Cork, Cook, Create: Steel Cork Molds
Prerequisite: Hot Glass Level 4 or similar experience, basic power drill skills needed
Available spots
Service Description
Class Days: July 10, 17, 24, 31 Class Time:6-9:30pm Teacher: Matt Wesley Join Matt in this week 4 class where students will get to make their own cork lined steel molds, and then take those molds into the hotshop to learn how to blow into them. Each person will get to make one 6 in x 3 in cylinder mold and one 4 in bowl mold. All materials are provided. The students will get to take all the molds made in the class home with them. Students will have the opportunity to bring in other steel tubes to be corked if time allows. If you are interested in bringing extra molds you must do so on the first day of class and Matt will let you know if it is possible. Starting off with a steel cylinder, students will drill holes into the steel tubes and sand down the holes. Students must be comfortable using a drill. Next the molds will be taken into the kiln shop to learn the steps for prepping, corking, and cooking their molds. Students will learn about kiln program needed to cork the molds. From there the finished molds will be taken into the hotshop, and go over the basic steps to setting up a bubble on hot shop day 1 and how to set up a post gather to blow into molds on hotshop day 2. This class will by 2 class days prepping the molds and 2 class days blowing into the molds. After taking this class students will be able to replicate all of the process on their own. Class 1- cutting, drilling grinding/sanding/filing and cleaning molds Class 2- setting up and programming kiln, setting up stations for boiled linseed and station for corking molds. preheating molds. corking molds and cooking molds twice each mold Class 3- learn basic bubble setup for mold blowing and time to practice it Class 4- learn basic post gather set up for blowing into molds and time to practice it.
Upcoming Sessions
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Contact Details
1750 Armstrong Avenue, San Francisco, CA 94124
415-671-4916
Operations@publicglass.org