Search

Transparent Glass Studio

Architectural Stained Glass – Glass Artist – Designer and Maker – Public Art – Commissions – Courses – Stourbridge

Open Search

Fused Glass Course – Evening Class Spring Term

Fused Glass Course: Evening Class

Glass designer & maker Paul Floyd will lead evening classes on fused glass.  This course incorporates our popular afternoon fusing workshops that we run and is an introduction to the craft of glass fusing.

On the course you will experiment with a range of fusing techniques and designs, allowing you to explore fused glass as a creative medium.  Students will learn to develop a design, cut glass to a pattern and work with coloured sheet glass, frits, powders and inclusions.

Over the duration of the course you will create a series of glass samples, a light catcher and an original piece of glasswork.   This can be either a panel or a medium sized round/square bowl 20cm diameter.  Only 4 people per workshop for maximum individual attention.

Evening Class

  • Starts: Tuesday 15th January 2013
  • Finishes: Tuesday 12th February 2013
  • Duration: 5 weeks
  • Time: 6:30pm till 8:30pm
  • Costs: £115 (includes all materials & kiln-firings)
  • Venue:  Transparent Glass Studio, Ruskin Glass Centre, Wollaston Road, Stourbridge, West Midlands, DY8 4HE

For more information, available places and booking contact Paul Floyd  or on the details below.

Studio: 01384 399412

Email Address: info@paulfloyd.co.uk

This slideshow requires JavaScript.

Fused Glass Course – Day Class Spring term

Fused Glass Course: Day Class

Glass designer & maker Paul Floyd will lead day classes on fused glass.  This course incorporates our popular afternoon fusing workshops that we run and is an introduction to the craft of glass fusing.

On the course you will experiment with a range of fusing techniques and designs, allowing you to explore fused glass as a creative medium.  Students will learn to develop a design, cut glass to a pattern and work with coloured sheet glass, frits, powders and inclusions.

Over the duration of the course you will create a series of glass samples, a light catcher and an original piece of glasswork.   This can be either a panel or a medium sized round/square bowl 20cm diameter.  Only 4 people per workshop for maximum individual attention.

Day Class

  • Starts: Monday 14th January 2013
  • Finishes: Monday 11th February 2013
  • Duration: 5 weeks
  • Time: 10:00am till 12:00pm
  • Costs: £115 (includes all materials & kiln-firings)
  • Venue:  Transparent Glass Studio, Ruskin Glass Centre, Wollaston Road, Stourbridge, West Midlands, DY8 4HE

For more information, available places and booking contact Paul Floyd  or on the details below.

Studio: 01384 399412

Email Address: info@paulfloyd.co.uk

This slideshow requires JavaScript.

Advanced Fused Glass Workshop

Advanced Glass Fusing Workshop on the 17th November 2012

Glass designer & maker Paul Floyd will lead afternoon sessions on glass fusing. The advanced workshop will allow you to explore the techniques of fused glass as a creative medium.  Within the workshop you will build on your skills with cutting glass to a pattern and working with coloured sheet glass, frits and powders.

You will create an original piece of glasswork and can make either a panel or a medium sized round/square bowl 20cm diameter.  Only 4 people per workshop for maximum individual attention.

  • Date: Saturday 17th November 2012
  • Time: 1:30pm till 5:00pm
  • Costs: £45 (includes all materials and fusing)
  • Venue: Transparent Glass Studio, Ruskin Glass Centre, Wollaston Road, Stourbridge, DY8 4HE

Please note: These advanced workshops are for people who have previously attended the taster workshops in glass fusing and would like to further explore fused glass as a creative medium.

For more information and booking contact Paul Floyd  or on the details below.

Studio: 01384 399412

Email Address: info@paulfloyd.co.uk

This slideshow requires JavaScript.

‘Back to The Future’ Exhibition

Designer and maker Paul Floyd gets selected for prestigious and historically important ‘Back to The Future’ exhibition at Broadfield House Glass Museum.

To celebrate the 400th anniversary of glassmaking in the Stourbridge area and the International Festival of Glass 2012, this exhibition seeks to explore the world-renowned glass collections and archives at Broadfield House Glass Museum and show how inspiring these collections are to contemporary West Midlands glassmakers.

