Learn about the new and amazing world of glass fusing: glass cutting, design, care and operation of a glass kiln. You’ll learn techniques to make pieces as small as beads or earrings and as large plates and vessels, or just make something for art’s sake. Our classes give you every tool you need to form beautiful new glass pieces. With each class you will successfully complete fused glass projects using a variety of glass types and fusing techniques.

Upcoming classes

                     Painting on Glass * Succulent Arrangement * Glass Sugar Skulls * Powder Wafers * Introduction to Vitrigraph

Check out our 12 Days of Holiday Art for more November and December classes

More than one person making one project: Because our classroom space is limited, if more than one person wishes to work on the same project, there will be an additional $10 fee. For some classes, we will not be able to accommodate multiple people working on one project.

Picking up finished pieces: Fused glass must be fired before you can take it home. Projects from our fusing classes will usually be available for pickup within a week of the class. Glass must be picked up within 45 days of the glass. Any glass not picked up at that point will become property of BCGC and may be sold in our gallery.

Classes must have at least four students to run. If we have fewer than four students, we reschedule the class in the future and will let registered students know.

Want to participate in a class but the date or time does not work for you? Check out our Private lessons!

Cancellation policy: If you need to cancel, please email us and let us know. If you have to cancel last minute, call or text (812)345-2470.

  • All classes have a non refundable $10 processing fee. We do not offer cash refund if you cancel.
  • Cancellations received prior to 48 hours of the scheduled first class will receive a BCGC credit, good for classes, events, and our gallery. A credit of 50% of class tuition will be issued if cancellation happens within 48 hours of the class.  No credit is issued if you are a no show.
  • If BCGC cancels a class you will be issued a full refund.

Succulent Arrangement

November 8th, 6:00-9:00 pm & Nov 10th, 6:00-9:00 pm-  FULL- Sign up for the waitlist on the registration form

Learn how to defy the standard rules of fusing with the freeze and fuse technique!  In this class you will learn tips and tricks to make your own frozen glass pieces similar to frozen sand castles. 

  • Class limit: 10 students
  • Ages: 16 and up
  • Tuition: $85
  • Prerequisite: none  
  • Instructor: Katie Chapman

To register for the waitlist for this class, please fill out our Registration Form.

Glass Sugar Skulls

November 13, 6:00-8:00

Day of the Dead (Dia De Los Muertos) is a holiday that is a celebration of the living and dead with graveside visits and altars (ofrendas) dedicated to our dearly departed. Come learn more about this holiday's rich traditions will making your own fused glass sugar skulls. Each participant will get the chance to decorate two small glass skulls.

  • Class limit: 10 students
  • Ages: 13 and up
  • Tuition: $49
  • Prerequisite: none  
  • Instructor: Abby Gitlitz

To register for this class, please fill out our Registration Form.

Powder Wafers

November 14th, 6:00-8:30 & November 15th, 6:00-7:30pm

Expand your fusing toolkit with powder wafers!  Learn multiple ways to create your own stencils which you will use to create dainty powder wafers.  During the second class, you will arrange your wafers into a finished piece of your choice.

  • 2 day class: 2.5 hours and 1.5 hours
  • Class limit: 10 students
  • Ages: 16 and up 
  • Tuition: $75
  • Prerequisite: none  
  • Instructor: Anne Brahaum

To register for this class, please fill out our Registration Form.

Introduction to Vitrigraph

November 19th & 26th; 12:00-5:00 pm

Join us and learn the fun process of pulling molten glass to make your own cane and stringers. Learn how to set up the vitrigraph kiln, prepare a pot of glass for pulling, and how to pull a variety of glass bulbs, stringers, rods and cane.

What’s included?

  • Structure and set up of a vitrigraph kiln
  • Preparing terracotta and stainless steel pots for firing
  • Stacking the pot with glass
  • Setting the pot in the kiln
  • Firing schedules How to start the pull
  • Glass pulling techniques
  • Pulling stringers
  • Pulling cane for murrine

Long-sleeved cotton shirts, long pants, and closed-toed shoes are required.

Due to the unpredictability of this class, scheduled time may be exceeded.  Please plan on staying later if need be to get the most out of this class.

