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Unleash your creativity with sculpture classes in New York City. From beginner-friendly workshops to advanced techniques, discover the joy of working with different materials and gain the skills to bring your artistic visions to life.

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Pre-College Camp: Portfolio Polish

UrbanGlass @ 647 Fulton St, Brooklyn, NY

This intensive one-week pre college session is perfect for creative students looking to broaden their knowledge of sculptural mediums and further their art education. Through carving, gluing and casting students will transform their sketches and ideas into three-dimensional pieces of glass art. As well as an amazing introduction to our studio and to a wide variety of glass making techniques, young artists will leave this workshop with unique works...

(54) All levels 13 and older
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$800

5 sessions

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Glass: The Spooky Substance

UrbanGlass @ 647 Fulton St, Brooklyn, NY

Clear glass has the quality of seeming both present and absent at the same time. Like a ghost crossing between worlds, it can hold light and have a skin-like biological feel. In this beginner class we will learn basic hot and cold shop techniques while exploring these spooky qualities and their sculptural potential.  Students will be expected to keep a sketchbook and be ready to discuss ideas they would like to pursue in class. There will be...

(54) Beginner 18 and older
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$780

5 sessions

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Fire Effects

UrbanGlass @ 647 Fulton St, Brooklyn, NY

This class is the perfect opportunity to combine two very different methods of creating with glass. Crossing over techniques from both the Hot Shop and the Flame Studio, students will get a fully rounded introduction into working with fire!  In the hotshop we will learn how to stretch, sculpt, and blow glass. In the flame studio we will work with torches to melt glass rods and play with color and form. In both shops students will learn the...

(54) All levels 12 and older
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$880

5 sessions

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Devil in the Details: Problem Solving for Moldmakers

UrbanGlass @ 647 Fulton St, Brooklyn, NY

Mold making for glass can be frustrating, but only if you gloss over the minutiae. Learn some of the finer points of mold construction for both fused and hot casting that will extend your skill set. Rather than a series of limitations, we will approach the process as a refinement of control and an opportunity to expand our visual language through the versatility of the materials. To that end, we will cover some tricks of the trade used to form the...

(54) All levels 18 and older
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$780

4 sessions

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Embrace the Moment

UrbanGlass @ 647 Fulton St, Brooklyn, NY

Glass has the ability to be fluid in its molten state, and almost immediately become static as it cools. This unique characteristic offers artists the ability to capture momentum and freeze transitional forms. This class will explore the expressive potential and intensity of the hot glass by capturing this transformation through objects, sculpture, and pyrography.  In the kilnforming studio, we will take a much more calculated approach to creating...

(54) All levels 18 and older
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$1,000

5 sessions

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Designing Negative Space: Hot Glass & Moldmaking

UrbanGlass @ 647 Fulton St, Brooklyn, NY

Students will design experimental negative spaces in order to create unpredictable positive forms in glass. Using moldmaking as a starting point; students will sculpt, carve, and combine materials to create a hollow cavity to be blown into with molten glass. Working quickly, pursuing the unexpected and uninhibited, students will gain information and inspiration while finding the line between completed objects and their failed counterparts. The object...

(54) Beginner 18 and older
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$880

5 sessions

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Boro Bootcamp: Push, Pull and Sculpt

UrbanGlass @ 647 Fulton St, Brooklyn, NY

In this fast paced flameworking class we will cover a variety of coloring processes and strategies for creating borosilicate jewelry. The techniques covered in this class will broaden the possibilities of wearables created with the flameworking process. In this 2-day class we will cover color layering and application, cane pulling, solid and hollow implosions, as well as sculpting. This class will be accessible to the beginner at the torch and...

(54) All levels 18 and older
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$500

2 sessions

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Patterns + Textures

UrbanGlass @ 647 Fulton St, Brooklyn, NY

Discover the beauty of engraved glass! This class will explore patterns and textures, using a variety of coldworking equipment and tools such as lathes, belt sanders, and flat grinders. In addition to acquiring glass engraving skills, students will also learn grinding and polishing techniques. Investigate the exciting medium of glass printing (Vitreography) with the patterns and textures we create. No glassworking experience is required. Advanced...

(54) All levels 18 and older
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$500

2 sessions

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Pendants, Pairs, and Doublets: A Collaboration w/ BKMW

UrbanGlass @ 647 Fulton St, Brooklyn, NY

Full Course Name Pendants, Pairs, and Doublets: A Collaboration with Brooklyn Metal Works Join Bianca and Erin for this eight week course in glass and metalworking for jewelry using both UrbanGlass and Brooklyn Metal Works’ studios. The class begins in the cold shop where we will explore different ways to manipulate pre-cut pieces of glass, or “blanks”, into carved and faceted segments. Students will learn to use the lathe, flat wheels, sanding...

(54) All levels 18 and older
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$600

8 sessions

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Flat-ish Framework

UrbanGlass @ 647 Fulton St, Brooklyn, NY

Working with solid borosilicate rod, students will be guided through constructing complex forms from flat drawings. Similar to raising a house, we will begin by building a two-dimensional framework from schematic illustrations. Students will learn to upend those parts and create three dimensional forms built from the ground up. Days will begin with small demonstrations and include personal instruction based on the concepts. Required Material: Come...

