LampworkingLessons

To schedule a flameworking class contact Starleen by calling 856-362-3720 or email Info@StarleensStudio.com

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Monday - Saturday & Day / Evening sessions available.

Call 856-362-3720 to schedule your workshop today!

VISA/MASTERCARD & PAYPAL ACCEPTED !

Payment in full required as you select dates and book your workshop.

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Fee: $595.00 ~ ~ Consists of two days ~ FIVE hour per day session

PREREQUSITE: A THOROUGH UNDERSTANDING OF ALL INTRO TOPICS OF DISCUSSION AND TECHNIQUES IS REQUIRED TO TAKE THIS COURSE. Intro topics such as how to set up your own studio / use an oxy~propane bench burner, & torch hookup are NOT covered during the intermediate lesson.

DESCRIPTION: The intermediate workshop is designed to meet the needs of the intermediate who has an understanding of basic beadmaking fundamentals as well as the individual who might be inbetween the intermediate to advanced skillset.

Up to 50 techniques are covered.

Some of the techniques covered are: Glass color theory, color layering, color mixing, illusion stringers, pulling down commercial zanfirico canes, reactive glass study, reduction glass study = stringer application, murrine application, metallic glass, silvered ivory stringers, double and triple poked dots, complex bubble entrapments, deep encasement twists, one encasement technique, sculptured beads (flower and teddy bear), encased puffy hearts, hollow beads, adventurine chunks, mastering Rubino, making matched pairs, understanding the nature of striking colors, cosmic universe basics, filligrana, pulling down cullet, modified adventurine, basic single layered encased flower, introduction to dichroic glass (no encasement/surface application), copper & silver foil, using veiled cane, , a coe tour through 33 / 90 / 96 / 104 coe types at the torch, and the list goes on, and on....

Fee: $795.00 ~~ Consists of two days ~ FIVE hour per day session

Payment in full required as you select dates and book your workshop.

PREREQUSITE: A THOROUGH UNDERSTANDING OF ALL INTRO TOPICS OF DISCUSSION AND TECHNIQUES IS REQUIRED TO TAKE THIS COURSE.

Description:

Do you have problems with smeared patterns, designs

that spin out of control, too many unintentional bubbles,

pattern stretching / movement under your clear?

Maybe understanding how to gauge and manage heat

control is still a mystery?

IF THESE ARE THE QUESTIONS OF YOUR HEART,

THIS IS THE COURSE MODULE FOR YOU!

This module covers 8-11 methods of encasement methods

and the breakdown of the 10 key flame areas used. An in depth

understanding of heat control is spaced throughout every torch exercise as level

of difficulty slowly increases. Patterns and designs are preselected for this

workshop. They are designed to cover easy - complex levels of surface difficulty as well as layered encasement methods.

Students will use ALL of the most popular clears on the market today: Aether, Zepher, Effetre, Super Clear, Vetrofond, CiM Messy clear, Lauscha, and TAG clarity.

Fun inclusion work with foil, CZ's, mesh, and dichroic glass is slipped in as time and your pace of working permits.

Silver glass rules of encasement is also touched on!

Upon completion of your encasement Journey, you will have the confidence to

execute your dreams and torch ideas under clear with confidence!

Ready? It's only a phone call away...

(Note: Floral beads are NOT covered in this workshop )

Booking your workshop is EASY. Review the list of workshops offered below, then contact the studio at 856-362-3720 to discuss options / book your preferred dates. All private workshops take place within our Southern New Jersey studio Monday - Friday 7 AM - 10 PM daily.

Saturday's are available upon request and subject to availability

VISA / MASTERCARD & PAYPAL ACCEPTED !

Discount packages are available for multiple workshop bookings

Payment in full is required during the firm selection of your preferred dates

your invoice & enrollment kit are issued within 2 business days

YOU set the pace of how much technique we cover. This allows the fast paced learner the opportunity to complete as many exercises as possible, while the learn at your own pace student has the flexibility to slow the session down to meet their torch pace. Starleen meets you exactly where you are. Troubleshooting breaks will also provide you with an understanding all the how's and why's unexpected results occur. Not a minute of your valuable time goes to waste.

Fee: $1,595.00 ~ 3 DAY STUDY / 5 HOURS PER DAY

Description: Complex Petal construction , vine study, illusion layering, micro layering, & techniques to achieve perfection from bead hole to bead hole in all your encased beads.

Beads as the one shown take several hours to construct. I teach you each element of construction within individual torch exercises, and bring it all together in finished works during day 3.

This is an advanced workshop. All floral techinques I presently use are covered within this module.

THIS IS AN ADVANCED WORKSHOP. THE ENCASEMENT MODULE IS A PREREQUISITE UNLESS STUDENTS CAN CLEAN ENCASE (THIN AND THICK) WITHOUT SMEARING OR DISTORTION OF BASE DESIGNS USING 3 EXISTING METHODS.

Description:

If the magical allure of borosilicate glass has called out to your creative spirit, this is the class for you. Your beads and pendant will created with momka, trautman color, northstar, glass alchemy, parramore, and borostix glass. This provides you with a basic understanding of how beautiful all the other worldly colors of boro are. Understanding how to make your color POP is the main topic of this workshop.

Some of the topics covered: Understanding all the key differences between soft and borosilicate glass, using a polariscope to identify stress in glass, secrets to achieving beautiful borosilicate color, extensive study on color selection and color families, understanding the differences between self strike/flame strike/kiln strike glass,utilization of your kiln as a tool, flame settings & why you need to switch things up, complex borosilicate cane construction. color layering, color mixing, mastery of haze entrapment, introduction to larger torches (optional), taming cadmium colors, tour of all whites on the market, using borostix, and one pendant creation to understand the fundamentals of off mandrel work.

DESCRIPTION: This is NOT a boring class where you make a few shaped beads with dots. Our soft glass based intro course is a comprehensive journey through every topic of study the new glass artist should understand + so much more... Studio setup, equipment hook up and maintenance, studio tool tour, understanding studio safety, glass coe discussions and a thorough understanding of annealing cycles lays a rock solid foundation of knowledge required to pursue the art form on one's own. At the torch, starleen articulates every motion made during demos as she patiently guides you through over 40 molten glass techniques at your own torch station. A few topics covered are: Setting different types of flames, how to hold and maneuver the mandrel. Shapes: rounds, doughnuts, cubes, rectangles, barrel, bicone, heart, oval tab, round tab, stringer pulls, basic cane twists, flat/raised dots, stacked dots, basic single layer flower bead, raised flowers , dot masking, encased bubbles, poked dots, one method of basic encasement, making your own designer frit, frit use, punty types and usage, stringer application & mastery exercises, encased stringers, trailing, raking, twisting, feathering, tiger fur bead, melon bead, bi color beads, marbled beads, basic sculpture flowers, and the list goes on and on...