  • 2 days, 5 hours per day
  • Class limit: 4 students
  • Ages: 18 and up 
  • Tuition: $180
  • Prerequisite: none  
  • Instructor: Anne Brahaum

To register for this class, please fill out our Registration Form.

         

 

Past Workshops

These workshops are not currently being offered, but please fill out our form let us know if you would be interested and we will contact you when we run them again

Advanced Vitrigraph

 

Take your Vitrigraph skills to the next level and learn how to set up and pull twisty cane, flowers and other cane shapes and designs of your choosing.

What’s included?

  • Structure and set up of a vitrigraph kiln

  • Preparing terracotta and stainless steel pots for firing

  • Stacking the pot with glass

  • Setting the pot in the kiln

  • Firing schedules 

  • How to start the pull

  • Glass pulling techniques

  • Pre-fusing components

  • Pulling cane for detailed murrine

Long-sleeved cotton shirts, long pants, and closed-toed shoes are required.

Due to the unpredictability of this class, scheduled time may be exceeded.  Please plan on staying later if need be to get the most out of this class.

  • 4 Day class, 6 hours each day

  • Class limit: 4 students

  • Ages: 18 and up 

  • Tuition: $360

  • Prerequisite: Introduction to Vitrigraph 

  • Instructor: Anne Brahaum

Wave Panel

During this fun workshop you will learn how to design and assemble a unique free-standing wave panel. These panels are curved and look beautiful displayed in a windowsill, on a bookshelf, or in front of a candle. Your pieces will be fired you and ready to pick up in about a week.

  • 2 hour class
  • Class limit: 8 students
  • Ages: 16 and up
  • Tuition: $75
  • Prerequisite: none  
  • Instructor: Diana Spoolstra

Bugs!!

Things are starting to warm up in Indiana, and that means its time for BUGS! Come make a few creepy crawly friends to decorate your garden, or maybe some for your desk. Each student will make two larger or three smaller bugs out of glass scrap. Project will be ready in about one week.

  • 2 hour class
  • Class limit: 10 students
  • Ages: 8 and up (children 8-16 must be accompanied by an adult)
  • Tuition: $49
  • Prerequisite: none  
  • Instructor: Abby Gitlitz

Glass Combing

              

Learn how to comb or rake fun designs in molten glass in a kiln.  We will spend the first session designing our glass pieces and the second session we will comb our patterns into the glass.   A separate cold-working session may be needed, to be scheduled individually during business hours.

  • 2 day class, 3 hours per day
  • Class limit: 8 students
  • Ages: 18 and up
  • Tuition: $180
  • Prerequisite: glass cutting experience preferred  
  • Instructor: Anne Brahaum

Intro to Glass Fusing

In this 2 day class you will be introduced to the fundamentals of glass fusing. We will teach/ introduce you to:

  • glass safety
  • glass hand tools
  • basic glass cutting
  • types of glass and glass compatibility
  • kiln overview
  • arranging glass for fusing
  • how heat affects glass
  • firing schedule fundamentals

In particular we will focus on arranging glass for flat fusing - the first step towards many more advanced techniques. You will make a pendant and a set of 2 coasters or small dishes.

  • 2 day class; 3.5 hours per day
  • Class limit: 8 students
  • Ages: 18 and up
  • Tuition: $90
  • Prerequisite: none  
  • Instructor: Anne Brahaum

Halloween Freeze and Fuse  

Join us for a spooky special edition freeze and fuse class! In this class, students will learn the basics of freeze and fuse, and all the tricks and treats that come with the trade! We've have a large amount of Halloween molds to choose from so there's something for everyone! The freeze and fuse pieces will become plant stakes, so no green thumb needed to add some spook to your Halloween decorations.

  • Class limit: 10 students
  • Ages: 16 and up
  • Tuition: $70
  • Prerequisite: none  
  • Instructor: Courtney Hallows

Halloween Plate Spooktacular!

Make your own spooky Halloween plate in this fun three hour class. Participants can choose between a variety of designs: Jack o' Lantern, mummy, spiderweb, monster, or design your own Halloween theme! Plates measure 8" x 8" and are dishwasher safe.

Plates will be fused and slumped and will be ready to pick up in about a week.

