Join expert glass artist, Jazz Dixon for a craft class with a difference. Learn to create your own beautiful glass poppies, suitable for indoor or outdoor display.
Join expert glass artist, Jazz Dixon for a craft class with a difference. Learn to create your own beautiful glass poppies, suitable for indoor or outdoor display.
Plan of the Day:You will be welcomed with refreshments before Jazz gives a short introduction to glass fusing and the wide range of techniques used. Having talked you through the projects for the day, you will have time to think about your own creative ideas and will have the choice of a creating your poppies in a wide range of colours from traditional red, to blue, purple, white, yellow, orange, or pink. Jazz will then introduce you to glass cutting, and with expert guidance, you will cut and shape your glass to create the petals for your flowers.
Following a break for a delicious lunch, you will construct your two poppies, with the opportunity to use accessory glass to add details to your flowers. Once your pieces are complete you will have the opportunity to use the off cuts of glass to create smaller flowers, either to wear as a brooch or mounted on a piece of clear glass to create a glass hanger.
At the end of the day, Jazz will take your creations away for firing and your finished pieces will be posted to you within about 3 weeks of the course day, ready for display. Your 3D poppies will be suitable for indoor or outdoor display, and Jazz will mount each of them on a sturdy black stem before sending them to you.
An explanation of the art of fusing glass
Understanding how to choose glass to create beautiful glass decorations
An exploration of different ideas & inspiration to spark your own imagination
Understand the basic theory of glass fusing
Had a go at glass cutting, and learnt some new skills
Designed and completed ready for firing 2 glass poppies
Used your design skills and newly acquired glass skills to create a mini project
Tutor:Jazz graduated as a BA Hons Designer Maker from the University of Brighton, specialising in glass. For many years she taught design and crafts to children and now she teaches glass techniques to adults. She has a reputation for patience and intimate knowledge of glass as material and a variety of techniques for crafting it.
A tasty lunch and refreshments throughout the day
Materials needed to create your decorative pieces
All equipment required for the day
Use of a craft apron
Jazz will fuse your piece after the class and then send them to you within approx. 3 weeks of the course day
No experience necessary.
This day involves basic glass-cutting, which Jazz will show you and help you with.
The Group:Jazz teaches in small, informal groups (max 9).
The day is very hands-on, practical and relaxed.
The beautifully converted Field Foods Sussex barn is on the edge of a rose garden in the heart of the South Downs near the village of Piddinghoe, East Sussex. Field Foods are known for their outstanding locally sourced sustainable food, and the refreshments and lunch included in the course ticket will all be handmade in their kitchen and will be another highlight of the day.
Early Bird Ticket £117 (first 4 tickets sold)
Standard Ticket £137
Tickets include all materials, expert tuition, postage of your fired pieces to your home, refreshments and lunch.
Tuesday 24th September 2024
10.00am – 3.30pm
Field Foods, nr Piddinghoe, East Sussex – directions to the venue will be sent upon booking
Once you have booked, you will receive an email confirmation – please check your junk mail if you have not heard from us.
About 2 weeks before your course date you will receive another email giving directions and any joining instructions – please check your junk folder if you haven’t received anything.
We run a range of different fused glass workshops across Sussex and you can find out more about them, along with all our other creative crafting courses here.
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