Join Amy Lemaire and Carl Natalino at Salem Community College for “FUNdamentals of Function” a Flameworking class where we are all about turning your ideas into functional, handcrafted glassware (cups, straws, plasma, …) that are as fun to create as they are to use.

Join Dani Kaes and Jacob Willcox at UrbanGlass for By the Pattern – An Illustrative Approach to Neon!

Join Amy Lemaire at Salem Community College for “Solid, Liquid, Gas, PLASMA!” Over the course of this workshop, participants will design and fabricate a plasma lamp of their own design while learning about the science of gas discharge tubes in a creative environment. We will consider plasma in the contexts of scientific glassblowing, contemporary art…

Join Mark Ditlzer and Percy Echols II at the Pittsburgh Glass Center for Radiant Horizons: Exploring Plasma & Neon in Kiln-Formed Glass. This class will explore making flat plasma panels from fused glass. Class time will be roughly divided between the Kiln Shop and the Neon/Plasma Shop. In the Kiln Shop, we’ll design and assemble…

Join Leticia Maldonado at Pilchuck Glass School for Flow State is the Sweet Spot: 3D Sketching with Neon. This class will cover neon fundamentals, leading into freehand bending three dimensional shapes using a combination of references. Students should bring sketches, found objects, or any item whose essence you would like to translate into neon! Expect…

Join Victoria Ahmadizedeh Melendez at Pilchuck Glass School for Gestures in Breath + Light! Students will devise ways for blown glass objects and neon light to interact, augment, inform and disrupt one another. Demonstrations on foundational techniques in neon tube bending and installation will accompany time spent in the hot shop, blowing glass and playing…

Join Galen Turner at Pilchuck Glass School where there is a will, there is a way. Students will develop and learn the skills needed to produce their projects in neon. Through demos and hands-on activities, we will cover the foundation of electrical wiring (and how not to be afraid of it), simple and effective methods…