Intermediate Boro: Jellyfish and Mushrooms

Glass Arts

Intermediate Boro: Jellyfish and Mushrooms

Make mushrooms and jellyfish in borosilicate.

Member

$113.00 (any noted materials fee included)

Guest

$136.00 (any noted materials fee included)

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Meeting Times
  1. Sat, 9/20/2025 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM

Sat, 9/20/2025

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Type:
Class

Location:
Glass Arts Studio

Interests:
Glass Torchworking

About

Learn to use stringers to push mushroom and jellyfish forms into molten glass.  You’ll have an opportunity to try making these in several colors and finish them as pendants or marbles. You’ll practice putting a backing behind your mushrooms and jellyfish, and adding a bail to make it wearable. You’ll also practice rounding your glass into marbles without distorting the design inside it. You can optionally leave the bail off the pendants and carry them as worry stones or make a set of fridge magnets. 

Details

This class is beginner friendly, but has a prerequisite for prior torch use. See "Prerequisites" below.

Materials

A materials fee of $22, included in the price of the class, covers everything you need.

Prerequisites

Students should be confident setting up and taking down a torch and familiar with the torchworking tools BARN provides. Any one of Torchwork Basics, Introduction to Torchwork: Borosilicate Marbles, Introduction to Torchwork: Beadmaking, or equivalent experience gained elsewhere are appropriate preparation for this class.

Class Policies

  • Long pants and closed-toe shoes are required in the Glass Studio at all times.  Long hair should be tied back.  All-cotton clothing is recommended for torchwork.
  • Ages 14 and up are welcome.

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Instructors or Guides

Laura Arns

Although she's a computer scientist by day, Laura Arns has been working with glass in various ways for more than 20 years during her free time. As a lampworker, she is somewhat unusual because she hasn't specialized but instead works with both borosilicate and soft glass to create beads, marbles, blown ornaments, sculptures, goblets, and more. She particularly enjoys collaborative projects with artists and artisans who work in other mediums. Over the years, she's had the opportunity to learn from numerous well-known lampworkers. A former college professor, she's looking forward to more teaching in BARN's Glass Arts Studio.

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