2021 Create Program

CREATE
2021 Program

Make Your Own
Creative Workshops
Glassblowing
Kilnforming
Glass + Silver
Glass + Wood
Neon
Casting
Beadmaking
Engraving
Tours + Experiences
School Program
School Holiday Program
Kids’ Design Competition
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4 - 5
6 - 19
8-9
10
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12-13
14-15
16-17
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20-21
22-23
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Canberra Glassworks’ CREATE program has been crafted to allow the
development of the skills and confidence required to create your own ideas
in glass. Designed for everyone and offering every technique, our range
of dynamic programs start from early introduction for children through to
professional development for artists & makers.
Our creative workshops are a gateway to Steps to Induction, where you can be
mentored to gain the skills required to work independently within the facility.
Our CREATE program explores and extends both the exhibition program and
Artist in Residence programs, where artists are provided with access to
equipment as well as expertise from within the wider studio glass community.
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MAKE YOUR OWN
Create your own artwork with one-on-one guidance from a highly skilled
Teaching Artist. Make your own paperweight, bird, tumbler or vase in a short
one-on-one session from 20 to 40 minutes long where you will have the opportunity to
learn some basic glass blowing techniques.
Make your own paperweight or bird
20 minutes
Bookings available on weekends
Make your own vessel or tumbler
40 minutes
Bookings available on weekends
To book a Make Your Own experience, visit canberraglassworks.com/create/myo/
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CREATIVE WORKSHOPS
Glass Blowing
Beginners
Continuing
Kiln forming
Create a plate or bowl
Beadmaking
Beginners
Glass + wood
Bowl & Spoon
Platter & Cheese Knife
Glass + silver
Necklace & Earrings
Engraving
Drawn on Glass
Neon
Beginners
Continuing
Casting
Beginners
Pocket Friends
To book a creative workshop, visit canberraglassworks/create/creativeworkshops/
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GLASS BLOWING
Beginners
Learn to blow and shape molten glass to create simple objects such as paperweights,
free-form sculptures and vessels. Spend 2 days with a professional glass blower on
the Canberra Glassworks’ Hotshop floor learning the basics of glass blowing in a safe
environment. This is your chance to get up close and personal,exploring this beautiful
art form.
Saturday & Sunday
from 10:00AM
First weekend of every month
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Continuing
Spend 2 days with a professional glassblower on the Canberra Glassworks Hotshop
floor to consolidate and further develop your skills in the basics of glassblowing.
Participants are encouraged to design their own forms and use colour applications to
extend their range of skills.
Requires previous glass blowing experience.
Saturday & Sunday
from 10:00AM
20 - 21 Mar
15 - 16 May
17 -18 Jul
18 - 19 Sep
20 - 21 Nov
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KILN FORMING
Create a plate, bowl or platter
Design and create your choice of kiln formed glass platter or bowl while being
introduced to the fundamental concepts of creating glass objects in the kiln. Learn how
to cut, layer, shape and fuse glass in this beginners kiln forming workshop.
13 Mar
8 May
Saturday
from 10:15AM
11 Sept
13 Nov
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GLASS + SILVER
Handmade Necklace & Earrings
Enjoy a two-day jewellery making workshop consisting of one day of glass bead
making and one day of jewellery design and assemblage. You will learn to make the
perfect round, square and barrel beads as well as cold working, acid etching, and basic
silver smithing.
Saturday & Sunday
from 10:00AM
19 -20 Jun
9 - 10 Oct
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GLASS + WOOD
Bowl & Spoon
Create your own glass bowl and wooden spoon in this combined medium workshop.
Work alongside talented woodcarver Fiona Glover for a full day of woodcarving to
create a small wood spoon. One by one, students will go into the Hotshop to work with
a professional glassblowing artist to create a small glass bowl.
Saturday
from 10:15AM
17 Apr
10 Jul
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Platter & Cheese Knife
Create your own kiln formed glass platter and wooden cheese knife in this 2 day
combined medium workshop. On day one, design and create your own serving platter
while learning the fundamental concepts of creating glass objects in the kiln. Day two,
work alongside talented woodcarver Fiona Glover to carve your own cheese knife
Saturday & Sunday
from 10:15AM
13 - 14 Feb
26 - 27 Jun
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NEON
Beginners
Join us for a sizzling 2-day introductory workshop in neon glass bending. Develop glass
bending skills and build your confidence working with flames! You’ll heat, stretch and
shape glass in this weekend-long workshop.
Saturday & Sunday
from 10:00AM
17 - 18 Jul
25 - 26 Sep
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Continuing
Based on the skills gained in Neon Beginners, create a design that will continue the
development of your glass bending skills. Choose your best creation to be processed
with neon.
Requires previous neon experience.
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Saturday & Sunday
from 10:00AM
22 - 23 May

