Make your Own Pumpkins Workshop
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It’s pumpkin season! In this workshop, you’ll experience firsthand how to make your own solid pumpkin paperweight AND hollow blown pumpkin. That’s right --- each student will get TWO of their own pieces to bring home (after they have cooled down) from this class!
Traditional handblown glass takes a coordinated team of two, three, or even four people working together, each playing an important role in bringing a single piece to life. During this workshop, you’ll discover what goes into making glass pumpkins while taking part in every step of the process.
We’ll begin with a 30-minute introduction to the hot shop, safety procedures, and go over color choices before watching a live demonstration where Dominique creates a pumpkin paperweight from start to finish.
Then, each participant will take a turn as the gaffer (the lead glassblower) making their own pumpkin paperweight, while the rest of the class works together as the shop crew or “assistants”. Everyone will rotate through the supporting roles just as a professional glassblowing team would.
Each participant will choose one color from our soft glass color palette for their pumpkin paperweight body, and one color for their stem.
After that, we will ‘level up’ to each student blowing a larger hollow pumpkin and repeat the process again!!
Glass does need to cool down slowly in the kiln and will not be ready to take home that day.
Workshop Schedule
30 minutes: Introduction, safety, demonstration, and discussion
2 hour: Hands-on team glassblowing, with each participant taking a turn as the gaffer (approximately 15 minutes per pumpkin with each participant making two)
Remaining time: Wrap-up, questions, and discussion
Traditional handblown glass takes a coordinated team of two, three, or even four people working together, each playing an important role in bringing a single piece to life. During this workshop, you’ll discover what goes into making glass pumpkins while taking part in every step of the process.
We’ll begin with a 30-minute introduction to the hot shop, safety procedures, and go over color choices before watching a live demonstration where Dominique creates a pumpkin paperweight from start to finish.
Then, each participant will take a turn as the gaffer (the lead glassblower) making their own pumpkin paperweight, while the rest of the class works together as the shop crew or “assistants”. Everyone will rotate through the supporting roles just as a professional glassblowing team would.
Each participant will choose one color from our soft glass color palette for their pumpkin paperweight body, and one color for their stem.
After that, we will ‘level up’ to each student blowing a larger hollow pumpkin and repeat the process again!!
Glass does need to cool down slowly in the kiln and will not be ready to take home that day.
Workshop Schedule
30 minutes: Introduction, safety, demonstration, and discussion
2 hour: Hands-on team glassblowing, with each participant taking a turn as the gaffer (approximately 15 minutes per pumpkin with each participant making two)
Remaining time: Wrap-up, questions, and discussion
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Where is it happening?
79 Hadley Road, Jaffrey, NH, United States, New Hampshire 03452
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Host or PublisherTerrapin Glassblowing Studio