  • Class limit: 10 students
  • Ages: 8 and up
  • Tuition: $70
  • Prerequisite: none  
  • Instructor: Diana Spoolstra

 

Painting on Glass

Learn how to use a dip (calligraphy) pen to write and draw fine details on glass.  No calligraphy skills needed.  Useful skills for all fused and stained glass artists.  Your piece will be fired you and ready to pick up in about a week.

  • Class limit: 10 students
  • Ages: 16 and up
  • Tuition: $49
  • Prerequisite: none  
  • Instructor: Anne Brahaum

 

Fused Glass House Numbers

Create your own custom house number plaque while learning the art of fused glass mosaics. Learn how to cut colored sheet glass and assemble individual pieces together to create a solid, fused glass panel you will be proud to display on your house.

Choose from vertical or horizontal layout on a variety of colored backgrounds. Numbers are 2" high. Students will choose orientation and number font prior to the first class.

  • 2 hour class
  • Class size: 10 students
  • Ages: 13 and up
  • Tuition: $79 for a house number of four or fewer numbers - $89 for five or six numbers
  • Prerequisite: none
  • Instructor: Gail Bridges Rea
 

Chemical Reactions in Glass

This beginning class in fused glass chemical reactions will introduce you to:

  • The chemical composition of different Bullseye glasses
  • How the chemicals in certain glasses react to each other when fired in the kiln
  • What reactions to expect when combining different glasses
  • What factors contribute to the intensity of chemical reactions
  • The inclusion of metals for different reactions

After learning about the chemical reaction possibilities, students will design test tiles using reactions of their choice.   

  • 2 hour class
  • Class limit: 8 students
  • Ages: 8 and up
  • Tuition: $70
  • Prerequisite: none
  • Instructor: Anne Brahaum

Fairy Gardens!

Fairy gardens can be made out of virtually anything! Let your imagination fly as we guide you through the steps to create your own fused glass bugs, flowers, mushrooms and more for your very own fabulous fairy garden. Each student will make 3-5 small fused glass objects to put in their garden. Finished pieces will be mounted on heavy duty metal rods so they can be planted in your garden.

  • 2 hour class
  • Class limit: 10 students
  • Ages:8 and up
  • Tuition $50
  • Prerequisite: none  
  • Instructor: Diana Spoolstra

 

Freeze and Fuse

Learn how to defy the standard rules of fusing with the freeze and fuse technique!  In this class you will learn tips and tricks to make your own frozen glass pieces similar to frozen sand castles.  We will use commercially available candy and soap molds to freeze our glass pieces and use the second class period to design a final arrangement with the 3D frozen and fused glass pieces.

  • 2 day class: 2.5 hours and 1 hours
  • Class limit: 8 students
  • Ages: 8 and up (children 8-16 must be accompanied by an adult)
  • Tuition: $70
  • Prerequisite: none  
  • Instructor: Courtney Hallows and Katie Chapman

Pressed Glass Flowers

This two day class is all about applying the pressure!
First you will learn how to make wafer thin flowers, letting the kiln do most of the work. The second class you will arrange your flowers on a background of your choosing and have them fired on to permanently attach them.
  • 2 day class; 2 hours & 1.5 hours
  • Class size: 10 students
  • Ages: 13 and up
  • Tuition: $59
  • Prerequisite: none
  • Instructor: Gail Bridges Rea

Fossil Vitra

Learn how to make your own "fossils" in glass!  In this fun 2 hour class, you will learn how to apply glass powders to organic materials and fire them in the kiln to make a fossil impression.  Finished project will be a 5" square fossil panel. If you have a favorite plant you would like to use, flatten it out before class.  A variety of plants and flowers will be provided to use if you don't have your own.  

   
  • 2 hour class
  • Class size: 10 students
  • Ages: 18 and up
  • Tuition: $70
  • Prerequisite: none
  • Instructor: Anne Brahaum

Glass Enamel Pour

This class is the glass version of the currently popular acrylic pour painting technique.  In this fun 3 hour class, you will get to play with enamel paints and learn different techniques for creating galaxy-like effects on fused glass.  We will be using non-toxic and food safe enamel paints designed for enamel pours.

