Art Glass Experience offers a full range of hot, warm and cold glass classes and workshops for the beginning student as well as the more advanced glass artist.

Please call 713-553-8120 or contact us for additional details or to sign up now for any of the classes below.

• Warm Glass Classes
• Cold Glass Classes
• Beadmaking with Rikki Mitman
• The Wire-Wrapping Corner with Annette Kinslow

Fusing I: Introduction to Kiln-Forming (Fusing & Slumping)
Jump start your fun with the basics of fusing and slumping! In this intensive beginning class you will learn the basics of glass cutting to successfully designing beautiful glass projects. You will complete at least 5 projects including: pendants, tiles, a kiln-carving, a clock and a decorative bowl.  Topics that will be covered include safety, the processes involved in kiln firing, firing schedules, how to program a kiln, glass compatibility, bubble control as well as proper design and mold selection that will enhance your success.

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$295, includes all glass and supplies

Fusing II: Intermediate Kiln-Forming
(Components for Creative Fusing)
As a practical continuation of Fusing I, this class introduces you to the components that you can creatively use in your fusing projects. You will make pattern bars, pot melts and organic vitrigraph stringers. In addition to designing and making your own unique sheet glass, you will also have hands-on experience with cold-working techniques using the sandblaster, tile saw, lap grinder and polisher. You will finish the bowl using the components made in this workshop.

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$295, includes all glass and supplies

Fusing Dichroic Jewelry and Wire-Wrapping
Does the shimmery surface of dichroic glass totally mesmerize you? This amazing glass that reflects one or more colors and transmits others is exciting to work with in your jewelry creations. In this class, you will learn to use dichroic glass successfully to make unique fused cabochons and matching earrings. After that, you will learn to wire-wrap the cabochons using beginning wire-wrapping skills. Learn application techniques for gold decals, copper inclusions, embossing and etching dichroic glass and much more practical experience in fusing jewelry. This exciting class gives you hands-on experience in the fusing concepts for jewelry making.

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$183, includes all glass, wire, findings, supplies and kiln firings

Reactive Chemistry with Fused Glass
Certain glass colorants or metal oxides react with each other in the kiln-firing process to produce dramatic effects. Learn how foils and Bullseye’s different colors of glass sheets, frits and stringers combine with one another to produce special effects. This intermediate class allows you to explore, experiment with and compare the intensity of reactions, which will enhance your kiln-forming projects. In addition to many experimental tiles, you will design a 9 inch round kiln-formed tile incorporating color reactions.

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$150, includes all glass and supplies

Fused Strip Bowls 101
This 10 hour intermediate class will assist you to master strip construction techniques to achieve the crisp, sophisticated designs such as those of Klaus Moje. Design, consistant strip cutting, working with dams and coldworking will get your work to that next level.

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$195, includes all glass and supplies

Fused Strip Bowls - A Mini Workshop
Experience the basics of strip bowl construction made simple for the beginning fuser. You'll use strips of glass to make a wonderfully patterned glass dish to display.

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$125, includes all glass and supplies

Painted Landscapes: Painting with Glass and Enamels
For those of you who love to paint, this unique class is all about painting with glass – powders, glass frit, stringers and enamels. You will even learn how to make components such as glass flowers and bushes and try out mica powders to embellish your landscape. Even students who have never picked up a paint brush will enjoy mastering the techniques in the fun class. No prior fusing experience necessary.

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$175, includes all glass and supplies

Geometric Fused Glass Bowls
In the short beginning fusing class you will learn how to design, cut out, fuse and slump a 12 inch square bowl or platter. You will use your choice of simple geometrics designs and your choice of colored glass that will make you look like a kiln-forming pro in only 4 hours.

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$145, includes all supplies

Fusing Fundamentals: Making A Fused Glass Clock
Discover the magic of fusing glass. Take two or more pieces of colored and clear glass and join them together to create an original wall clock that is sure to be a conversation piece.

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$145, includes all glass and supplies

NEW - Decorative Fused Glass Bowls
Use your imagination to design a 12-inch bowl using your choice of colors to create a wonderfully patterned piece of art. Note: This class is great for anyone interested in exploring fused glass but some glass cutting experience is helpful.

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$145, includes all materials, glass, supplies and kiln-firing

NEW - Fused Glass Pocket Vase
Learn the basics of 3-dimensional fusing and embellish a glass vase that can be hung from the wall. No slumping necessary in this quick one-step firing project. Great as gifts.

