Explore the World of Stained Glass with Glasscraft Today

Copper Foil Course - $195 +HST

1-4pm Each Saturday

Location: Glasscraft - Grand Vallery Studio (31 Main Street South)

Our copper foil course is a comprehensive series of classes for beginners covering all aspects of assembly, safety, glass cutting, history, design process, metals, chemicals, tool use, different available glasses, patination, home studio, set up, and installation or hanging of the finished work. Instruction for the first four classes proceeds at the rate of the slowest member in the class. Students will complete a practice piece and a flat panel that may be hung or installed. A tool kit is offered for purchase to continue the craft at home.

This lesson includes a lecture on stained glass history, a focus on safety and best practices,  and an overview of tools, techniques, types of glass, and metal chemicals.  Students will also learn glass cutting (curves and straight lines), as well as how to setup a home studio.

Work session - review of techiques, first project - preparation of the design and partern, glass cutting, grinding, foiling, soldering and finishing procedures.

Work session - Selection of major project, enlarging techniques, design and pattern preparation, glass cutting.

Work session - Grinding, foiling, soldering, finishing, and installation.

The best way to register is to call Glasscraft and register over the phone!

519-941-2505

519-928-5243

*Instruction fee is non-refundable and must be paid on registration or 1 week prior to start of class.  Payment can be made with cash or card.

Once you've completed stained glass classes or the Copper Foil Course, get all the stained glass supplies you need and continue working on your glass projects from home for years to come with your own Basic Stained Glass Tool Kit.  This Kit recommended by Glasscraft, is the best selection of tools for a beginner level glass artist.  This kit is comparable to the tools used at Glasscraft and should provide many years of satisfactory use.  

The recommended kit includes:

- Carbide oil glass cutter

- Grozer Pliar

- Weller 100 temperature controlled Soldering iron

- Diamond headed water cooled glass grinder

- Foil pattern shears

- A fid

* Costs for this kit may vary depending on each item or tool selected.

Our leading course covers history, technique, set up, assembly, soldering, and cementing. Particular attention is focused on safe use of lead came and reinforcing. Work sessions consist of a practice panel and a completed work that can be hung or installed. A logical continuation of the foil course.

This advanced 4 session course is focused on surface treatment techniques, acid etching, frosting, sandblasting, materials, tools, hazards and safety precautions.  It will also include a lecture and demonstration of painting on glass tools and techniques, preparation of a design, setting up an easel, tracing, matting, staining, and kiln work, as well as a lesson and demonstration of glue chipping and production techniques.  It will also include work sessions for the preparation and execution of a practice project. 

This 4 session course includes a lecture and demonstration on fusing glass, coefficient of expansion, annealing, ramping, kiln management use of fibrefrax, compatibility testing and the spectrometer.  It also focuses on mould making, castables and separators, pate de verre, slumping and draping, as well as a work session on jewelry making and dichoric glass, and an introduction to lamp work, beadmaking and hot glass forming.