February is an exciting time in Tucson, with the Gem & Mineral Show spread out all over town. And at Sonoran Glass, that means it's time for:

Flame Off! 2010!!!

logo design by Renee Holoubek

Saturday, February 6th

6151 S. Tucson Blvd.

Doors open at 3pm.   Event starts at 4pm.

$15 entry fee per person

$150 for VIP Box Seats for 4 (all sold out!!)

This year with 45 participating glass artists!! Click here to see more and a map to our NEW Venue!

 

Upcoming classes:

Hot Shop classes:

BYOBs: we have Blow Your Own Ball, Bowl, Vase, or Pumpkin available for individuals, pairs or groups up to 25.  Also try our one day Paperweight Experience or Glassblowing Experience

Hot Shop Clinics, Tuesday evenings by demand. This Tuesday, back to basics.

Women's Month of Thursday, starts February 11

Month of Sundays, starts February 14

Furnace Glassblowing I, starts February 15

Furnace Glassblowing I, starts February 16

Flame Shop classes:

Semester Torch Working, starts February 22

Beginning Beadmaking, February 27

Month of Marbles, starts February 28

Warm Shop classes:

SYOPs: we offer Slump Your Own Plate year-round for groups up to 20.

Enameling with Glass Powders, February 7

Stripes! Using Pattern Bar Technique, February 11 & 18

Beginning Fusing & Slumping, February 27

Metal Enameling classes:

Enameling on Metal, February 27

 

Upcoming Specialty Workshops:

Shaping, Encasing, & A Little Color

Members $350 • Non-Members $375
Saturday & Sunday 9am - 5pm
February 20 & 21
Guest Instructor: Margaret Zinser

This workshop is geared toward the intermediate beadmaker, addressing ways to improve shaping and encasing skills to create elegantly shaped, technically superior beads. Starting with fundamental shapes and emphasizing safety, correct posture, and strong technique, Margaret will guide students through a logical progression of "classic" bead shapes. The second day of the class will include instruction on strategies for encasing focal beads, as well as how to deliberately distort base color with clear glass. With each new shape, Margaret will teach a different application for color. Color topics will include: the use of frits; silver leaf, foil, and wire; crushed goldstone; enamels; "neato" reactive colors in the Effetre palette; tricks for developing color in Reichenbach-108. Intermediate skill level required.

 

Bit-Working on the Border

Members $600 • Non-Members $615
February - Sunday 10am - 6pm
March 5 - 7
Guest Instructor: Einar & Jamex de la Torre

This is a very exciting addition to SGAA's Hot Shop Workshops! In their class, Einar and Jamex will explore the most direct paths to self-expression through hot glass sculpture. With an emphasis on applied bit work, the de la Torre brothers will demonstrate techniques for glass sculpting and quick application of color. Because of limited class time, mixed media will only be discussed as well as the use of fasteners and glues and the assemblage process. The workshop aims to create an attitude with the material in terms of what it can do you and your ideas. Students are urged to bring drawings, used to convey ideas so we can 'translate' them into 3 dimensional glass sculpture. Intermediate to advanced skill level required.

 

Come on down to the Sonoran Glass Art Academy for our Monthly Open Torch Night.  This FREE monthly event features wild demonstrations by our Flame Shop Manager, Karl Taylor, as well as provide an open forum for Flameworkers from all backgrounds to come together, collaborate, shoot the breeze, and do whatever else we can concoct as a group. The school provides free use of the shop, torches, tools, and kilns. All you need to bring is any glass and favorite tools you wish to use, and all your wild ideas!!