I held a one-day workshop in my new garden glass studio. My partner’s sister Liz came along with 4 of her friends last Wednesday. It was a really enjoyable and productive day. In the morning everyone practiced cutting glass before making a coaster to their own design. One lady, who could only stay for the morning, choose to use her coaster as a small standing picture. Then after lunch they each choose to make a larger more detailed piece. Two made 20cm diameter bowls, one made a standing picture and Liz made a garden flower for use on a stainless steel stake.
After they left I put them all in the kiln and fired them on a full fuse. Then the two circles were slumped as shallow bowls and Liz’s flower was slumped over a mushroom hump mould to give more definition.
The stainless steel stake has 2 bolts and washers on a screw thread and I used rubber inserts to cushion the glass. A home made 3d printed plastic screw on flower centre was then added on the top of the rod. Then the rod was bent over.
The 2 stand up pictures were placed into home made 3d printed plastic holders.