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This lesson covers the characteristics of diamond hand laps, how to use them safely and effectively, and how they can be used before and after firings.

Coldworking with Diamond Hand Laps

Diamond hand laps are a powerful design tool available to kilnformers – learn to use them safely and effectively.

Learn how to use loose grit for coldworking: how to set up a grinding station, how to grind glass with loose grit, and how to achieve different finishes.

Coldworking with Loose Grit

Learn the advantages of working with loose grit over fixed-abrasive machinery, how to set up a grinding station, how to grind glass with loose grit, and different finishes you can achieve.

Coldworking methods grind and smooth glass using tools that do not rely on heat. Learn how the wet belt sander can achieve a variety of surface finishes.

Coldworking with the Wet Belt Sander

Learn to use the wet belt sander to grind and smooth glass edges and achieve a variety of surface finishes.

Gang Dam Tile

Transform your studio into a glass tile factory instantly! It’s easy and efficient.

Functional Forms from Frit

In this project-based lesson, we create a sumptuous slumped bowl and lid using frit as our only glass.

Alicia Lomné's meticulous pâte de verre works

Master Class Video: Pâte de Verre, Grains of Light with Alicia Lomné

In this 5.5-hour Master Class Video, artist Alicia Lomné guides students in a meticulous exploration of the varied processes she uses to create her signature works.

This lesson models the fusing, coldworking, and slumping of a simple bowl to illustrates the sumptuous earth and jewel tones produced by a reactive effect.

Petrified Wood and Robin’s Egg Blue Bowl

In a demonstration of rich reactive potential, this lesson combines a streaky sheet glass style called Petrified Wood with Robin’s Egg Blue, a copper-bearing opalescent.

Master Class Video: Tall Vessels with Amanda Simmons

In this 60-minute Master Class Video, Scotland-based artist Amanda Simmons shares the full process by which she creates her tall vessels.

Example of a Tapestry piece by Richard Parrish

Master Class Video: The Tapestry Project with Richard Parrish

This 90-minute comprehensive Master Class Video follows Richard Parrish in a step-by-step, live action instructional on how he creates his acclaimed Tapestry pieces.

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In this lesson, you'll learn about the basic features of drop-out molds, the kinds of pieces you can create with them, how viscosity affects the slump.

In this lesson, you’ll learn about the basic features of drop-out molds and the kinds of pieces you can create with them. You’ll also learn how viscosity and other variables affect glass during the slump.

In this lesson, we make a thick slab of glass for a small tabletop, covering how to calculate glass volume, make containment walls, and fire your piece.

Tabletops

In this lesson, we’ll use a similar method to “Working Deep”, making a thick slab of glass for a small tabletop with a combination of sheet glass and billets for rapid assembly.

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Coldworking with Diamond Hand Laps

Coldworking with Loose Grit

Coldworking with the Wet Belt Sander

Gang Dam Tile

Functional Forms from Frit

Master Class Video: Pâte de Verre, Grains of Light with Alicia Lomné

Petrified Wood and Robin’s Egg Blue Bowl

Master Class Video: Tall Vessels with Amanda Simmons

Master Class Video: The Tapestry Project with Richard Parrish

Index of Videos by Topic

Working with Drop-Out Molds

Tabletops

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