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Boro 2

Continue building your skills with Boro while making   perfume bottles. We will explore the world of implosions, coil pots, welds, surface techniques and hone shaping skills in this intermediate class.

Night one and two: perfume bottle with flared foot. Coil pots, color striping, lip wraps and fusing two pieces together.
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Night three: rod and tube implosions made into a dropper for the perfume bottle.

$350

Dates:
TBA
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3 session course

6pm-10pm

Prerequisites: Intro to Boro
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Min. Age Requirement: 16
​Max. # of students: 8
Min. # of students: 3

Instructor: Kevin Leopold
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​Introduction to Borosilicate

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​Sculpture



We are so excited to announce this borosilicate sculpture class with Kathleen Elliot. This is for students who have taken our Intro to Boro and want to expand their skills with structure and form. Learn to make a variety of organic components – fruits, leaves, vines – and combine them into sculptures.
 



$375

Dates:
TBA
4 session course
6pm-10pm

​Prerequisites: Into to Boro
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Min. Age Requirement: 16
Max. # of students: 8
Min. # of students: 3 

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​Instructor: Kathleen Elliot

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Sugar Skull Beads
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Come make these fantastic skull beads with us. Many way to be creative in designing your own skull.
​This is a one time workshop for those artist who have taken introduction to beads or our discover beadmaking class. 
​This is a 4 hour workshop
$159

Dates: October 24th
10am-2pm
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No prerequisite required. 
​​​Min. age requirement 12 yrs old
Min. # of students: 3
Max. # of students: 6

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Instructor: Janie Trainor
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$159

Dates:
TBA
1 session 4 hours

Prerequisite: Flameworking 1A or Soft Beads 1
Min. Age Requirement: 16
Min. # of students: 3
Max. # of students: 6
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Instructor: Janie Trainor
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Snowman Beads

Come make these adorable flameworked snowman beads. Perfect as gift or seasonal jewelry cheer.

​This is a one time workshop for those artist who have taken introduction to beads or our discover beadmaking class. 
$159

Dates:
​December 12th

1 session 4hours
10am-1pm

Prerequisite: Flameworking 1A or Soft Beads 1
Min. Age Requirement: 16
Min. # of students: 3
Max. # of students: 8 
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Instructor: Janie Trainor

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Fall Flash

Ready to make some longer and bigger beads?  We will focus on skills and techniques for making longer barrel and bicone beads and larger round beads with success. Of course, you will apply a variety of surface designs while you control heat and shape.  We will break out the bright and shiny color options such as dichroic, double helix, and avventurine.

This is a 4 hour workshop.

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$159

Dates:
October 31
10am-2pm
1 session 4 hours

Prerequisite: Flameworking 1A or Soft Beads 1
Min. Age Requirement: 16
Min. # of students: 3
Max. # of students: 6
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Instructor: Janie Trainor
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Bubble Bling

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In this 4 hour class, we will explore techniques for encasing bubbles in beads to generate fun shiny beads.  You will have the opportunity apply dots and lines into flowers and vines. We will break out the bright and shiny color options such as dichroic, double helix, and aventurine.
This is a 4 hour workshop

​$149


4 hours
Prerequisite: Flameworking 1A or Soft Beads 1

Min. Age Requirement: 16​
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Flower Power

Learn more flower bead techniques in this extended class. You will rake and feather dots and lines into leaves, petals, and vines. You will continue to use bright and shiny color options such as dichroic, double helix, and adventurine.

This is a 4 hour workshop.
$149

Dates:
July 11th
10am-2pm
1 session 4 hours

Prerequisite: Flameworking 1A or Soft Beads 1
Min. Age Requirement: 16
Min. # of students: 3
Max. # of students: 6
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Instructor: Janie Trainor
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​Glass Heart Beads

These soft glass heart beads are fun to make and perfect for valentines day.
In this 3 hour class you will learn how to gather glass on a mandrel, add color and shape into a heart bead. 
$99
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Dates:
February 9th

10am-1pm
1 session 3 hours
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​Prerequisite: None
Min. age requirement: 12
Min. # of students: 3
Max. # of students: 8. 

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Spring Bling

This workshop builds upon the skills learn in Introduction to beadmaking with a focus on flowers. You will learn how to create larger beads and learn how to twist and pull dots into flowers. You will be introduces to bright and shiny color options such as dichroic, double helix, and adventurine.

