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Hearts of Flowers in fused glass with Michelle of Lakeshore Arts

Join Michelle and create your own beautiful fused glass Flower Heart - suitable for all abilities.

Event Date

12 October 2024

This event will also happen on the following dates:

Thursday 01 Aug 2024
Saturday 12 Oct 2024

£ 45

Description

Michelle will arrive with her ready prepared heart shapes and will talk you through the various design aspects and techniques of creating the lovely flowers and leaves for your piece to assemble together to create your own beautiful floral heart.

You will learn about different types of glass used in fusing work and also about the all important COE (Coefficient of expansion) – vital to understand in glass fusing as it makes sure the right types of glass are used and fuse together. Your finished heart designs will then be taken away and fired and returned to Greystoke. If there is time you can make a second heart for additional materials cost). The flower hearts can be collected from here a few weeks later, once they have been fired and fused. Alternatively, Michelle can post these directly to your home for approximately £5.50.

We first saw Michelle's beautiful fused glass pieces at a local farm show and just loved them. We are absolutely delighted she has agreed to take some workshops here at Greystoke.

You will learn how to cut and trim the flowers and leaves and get an idea of what can be done with glass in a kiln in terms of fusing, stacking, tack fusing and slumping. You will also learn about various inclusions and their different applications, using frits, stringers, glassline pens and sheet glass along with other fragments.

£45 including a fresh coffee and home made biscuits. Material Charges from approximately £20.