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Flame Shop Workshops
Some workshops will require that students register at least 60 days prior to the start date, to allow instructors time to make travel arrangements. Please call 520-884-7814 for assistance with finding accommodations in Tucson.
***Every student who comes to participate in glass making classes is required to wear eye protection and closed toed shoes. No exceptions will be made!***
Off Mandrel Boro Color Class: Hearts and Implosions
Members $600 • Non-Members $625
Friday - Sunday, 10am - 6pm
October 14 - 16
Guest Instructor: Brent Graber (aka Mr. Smiley)
In this 3-day workshop, Brent will focus on off mandrel techniques using borosilicate glass. Brent is a hands-on instructor and covers a wide variety of techniques. Students will learn: flame settings, cold seals, loops, heat control, flame atmosphere, annealing cycles, setting up color layers, striking colors, drilling with hot tungsten, making layered boro twisties, encasing, adding dots, making Marias, adding a drip to the bottom of a pendant, implosions, and hissignature boro hearts. Students will learn how to use heat and gravity to shape their pieces. We will focus on how to read the heat base in the glass, soyou are anticipating its movement and not just reacting to it. No matter what your skill level, you will get a lot out of usefulinformation out of this great class.
Blown Hollow Beads and Ornaments ***CANCELED***
 Members $475 • Non-Members $500
Saturday & Sunday, 9am - 5pm
January 28 & 29
Guest Instructor: Jari Ann Sheese
Jari has developed her techniques over the last 13 years; this class is the culmination of all her ideas rolled up into a 2-day adventure into blown hollow beads and ornaments.Students will learn how to blow a precisely even walled and balanced hollow bead. They will learn how to add decoration and how to melt down adornments while keeping the bead alive. Class will also include an ornament portion and will utilize both button and hollow bead techniques to create a work of art using a metal armature.Off mandrel earrings and barrel clasps are also covered as variations of the technique that will be covered in this amazing 2-day class.
Vessels and Form Consciousness 
Members $550 • Non-Members $575
Friday - Sunday, 9am - 5pm
January 27 - 29
Guest Instructor: Matt Eskuche
This class is designed to show an approach to glass at the flame that will provide a solid technical base from which a person's work can progress. With jacks and diamond shears aiding them, students of all levels will experiment with borosilicate tubing. Shape, scale, and proportion will pass through a technical "strainer" in order to create form conscious pieces of varied scale and difficulty. This class is for beginner to intermediate level borosilicate students.
 Form and Symmetry
Members $550 • Non-Members $575
Friday - Sunday, 10am - 6pm
March 16 - 18
Guest Instructor: Eusheen Goines
Eusheen is coming back to SGAA for a 3-day intensive workshop focusing on: pattern work, shape and flow, and forming good habits for both solid and blown forms. Eusheen will focus on marbles and vessels, allowing plenty of time for demonstrations and practice. This workshop promises to be fun filled, fast paced and perfect for students looking to hone their hollow form work. This workshop is limited to 8 intermediate/advanced students.
Take Flight - Sculptural Bird Beads
Members $525 • Non-Members $550
Saturday & Sunday, 10am - 6pm
April 28 & 29
Guest Instructor: Kim Fields
Kim is a master of sculptural beadmaking! This 2-day workshop will focus on creating beautiful, sculptural bird beads. Demonstrations include making simple birds and moving to more complex realistic forms. Techniques will include color mixing, overlays,encasing, assembling canes, temperature control, and precision stringer and dot placement. This class is designed for intermediate to advanced level beadmakers. 
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