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No hot glass demos on Saturday 26th & Sunday 27th October.

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Adult Workshops and Activities

Flameworked Christmas Decorations
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Flameworked transparent glass Christmas decoration shimmers against a black background

Adult Workshops and Activities

Flameworked Christmas Decorations

26 Oct – 15 Dec 2024

16+

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One Day Introduction to Ceramics: Throwing Technique
Two hands covered in wet clay push down on a potters wheel containing clay that is being moulded into a pot or dish

Adult Workshops and Activities

One Day Introduction to Ceramics: Throwing Technique

26 Oct 2024 – 25 Jan 2025

16+

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Make a Glass Pumpkin
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Three glass pumpkins stand against a grey surface. Pumpkin one- situated on the left hand of the picture is pink with a copper top, pumpkin two - in the centre - is purple with a yellow glass top stem, pumpkin three - on the right - is an orangey yellow with a transparent green top stem.

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Make a Glass Pumpkin

On sale from 10am Friday 6 September

26 – 27 Oct 2024

16+

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Flameworked Beads
Limited Availability
Six glass coloured beads, featuring purples, red, greens, turquoise, and white patterns against a white surface

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Flameworked Beads

27 Oct 2024 – 19 Jan 2025

16+

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Introducing...Fused Glass
Limited Availability
A selection of coloured pieces of glass are placed on a white surface. There is also a flat circular glass with an image of a wave in light and dark blue.

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Introducing...Fused Glass

27 Oct 2024 – 19 Jan 2025

16+

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Kiln Formed Glass
A series of decorated glass tiles. The designs are from left to right; a sunflower, five brown fish swimming in a sky blue sea, a dog, a butterfly, an orange cat, seven green rectangles, and a navy blue and pink fish swimming between sea plants.

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Kiln Formed Glass

5 week course running on Thursdays

07 Nov 2024

16+

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Copper Foil Hanging Decorations
A selection of coloured glass lays on the floor along with tiles and decorations, next to a tight angle hanger in preparation for making Copper Foil Hanging Decorations

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Copper Foil Hanging Decorations

09 Nov – 15 Dec 2024

16+

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Make your own Christmas Bauble
Limited Availability
A red mottled glass Christmas bauble hangs on a tree, attached with a red ribbon. The tree has small white globe shaped lights on every branch.

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Make your own Christmas Bauble

09 Nov – 22 Dec 2024

Age 12+

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Glass Tableware Club
Glass artifacts - a bowl with two tone blue patternation, a plate with green and yellow colours, and a selection of glass pictures - are placed on a grey surface.

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Glass Tableware Club

5 week course

09 Nov 2024

16+

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