Flameworking

Returning Fall 2021!

  • Equipment and materials used in Foundations of Lampworking classes at First City Art Center

    Foundations of Lampworking

    Dates announced soon! In the Foundations of Lampworking class, students new to lampworking learn about equipment and safety, flameworking tools, working with and selecting “soft glass,” and the basics of beadmaking. We explore a broad range of flameworking techniques such as pulling stringer for adding dots and other details, making twisties, incorporating silver and frit as…

  • Soft Glass Flameworking: Beads and More

    Class dates announced soon! Soft Glass Flameworking: Beads and More is a comprehensive 18 hour introduction (or re-introduction) to soda (soft) glass flame work.  Flameworking describes the process of using a single flame (the lamp or torch) to make small glass objects. Our lamp is a propane and oxygen burning torch called a Minor Burner….