Create Your Own Stained Glass Panel In One Day Learn the beautiful art of stained glass windows as Deirdre Buckley Cairns guides you through the process in a one day workshop. You will learn how to cut glass, use the lead, solder, cement, polish, and how to display your finished piece. Join Deirdre for her…
Learn to create a beautiful glass panel using the Copper Foil technique of Stained Glass. You will learn: To use a pattern, cut glass, grind and foil, solder, and finally to finish off your piece with patinas and polish. We will then add loops and chain for your panel so it can be displayed proudly…
Treat your Mammy to a lovely morning making a stained glass lightcatcher. If your Mam is hard to buy for or "doesn't want anything " then this short taster class could be just the thing. We will start the class by selecting some precut glass shapes and arrange them into an abstract lightcatcher. Then we…
New York artist Joseph Cavalieri will give a special one day class at Glint to share his four favourite processes for adding images onto stained glass. Techniques learned and practiced in class include painting, penning , air-brushing and silk-screening using a pre-made silk screen Joseph will bring to class. Pre mixed enamels are applied to…
Treat your Mammy to a lovely afternoon making a stained glass lightcatcher. If your Mam is hard to buy for or "doesn't want anything " then this short taster class could be just the thing. We will start the class by selecting some precut glass shapes and arrange them into an abstract lightcatcher. Then we…
Treat your Mammy to a lovely afternoon making a stained glass lightcatcher. If your Mam is hard to buy for or "doesn't want anything " then this short taster class could be just the thing. We will start the class by selecting some precut glass shapes and arrange them into an abstract lightcatcher. Then we…
Richard King’s stained glass for churches in Ireland and overseas & artistic influences that formed his development. Presented by Ruth Sheehy This lecture focuses on Richard King’s commissions for Catholic churches in Ireland and overseas. Artistic influences that formed his development such as his mentor Harry Clarke and other Irish modernist stained glass artists such…
Learn the beautiful art of stained glass windows as Deirdre Buckley Cairns guides you through the process in a one day workshop. You will learn how to cut glass, use the lead, solder, cement, polish, and how to display your finished piece. Join Deirdre for her next Stained Glass Workshop on Saturday April 30th 2022,…
Medieval stained glass - the original social media? In this lecture Colette Langan invites you to consider how stained glass was greeted by the medieval mind. This will be an exploration of the imagery in stained glass that reflects surprisingly contemporary issues. Colette Langan is a stained glass conservator and maker. Originally trained in the…
The Harry Clarke Studios became one of the most important Irish art businesses of the 20th century. Paul Donnelly charts the growth globally. In 1930 Harry Clarke renamed the church decoration and stained glass making firm he inherited from his father as 'Harry Clarke Studios'. One of Clarke’s ambitions for the Studios was to expand…
Part of our 2022 Summer Glass Festival David Farrelly, General Manager with Glassco Recycling talks about how the recycling of glass packaging is a truly sustainable activity. Event Information The recycling of glass packaging is a truly sustainable activity. When glass in deposited into bring banks around Ireland, this glass is collected, processed and remelted…
Part of the Glass Society of Ireland's Summer Glass Festival Join Alison Lowry for a workshop: Casting with Scrap Glass If you fancy progressing your glass skills, then this one day class might be for you! I'm inviting participants to help me use up my piles of scrap tekta by casting it into…