniques in 1 course! In the day you will learn the basics of fused glass, stained glass and enamelling and make your own pieces. The course is aimed at beginners (I am still a novice myself in stained glass) but it is also fine if you've done some fusing or enamelling before.
The cost of the course includes all materials and equipment required (please bring your own dust mask if you have one) and a delicious buffet ploughman's lunch with tea/coffee throughout. You can aim to make approximately:
- 2-3 pieces of fused glass including 1 larger item: coaster/sun-catcher,
- 1 hanging stained glass panel of 3-4 rectangular pieces and
- 3 pieces of enamelled copper jewellery.
I will fire the fused glass pieces for you after the course but you can take away your own stained glass and enamelled pieces on the day.
Costs for the whole day (approx 10-3.30pm and lunch provided - see below for lunch details!) are £190 for 1 person*, £350 for 2 people booking together or £440 for 3 people or £520 for 4 people together - please get in touch to arrange (gift vouchers are available by email). *The course requires a minimum of 2 people to run so if you are an individual wishing to book, we will set a convenient date for you and I will invite another person to join you. (I do not currently have an individual waiting to book onto this course) However, if you prefer to book the day for a 1-1 course then that would be £275 by BACS (please contact me). If you are booking as 2 people or 3 people together your booking is private and you won't be joined by others (you might meet another course over lunch perhaps). This course is mostly run on weekdays (limited weekends are also available, especially earlier in the year) and will be from 10am-3.30pm. This workshop is limited to 4 people max and age 13+ (U16s accompanied by paying adult) - we will be using a soldering iron and very hot kiln, so a steady hand is useful!
Terms & conditions and cancellation policy etc.
A recent review: "This was the best craft course we have ever done! We took part as a family of three with a teenager. We have tried several things before but never glass, so we thought the three element course would suit us well. Everything was perfect. Sarah communicated well before the day so that we fully understood where to park. We were met with a coffee and we made our way to the delightful workshop. Sarah is an excellent teacher (and I say that as a professional educator of adults myself). She explains things perfectly, gently points out if you are going off track, allows you full freedom to design your own pieces and is there to help whenever you need her. The equipment is excellent and the range of materials is outstanding. Unlike on some other craft courses, Sarah is generous with the materials and provides silver or copper findings for the jewellery. I love how Sarah let us do all the steps ourselves including putting things in and out of the kiln. In the middle of the day we stopped for an absolutely delectable lunch. This was ploughman’s style including lovely carved ham, cheeses, pate, salad, breads and tray cakes. Throughout the rest of the day, coffee, tea and cordial is frequently offered. The atmosphere was easy going but safety was a priority at all times. We came away relaxed having had a lovely day as a family and fully intending to return to do the pottery day next time. Thank you Sarah for a lovely day! "
Our legendary lunches with whole-day courses!
Word of our lunches that we provide for our whole-day courses has spread far and wide! We have had people approach us to do a course who specifically want to do a whole day courseinstead of a half-day because of the lunch they've heard about!
I try to provide produce from our allotment when in season and make things like home-made salads, Spanish tortilla and cake and we buy lovely breads and cheeses, pate, ham etc. My own chilli jam and elderflower champagne (non-alcoholic!) are usually available too.
We are very informal - you all help yourselves in the kitchen and can go back round again whenever you like! We try to cater for most dietary requirements if you let us know in advance too.
Accommodation near Worcester - some links to local short stay rentals where you can stay overnight nearby when doing our classes.