During this 1 day class you will learn how to perform enamel pours using different techniques to achieve varied effects.  You will create two 5x5” poured test tiles with the techniques of your choice. We will fuse and slump it for you and it will be ready to pick up in about a week.

  • 2 hour class
  • Class size: 10 students
  • Ages: 8 and up (children under 13 must be accompanied by an adult)
  • Tuition: $69
  • Prerequisite: none
  • Instructor: Anne Brahaum

Kiln Carved Plate

“Kilncarving” is a process used in kiln formed glass that produces glass with a 3 dimensional relief, textured, or sculpted appearance.  To produce kiln carved glass a design is carved into ceramic fiber paper, glass is stacked on top, and the piece is fired in a kiln.  The result of kiln heat and glass viscosity produces a glass piece with a “carved” underside that takes on the pattern and relief of the ceramic fiber paper.

During this 1 day class you will learn basic kilncarving techniques, how temperature and glass types affect kiln carved outcomes, and design your own 8” kiln carved plate. We will fuse and slump it for you and it will be ready to pick up in about a week. 

  • 2 hour class
  • Class limit: 8 students
  • Ages: 16 and up
  • Tuition: $65
  • Prerequisite: none
  • Instructor: Anne Brahaum

Intermediate Glass Fusing

Students will build on their previous fusing skills to make more complex fused glass art pieces.  Expand your knowledge of fused glass and learn about dilution, inclusions, reactions and various construction methods.Throughout the sessions, we will work on: expanding your cutting skills with circles, strips and squares; designing your own art glass sheets to use as inclusions; color theory and dilution in glass; and on-edge construction basics.Includes: 12 hours instruction and work time, glass and all the supplies needed to complete class projects, use of necessary tools, all kiln firings
  • 2 days, 9-4 each day
  • Class limit: 8 students
  • Ages: 16 and up
  • Tuition: $180
  • Prerequisite: Fusing 101/ Intro to Glass Fusing
  • Instructor: Anne Brahaum

Weaving with Glass

No weaving looms needed to make the glass version!  Learn how to "weave" with pre-formed strips of colorful glass.  Students will weave a 7 inch piece that can be slumped into a dish or left as a flat weaving.  Project will be ready in about one week.

  • 2.5 hour class
  • Class limit: 10 students
  • Ages: 8 and up (children 8-16 must be accompanied by an adult)
  • Tuition: $70
  • Prerequisite: none  
  • Instructor: Abby Gitlitz

Fused Glass Batik

Learn how to create beautiful batik designs in fused glass- no hot wax needed!  Join us to learn how to translate this ancient technique into glass and make your own unique batik glass piece.

  • 2 hour class
  • Class limit: 8 students
  • Ages: 16 and up 
  • Tuition: $65
  • Prerequisite: none 
  • Instructor: Anne Brahaum

Windchimes

Harness the wind in this fun fusing class. Each student will decorate six glass pieces that will be fused and then hung on a metal bar with fishing line. Students can either have BCGC staff wire the wind chimes, or they can hang the pieces themselves.

  • 2 hour class
  • Class limit: 8 students
  • Ages: 8 and up
  • Tuition: $49
  • Prerequisite: none  
  • Instructor: Diana Spoolstra

 Fused Glass Garden Spikes

Decorate your garden in style with these fused glass garden spikes. In this class you will make three pieces using brightly colored After the glass is fired we will glue metal stakes to the back so you can decorate your indoor plants, or your outside garden rows.

  • 1.5 hour class
  • Class limit: 10 students
  • Ages: 8 and up (children 8-16 must be accompanied by an adult)
  • Tuition: $49
  • Prerequisite: none  
  • Instructor: Diana Spolstra

Fused Glass Pocket Vase

In this class you will be making either a free standing or hanging window vase in bright festive colors. Vases are fused with a water tight pocket so you can put fake, fresh or dried flowers, herbs or whatever completes your look. We will have patterns and examples to inspire you with your project.

  • 2 hour class
  • Class limit: 6 students/6 family units
  • Ages: 13 and up (children 13-16 must be accompanied by an adult)
  • Tuition: $49
  • Prerequisite: none  
  • Instructor: Gail Bridges-Rea

Glass Paper Mother's Day Cards

If you can cut paper, you can cut this fun new product- paper made out of glass powders.  "Glass Paper" is thick like construction paper and can be cut, hole or shape-punched, and torn just like paper. 

