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Glass in the Fingers (Afternoon Edition) *FULL*

  • Gent Glas 24 Huidevetterken Gent, Vlaanderen, 9000 Belgium (map)

Dates: April 5 2021 – April 9 2021

Duration: Five days - 15h – 18h

Level: Beginner

Technique: Hot Glass

This 5 day course offers an introduction to the basics of working with glass. This workshop will offer an introduction to the safety and equipment in the studio, the basic tools and terminology, and a variety of hot glass techniques. The workshop will focus on universal hot glass techniques and individual expression. Participants will be taught to push and pull hot glass, work together as a team, and begin to think intuitively with hot glass. New techniques will be demonstrated each day and participants will be supported in practice and experimentation.

Push, pull, swing, and drip hot glass to create your own glass sculptures. Bring your ideas and excitement and join us for this wondrous week of exploration and experimentation into a final unique work of art.

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Price: 300€ p.p. - 4 places available.


To make sure we stay safe and keep Covid-19 from spreading, our workshops require some restrictions. Our workshops received a green rating from the official Event Risk Model.

→ Limited Capacity. The workshops will only be held in groups of 8 or less.

→ Practice Social Distancing. Don’t worry we still love you and we will still interact, we just do so at a safe distance.

→ Everyone wears a mask. The instructor will have a mask and we will have a few available, but please bring your own.

→ No Sharing. Each participant will be assigned individual tools and materials.

→ Sanitize and Sterilize. Don’t take offense, it’s not you. We will frequently spray down surfaces that are the most used and touched. Everyone will visit and use our new hand sanitizers stations often.

Made possible by the City of Ghent.