The selected glass artists were allowed to pick anything in the collection for their inspiration.  Items that were selected as inspiration are exhibited alongside the artists new work.

‘Back to the Future’ is an exhibition of new work by contemporary West Midlands glass artists at Broadfield House Glass Museum and runs till 27 January 2013.

The exhibition is sponsored by Interiors & Lifestyle Futures and the Friends of Broadfield House Glass Museum.  Photography by Simon Bruntnell.

Opening times of the museum are Tuesday to Sunday from 12noon to 4.00pm

This slideshow requires JavaScript.

Fused Glass Course – Light-catchers

The fused glass course is progressing well and the participants have designed and made their first project a light-catcher.

Students Fused Glass – before fusing
Students Fused Glass – after fusing
0

Stained Glass Course – students progress

The stained glass course is underway and into its 3rd week. Last week the students designed their cutline pattern and this week the students are inspired to choose coloured glass for cutting to size.

Class Participants
0

Beginners Fused Glass Workshop

Students Glasswork

Beginners Fused Glass Workshop on the 27th October 2012

Glass designer & maker Paul Floyd will lead afternoon sessions on glass fusing. Teaching the basics of fusing, cutting glass to a pattern and working with coloured sheet glass, frits and powders. You will create an original piece of glasswork and make your own fused glass light-catcher. Only 4 people per workshop for maximum individual attention.

  • Date: Saturday 27th October 2012
  • Time: 2pm till 4:30pm
  • Costs: £30 (includes all materials, fusing & postage of glasswork)
  • Venue: Transparent Glass Studio, Ruskin Glass Centre, Wollaston Road, Stourbridge, DY8 4HE

For more information and booking contact Paul Floyd  or on the details below.

Studio: 01384 399412

Email Address: info@paulfloyd.co.uk

Featured post

Advanced Fused Glass Workshop

Advanced Fused Glass
Advanced Fused Glass
Students Glasswork

Advanced Glass Fusing Workshop on the 20th October 2012

Glass designer & maker Paul Floyd will lead afternoon sessions on glass fusing. The advanced workshop will allow you to explore the techniques of fused glass as a creative medium.  Within the workshop you will build on your skills with cutting glass to a pattern and working with coloured sheet glass, frits and powders.

You will create an original piece of glasswork and can make either a panel or a medium sized round/square bowl 20cm diameter.  Only 4 people per workshop for maximum individual attention.

  • Date: Saturday 20th October 2012
  • Time: 1:30pm till 5:00pm
  • Costs: £45 (includes all materials and fusing)
  • Venue: Transparent Glass Studio, Ruskin Glass Centre, Wollaston Road, Stourbridge, DY8 4HE

Please note: These advanced workshops are for people who have previously attended the taster workshops in glass fusing and would like to further explore fused glass as a creative medium.

For more information and booking contact Paul Floyd  or on the details below.

Studio: 01384 399412

Email Address: info@paulfloyd.co.uk

Featured post

Fused Glass Course – Day Class Autumn Term

Fused Glass Course: Day Class

Glass designer & maker Paul Floyd will lead evening classes on fused glass.  This course incorporates our popular afternoon fusing workshops that we run and is an introduction to the craft of glass fusing.

On the course you will experiment with a range of fusing techniques and designs, allowing you to explore fused glass as a creative medium.  Students will learn to develop a design, cut glass to a pattern and work with coloured sheet glass, frits, powders and inclusions.

Over the duration of the course you will create a series of glass samples, a light catcher and an original piece of glasswork.   This can be either a panel or a medium sized round/square bowl 20cm diameter.  Only 4 people per workshop for maximum individual attention.

Day Class

  •  Starts: Monday 1st October 2012
  • Finishes: Monday 29th October 2012
  • Duration: 5 weeks
  • Time: 10:00pm till 12:00pm
  • Costs: £115 (includes all materials & kiln-firings)

Venue:  Transparent Glass Studio, Ruskin Glass Centre, Wollaston Road, Stourbridge, West Midlands, DY8 4HE

For more information and booking contact Paul Floyd  or on the details below.

Studio: 01384 399412

Email Address: info@paulfloyd.co.uk 

This slideshow requires JavaScript.

Fused Glass Course – Evening Class Autumn Term

Fused Glass Course: Evening Class

Glass designer & maker Paul Floyd will lead evening classes on fused glass.  This course incorporates our popular afternoon fusing workshops that we run and is an introduction to the craft of glass fusing.

