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Berlin: Trays of Wonder with Joseph Cavalieri

Learn fun and easy ways to add detailed images and patterns to your glass work. Joseph Cavalieri is excited to return for his fourth class, focusing on fusing and slumping trays with bold, colorful images. Starting with cutting glass, you will learning silk screening, penning, painting, and airbrushing enamels onto glass. Joseph will bring a variety of exciting silk screens for you to use. No prior painting or drawing experience is needed; you will learn how to trace images to bring your piece to life. Plan to make four or more final works during this four day workshop, plus many fired samples of all the techniques, and learn from Joseph’s popular art residency lecture, He will share tips he learned during his fifteen visiting artist residencies. These techniques apply to stained glass projects as well as fused glass projects. Joseph will discuss and bring samples of how to easily use these techniques with stained glass, but the focus of the class is fusing, slumping, and having fun.

Kiln-Formed Glass: The Sustainable Art of Repurposing with Julia Gonyou

Kiln-Formed Glass: The Sustainable Art of Repurposing with Julia Gonyou

10-11 September 2026 (Thursday-Friday)

9.30am-4.30pm 2 days

Location: CGUK Glass Studio – Rochester, Kent

Please join us for an environmentally conscious new workshop focused on exploring the possibilities of sustainable kiln-formed glass, using recycled glass bottles, and float glass.

Participants will learn how to break down these materials and artistically repurpose the glass – without the use of moulds – into unique compositions using pattern, shape and script. You will explore techniques using expressive mark-making, textural objects and cut-outs to create distinctive relief work.

Explore this more streamlined and Eco-friendly approach to glass-making while building practical skills and creative confidence to support your future work.

Projects
Students will have the opportunity to create 3-4 projects, including sun-catchers, and free-standing panels to take home/collect after final firing.

Skill Level
Beginner/Intermediate

Further Information
More about Julia can be found here: www.juliagonyou.com

All class materials and necessary tools/equipment are provided.

Refreshments are included, but please bring your own packed lunch.

Participants must be 18+ years of age.

Workshops are held in our well-equipped studio above our retail centre, accessed via 2 flights of stairs, there is no lift.

NB. A waiting list will be in operation once the class is FULL – please email info@creativeglassshop.co.uk if you would like to be added.

Stained Glass Course (mixed ability)

Stained Glass (mixed ability) with Shelly Kitto

20th April to 6th July 2026

10am-12pm or 1pm – 3pm 10 weekly sessions every Monday (except 4 & 25 May)

Whether your aim is to create a beautiful piece of stained glass for your own enjoyment, to delight friends and family, or as an initial step into an art-based career, this class is the perfect choice. You will be taught traditional glass cutting and leading techniques from pattern design through to project completion. As you progress with your projects other skills may be introduced such as glass painting, Tiffany foiling technique and 3-D design.

Please note, there will be additional costs incurred by students during the course to cover basic tools and materials which are dependent on the project you choose to undertake; this will be discussed with your tutor during the first lesson.

Glass Cutting Tool Set

Projects:
· a 30cm-square leaded panel

· a further project(s) of the students choosing after tutor discussion/guidance

Skill Level

This class is mixed ability, suitable for the complete beginner as well as those wishing to continue their stained-glass journey.

You can read our terms and conditions for classes here.

NB. A waiting list will be in operation once the class is FULL – please email info@creativeglassshop.co.uk if you would like to be added.

Glasswork through Fire and Ice, a study of colour, form, movement, and stillness – summer school

Welcome to our summer school. A creative exploration of colour, texture, and transformation
Discover how glass can express the powerful contrasts of fire and ice in this five day course designed for both beginners and practising artists. From warm, flowing colour to cool, crystalline stillness, you’ll explore how these elemental forces can be translated into glass through hands on experimentation and guided studio play.

Throughout the week, you’ll work with a range of glassmaking techniques, including engraving, copper foiling, kiln forming, colour exploration, and small sculptural studies. You’ll investigate texture, translucency, bubbles, cracks, surface mark making, and the many ways glass can shift between movement and stillness.

The course offers a relaxed, supportive environment where you can take creative risks, follow your instincts, and enjoy learning alongside others. Whether you’re new to glass or expanding your artistic practice, this week invites exploration, discovery, and fresh ways of thinking through materials.

NOTE: The glass will be kiln fired; you may need to come back at an agreed time to collect your finished work.
We are not using lampwork techniques on this course.

Cost: £222 (full fee), £147 (reduced fee)
Location: Granville Park Centre, 100 Granville Park, Lewisham, SE13 7DU
Time: Monday – Friday 10am-3pm

Screen printing onto glass

Get back to basics with table top screen printing onto glass on tiles on this six week course. Learn how to mix enamels, print accurately on a smooth shiny surface.

If you have attended the introduction course then you will be able to explore the process further, take a few risks with your printing, develop your drawing techniques and produce something of great quality.

