Individual Instruction
Take a private lesson with master glass artist, Nic East. Instruction for beginners who just want to try it out, through advanced instruction for artists interested in learning more. We welcome all levels
Introduction to Stained Glass
- Perfect for novices (no cutting)
- Fabricate a suncatcher
- Held at Hill Home Forge in Jim Thorpe
- Three hour minimum
- Private instruction or with a friend
- We can start you anytime. Call to enroll.
- Cost: $35/hour ($105/3hours) plus suncatcher kit
Intermediate and Advanced Stained Glass
- Required: previous experience or Introducton to Stained Glass (see above)
- Learn the full range of skills required to create in stained glass
- Work on projects or skills of your choice
- cutting and fitting
- creating and working with patterns (cartoons)
- rigid came and structural reinforcement
- boxes and lampshades
- large panels
- patinas and finishes
- advanced color and design
- let us custom-design a class just for your needs
- Three hour minimum
- We can start you any time. Call to enroll.
- Cost: $35/hour with three hour minimum plus materials
Introduction to Lampwork Beads
Have you seen Italian Moretti glass from the island of Murano near Venice worked over a flame into a lush designer-bead? Lampworked beads can be exquisite little glass sculptures, and Nic is a master teacher.
- Perfect for a beginner
- Learn the ancient techniques used by Italian masters
- Learn basic shapes like roundel, barrel, bicone, and lentil
- We can start you any time. Call to enroll.
- Three hour minimum
- Cost: $40/hour plus materials
Advanced Lampwork Beads
We offer advanced techniques in soft glass, and in borosilicate
- Using precious metals in beads (silver, gold, palladium)
- Noodles, twisties, stringers, and frit
- Raking and simple sculptural forms
- We can start you any time. Call to enroll.
- Three hour minimum
- Cost: $45/hour plus materials
Kiln-fired Glass
We teach you the skills needed to assemble and fire glass jewelry cabochons, pendants and slumped glass bracelets in our kiln.
- Preparing the kiln and glass
- Tack fusing up to 5 layers and fire polishing
- Full fusing with clear encasing
- Designing for a predictable outcome
- Glass lapping and polishing with abrasive
- We can start you any time. Call to enroll.
- Three hour minimum
- Cost: $40/hour plus materials
Nic East • 10 Flagstaff Road • Jim Thorpe, PA 18229
(570) 325-0216 niceast@gmail.com
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