Flameworking Blown Forms
with Adam Pacini
Thursdays, 6 classes
1pm – 4pm
Offered for:
Winter Session 1 (Jan 12, 19, 26, Feb 2, 9, 16)
Winter Session 2 (March 9, 16, 23, 30, April 6)
Beginning of first class:
Talk about glass; how it moves, gravity, pushing, pulling, and melting
Different kinds (borosilicate vs. moretti vs. soft 96 coefficients)
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!)
Tools and gases:
Glass as a tool, glasses, tweezers, sculpting knife, graphite vs. steal
Oxygen and propane as fuel to run torch and heat glass
How to hold the rod, how to turn and what turning does (centrifugal force)
Non-members: $530
Members: $470