Let’s Focus: Shapes, Textures, Hollows, Metals with Sheila Checkoway

Schedule

Fri Mar 07 2025 at 06:00 pm to Sun Mar 09 2025 at 06:00 pm

UTC-05:00

Location

UrbanGlass | Brooklyn, NY

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Build on your solid foundation and fundamentals of soft glass manipulation. Perfect for those with beadmaking experience.
About this Event

Perfect for those with beadmaking experience.  Instructor Sheila Checkoway builds on your solid foundation and fundamentals of soft glass manipulation.  Students will learn these enhanced glass bead skills through instructor demonstrations, discussions and lots of hands-on torch time. All materials are included.  Students will complete many beads with these various techniques.

Day One focuses on improving how you wrap hot glass, mastering the bicone shape elongated and stubby, applying surface texture in various ways, using copper and silver foils for a verdigris finish.

Day Two includes making hollow glass beads with the disc method, and applying texture for a melon shape bead, learning to use reduction glass with encasing and techniques.  

Each day includes seven workshop hours with a one hour-lunch break and stretch breaks.

What to Expect: Flameworking requires a little practice at heat control with the torch to create successful pieces. After demonstrations, expect to make some successful objects in this class, and a couple failures, while gaining more confidence and skill in the studio. Read more about how to prepare for class on our Registration Info page. 

While beadmaking, participants primarily engage in seated activities such as working with glass rods and torches. The environment can be bright and loud at times. Handling glass and tools may require a certain level of dexterity. To learn more about accessibility the Accessibility page on our website.

Eligibility: Students must have 1-2 years beadmaking experience with soft glass COE 104, are comfortable with the torch, able to load and wrap glass into bead shapes, and able to remove beads from mandrels. Open to ages 14 and up.

Pick-up: The glass needs to cool down overnight, so the students will have to return to UrbanGlass once notified to pick up their work.

This is an in-person class taking place on-site at UrbanGlass. Health and safety guidelines will be emailed to you upon registration.


3 Sessions, Friday - Sunday, March 7- 9, 6:00pm - 9:00pm Friday, 10-6 Saturday and Sunday
instructor Sheila Checkoway
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UrbanGlass, 647 Fulton St, Brooklyn, United States

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