Our classes are designed for those aged 18+. Regardless of previous experiences at other studios, this is a hard and fast rule.
We offer private instruction for you and/or that special artist in your life. Come in for a session where 1-2 people work privately with an instructor for 2 hours. While the class can get more in-depth, what you can make will depend on your own skills or lack-there-of. If you stick to small, simple items, like those made in our Taste of Glassblowing workshop (ornament, flower, paperweight, etc) you can expect to successfully make several items but participants who choose to venture into more difficult items (such as a cup, small vase, dish, etc) should understand that these projects can eat up more time and ultimately be unsuccessful. This is the nature of the material and why it takes decades to master. It is also why we always insist you start with something more manageable so that, even if you want to push the limits in the second hour, you won’t go home empty handed.
Private Lessons consist of 2-hours with a professional instructor, cost $395 and can accommodate 1 or 2 participants. Availability is shown in the calendar above.
Projects will take a day to cool down without cracking. Typically, items are cool enough to collect by 3pm the following day. However, power outages can sometimes cause longer cooling cycles. If you are not able to collect your projects after they have cooled, we can ship them to you for an additional charge. Items are not shipped every day so please be patient with us as we orchestrate this added service.
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Private Lesson FAQs
- What can we expect to make? We highly recommend that you stick to our recommended project items. Ornaments, Bud Vases, Candy Dishes, Paperweights, Flowers, Hearts, Mushrooms and Moon Rocks are the quick projects that we know we can successfully show you how to make in 15-20 minutes. If you stick to these projects, you can expect to make 6-8 in your class time. The processes are super fun and you can even give a few away as gifts. A bit of a more advanced project would be to make a drinking glass. These take about 30-40 minutes and we require you to make a smaller project first so that we can get some familiarity with the space first. Often, couples make two smaller items followed but two drinking glasses…and if they aren’t too particular about their cups, there may be time for one more small project in the end.
- Can I bring my child, friend or other family member in to just watch? It is not a good idea to bring children into the space. We will need your undivided attention on the dangerous project at hand so it will be hard for you to keep track of them. As for other observers, we try to accommodate but cannot always include them in the Hot Shop, if we are already at capacity. Have all observers sign the safety waiver and wear closed-toe shoes in case we can bring them into the workspace. Worst case, they will be able to view from our gallery and/or patio but be just outside of the danger zone.
- What if I have prior experience? This format is really designed for folks without prior experience. For those looking to keep practicing, we suggest our multiweek/fundamentals classes! If you have less than 2000 hours of experience, you might actually be in that window where you know just enough to be confident and, consequently, even more dangerous than a complete beginner. Especially, if you’re coming with a completely inexperienced partner, we will always want to teach to the least experienced person in this class format to keep everyone feeling included.
- The date/time I want says “It is already too late to make this reservation”. This is correct! We set these parameters for a reason. We give you all first dibs on about 60% of our calendar. Five days out, we not only set our instructor schedule but all unbooked times get assigned to other activities/projects such as professional fabrication. Making changes at this point is too disruptive.