540. Borosilicate Glassblowing

540. Borosilicate Glassblowing

Class - Glass | Available

251 N Spruce St. Winston-Salem, NC 27101 United States

Glass Studio - 208

All levels.

4/8/2024-6/3/2024

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$350.00

$315.00

This is an introductory multi-week class on the technique and art of blowing and sculpting glass using a bench top torch. Join instructor Sarah Band in creating beginning level glass items including marbles, pendants, sculptures, and more! Equipment and materials will be provided. Repeat students are welcome and encouraged! Students are welcome to bring in their own ideas and projects. This class uses borosilicate/hard glass, please join our beadmaking classes if you are interested in soft glass.

Band, Sarah

Sarah Band creates glass sculptures inspired by science, anatomy, and creepy stuff! She has been blowing glass for over 15 years. She graduated from San Francisco State with a BFA in Sculpture in 2011. She is most well-known for her series of blown glass skeletons on copper tubing, hot sculpted human organs, and the use of oddities in her glass sculptures. She had a recent solo exhibition at the Randolph Art Guild, is a current Artist Support Grant recipient, and is featured in The Art of State, Celebrating the visual art of North Carolina by Liza Roberts.