This is a 3 hour workshop.
$125

Dates:
May 17 
1
1 session 3 hours

Prerequisite: Flameworking 1A or Soft Beads 1
Min. Age Requirement: 16
Min. # of students: 3
Max. # of students: 8 
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Instructor: Janie Trainor
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Glass Heart Beads
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These soft glass heart beads are fun to make and perfect for valentines day.
In this 2 hour class you will learn how to gather glass on a mandrel, add color and shape into a heart bead.
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$89

2 hours
​No prerequisite required. 
​​​Min. age requirement 12 yrs old
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Brilliant Borosilicate Marbles 


Melt borosilicate glass in the flame on a table top torch, to create marbles that sparkle in the sunlight!  This is a beginners class that will explore flame chemistry and its effect on color, as well as proper shaping techniques for a beautifully round marble.

No prior experience necessary.

$350

Dates:
November 5, 12, 19
3 session course
6pm-10pm

​Prerequisites: None
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Min. Age Requirement: 16
Max. # of students: 8
Min. # of students: 3 

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​Instructor: Kevin Leopold

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Boro Pendants

Increase your boro vocabulary while honing your skills. In this 3 night class you will learn how to   increase your knowledge of basic boro techniques like 3 layer implosions, honeycomb, layer flat cane, adding dots and how to shape a disc. You will also learn the "loop" to make the pendant.




$350

Dates:
Ocotber 1, 8, 15
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3 Session Course
6pm-10pm
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Prerequisite: Intro to Boro
​​Min. Age Requirement: 16
Max. # of students: 8
Min. #of students: 3
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Instructor: Kevin Leopold
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  Borosilicate Pumpkins



​Increase your borosilicate glass blowing skills in this 4 hour workshop learning how to make pumpkins. This class is designed for those artist who have taken Introduction to Borosilicate. 

$175

Dates:

October 22th
1 session course
6pm-10pm
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Prerequisite: Intro to Boro
​​Min. Age Requirement: 16
Max. # of students: 8
Min. #of students: 3

Instructor: Kevin Leopold
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Sugar Skull Beads

Come make these fantastic skull beads with us. Many way to be creative in designing your own skull.

​This is a one time workshop for those artist who have taken introduction to beads or our discover beadmaking class. 
$159

Date:

October 19
1 session, 4 hours 
10am- 2pm
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Prerequisite : Introduction to Bead Making or equivalent.
Min. # of students: 3

Max. # of students: 8
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Instructor: Janie Trainor

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Open Flame

This is a flameworking practice session. Open to students who have taking introduction to beadmaking or introduction to borosiliscate and want to work along side their peers and enjoy the flameworking community at BAGI. There will be a monitor present to help with questions and studio procedures.

There will be an opportunity to purchase glass, 1 lb for $20.
$30 
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Dates:

February 23
March 9
​April 27

1 session, 2 hours 
1pm-3pm
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Prerequisite : Introduction to Bead Making or equivalent.
Min. # of students: 3

Max. # of students: 8
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Instructor: Janie Trainor

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Summer Beer Glass

Enjoy your favorite beer in your very own beer glass, or make one for the beer lover in you life. You will be reminded of the magic of glass every time you use it.

$99

2 hours
​No prerequisite required. 
​​​Min. age requirement 8 yrs old ​
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       Hollow Beads

Join us for this 3 session hands-on workshop as we unravel the mysteries of making hollow beads using soft glass. 

You'll learn and practice basic construction, tips & tricks. You will learn how to make regular hollows and blown hollows using a blow hose.

Price includes a blow hose that you'll keep.
Some flameworking experience is desirable.  

 
  


$325

Dates:
August 18, 25 and September 1

3 session course

10am-1pm


Prerequisite: None
Min. age requirement: 16
Min. # of students: 3
Max. # of students: 8
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Instructor: Janie Trainor
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Disc Beads

In this 3 hour workshop you will learn how to gather glass on a mandrel in the shape of a disc. This spiraling disc is the first step in making a hollow bead. 
You will also learn different color application techniques in the process.
$125

Dates:
June 22                              session 3 hours
1pm-4pm

Prerequisite: Flameworking 1A or Soft Beads 1
Min. Age Requirement: 16
Min. # of students: 3
Max. # of students: 8 
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Instructor: Janie Trainor
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Boro 2

Continue building your skills with Boro while making   perfume bottles. We will explore the world of implosions, coil pots, welds, surface techniques and hone shaping skills in this intermediate class.

Night one and two: perfume bottle with flared foot. Coil pots, color striping, lip wraps and fusing two pieces together.
​ 
Night three: rod and tube implosions made into a dropper for the perfume bottle.

$350

Dates:
August 13, 20, 27
​
3 session course

6pm-10pm

Prerequisites: Intro to Boro
​​
Min. Age Requirement: 16
​Max. # of students: 8
Min. # of students: 3

Instructor: Kevin Leopold
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Beadmaking 2

This class expands upon our Introduction to Beadmaking Series. It is designed to teach students how to create beads of different shapes: Barrels, cylinders, and bicones. 