On the course you will experiment with a range of fusing techniques and designs, allowing you to explore fused glass as a creative medium.  Students will learn to develop a design, cut glass to a pattern and work with coloured sheet glass, frits, powders and inclusions.

Over the duration of the course you will create a series of glass samples, a light catcher and an original piece of glasswork.   This can be either a panel or a medium sized round/square bowl 20cm diameter.  Only 4 people per workshop for maximum individual attention.

Evening Class

  •  Starts: Tuesday 2nd October 2012
  • Finishes: Tuesday 30th October 2012
  • Duration: 5 weeks
  • Time: 6:30pm till 8:30pm
  • Costs: £115 (includes all materials & kiln-firings)

Venue:  Transparent Glass Studio, Ruskin Glass Centre, Wollaston Road, Stourbridge, West Midlands, DY8 4HE

For more information and booking contact Paul Floyd  or on the details below.

Studio: 01384 399412

Email Address: info@paulfloyd.co.uk

This slideshow requires JavaScript.

Advanced Fused Glass Workshop

Fused Glass
Fused Glass
Students Glasswork

Advanced Glass Fusing Workshop on the 1st September 2012

Glass designer & maker Paul Floyd will lead afternoon sessions on glass fusing. The advanced workshop will allow you to explore the techniques of fused glass as a creative medium.  Within the workshop you will build on your skills with cutting glass to a pattern and working with coloured sheet glass, frits and powders.

You will create an original piece of glasswork and can make either a panel or a medium sized round/square bowl 20cm diameter.  Only 4 people per workshop for maximum individual attention.

  • Date: Saturday 1st September 2012
  • Time: 1:30pm till 5:00pm
  • Costs: £45 (includes all materials and fusing)
  • Venue: Transparent Glass Studio, Ruskin Glass Centre, Wollaston Road, Stourbridge, DY8 4HE

Please note: These advanced workshops are for people who have previously attended the taster workshops in glass fusing and would like to further explore fused glass as a creative medium.

Please contact Paul Floyd for further details and to book your place.

Contact: Paul Floyd or subscribe to mailing list for future events by entering your email address on the right.

Contact Studio: 01384 399412

Email: info@paulfloyd.co.uk

Stourbridge DFAS ‘Young Arts’ Project

NADFAS 'Young Arts' Project

The National Association of Decorative & Fine Arts Societies (NADFAS) is a leading arts charity which opens up the world of the arts through a network of local Societies and national events.

Stourbridge Decorative and Fine Art Society (NADFAS) are sponsoring a striking piece of stained glass to commemorate the London 2012 Olympic Games.

The stained glass project has been led by Paul Floyd of Transparent Glass Studio and has been designed and made by students from the Glasshouse College in Stourbridge.

Student Alex Timbrell who has created the original glass design explains:

‘When I was pondering the design, I was thinking back to when I first learnt about the Olympic Games and I thought of a simple description, I thought of the torch.  The glasswork itself represents the torch, but also the Greek Sun God Apollo, who gives light to the day on his chariot of horses and to bring a new dawn to the future’ 

Student Zoe Montgomerie has used traditional stained glass and modern fused glass techniques to realise the design:

‘I really enjoyed making the fused glass flame for the middle of the piece and cutting some of the glass for the stained glass panel’

Both students have been helped and guided by Glass Artist & Designer Paul Floyd, whose studio is based at the Ruskin Glass Centre in Stourbridge.

Stourbridge DFAS Young Arts Representative, Ann Norgate, said: “One of the Society’s aims is to encourage children and young people to participate in the arts.  We are very excited by this wonderful piece of work created by students at Glasshouse College.  It is one of the most important projects we have supported.”

“Supporting Young Arts is one of the most important activities within our Society,”  said Meriel Harris, Chairman of Stourbridge DFAS, “and we are proud to have established this important link of co-operation with Glasshouse College and the Ruskin Glass Centre during 2012 which marks 400 years of glassmaking Stourbridge.” 

The finished stained glass art work will be displayed in the new Glasshouse Arts Centre which is due to open in August 2012.

This slideshow requires JavaScript.

Featured post

A WordPress.com Website.

Up ↑