After cutting out design elements from glass paper, you will place your designs on a blank glass background to be fired. You will design 3 small blanks (approximately 1.5" square) that will then be affixed to the front of blank greeting cards. We will fire the pieces for you and affix them to the blank cards. Work will be ready to pick up in approximately a week.

  • 2 hour class
  • Class limit: 6 students/6 family units
  • Ages: 8 and up (children 8-16 must be accompanied by an adult)
  • Tuition: $45
  • Prerequisite: none  
  • Instructor: Courtney Hallows

Mother's Day Jewelry

 

This fun class starts with a brief introduction to fused glass and what heat does to glass in a kiln. Then, the real fun begins. Using a wide variety of colored and patterned glasses, you will design your own glass pendants or earrings, 2-3 per student, depending on complexity. Your work will be fired and assembled and available for you to pick up by Friday May 7th,  in time for Mother's Day.

  • 1.5 hour class
  • Class limit: 6 students/6 family units
  • Ages: 8 and up (children 8-16 must be accompanied by an adult)
  • Tuition: $49
  • Prerequisite: none  
  • Instructor: Courtney Hallows

Mother's Day Fused Glass Lilies

 

 

 

Brighten up your yard or house with some beautiful fused glass lilies!  In this class, you will design and decorate two fused glass lilies and we will fire and assemble them for you.  Reference pictures will be provided of some of the stunning lily varieties and you are also welcome to make up your own designs or bring references for your favorite lily.

  • 2 hour class
  • Class size: 6 students/6 family units
  • Ages: 12 and up
  • Tuition: $70
  • Prerequisite: none
  • Instructor: Anne Brahaum

 

 

 

Optical Illusions in Glass

Learn exciting techniques for distorting straight stringers with the addition of intentional “lenses” of clear glass. While the patterns and illusions appear complex, the method is fairly straightforward. You will design one 5” square plate. We will fuse and slump it for you and it will be ready to pick up in about a week.  

  • 2.5 hour class
  • Class limit: 8 students
  • Price: $75
  • Prerequisite: none
  • Instructor: Anne Brahaum

Fused Glass Nightlights

Dark nights are not as scary with a fused glass nightlight to shed some light.

  • 1.5 hour class
  • Class limit: 10 students
  • Ages: 16 and up
  • Tuition: $59
  • Prerequisite: none
  • Instructor: Gail Bridges Rea

Fused Glass Plate

Make an 8” dinner plate out of fused glass!  We will start with a brief introduction to kiln formed glass and the ways in which heat and glass volume affect kiln formed glass.  Students will then learn how to arrange glass for fusing and lay out a design in glass.  We will fuse and slump it for you and it will be ready to pick up in about a week.

  • 2 hour class
  • Class limit: 6 students/6 family units
  • Ages: 8 and up (children under 13 must be accompanied by an adult)
  • Tuition: $70
  • Prerequisite: none  
  • Instructor: Anne Brahaum

Magic Squares!

Join us to learn how to make a magical chain of interlocking fused glass squares! Pick your colors and decorate them any way you like.

  • 2 hour class
  • Class limit: 10 students
  • Ages: 16 and up
  • Tuition: $55
  • Prerequisite: none
  • Instructor: Gail Bridges Rea

Frit Slurry Mushrooms

Join us to learn how to make a slurry blend of frit and powder colors to create unique patterns and color mixes on glass!  You will manipulate your colors of choice on a clear blank that we will then fire for you.  The slurry pieces will be slumped into “mushroom caps” and attached to a copper stem. 

  • 2.5 hour class
  • Class limit: 10 students
  • Ages: 8 and up 
  • Tuition: $65
  • Prerequisite: none  
  • Instructor: Anne Brahaum

Valentine's Day Jewelry

Discover the dazzling beauty of dichroic glass!  This 2-hour workshop will introduce you to the special characteristics of dichroic glass and allow you to design either 2 pendants or a pendant and earring set. We will fuse and assemble your jewelry for you and it will be ready to pick up in about 1 week.