CASTING
Beginners
Explore a new sculpture medium with glass. This workshop will teach you how to turn
your own clay relief creation into a small glass planter or ornamental pot.
Saturday
from 10:15AM
27 Mar
14 Aug
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Pocket Friends
Create your own miniature cast glass sculpture by carving and sculpting a wax cube,
creating a mould and preparing for firing. The mould is then placed into a kiln where
the glass melts and takes the shape of your original wax creation.
27 Feb
22 May
Saturday or Sunday
from 10:15AM
12 Sep
12 Dec
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BEADMAKING
Beginners
Learn how to make your own unique beads with molten glass and a flameworking torch
in these playful classes. Working on a torch is mesmerising and satisfying. This class
covers the basics of beadmaking, including tools and safety. Techniques include hot
glass manipulation, stringers, making basic bead shapes, dot application and
annealing.
Sunday
from 10:15AM
21 Feb
18 Apr
20 Jun
15 Aug
17 Oct
19 Dec
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ENGRAVING
Drawn on Glass
Working with an expert engraver, learn to design and engrave on glass. Using recycled
glass in various formats and shapes, participants will learn coldworking techniques to
create beautiful glass objects or jewellery. Discover the methods and potential of glass
engraving and explore both hand and drill based techniques to develop your own style.
28 Feb
10 Apr
Saturday or Sunday
from 10:15AM
21 Aug
23 Oct
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TOURS + GROUP EXPERIENCES
Group Experience Tour
This behind-the-scenes tour takes groups on a journey of all things glass
45 minutes for a minimum of 10 people.
Group Experience Tile
On this tour, groups will learn how to cut and fuse glass and make a coloured glass tile of
their own design.
45 minutes for a minimum of 5 people.
Group Experience Tour + Tile
Groups begin with a tour and then cross the floor to become artists. They will learn how
to cut and fuse glass and make a coloured glass tile of their own design.
1.5 hours for a minimum of 6 people.
Advance bookings with at least 2 weeks notice are essential
To book a tour or group experience, visit canberraglassworks.com/visit/tours/
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SCHOOL PROGRAM
Give your students a hands-on experience in a glass making centre. We offer a range of
tours and workshops for students from eight to eighteen years old. They range from 45
minute workshops to tailored classes running over several weeks. Tours can be specially
designed for your teaching focus with science, history and art themes.
Looking through the Glass Tour
Our unique site is viewed through the lens of the historic Kingston Power House; a
building of historic and cultural significance.
45 minutes for a minimum of 10 people, lower primary ( year 2) but able to be adapted
to all school ages.
Hands on Glass
Experience a hands-on tour of the Canberra Glassworks that enlivens the senses.
Explore behind the scenes of the working facility, learning about all the different glass
making techniques.
90 minutes for a minimum of 10 people, ages 8 - 18 years, criteria for Years 3 - 6.
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Elements of Glass
Drill down and investigate glass from a scientific perspective. The impact of temperature
and the molecular structure of glass are examined. Students observe molten glass and
its transformative properties through a live hotshop demonstration.
45 minutes for a minimum of 20 people, ages 8 - 12 years, criteria for Years 3 - 6.
Glass Fusion
Explore the Canberra Glassworks current exhibition and its themes. Design and create
a collaborative art work, using kiln formed glass. Work together to achieve design
solutions with a common theme.
45 minutes, collaboration 1-2 hrs, high school students years 8 - 12.
Advance bookings with at least 2 weeks notice are essential
To book a school tour or group experience,
visit canberraglassworks.com/visit/schools/
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SCHOOL HOLIDAY PROGRAM
Seasonal School Holiday Programs allow young makers to unleash their imagination
and learn about glass. Our programs offer a range of age appropriate activities &
workshops for an early and safe introduction into this wonderful medium.
Includes exhibition-based feature programs.
This program runs during ACT school holiday periods
To see what’s coming up these School Holidays,
visit canberraglassworks/create/holidays/
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KIDS’ DESIGN COMPETITION
Our annual Kids’ Design Competition is an opprtunity for anyone under
12-years-old to get creative and draw a glass design based on the year’s theme. The
winning design will be made in glass by a team of professional glass artists in a public
demonstration.
Entries will be open when this year’s theme is annouced mid 2021.
For more details and to see previous winning designs,
visit canberraglassworks/visit/schools/kidsdesigncomp/
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Cover & back Images:
2020 Kids’ Design Competition winner Glassteroptis,
designed by Isobel aged 10, made by Simon
Maberley and team.
Photo by Wendy Dawes,
courtesy of Canberra Glassworks
11 Wentworth Ave, Kingston ACT
canberraglassworks.com
(02) 6260 7005
contactus@canberraglassworks.com
open Wed to Sun 10am to 4pm
Government Partners
Canberra Glassworks is supported by the ACT Government through artsACT and the Australian Government through the Australia Council, its arts funding and advisory body.