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Glasswork at Hill Home Forge Nic East Design – 10 Flagstaff Road Jim Thorpe, PA 18229 – (570) 325-0216 Standard Stained Glass Classes Introduction to Stained Glass Perfect for novices (no cutting) Fabricate a sun-catcher Held at Hill Home Forge in Jim Thorpe Three hour class Maximum 4 students per class Time: We can start you anytime. Call to enroll Cost: $105 plus materials Beginning—Advanced Stained Glass Required: previous experience or Introduction to Stained Glass described above Learn the full range of skills needed to do stained glass Held at Hill Home Forge in Jim Thorpe Work on projects of your choice Time: We can start you any time. Call to enroll. Cost: $105/half day. $210/full day. Plus materials We can start you any time. The classes are on-going and have open enrollment. Lampwork Beads Have you seen Italian Moretti glass from Venice worked over a flame into a lush bead? Lampworked beads are exquisite little glass sculptures, and Nic is a master teacher. Beginner—advanced Learn the ancient techniques used by Italian masters Held at Hill Home Forge in Jim Thorpe Work on projects of your choice Time: We can start you anytime. Call to enroll. Cost: $40/hour plus materials We can start you any time. The classes are on-going and have open enrollment.

Dear Student,

I have been a working artist for over 50 years in wood, metal and glass, and was an art teacher at Glassboro College in New Jersey for several years. Recently, I decided I want to teach again.

Flexible Classes

I love teaching in my studio. We will design a project of your choice, and you learn while you fabricate. I require that you take Introduction to Stained Glass if you have never done stained glass before. After that, we work on a flexible schedule that allows you to work at home and in my studio.

Course Content

This is a hands-on approach to teaching. I demonstrate and work directly with you until you have learned the basics of safety, cutting, fitting and soldering all kinds of glass. When you are ready, we set up a stained glass project together. I discuss your plan with you, help you select material and a pattern appropriate to your skills level, get you started, and monitor your progress. However, I also expect you to work on your own, both at home and in the workshop. If you find it difficult to solder or cut, I will want you to practice on clear glass until you can run a decent bead and cut a good line. After the first session, you will need to purchase your hand tool kit, and start taking your work home.

Next, I introduce power tools to help you do more difficult work. After you are proficient at cutting with a glass cutter, I will teach you a diamond disc grinder for outside curves and a spindle grinder for inside curves. I will also instruct you on a ring saw to help you make almost any difficult shape. Then you will learn to make a stained glass pattern (called a cartoon), a full sized line drawing that shows the exact sizes and placement of all pieces in your project.

Finally, we join the glass using either solid metal came or by foiling the edges in the Tiffany-LaFarge method. Then we solder, clean and polish in preparation for patina application.

After the final washing, your stained glass masterpiece is ready to be installed either into a wood or metal frame or hung directly into the window of your home.