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Adult Classes

Adult classes at Bergstrom-Mahler Museum of Glass are designed for ages 16 and older. Museum Glass Studio Staff and professional artists teach a wide variety of glass making techniques to offer opportunities for different interests and skill levels. Most adult classes are designed to be around 3 hours long and include enough time for instruction and creation of a unique work of your own. The Glass Studio offers classes in a variety of glass processes to learn skills from fusing to flameworking to hot blown glass among others.

All projects will be fired and ready for pick up in 3.5 weeks.

You can register for classes here, online, or call us with questions at 920.751.4658.

Is your favorite class sold out? Check back often — new classes are added regularly!

 

Hot Sculpted Paperweights 1/11

Saturday, January 11, 2025 | 12:00 PM - 5:00 PM
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Registration Cut-off Date: Saturday, January 4, 2025
$210.00
Learn how to make your own unique glass paperweight! A trained instructor will walk you through step by step to make your own paperweight in our new mini dragon. Our mini dragon holds 15 lbs of molten glass and includes a reheating chamber. You’ll learn how to safely utilize the equipment and glass blowing tools to design then sculpt a paperweight. After it is cooled down and coldworked to get rid of any sharp edges, you’ll receive your piece back in about a week. Final piece size -...
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Candle Screen 1/16

Thursday, January 16, 2025 | 5:30 PM - 8:30 PM
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Registration Cut-off Date: Thursday, January 9, 2025
$70.00
Create your own decorative color screen to place in front of candles. After fusing, the pieces will be slumped to create a standing single curve. The effect of the transparent glass in front of the light of the candle will produce a perfect decoration. Final piece size- 6x12” All experience levels Taylor Moeller-Roy,...
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Intro to Flameworking 1/18

Saturday, January 18, 2025 | 10:00 AM - 1:00 PM
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Registration Cut-off Date: Saturday, January 11, 2025
$70.00
Learn the basics of working safely with hot glass. Students will make their own beads and learn how to make other small objects out of hot glass. Pieces will be annealed, cleaned, and be ready for pickup about 1 week later. All experience levels Beth Wenger-Johnstone,...
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Reactive Glass 2/06

Thursday, February 6, 2025 | 5:30 PM - 8:30 PM
Spots Available: 3
Registration Cut-off Date: Thursday, January 30, 2025
$58.00
When adding silver foil to kiln formed glass, a riot of effects can occur. Students will learn how to create reactions like color changes and halo effects using specific reactive glass and silver foil. Final piece size – 6.5x6.5” or 4x11” All experience levels Taylor Moeller-Roy,...
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Beaded Driftwood Suncatcher *NEW* 2/08, 2/15 & 2/22

Saturday, February 8, 2025 | 10:00 AM - 1:00 PM
Spots Available: 2
Registration Cut-off Date: Saturday, February 1, 2025
$150.00
*This is a three-part class, participants must be able to attend all three classes to complete project* Blend fused glass and flameworking together to create a funky piece of glass art for your home! Artists will learn how to plan a segmented fused glass piece, flamework beads, and how to arrange it into a hanging design. After fusing in our kilns, projects will be strung from a driftwood display with wire or chain available to take home on the final day of class. Saturday,...
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Custom Jewelry Set 2/11

Tuesday, February 11, 2025 | 5:30 PM - 8:00 PM
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Registration Cut-off Date: Tuesday, February 4, 2025
$50.00
Create your own custom jewelry set out of fused glass! Students will design their own jewelry out of glass that is unique to their style. Learn how to make pendants, earrings, rings, and more! Pieces will be fired in the kiln and finished with jewelry findings to make them functional pieces of art. Your creation may take up to 3.5 weeks for firing, you will be notified via email when your project is ready for pick up. All experience levels Riley Seib,...
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Stringers and Line Art 2/13

Thursday, February 13, 2025 | 5:30 PM - 8:30 PM
Spots Available: 9
Registration Cut-off Date: Thursday, February 6, 2025
$53.00
Students will learn creative techniques for incorporating stringers into a glass piece. Lines, one of the basic elements of art, can be added to fused glass art in several ways. Students will bend stringers in candle flames and add them to the front or back of a fused glass piece. Final piece size- 6.5x6.5” or 4x11” All experience levels Taylor Moeller-Roy,...
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Kiln Carving *NEW* 3/06