  • 1.5 hour class
  • Class limit: 10 students
  • Ages: 8 and up (children under 13 must be accompanied by an adult)
  • Tuition: $49
  • Prerequisite: None. 
  • Instructor: Diana Spoolstra

Valentine's Day Cast Glass Hearts

Come and make some unique cast glass hearts with your sweetheart! In this fun Valentine's event, you will design and make your own cast-glass heart using a palate of multicolored glass. You will first decide on the size and shape of each of your hearts and cut out your casting mold. You will then fill your casting mold with a variety of glass pieces which will melt together into a solid cast glass heart.

  • 2 hour class
  • Class limit: 10 students
  • Ages: 18 and up
  • Tuition: $55 per person
  • Prerequisite: none  
  • Instructor: Anne Brahaum

Dichroic Wine Stoppers

You don't have to drink wine to enjoy making a fused glass wine stopper. Each student will make two dichroic glass cabochons that will be full fused and attached to either side of a metal wine stopper.

  • 2 hour class
  • Class limit: 10 students
  • Ages: 13 and up
  • Tuition: $50
  • Prerequisite: None. 
  • Instructor: Diana Spoolstra

Galentine's Day Flower Bouquet

Grab your best gal pals and come to BCGC to celebrate your friendships and catch up while creating your own bouquet of flowers. You will each make two glass flowers that you will decorate with glass frit, enamel paints, and whatever else you think your flower needs. Your flowers will be fired for you and attached to a copper "stem".

  • 2 hour class
  • Class limit: 10 students
  • Ages: 16 and up
  • Tuition: $59
  • Prerequisite: none  
  • Instructor: Anne Brahaum

Transparent Overlays

Glass defies the conventional rules of color theory, but glass artists have multiple tricks to achieve interesting and dynamic results! In this class, we explore the play of opacity and transparency to create unique combinations and designs. Glass cutting experience is required for this fun variation on design and color play with glass.

  • Prerequisite: Intro to Glass Fusing/Fusing 101 or prior glass cutting experience
  • 2 hour class
  • Age: 18 and up
  • Price: $65
  • Instructor: Joanie Spain

Glass Cutting Boot Camp

Have you always wanted to cut your own glass for mosaic, stained glass or a fused glass project but found that the glass just cracks each time you try? Or do you just need to know what that one cut always breaks where you don't want.  You need glass cutting boot camp! In this intensive one day class you will learn the basics of glass cutting including do's and don't's and tricks of the trade. At the end of this class you will feel confident to cut any shape you want. We will primarily work with clear and cut, cut, cut! We will not be making any projects in this class, though you are welcome to bring glass of your own to cut as well.

  • 3 hour class
  • Class limit: 6 students/6 family units
  • Ages: 16 and up
  • Tuition: $65
  • Prerequisite: none  
  • Instructor: Abby Gitlitz

Intermediate Glass Fusing

Students will build on their previous fusing skills to make more complex fused glass art pieces.  Expand your knowledge of fused glass and learn about dilution, inclusions, reactions and various construction methods.

Throughout the sessions, we will work on: expanding your cutting skills with circles, strips and squares; designing your own art glass sheets to use as inclusions; color theory and dilution in glass; and on-edge construction basics.

Includes: 12 hours instruction and work time, glass and all the supplies needed to complete class projects, use of necessary tools, all kiln firings

  • 2 day class, 9-4 per day
  • Class limit: 6 students/6 family units
  • Ages: 16 and up
  • Tuition: $180
  • Prerequisite: Fusing 101
  • Instructor: Anne Brahaum

Stringer fun!

Come learn about the cool world of glass stringers! Stringers are colored pieces of glass that are long and thin like pieces of spaghetti.  They can be broken, bent and fused in all sorts of interesting ways. In this two day class you will create a stringer design that will be fired to become one piece. On day two, the fired glass stringers will be combined with other glass to make a 5" plate or wall hanging.

  • 2 day class: 2 hours and 1.5 hours
  • Class limit: 6 students/6 family units
  • Ages: 16 and up
  • Tuition: $65
  • Prerequisite: none
  • Instructor: Gail Bridges Rea

 

Mother's Day Flower Bouquet

Show your mother, or the women in your life you love them with a bouquet of handmade glass flowers. You will each make 3 glass flowers that you will decorate with glass frit and powders, enamel paints, and whatever else you think your flower needs. Your flowers will be fired for you and attached to a copper "stem".