(54) All levels 18 and older
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$550

4 sessions

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Creative Working and Constructing with Glass

UrbanGlass @ 647 Fulton St, Brooklyn, NY

The material for this workshop consists of ordinary pieces of float-glass in various sizes that can be cut further in any desired shape. In this practical and theoretical workshop, new and found glass pieces and broken fragments will be used creatively to construct any object possible.  Students will also learn how to cut glass pieces to create these desired shapes. Cutting glass-pieces is similar to drawing and conducive to visualizing...

(54) All levels 18 and older
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$640

5 sessions

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Software to Glassware

UrbanGlass @ 647 Fulton St, Brooklyn, NY

Come learn the basics of 3D modeling to explore the many ways this tool can be used in glassmaking. This course will focus on experiments in both 3D modeling and studio glass techniques. Once registered, students will receive information on downloading free 3D software and the steps to get started with the software. We will work with an outside organization to print designs, with one print (at a set scale/material) included in the price of the class....

(54) All levels 18 and older
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$1,800

10 sessions

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Mold to Kiln and Back Again

UrbanGlass @ 647 Fulton St, Brooklyn, NY

Many objects, forms, and materials can be translated into glass through the art of mold making. This two-day intensive workshop is packed with information about basic mold making for kiln casting. Students will be working with clay and wax to create positives to directly translate into glass. Students will then learn how to hand-build two high-fire refractory molds that can be used in the kiln to complete the process of melting glass into final...

(54) Beginner 18 and older
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$560

2 sessions

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Introduction to Pâte De Verre

UrbanGlass @ 647 Fulton St, Brooklyn, NY

Pâte de verre is created by firing fine glass frit and/or powder, usually mixed with a binding agent, against the surface of a high fire refractory mold. A literal translation from the French: “paste of glass.”  In this intensive weekend workshop, you will learn the basics of this ancient glass technique by creating a low relief, 3-dimensional form, along with sample test color tiles. Students will also take away a clear understanding...

(54) Beginner 18 and older
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$560

2 sessions

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Testing Texture: Introduction to Kilncasting

UrbanGlass @ 647 Fulton St, Brooklyn, NY

This weekend workshop will explore the possibilities of an open-face kilncasting mold. This technique is perfect for capturing the texture of everyday objects both as impressions in clay, or as direct transfers to the mold material.  Samples, materials, and textures in the studio will be available, or bring your own items to play with. Come with an open mind to learn the basics of this process and see the results of a kilncasting!  No...

(54) All levels 18 and older
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$560

2 sessions

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Casting the Body

UrbanGlass @ 647 Fulton St, Brooklyn, NY

Alginate is a material that many of us may have encountered at the dentist - it’s the stuff they use to make molds of your teeth! But did you know you can also use this body-safe material to make castings and recreate fingers, toes, and more in glass? The body has long been a prevalent part of art making, and in this 5-week workshop we will utilize the body as a means for exploring the technique of kiln casting. Using alginate, we will make direct...

(54) All levels 14 and older
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$520

4 sessions

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A Sculptural Take on Scientific Flameworking

UrbanGlass @ 647 Fulton St, Brooklyn, NY

This class will cover artistic and scientific techniques using borosilicate glass. Sculpture, murrini, and glass chains are among the many possibilities. Some of the scientific techniques include side, ring, and blind seals.  With lots of individual attention, students are encouraged to bring sketches and ideas. Emphasis will be on exploration, spontaneity, investigation and fun.  Open to all skill levels.

(54) All levels 18 and older
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$550

2 sessions

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From Hot to Cold and Back Again

UrbanGlass @ 647 Fulton St, Brooklyn, NY

In this class students will move between the kilns and cold shop to utilize fusing, slumping and coldworking techniques to carve through colorful layers of thin and regular Bullseye sheet glass to create a number of small scale projects such as tiles, bowls and/or platters. Hands on work will be complemented by demonstrations and a short presentation on historical and contemporary kiln and cold worked glass.  What to expect: Students will...

(54) All levels 14 and older
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$675

4 sessions

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Casting the Void

UrbanGlass @ 647 Fulton St, Brooklyn, NY

Get a look inside the world of negative space casting in this introspective class! Capitalizing on the transparent quality of glass, we’ll create unique sculptural objects that you can look inside of to see a negative shape. We will create cast hollow core blocks with interior voids that when viewed through the outside of the sculpture appear as a ghostly remnant of an object. This class will cover the hollow core casting process, writing kiln...

(54) All levels 14 and older
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$1,240

7 sessions

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Sculpting 101

UrbanGlass @ 647 Fulton St, Brooklyn, NY

Immerse yourself into the world of solid, hot-sculpted glass in this 5-day intensive class! You will be working in the hot shop with a variety of torches and tools to create detailed artworks, and incorporating various ways to apply color and texture. This course will be a general overview on solid sculpting and assemblage. What to Expect: Students will focus on learning and improving sculpting techniques and color applications, rather than...

(54) All levels 18 and older
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$1,150

5 sessions

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