Glassblowing: Holiday Ornament Workshop

NOCA Glass School, Jesse Rasid

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Originally hailing from the rural, rural wilderness of western Massachusetts, Jesse Rasid is a glassblower that has been in the field for fifteen years. He graduated from Mass Art in 2003 with a BFA in Sculpture-Glass. He started his company, UpperCut Glass, in 2005 shortly after his retitrement from competitve amateur boxing. He has since worked for various other glass artists as a mercenary-type glassblower for hire, and more recently designed and fabricated a hot glass shop for another successful young glass artist. Most recently he has started his own glassblowing school, NOCA Glass School, in North Cambridge where he keeps a studio. Jesse resides in a flamingo pink house in Cambridge with his girlfriend, cat, puppy dog, and garden, in a state of domestic bliss.


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This is an opportunity to make wonderful gifts for yourself and others in time for the holiday season. Learn how to design and make handblown glass ornaments that will look amazing on your tree or in your window. Students will be safely introduced to the hotshop equipment, tools, and proper working procedures. Afterwards you will be taught the basic glassblowing skills needed to complete a blown glass ornament. Gathering, marvering, and tool usage will be taught and demonstrated, then, color application techniques will be introduced and applied. Skilled teachers will work with you along every step of the ornament making process, until your original designs are completed. You will leave with at least four ornaments and another small glass object. No experience is required and all materials are provided. Limited to 6.
Sec. 02: 1 Sunday, 10:00 am-2:00 pm. Dec. 20, Meets in Cambridge; Address sent to registrants | $150 Note: Section 2 is limited to five students.
ORNA–02
$150.00
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