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Beginners Fused Glass Workshop – 25/04/2015

Beginners Fused Glass Workshop on the 25th April 2015

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 25th April 2015
  • 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

Transparent Glass Studio – Students Glasswork Light-catcher
Transparent Glass Studio – Students Glasswork Light-catcher
Transparent Glass Studio – Students Glasswork Light-catcher
Students Fused Glass – before fusing

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.

Today on the workbench, well this morning!  Experimenting with surface decoration using Glassline enamels and Mica powders.  Ready for the kiln-firing….

Transparent Glass Studio Glasswork

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Heathfield School Glass Workshop

On Saturday we had a busy morning preparing for Heathfield School GCSE Art department glass workshop.  This will be the first of three workshops with small groups of the students, over the next few Saturdays.

The students will work on designs from their curriculum Art projects and use these as inspiration to make fused glass panels or bowls.

Students Glasswork
Students Glasswork

This round panel is made using sheet glass colour and coloured glass frits (generic name for crushed glass of different grades/sizes)

Students Glasswork
Students Glasswork
Students Glasswork
Students Glasswork

Students Glasswork (before firing in the kiln) inspired by Aboriginal Art.  Figure made of copper wire.

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Beginners Fused Glass Workshop – 07/03/2015

Beginners Fused Glass Workshop on the 7th March 2015

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 7th March 2015
  • 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

Transparent Glass Studio – Students Glasswork Light-catcher
Transparent Glass Studio – Students Glasswork Light-catcher
Transparent Glass Studio – Students Glasswork Light-catcher
Students Fused Glass – before fusing

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.

Beginners Fused Glass Workshop – 07/02/2015

Beginners Fused Glass Workshop on the 7th February 2015

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 7th February 2015
  • 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

Transparent Glass Studio – Students Glasswork Light-catcher
Transparent Glass Studio – Students Glasswork Light-catcher
Transparent Glass Studio – Students Glasswork Light-catcher
Students Fused Glass – before fusing

Heritage Weekend 11th & 12th October 2014

Over the past 8 months an archaeological dig has been going on at ‘The Glasshouse’ (the home of the Ruskin Glass Centre) in Amblecote revealing, along with many fascinating artefacts, the existence of TWO glass cones dating back to the 1690’s.

On October 11th and 12th a ‘Heritage Weekend’ will enable the public to visit the two digs to view the excavations for the last time before they are backfilled at the end of October. The findings will also be on show at this special event.

Ian Dury, Heritage Officer at The Webb Corbett Visitor Centre, says, “With so much information revealed, we are able to boast that we now have on this site, two of the oldest glasshouse remains in Stourbridge, and the artefacts that have been found have enabled us to establish a time line of glassmaking, a time capsule of British glass making if you like, helping us rewrite the history of the Coalbourn Hill and Coalbourn Brook sites”.

In recognising the many different aspects of the dig’s impact on the area, Principal of Glasshouse College, Paul Gawdan added, “The archaeological dig has been an incredibly exciting opportunity for students and staff at Glasshouse College to collaborate with the local community. The discovery of what is believed to be one of the region’s first glass cones is of great historical importance, and a significant chapter in the site’s heritage”.

Featured activities at the Heritage Weekend include:

  • Local History Walks and Talks
  • Ruskin Glass Centre Businesses & Craft Studios
  • Ruskin Glass Centre Cafe
  • Young Diggers
  • British Glass Foundation
  • Amblecote History Society
  • West Midlands Society of Genealogy and Heraldry
  • Dudley MBC Tourism Stand
  • Wollaston Historical Group
  • ‘Glass Echoes’ Exhibition
  • Have-A-Go Taster Sessions
  • Glasshouse College ‘Young Roots’ Project

For further information please contact:

Ian Dury Heritage Officer
Webb Corbett Visitor Centre
The Glasshouse
Wollaston Road
Amblecote
Stourbridge
DY8 4HF
Tel. 01384 399419

Beginners Fused Glass Workshop – 17/01/2015

Beginners Fused Glass Workshop on the 17th January 2015

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 17th January 2015
  • 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

Transparent Glass Studio – Students Glasswork Light-catcher
Transparent Glass Studio – Students Glasswork Light-catcher
Transparent Glass Studio – Students Glasswork Light-catcher
Students Fused Glass – before fusing
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Beginners Fused Glass Workshop – 06/12/2014

Beginners Fused Glass Workshop on the 6th December 2014

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 6th December 2014
  • 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

Transparent Glass Studio – Students Glasswork Light-catcher
Transparent Glass Studio – Students Glasswork Light-catcher
Transparent Glass Studio – Students Glasswork Light-catcher
Students Fused Glass – before fusing

 

Beginners Fused Glass Workshop – 08/11/2014

Beginners Fused Glass Workshop on the 8th November 2014

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 8th November 2014
  • 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

Transparent Glass Studio – Students Glasswork Light-catcher
Transparent Glass Studio – Students Glasswork Light-catcher
Transparent Glass Studio – Students Glasswork Light-catcher
Students Fused Glass – before fusing

 

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