become a glass blower!

At Lumel Studios we take for granted that human's are smart, have a healthy fear of 1200 C molten glass and have wonderfully creative instincts! In fact we are trying to grow future glass blowers and from experience we know that working with hot glass is positively addictive and engaging. Have a look at 'Lumel sights and sounds - become a glass blower it's a great job!', the video shows us working but you too have the ability to join us.

Walk-ins

Usually working with molten glass takes 2 people but at Lumel we offer individual sessions to provide a taste of glass blowing. These sessions allow you to experience the heat and properties of glass, and you also create a piece to take home. This experience gives you an idea of the skill that is necessary in working with molten glass.

Important!

Lumel’s days can get booked up quickly, so be sure to phone ahead if you have the ability to book a specific time.

Hot dates

We want to provide an opportunity for you to bring someone special to the studio and have fun creating together. A hot date night fulfils that purpose.  Date nights are for couples of any description: friends, parent/guardian and child, family groups, workplace partners, etc. Partnership is an aspect of glass blowing that is very important and most times essential in creating glass pieces with skill and finesse; very few glass artists work alone.

Hot date
(1 hour)

$210 per duo or family

·  Hands on assisted learning

·  Suitable for friends, significant others, pets and owners – you name the pair or the family!

·  Gain general knowledge of the space and the art of glass blowing

·  Make flowers, orbs, birds, sitting garden balls, hearts, pillow bowls, small vase/flasks, or paper weights (four introductory creations total)

· Paper Weights are a required creation before making your first drinking glass or bowl. If you have created a paperweight a drinking glass takes 1/2 hr. to create, so 2 drinking glasses can be made during a 1 hour Hot Date

·  Pieces are picked up the next day

Hot date
(2 hours)

$420 per duo or family

·  Hands on assisted learning

·  Suitable for friends, significant others, pets and owners – you name the pair or the family!

·  Gain general knowledge of the space and the art of glass blowing

·  Make flowers, orbs, hearts, pillow bowls or paper weights (four introductory creations total) and learn to blow and create a cup or tumbler (two tumblers can be made in the second hour of this workshop)

·  You can also skip the cups and create more advanced sculptural items like penguins, dolphins, snails, mushrooms, etc. in the second hour

·  Pieces are picked up the next day

three to 18 hour workshops

Our longer workshops give participants more time for experimentation and practice.  You will get much more of a sense of the skill that is needed to produce stylized glass pieces. You will learn to work in partnership, an aspect of glass blowing that is very important in creating glass pieces with skill and finesse. Very few glass artists work alone – most work in pairs or groups. Our three to 18 hour workshops are designed to be booked over multiple sittings.

Three hour

1 student and 1 instructor – $630 ($210/hour)

·  Instructed glass blowing practice

·  Allows for extensive experience in the art of glass blowing

·  Allows for experimentation

·  Create several pieces including tumblers, paper weights, and sculptural piece – depending on level of experience

·  Pieces are picked up the next day or at the end of your course

Nine hour

1 student and 1 instructor – $1,890 ($210/hour) 

·  Hands on supervised studio time

·  Extensive learning and practice of glass blowing

·  Participant is able to take on own projects and experiment

·  Make tumblers, bowls, sculptural pieces, etc.

·  Pieces are picked up the next day or at the end of your course

18 hour

1 student and 1 instructor – $3,780 $210/hour)

·  Hands on supervised studio time

·  For individuals who are very invested in learning how to blow glass

·  Extensive skill building opportunity

·  Create tumblers, bowls, vases, sculptural pieces, etc.

·  Participant may work on independent projects

·  Pieces are picked up the next day or at the end of your course