Thursday, March 6, 2025 | 5:00 PM - 8:30 PM
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Registration Cut-off Date: Thursday, February 27, 2025
$65.00
Create your own relief sculpture using glass, fiber paper, heat and gravity. Students will be able to create a simple design with fused glass and a simple relief by cutting shapes out of thick fiber paper. Afterwards, we’ll fuse and slump it to create a 3D image on your 2D work. All experience levels Taylor Moeller-Roy,...
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Hot Sculpted Paperweights 3/08

Saturday, March 8, 2025 | 12:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Spots Available: 3
Registration Cut-off Date: Saturday, March 1, 2025
$210.00
Learn how to make your own unique glass paperweight! A trained instructor will walk you through step by step to make your own paperweight in our new mini dragon. Our mini dragon holds 15 lbs of molten glass and includes a reheating chamber. You’ll learn how to safely utilize the equipment and glass blowing tools to design then sculpt a paperweight. After it is cooled down and coldworked to get rid of any sharp edges, you’ll receive your piece back in about a week. Final piece size -...
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Photos in Glass 3/11

Tuesday, March 11, 2025 | 5:30 PM - 8:30 PM
Spots Available: 5
Registration Cut-off Date: Tuesday, March 4, 2025
$65.00
Transfer your favorite photo or image into fused glass to create a one of a kind piece of art. Participants will email a digital copy of a photo to the museum prior to class so it will be ready to be transferred onto glass on the day of the class. After fusing the image into a plate or tray, the image will have a warm sepia tone.   Choose a photograph that you would like fused into glass:
  • Finished size of project will be about 6.75” x 6.75”, so your image should be...
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Sgraffito for Beginners 3/13

Thursday, March 13, 2025 | 5:30 PM - 8:30 PM
Spots Available: 1
Registration Cut-off Date: Thursday, March 6, 2025
$53.00
Create your own platter using a technique new to The Glass Studio. Sgraffito is the art of creating images, patterns, or designs on sheet glass, using colored glass powder. You’ll learn how to use different tools and methods to manipulate glass powder on sheet glass. Once your design is created in the powder, we will fire it and slump it. All experience levels Taylor Moeller-Roy,...
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Intro to Flameworking 3/15

Saturday, March 15, 2025 | 10:00 AM - 1:00 PM
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Registration Cut-off Date: Saturday, March 8, 2025
$70.00
Learn the basics of working safely with hot glass. Students will make their own beads and learn how to make other small objects out of hot glass. Pieces will be annealed, cleaned, and be ready for pickup about 1 week later. All experience levels Beth Wenger-Johnstone,...
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Bubbles in Glass 3/15

Saturday, March 15, 2025 | 10:30 AM - 1:30 PM
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Registration Cut-off Date: Saturday, March 8, 2025
$55.00
Learn how to capture waves of colored bubbles, or a regular pattern of bubbles in fused glass. Participants will gain an understanding of trapped air in fused glass, and how to control the bubbles to add magic to a piece. Final piece size- 4x11” or 6.5x6.5” All experience levels Taylor Moeller-Roy,...
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Bubbles in Glass 3/18

Tuesday, March 18, 2025 | 5:30 PM-8:30 PM
Spots Available: 14
Registration Cut-off Date: Tuesday, March 11, 2025
$60.00
Learn how to capture waves of colored bubbles, or a regular pattern of bubbles in fused glass. Participants will gain an understanding of trapped air in fused glass, and how to control the bubbles to add magic to a piece. Final piece size- 4x11” or 6.5x6.5” All experience levels Taylor Moeller-Roy,...
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Wine Glass Charms 4/01

Tuesday, April 1, 2025 | 5:30 PM-7:30 PM
Spots Available: 14
Registration Cut-off Date: Tuesday, March 25, 2025
$55.00
Create your own set of wine glass charms for the holiday season. We all know the holiday season is full of fun parties – add your own creative twist! In this class, you’ll be able to create 6 unique wine glass charms. After creating your charms, they will be fired in the kiln, attached to either gold or silver rings that will easily fit around the stems of wine glasses. Pieces will be fired and glued then ready for pick up about 2 weeks later. All experience levels Riley Seib,...
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Circular Garden Stake 4/03

Thursday, April 3, 2025 | 5:30 PM-8:30 PM
Spots Available: 12
Registration Cut-off Date: Thursday, March 27, 2025
$70.00
Create a garden of glass for your yard with flowers that are always blooming! Participants will create an 8” round glass garden art piece that will then be fused in a kiln. Several varieties of glass flower options will be demonstrated using glass, frit (crushed glass), and stringers. The finished garden art piece can sit in a round garden stand, which is available to be purchased separately. All experience levels Taylor Moeller-Roy,...
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