Glass Courses

Glassmaking Courses
The following establishments in the UK run glassmaking courses. These include evening classes, day courses, and part and full-time education certificates, and cover topics such as glassblowing, engraving, beadmaking and lampwork. Please contact the venues to find out what types of courses are available.

Creative Glass Guild, 16 Whitehouse Street, Bedminster, Bristol BS3 4AY, tel: 0117 9737025.

The International Glass Centre, Dudley College, Brierley Hill, West Midlands DY5 3EP, tel: 01384 363067

The Liquid Glass Centre, Stowford Manor Farm, Wingfield, Wiltshire BA14 9LH, tel: 01225 768888. (Glassblowing, kiln casting, fusing and slumping, and specialist courses.)

National Glass Centre, Liberty Way, Sunderland, SR6 OGL, tel: 0191 515 5555. (Glass design, technology and art. Includes the University of Sunderland's Glass, Architectural Glass and Ceramics Departments and the International Institute for Research in Glass.)

North Lands Creative Glass, Quatre Bras, Lybster, Caithness, Scotland KW3 6BN, tel: 01593 721229. (Residencies, masterclasses, beginners' classes and an annual conference.)

Paul San Casciani, Stained Glass Activities, 11 Dale Close, Thames Street, Oxford OX1 1TU, tel: 01865 727529.

Plowden & Thompson Ltd, Dial Glass Works, Stewkins, Audnam, Stourbridge, West Midlands DY8 4YN, tel: 01384 393398. (Beadmaking, lampworking and fusing courses.)

Rainbow Glass, 85 Walkden Road, Worsley, Manchester M28 7BQ, tel: 0161 7903025.

Ruskin Glass Centre, Ruskin Mill Further Education Centre, Wollaston Road, Amblecote, Stourbridge, West Midlands DY8 4HF, tel: 01384 399400.

Stockwood Crafts Courtyard, Studio 5, Stockwood Crafts Museum, Luton, LU1 4BH, tel: 01582 570019, (Glass Fusing and Slumping.) 

University of Wolverhampton, School of Art & Design, Admissions and Records Unit, University of Wolverhampton, Compton Park Campus, Compton Road West, Wolverhampton WV3 9DX,  tel: 01902 323746.

 

West Dean College, West Dean, Chichester, West Sussex PO18 0QZ, tel: 01243 811301. (Engraved and stained glass.)

Further Information
Many art colleges and universities run further education courses in glassmaking. To find out what is available you can search for courses on the UCAS website, in the information page. Glassmaking and other craft courses are often advertised in Craft, the decorative and applied arts magazine produced bi-monthly by the Crafts Council. The Art Alliance for Contemporary Glass has an international list of schools running glass courses on the links page of their website. The British Society of Master Glass Painters has an extensive list of stained glass courses and tutors on its website.