Cost: £180 (full fee), £105 (reduced fee)
Location: Granville Park Centre, 100 Granville Park, Lewisham, SE13 7DU
Time: 7-9:30pm

Glass engraving essentials, cold working for decorative functional glass

Build on your engraving experience and take your glasswork further through a focused exploration of cold working techniques using a rotary tool. This course opens up new possibilities for detail, texture, and precision, guiding you beyond simple mark making into more intentional, expressive surface design. Through a series of structured demonstrations and supported studio time, you’ll experiment with more advanced burr control, layered texturing, relief carving, and approaches for working confidently across different forms and glass types.

As your skills develop, you’ll plan and complete a personal project that brings together technique, design thinking, and your own creative direction. Along the way, you’ll refine your handling, expand your repertoire of surface effects, and discover how subtle shifts in pressure, movement, and tool choice can transform your work.

Whether you’re returning to engraving after a break or looking to extend what you already know, this course offers a thoughtful progression a chance to deepen your practice.

Cost: £135 (full fee), £78:75
Location: Granville Park Centre, 100 Granville Park, Lewisham, SE13 7DU
Time: 7-9:30pm

Glass engraving essentials, cold working for decorative functional glass

Build on your engraving experience and take your glasswork further through a focused exploration of cold working techniques using a rotary tool. This course opens up new possibilities for detail, texture, and precision, guiding you beyond simple mark making into more intentional, expressive surface design. Through a series of structured demonstrations and supported studio time, you’ll experiment with more advanced burr control, layered texturing, relief carving, and approaches for working confidently across different forms and glass types.

As your skills develop, you’ll plan and complete a personal project that brings together technique, design thinking, and your own creative direction. Along the way, you’ll refine your handling, expand your repertoire of surface effects, and discover how subtle shifts in pressure, movement, and tool choice can transform your work.

Whether you’re returning to engraving after a break or looking to extend what you already know, this course offers a thoughtful progression a chance to deepen your practice.

Cost: £135 (full fee), £78:75
Location: Granville Park Centre, 100 Granville Park, Lewisham, SE13 7DU
Time: 7-9:30pm

Glass engraving essentials, cold working for decorative functional glass

Build on your engraving experience and take your glasswork further through a focused exploration of cold working techniques using a rotary tool. This course opens up new possibilities for detail, texture, and precision, guiding you beyond simple mark making into more intentional, expressive surface design. Through a series of structured demonstrations and supported studio time, you’ll experiment with more advanced burr control, layered texturing, relief carving, and approaches for working confidently across different forms and glass types.

As your skills develop, you’ll plan and complete a personal project that brings together technique, design thinking, and your own creative direction. Along the way, you’ll refine your handling, expand your repertoire of surface effects, and discover how subtle shifts in pressure, movement, and tool choice can transform your work.

Whether you’re returning to engraving after a break or looking to extend what you already know, this course offers a thoughtful progression a chance to deepen your practice.

Cost: £135 (full fee), £78:75
Location: Granville Park Centre, 100 Granville Park, Lewisham, SE13 7DU
Time: 7-9:30pm

Kiln formed glass, functional and sculptural 3 dimensional approaches

Deepen your glassmaking practice by exploring how kiln forming can create functional and sculptural forms in three dimensions. This course explores how heat, gravity, and simple moulds can encourage glass to bend, fold, and settle into sculptural shapes that feel organic, unexpected, and uniquely personal.

Building on your previous experience with kiln formed glass, you’ll experiment with slumping, draping, and gravity led approaches that shift the focus from surface to structure.
Through guided studio activities, you’ll investigate how different thicknesses, combinations of glass, and basic supports influence the way a piece transforms in the kiln. You’ll be encouraged to work intuitively, testing ideas, responding to outcomes, and allowing the material to guide the development of your forms. As your confidence grows, you’ll create a sculptural object that explores volume, contour, and the playful possibilities of working in three dimensions.

This course offers a natural progression for anyone ready to move beyond flat work and embrace the creative potential of kiln formed 3D glass, with an emphasis on curiosity, experimentation, and sculptural thinking.

Cost: £135 (full) fee, £78.75 (reduced fee)

Location: Granville Park Adult Education Centre, 100 Granville Park, Lewisham, SE13 7DU

Kiln formed glass, functional and sculptural 3 dimensional approaches

Deepen your glassmaking practice by exploring how kiln forming can create functional and sculptural forms in three dimensions. This course explores how heat, gravity, and simple moulds can encourage glass to bend, fold, and settle into sculptural shapes that feel organic, unexpected, and uniquely personal.

Building on your previous experience with kiln formed glass, you’ll experiment with slumping, draping, and gravity led approaches that shift the focus from surface to structure.
Through guided studio activities, you’ll investigate how different thicknesses, combinations of glass, and basic supports influence the way a piece transforms in the kiln. You’ll be encouraged to work intuitively, testing ideas, responding to outcomes, and allowing the material to guide the development of your forms. As your confidence grows, you’ll create a sculptural object that explores volume, contour, and the playful possibilities of working in three dimensions.

This course offers a natural progression for anyone ready to move beyond flat work and embrace the creative potential of kiln formed 3D glass, with an emphasis on curiosity, experimentation, and sculptural thinking.

Cost: £135 (full) fee, £78.75 (reduced fee)

Location: Granville Park Adult Education Centre, 100 Granville Park, Lewisham, SE13 7DU