I'm not currently taking bookings for workshops in the studio (I'm too busy and the studio is too messy!), keep an eye on my social media or check back here for updates (school workshops are still possible).

Taster Session - Metal

Duration: Approx 2 hours
After a brief demonstration of welding you get to make simple designs in metal, for example hanging Christmas tree decorations.
This involves:
• Drawing your design and making a cardboard template.
• Cutting out your design in metal using tin snips and a guillotine.
• Shaping/texturing the metal using hammers and chisels on an anvil or wooden block.
• Drilling holes, filing and cleaning the metal.
• Using the oxy acetylene welding equipment to melt edges, braze or heat for colour effect.

Taster Session - Lampwork Glass

Learn how to make simple lampwork beads in the flame.
Workshops tend to be one to one unless people book as a group (I can only take up to 3 people for the glass workshops as you have to take it in turns to use the equipment).

Students generally make about 5 beads, I demo one, then you make one. Beads are made by melting glass rods around a metal stick in a big flame. After the workshop the beads have to be annealed for several hours so you have to either collect another day or pay £2.50 for postage (you also get my demo beads).

You will make:

Basic bead to practice the technique:

X1 Opaque glass

X1 Transparent glass

Explore surface decoration:

X1 Frit (ground up glass)

X1 Spots/dots

Play with the flame!

X1 Gravity twist

Experiment with the shape:

X1 shaped bead; bird, fish, heart….

Make a Wall Hanging

Combine the metal and lampwork glass taster sessions into one workshop and create your own wall hanging. 

Make a Small Metal Flower

Duration: 2-3 hours
After a brief demonstration of welding you get to make a small flower design in metal.
• Drawing your design and making a cardboard template.
• Cutting out your design in metal using tin snips and a guillotine.
• Shaping/texturing the metal using hammers and chisels on an anvil or wooden block
• Using the oxy acetylene welding equipment to make your sculpture, melt edges, braze or heat for colour effect.

Make a Garden Sculpture

Working on a larger scale design and weld something big enough to go in a flower bed.

Full Day Workshop

Have your own project in mind or want to make a more complicated piece, get in touch to discuss possibilities!