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$85, includes all materials, glass, supplies and kiln-firing

NEW - Stained Glass Boxes
Go 3-dimensional and learn to make a colorful glass box with hinges to keep or give. Learn how to solder 3-D glass using the copper foil method.

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$105, includes all glass and materials

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Perfecting Your Cutting Skills
Need some help with cutting because you’re always breaking glass or do you just need a refresher? This class will help you discover techniques that will result in less breakage and save you time and money. 

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$40, includes all glass and supplies

Students interested in this class will be accommodated  based on teaching and studio schedules. Call for more information and speak with Karen at 713-553-8120.

Sandblasting - The Fundamentals
Turn fused pieces, ordinary windows, mirrors or bottles into works of art using the easily learned sand etching or sand blasting technique. Both basic and advanced techniques are taught.

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$80, includes all glasss and supplies

Beginning Stained Glass: Copper Foil Assembly
Learn the stress- relieving art of stained glass using the uniquely American Copper Foil method developed by Louis Comfort Tiffany.  As you complete your project, you’ll have a newfound skill  that will enable you to complete many other projects in the future.  The instruction is very individualized. Class will teach the beginning glass student to complete a two-dimensional stained glass panel (up to 16" x 22" maximum size) which will be ready for hanging in a window when completed. Instruction will include cutting glass, pattern making, glass selection, using color, copper foiling techniques, soldering, proper finishing and safety in the glass studio.

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 $285, includes all supplies

Intermediate Stained Glass: Six Panel Lampshades
Take your stained glass skills to the next level. Create a six-panel lampshade from a variety of patterns you can enhance with decorative wire.
Note: Knowledge of Beginning Stained Glass Cutting Skills is required.

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$250, includes all stained glass, supplies and lamp base

Advanced Stained Glass: Leaded Glass Panels
Learn the skills that will prepare you to make larger projects designed to beautify doors, cabinets and home windows.  This class is for those who have completed Beginning and Intermediate Stained Glass and have good glass cutting and soldering skills.

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$235, includes all glass and supplies

A Mosaic Class - Turning Glass into Art
Take your "glassy" idea and create a mosaic. Learn to mosaic a wooden tray, a terra cotta flower pot or make a stepping stone. You'll learn how to do all three but can complete only one project in this time frame.

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$150, includes all glass and supplies

Micromosaic Glass Jewelry
Explore mosaic making on a small scale and make a earrings and a pendant to match using micromosaic techniques.  Customize silver earring and pendant bases with fine detail using millifiore glass beads, glass gems, silver beads, seed beads, etc.
Prerequisite: Steady hands and good eyesight.

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$100, includes all glass and supplies

A Bright Idea - Stained Glass Night Lights
Light up the night and add a warm touch of color to any room.  Learn to make handcrafted gifts that will be appreciated and used.

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$96, includes all glass and supplies

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Beadmaking: Beginning Beadmaking
Want to learn to make glass beads. This is the class for you. We start at the very beginning, with a safety overview and time to get comfortable with the torch. Then it's on to making the basic shapes, controlling the glass, and applying simple decorations. Next thing you know, you'll be making your own original glass beads!

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$75, includes all glass rods and supplies.

Beadmaking: Decorative Techniques
Building on the skills you developed in Beginning Beadmaking, we will work with frit, twisties, and manipulation techniques to create decorative patterns on glass beads. Add these techniques to your repertoire and you will be well on the way to developing your own personal bead style.

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$75, includes all glass rods and supplies.

Beadmaking:  Hollow Beads
Hollow beads add a sense of lightness to your work. And when you make them from transparent glasses, you can string other beads inside! We will work with the basic hollow bead building technique, as well as shaping and decorating the bead.

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$75, includes all glass rods and supplies.

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Wire-Wrapping: Frame Wrapped Cabochons
You will have the expert guidance of Annette Kinslow of Houston to construct a bezel made out of sterling silver wire to frame your cabochon and will learn to embellish it using the same wires.

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$75, includes all supplies for wire-wrapping.

Wire-Wrapping: Elegant Wire Ring
You will have the expert guidance of Annette Kinslow of Houston to construct a ring made of sterling silver wire to frame your cabochon and you will embellish it using the same wires.

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$75, includes all supplies for wire-wrapping.

Wire-Wrapping: Bedazzeled Bracelets
Annette will help you to design and construct a bracelet made of sterling silver or copper with your choice of beads and crystals that will make your arm shine for the holidays or anytime.

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$85, includes all supplies.

 

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