2012 WORKSHOPS

Bay Area Glass Institute - BAGI San Jose, CA 95112 408-993-BAGI (2244)

Fusing Glass 1A/1B
Learn how to make beautiful kiln worked glass in this, non-technical workshop. This class will introduce you to the glass fusing process by melting layers of glass in a kiln. You will learn the basics of how to cut glass and be introduced to tools, glass selection and firing techniques. Explore your creative and artistic abilities in this 4 day workshop.

Jan 9, 11, 18, 23, 2012 - 6pm - 10pm
Feb 13, 15, 20, 22, 2012 - 6pm - 10pm
Mar 6, 8, 13, 15, 2012 - 6pm - 10pm
Apr 16, 18, 23, 25, 2012 - 6pm - 10pm
May 7, 9, 14, 16, 2012 - 6pm - 10pm

Friday Night Fusing  Fest – Finish Your Piece 
Come in and finish your piece  during our Friday Night Fusing Fest. This will be the place to receive guidance and support to fire your piece all in one short evening. 

Jan 6, 2012 - 7pm - 10pm
Jan 27, 2012 - 7pm - 10pm
Feb 17, 2012 - 7pm - 10pm
Mar 9, 2012 - 7pm - 10pm
Mar 30, 2012 - 7pm - 10pm
Apr 20, 2012 - 7pm - 10pm

Australian-Style Roll Up: Blowing Fused Glass
This course will introduce a hot, third dimension to kiln-formed work. The class  will work in the “Australian Roll-Up” process, a technique where a pre-fused glass tile is picked up on a blowpipe, closed into a bubble, and blown and manipulated into a vessel and/or sculptural form.

Mar 18 & 24-25, 2012 - 9 - 5pm

Glass Jewelry
We will have an action packed four hours of making small glass pieces to fire that will end up in jewelry.   We will explore what it is about glass that is an ideal material for making jewelry.

Jan 25, 2012 - 6pm - 10pm
Mar 2, 2012 - 6pm - 10pm
Apr 9, 2012 - 6pm - 10pm
April 22, 2012 - 3pm - 7pm

Higher Fire
See what happens to Bullseye sheet glass when it is super heated in the kiln. Our focus will be on design, depth and color combinations as we fill our reservoir moulds with glass for melting. The second day will focus on how best to utilize the pieces for secondary firings and the  necessary coldworking to facilitate your designs.

Feb 12, 19, 2012 - 12pm - 4pm
Apr 21, 28, 2012 - 2pm - 6pm

Glory Hole and Kiln Forming
We will use hot working techniques with the fusible sheet glass to produce some unique patterns and designs in our glass. Glass bundles and tiles will be manipulated in the glory hole to form color twists, overlays, fold overs and murrinis. We will then take the hot-manipulated parts to the kiln where they will become the starting point for making larger fused pieces

Mar 10-11, 2012 - 9am - 5pm