Make Your Own Paperweight
Participant(s) will be introduced to glassblowing tools and equipment and watch a demonstration.After choosing colors, the participant(s) will, with more or less hands-on guidance depending on age and experience, make a paperweight.  After annealing overnight, the participant's work will be finished as studio time permits and then be available for pick-up, or it can be shipped for a small charge.  Requirements for the lesson:  Participant must be at least 15 years of age (participants under 18 must have a parent or guardian PRESENT),  must wear a short or long sleeve shirt of all-natural fibers, must wear closed -toe shoes, and bring a water bottle and a comfortable pair of sunglasses (green lenses are best). This lesson is offered on a private lesson or on a small group lesson basis.  Contact the studio for registration and fees.

Glassblowing: A Beginning
Offered as week or as a weekend experience, in this workshop the participant(s) will become familiar with the equipment and tools in a hot glass studio and will begin by making solid shapes such as paperweights and small hand-held sculptural pieces.  Participant(s) will then begin to explore blowing a centered bubble, gathering, and creating a basic blown vessel. Time permitting, annealed work will be finished by participants or can finished and shipped for a small charge.  Requirements for the lesson:  Participants must be at least 15 years of age (participants under 18 must have a parent or guardian PRESENT), must wear a short or long sleeve shirt of all-natural fibers, must wear closed-toe shoes, bring a water bottle and a comfortable pair of sunglasses (green lenses are best).  Contact the studio for registration and fees.

Studio Rental:
As time permits, rental time may be available to experienced persons for hot glass, coldworking, or finishing.  Contact the studio for availability and rates.  

Glassblowing: The Great Beyond
To be determined.  Stay tuned. 

Contact Good Hart Glassworks
             P.O. Box 941
             Good Hart, Michigan 
             49737 U.S.A.
             ghgw@freeway.net