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May 2015 Events, Workshops & Exhibitions

Below is a list of the courses, workshops and events that we will be running in April 2015.  Each event will also be listed separately on the website events page.

May 2015

  • 2nd May 2015 – Advanced Fused Glass Workshop 1:30pm till 5:00pm Costs: £45 – fully booked
  • 9th May 2015 – Beginners Fused Glass Workshop 2pm till 4:30pm Costs: £30 – fully booked
  • 16th May 2015 – Advanced Fused Glass Workshop 1:30pm till 5:00pm Costs: £45 – fully booked
  • 25th till 31st May 2015 – Bruntnell-Astley Pop-up Gallery Exhibition – Kingswinford Methodist Church – Free Admission
  • 28th till 31st May 2015 – International Festival of Glass – 10am till 4pm Costs: Adult Day Festival Pass £5
  • 29th May 2015 – IFG – Beginners Fused Glass Workshop – 10am till 12:30pm Costs: £40
  • 30th May 2015 – IFG – Beginners Fused Glass Workshop – 10am till 12:30pm Costs: £40

For further information and booking; Please contact Paul Floyd, Transparent Glass Studio on telephone number 01384 399412.
Email: info@paulfloyd.co.uk

Click on this link to be taken through to the main website for International Festival of Glass 2015 Workshops & Taster Sessions

Festival of Glass

 

IFG 2015 Workshops & Taster Sessions

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International Festival of Glass May 2015

IFG 2012
Festival of Glass
IFG 2012

The Ruskin Glass Centre will again be one of the main attractions of the International Festival of Glass 2015, held in Stourbridge this May 28th till 31st.

Glass galore will be on show over the four-day International Festival of Glass and a packed programme of events and exhibitions is promised for artists, glass enthusiasts and the public over the last weekend in May.

Exhibitions including an amazing wall of 150 glass postcards, breathtaking cutting-edge pieces from renowned international glass artists, striking pieces of glass on loan from Hungary, spectacular glass, light and sound installations and even some celebrity doodles turned into glass .

Visitors from around the world are expected to descend on venues across the historic Stourbridge Glass Quarter for the festival which also includes the 2015 British Glass Biennale exhibition, 28 May – 28 June.

Prior to the four-day glass bonanza a series of bookable glass making masterclasses led by renowned glass artists including Dante Marioni, Cappy Tompson and Penny Rakov will allow visiting glass artists to learn new techniques and refine their skills under expert tutelage. Techniques being taught include glass blowing, furnace building, beadmaking, hot glass casting, kilnforming, glass painting and expressive flameworking.

As well as the ‘masterclasses’, a series of workshops & ‘taster’ sessions in glassblowing, enamelling, fusing & stone carving, will be available for the public to book in advance on the Festival website.

For more information visit www.ifg.org.uk

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April 2015 Events, Workshops & Classes

Below is a list of the courses, workshops and events that we will be running in April 2015.  Each event will also be listed separately on the website events page.

April 2015
  • 14th April 2015 – Stained Glass 10 Week Course 10am till 12:30pm Costs: £215 –  1 place available
  • 15th April 2015 – Stained Glass 10 Week Course 10am till 12:30pm Costs: £215 –  fully booked
  • 18th April 2015 – Advanced Fused Glass Workshop 1:30pm till 5:00pm Costs: £45 – fully booked
  • 25th April 2015 – Beginners Fused Glass Workshop 2pm till 4:30pm Costs: £30 – fully booked

For further information and booking; Please contact Paul Floyd, Transparent Glass Studio on telephone number 01384 399412.

Email: info@paulfloyd.co.uk

March 2015 Events & Workshops

Below is a list of the courses, workshops and events that we will be running in March 2015.  Each event will also be listed separately on the website events page.

March 2015
  • 7th March 2015 – Beginners Fused Glass Workshop 2pm till 4:30pm Costs: £30      – 1 place available
  • 7th March 2015 – Ruskin Glass Centre Spring Gift & Craft Fair – Free Admission
  • 14th March 2015 – Advanced Fused Glass Workshop 1:30pm till 5:00pm Costs: £45 – fully booked
  • 21st March 2015 – Advanced Fused Glass Workshop 1:30pm till 5:00pm Costs: £45 – fully booked
  • 28th March 2015 –Beginners Stained Glass Day Workshop 9am till 5:3opm Costs: £120 – 1 place available

 

For further information and booking; Please contact Paul Floyd, Transparent Glass Studio on telephone number 01384 399412.

Email: info@paulfloyd.co.uk

The Ruskin Glass Centre is holding a Spring Gift & Craft Fair on March 7th 2015 from 10am till 4pm.  Just in time for those Mother’s day or Easter handmade gifts.

Transparent Glass Studio - RGC-Spring Craft Fair

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Lye & Wollescote Cemetery Chapels Project

I am very pleased to announce that I have been awarded the commission of ‘Consultant Glass Artist’ for the ‘Lye & Wollescote Cemetery Chapels Restoration Project’.

This exciting Project is led by the West Midlands Historic Buildings Trust (WMHBT).  The WMHBT is a registered Charity and specialises in the field of building conservation.

West Midlands Historic Buildings Trust has successfully secured funding from the Heritage Lottery Fund, and other funding sources, to conserve and restore the rare, but redundant, Victorian Lye and Wollescote Cemetery Chapels near Stourbridge, which are Grade II Listed and registered as ‘buildings at risk’, and to bring them back into sustainable use as offices without detriment to the historic fabric and architectural integrity of the buildings.