  • 2 hour class
  • Class limit: 4 family units
  • Ages: 16 and up
  • Tuition: $69 per person
  • Prerequisite: None
  • Instructors: Anne Brahaum and Gail Bridges- Rea

Fused Glass Sushi Plate

Sushi, shashimi, nagari, gyoza, you name it, it will taste better served on your own handmade fused glass sushi plate. In this class you will design your own plate out of colored glass, and we will fire it and slump it for you. Project will be ready in about one week.

  • 2 hour class
  • Class limit: 6 students/6 family units
  • Ages: 13 and up (children 13-16 must be accompanied by an adult)
  • Tuition: $75
  • Prerequisite: none  
  • Instructor: Gail Bridges-Rea

Pocket Hearts 

Forget about diamonds. Show your love for those you care about by making them a one-of-a-kind glass heart. These small hearts are the perfect size to carry around in your pocket and remind you that you are loved. 

We will provide 2 heart blanks along with a wide assortment of embellishments for you to create 2 pocket hearts.

  • 2 hour class
  • Class size: 6 students
  • Ages: 8 and up (children under 13 must be accompanied by an adult)
  • Tuition: $45
  • Prerequisite: none
  • Instructor: Anne Brahaum

Fused Mosaic Plate

No workshop scheduled at this time. Let us know if you are interested.

Come create a beautiful mosaic plate. Colors can be random or you can choose a complimentary color palate. We can help you with this and show you palate choices. No previous cutting skills are needed. In 10 minutes or less we will have you cutting straight lines like a pro. The spaces in-between the squares and rectangles are filled with glass powder frit. It has a resemblance to grout. After your piece is fused, we will slump (bend) it into a plate shape. The size will be a 8 inch square.

  • 2 hour class
  • Class size: 8 students
  • Ages: 8 and up (children under 13 must be accompanied by an adult)
  • Tuition: $69
  • Prerequisite: none
  • Instructor: Erin Cerwinske

Fused Glass Picture Frames

Make and amazing keepsake picture frame for you or a loved one this holiday season. Interior of frames measure 4" x 6".

  • 1.5 hour class
  • Class size: 10 students
  • Ages: 8 and up (children under 13 must be accompanied by an adult)
  • Tuition: $49
  • Prerequisite: none
  • Instructor: Erin Cerwinske

fused glass snowflake

Fused Glass Snowflakes

Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow! Come sun, snow, rain, or shine, we can make our own snow for winter. We will provide a palate of snow flake pieces, some sample patterns and all the tools you need to make one large or three small fused glass snowflakes.

2.5 hour class

Class limit: - 8 students

Ages: 8 and up (children under 13 must be accompanied by an adult)

Tuition: $49

Prerequisite: none  

Instructor: Abby Gitlitz

Dichroic Glass Jewelry Workshop

Whether new to glass or interested in expanding your jewelry creating potential, this 4-hour workshop will teach you how to cut and use 4 different techniques with specialty Dichroic glass to create 3 unique pendants, a pair of earrings and give you the time to work through your designs and techniques.

We will introduce you to the use of transparent and opaque glass and color harmonies, the special considerations and possibilities of using Dichroic glass,

We will fuse your pieces according to your choice of texture and finish them with silver or gold-plated findings. Your work will be ready for pick up in one week at the BCGC.

No previous experience is necessary.

Class size: 8 students

Ages: 8 and up (children under 13 must be accompanied by an adult)

Tuition: $99 (includes Dichroic glass, silver leaf, silver or gold-plated findings)

Prerequisite:None

Instructor: Michal Ann Carley

Cancellation policy: If you need to cancel please call or text (812)345-2470. All classes have a non refundable $10 processing fee.
A refund of credit for BCGC (good for classes, events, and our gallery) will be given if cancellation is received within 24 hours of the scheduled first class.
A refund credit of 50% of class tuition will be issued if cancellation happens within 24 hours of the class.
No refund will be issued if you are a no show