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The Glass Shop is now Open for the season. Times are posted on the Glass Shop window, more times will be open once monitors arrive.

The Glass Shop has Open Studio times for certified users to work on their own Glass projects.

To be a certified user a person must:

  • have completed our Stained Glass Beginner Class to work on their own Stained Glass projects and/or
  • have completed our 4 or 5 afternoon Beginner Fused Glass Class to work on their own Fused Glass projects and/or
  • have previous Stained or Fused Glass experience and be ‘certified’ by one of our Senior Monitors [1].

Glass Shop Fees

The Glass Shop has 3 levels of member passes for certified users:

  1. Daily Pass – There is a $5.00 session fee for each Open Studio block attended.
  2. Monthly Pass – Users can purchase a monthly pass (good for 30 consecutive days) for $30.00
  3. Seasonal Pass – Users can purchase a pass good for the season for $70.00.

These passes allow users to attend any Open Studio block while their pass is valid. The pass includes shop time, limited shop resources, shop equipment and firing for pieces made during shop time (user must supply kiln paper as required for the firings).

Any pieces brought in for firing, which are made outside the shop, will have a $5 firing fee for each piece, per firing (user must supply kiln paper as required for the firings).

Glass Shop Schedule

STAINED GLASS (Room 1)FUSED GLASS (Room 2)
Monday9 AM – NoonOpen Studio
Monitor: Gail
Open Studio
Monitor: Varies
PMClosedClosed
Tuesday9 AM – NoonOpen Studio
Monitor: Sue
Open Studio
Monitor: Becky
PMClosedClosed
Wednesday9 AM – NoonOpen Studio
Monitor: Bob
Open Studio
Monitor: Sherry
PMClosedClosed
Thursday9 AM – NoonOpen Studio
Monitor: Mike
Open Studio
Monitor: Laurelle
PMClosedClosed
Friday9 AM – NoonOpen Studio – CLOSED until January
Monitor: Varies
Open Studio – CLOSED until January
Monitor: Varies
PMClosedClosed
SaturdayAMBeginner Stained Glass Class
Pre-Registration required
Closed
1 – 4 PMOpen Studio
Monitor: Peni
Open Studio
Monitor: Peni
SundayAMClosedClosed
PMClosedClosed

Shop Closed – Dec. 25 & 26, & Jan. 1

Footnotes

[1] To be qualified in Stained Glass, the person must be certified to be competent in the following:

  1. Cutting and shaping glass (Use of hand tools and grinder)
  2. Foiling glass
  3. Soldering foiled glass
  4. How to safely handle glass and soldering irons

To be qualified in Fused Glass, the person must be certified to be competent in the following:

  1. Cutting and shaping glass (Use of hand tools and grinder)
  2. Understand fusing terms such as COE, Tac fuse, Full fuse, Slump, etc.
  3.  Glass compatibility in a kiln
  4. Layering techniques
  5. Effect of kiln heat on glass
  6. How to safely handle glass in all its various forms

 

People are like stained – glass windows. They sparkle and shine when the sun is out, but when the darkness sets in, their true beauty is revealed only if there is a light from within.

Elisabeth Kubler-Ross

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