An important part of the Project is a ‘Activity Plan’ and my role within this will include community engagement, working with local Redhill Secondary School pupils and students from the Birmingham Metropolitan College, to produce designs for two windows within the Chapels.  These designs, once approved will then be made & fabricated by us at the Studio in Stourbridge.

Front of Chapels
Front of Chapels
Cemetery
Cemetery
Rear of Chapels
Rear of Chapels

The ‘Lye and Wollescote Cemetery Chapels’, are dated 1878 and are a great example of Victorian Gothic style church architecture and 19th century cemetery design.  The building is Grade II listed and this recognition is because of its architectural and historical importance as part of the UK’s national heritage.  The Chapels were designed to incorporate two chapels within a single building, one side designated Anglican and the other non-conformist.

To read more about the West Midlands Historic Buildings Trust, the Cemetery Chapels and the Building History click on this link.  This will take you to the ‘Lye & Wollescote Cemetery Chapels’ website.

February & March 2015 Events

Below is a list of the courses, workshops and events that we will be running  in February and March 2015.  Each event will also be listed separately on the website events page.

February 2015
  • 7th February 2015 – Beginners Fused Glass Workshop 2pm till 4:30pm Costs: £30
  • 14th February 2015 – Advanced Fused Glass Workshop 1:30pm till 5:00pm Costs: £45
  • 21st February 2015 – Beginners Stained Glass Day Workshop 9am till 5:3opm Costs: £120
  • 28th February 2015 – Advanced Fused Glass Workshop 1:30pm till 5:00pm Costs: £45
March 2015
  • 7th March 2015 – Beginners Fused Glass Workshop 2pm till 4:30pm Costs: £30
  • 14th March 2015 – Advanced Fused Glass Workshop 1:30pm till 5:00pm Costs: £45
  • 21st March 2015 – Advanced Fused Glass Workshop 1:30pm till 5:00pm Costs: £45
  • 28th March 2015 –Beginners Stained Glass Day Workshop 9am till 5:3opm Costs: £120

 

For further information and booking; Please contact Paul Floyd, Transparent Glass Studio on telephone number 01384 399412.

Email: info@paulfloyd.co.uk

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January & February 2015 Events

Below is a list of the courses, workshops and events that we will be running  in January and February 2015.  Each event will also be listed separately on the website events page.

January 2015
  • 14th January 2015 – Stained Glass 10 Week Course 10am till 12:30pm Costs: £215
  • 17th January 2015 – Beginners Fused Glass Workshop 2pm till 4:30pm Costs: £30
  • 31st January 2015 – Advanced Fused Glass Workshop 1:30pm till 5:00pm Costs: £45
February 2015
  • 7th February 2015 – Beginners Fused Glass Workshop 2pm till 4:30pm Costs: £30
  • 14th February 2015 – Advanced Fused Glass Workshop 1:30pm till 5:00pm Costs: £45
  • 21st February 2015 – Beginners Stained Glass Day Workshop 9am till 5:3opm Costs: £120
  • 28th February 2015 – Advanced Fused Glass Workshop 1:30pm till 5:00pm Costs: £45

 

For further information and booking; Please contact Paul Floyd, Transparent Glass Studio on telephone number 01384 399412.

Email: info@paulfloyd.co.uk

Candlelit Shopping Evening 11th December 2014

Candlelit Shopping Evening Thursday 11th December 2014 from 6pm till 9pm.

Following on from the success of our Christmas Craft Fair and Market, the businesses and studios at the Ruskin Glass Centre invite you to share a Candlelit Evening of festive shopping.  With art & craft exhibitions and local handmade gifts to suit any taste or budget.

December 2014 & January 2015 Events

Below is a list of the courses, workshops and events that we will be running or attending in December 2014 and January 2015.  Each event will also be listed separately on the website events page.

December 2014
  • 6th December 2014 – Beginners Fused Glass Workshop 2pm till 4:30pm Costs: £30
  • 6th December 2014 – Ruskin Glass Centre Christmas Craft Fair & Market 10am till 4pm
  • 7th December 2014 – Ruskin Glass Centre Christmas Craft Fair & Market 10am till 4pm
  • 13th December 2014 – Advanced Fused Glass Workshop 1:30pm till 5:00pm Costs: £45

January 2015

  • 14th January 2015 – Stained Glass 10 Week Course 10am till 12:30pm Costs: £215
  • 17th January 2015 – Beginners Fused Glass Workshop 2pm till 4:30pm Costs: £30
  • 31st January 2015 – Advanced Fused Glass Workshop 1:30pm till 5:00pm Costs: £45

 

For further information and booking; Please contact Paul Floyd, Transparent Glass Studio on telephone number 01384 399412.

Email: info@paulfloyd.co.uk

Christmas Craft Fair & Craft Market

Our Christmas Craft Fair at the Ruskin Glass Centre, The Glasshouse, Stourbridge, On Saturday 6th & Sunday 7th December 2014.

The Christmas Craft Fair will include a Craft Market, cafe serving seasonal food, Choirs singing throughout the day, workshops and live entertainment.   The Webb Corbett Visitor Centre and the 16 on-site shops & studio’s will be open for the festive weekend.

We have recently confirmed that there will be 21 stalls at the ‘Craft Market’ offering unique and affordable gifts.  The ‘Craft Stands’ will be selling a range of local and handmade crafts from ceramics, textiles, glass, cards and jewellery, to name but a few.

Our ‘Christmas Craft Fair’, offers a warm & friendly welcome, great food, unique gift buying opportunities, all within a Craft complex with a strong heritage of glass making.

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