Glass Fusing - Tack-Relief
One day workshops with Jenny Timms

"One of the most enjoyable craft days I have had and a fabulous piece of art too." - Louise

Tack-Fusing glass - adding relief and texture to your glass fusing designs, for beginners and those with some glass fusing experience

In this workshop you'll discover how to create beautiful, textured fused glass art, combining coloured glass cut to shape, glass frit and stringers.
If you've enjoyed learning the basics of glass fusing on one of our beginner's classes, this is the next step for your new fused glass hobby (or even career!).

Tack-fusing involves fusing layers of specially cut glass shapes, frits and powders and stringers on to a base to form your design. The pieces are fired at a lower temperature than for a fully fused piece, resulting in a piece of fused art with texture and relief - hence the name of our class!

This class will equip you to create your own fused glass designs, and teach you glass cutting and more sophisticated fused glass construction techniques.

We'll ask you to do some research, and if possible, some design sketches before the class so you'll get maximum benefit from your time with us. We'll provide guidance on this, if needed.

You'll start with learning to cut glass. The emphasis is on accuracy, as some of your work may involve working with small pieces of glass. Then we'll move on to working on the design for your main fused project.

The starting point for projects on this class is a base layer of COE 90 clear fusible glass, 30x30cm; you can create more than one smaller projects using this sheet if you prefer.
You'll cut coloured sections, place frit and other materials and build up your piece.
The skills you've learned on our beginner's fusing class will come in handy here!

Once your piece is ready for the kiln, we'll fire it and let you know when it's ready for collection. .

The course cost of £159 inc VAT includes:

• Float glass for glass cutting practice
• Clear and coloured fusible glass, frit, enamel pens and stringers to make your project
• Use of all tools and apron
• Refreshments during the day and lunch from the Bell Cafe
• Maximum class size 5 people for individual attention
• Initial kiln firing
• All your work to keep, after firing
• Eligibility for our Project Days Programme
• Class runs from 10-30am to 5pm (approx) at our Northants studio near Towcester

How to book your place - Glass Fusing Tack-Relief

If you're ready to book, choose the date you prefer and use the PayPal buttons to make your booking. You can pay by card or PayPal. We can also take bookings in the studio or you can buy this class as an emailable gift voucher.

All bookings are subject to our class bookings Terms And Conditions.
If you have any questions or concerns get in touch and we'll do our best to help.

Contact us to buy this class as a gift voucher.

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If you like this class you might also like Fused Glass Lanterns Tack-Relief.

Also see these classes for dates of our other fusing classes:

• Fused Glass S- Curves - Flowers or Meadow
• Fused Glass S Curves - Beach Huts or Houses
• Fused Glass Bowl

About Jenny Timms

Jenny is developing new workshops to add to the established range of Vitreus Art classes in glass art forms. Jenny has been exploring new techniques in glass fusing and is always happy to share her skills with students!