Students will also learn techniques to encase beads in transparent glass, create bubbles in your beads, and make twisted and striped cane.

We will work with dots to create more complex design patterns, working with negative space to achieve complexity in your beads. 
$325

Dates:
May
14, 21, 28

3 Sessions
10am-1pm

Prerequisite: Flameworking 1A or Soft Beads 1
Min. Age Requirement: 16
Min. # of students: 3
Max. # of students: 8 
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Instructor: Janie Trainor
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Flameworking Sculpture

In this class you'll not only find out how to make chickens and other birds, you'll also learn basic sculpting techniques.

This 3 hour class will provide hands-on practice time as well as demonstrations by your instructor.

Some skill and comfort with flameworking required.
$185

Dates:
May 7 and 8

2 Sessions
10am-1pm

Prerequisite: Flameworking 1A or Soft Beads 1
Min. Age Requirement: 16
Min. # of students: 3
Max. # of students: 8 
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Instructor: Tim Siemon
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Open Flame

This is a flameworking practice session. Open to students who have taking introduction to beadmaking and want to
work along side their peers and enjoy the flameworking community at BAGI. There will be a monitor present to help with questions and studio procedures.
Please bring your color to practice. 
$30 
​

Dates:

​April 27
May 18th

1 session, 2 hours 
1pm-3pm
​

Prerequisite : Introduction to Bead Making or equivalent.
Min. # of students: 3

Max. # of students: 8
​

Instructor: Janie Trainor
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Spring Beads

This workshop builds upon the skills learn in Introduction to beadmaking with a focus on flowers. You will learn how to create larger beads and learn how to twist and pull dots into flowers. You will be introduces to bright and shiny color options such as dichroic, double helix, and adventurine.

This is a 3 hour workshop.
$125

Dates:
April 20
10am-1pm
1 session 3 hours

Prerequisite: Flameworking 1A or Soft Beads 1
Min. Age Requirement: 16
Min. # of students: 3
Max. # of students: 8 
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Instructor: Janie Trainor
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Flameworked Marbles

In this 4 hour workshop you will learn to work with larger amounts of glass and proper shaping techniques for a beautifully round marble. You may choose from a wide variety of color and tooling techniques to add flare. 

$159

Date:
April 6

​10am-2pm
1 session 4 hours
​

Prerequisite: None
Min. Age Requirement: 16
Min. # of students: 3
Max. # of students: 8 


Instructor: Tim Siemon
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   Dots and Lines

​Expand your bead design skills using dots and lines to create complex patterns.  In addition to design, instruction will also focus on stringer placement, heat control and bead shaping skills. 

This is a great class to take after Intro to Bead Making or if you need a refresher and a kickstart after a hiatus from the torch.
​
Some experience is beneficial.

$159

Dates:

February 16
1 session, 4 hours 
10am-2 pm
​

Prerequisite : Introduction to Bead Making or equivalent.
Min. # of students: 3

Max. # of students: 8
​

Instructor: Janie Trainor

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Flameworking Sculpture

In this class you'll not only find out how to make chickens and other birds, you'll also learn basic sculpting techniques.

This 3 hour class will provide hands-on practice time as well as demonstrations by your instructor.

Some skill and comfort with flameworking required.
$325

Dates:
November 3 ,10 ,17

3 Sessions
10am-1pm

Prerequisite: Flameworking 1A or Soft Beads 1
Min. Age Requirement: 16
Min. # of students: 3
Max. # of students: 8 
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Instructor: Tim Siemon

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Make Marbles

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In this 4 hour class you will learn basic marble using soft glass. It will feature instruction and demonstration by the instructor, then coaching during the hands-on experience.

You will work with soft glass, using a rainbow of colors, to create round marbles by melting glass in the flame.  


Some flameworking experience required.
Date: TBA
Instructor: Tim Siemon


Prerequisite: None
Min. Age Requirement: 16
Min. # of students: 3
Max. # of students: 8 

Register
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      Boro Pendants

Increase your boro vocabulary while honing your skills. In this 3 night class you will learn how to   increase your knowledge of basic boro techniques like 3 layer implosions, honeycomb, layer flat cane, adding dots and how to shape a disc. You will also learn the "loop" to make the pendant.




$350

Dates:
TBA
3 Session Course
6pm-10pm
​

Prerequisite: Intro to Boro
​​Min. Age Requirement: 16
Max. # of students: 8
Min. #of students: 3
​
Instructor: Kevin Leopold
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Street address: 635 Phelan Ave. San Jose, CA   Mailing address: 1650 Senter Rd. San Jose, CA. 95112. 408-993-2244.
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BAGI is partially funded by the San Jose Office of Cultural Affairs and Silicon Valley Creates