Flameworking with Adam Pacini
Thursdays, 4 classes
1pm – 4pm
Skill Level: All Levels
Offered for:
Winter Session 2 (Feb 29, March 7, 14, 21)
Spring Session: (April 18, 25, May 2, 9)
Beginning of first class:Â
Talk about glass; how it moves, gravity, pushing, pulling, and meltingÂ
Different kinds (borosilicate vs. moretti vs. soft 96 coefficients)Â
Talk about the torch; how to turn on, what the knobs control, hotter/ softer parts of flame, different flames for different jobs (most important tool!)Â
Tools and gases:
Glass as a tool, glasses, tweezers, sculpting knife, graphite vs. stealÂ
Oxygen and propane as fuel to run torch and heat glassÂ
How to hold the rod, how to turn and what turning does (centrifugal force)Â Â
Non-members: $410
Members: $350
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For more information, please call the Morean Arts Center at 727.822.7872