Bridging Strategies in Borosilicate Glass

Prerecorded Workshop

In flameworking, bridging is the process of making a temporary scaffold, frame, or jig to support components while adding or adjusting elements in the piece. This prerecorded workshop is an introduction to bridging techniques and strategies using borosilicate glass. Through the process of building various objects (a floral branch, a viewing device, a bottle with hollow appendages, etc.) we will delve into several types of bridging that can be applied to many flameworking situations. The workshop uses both clear and colored borosilicate glass tubing and rods, but students are encouraged to make their own aesthetic color choices. The accompanying material includes ten detailed, illustrated handouts. Some flameworking experience will be helpful in applying the information presented, but this workshop will be useful to students of all skill levels. 


Suitable for all levels, but some flameworking experience is helpful.


Fee $250. Participants will receive a materials list and the prerecorded workshop video. They will have unlimited access to these materials for 60 days from the date of purchase.


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Instructor Work

Telephone, flameworked borosilicate glass, 11 x 10 x 10 inches

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Birdcage, flameworked borosilicate glass, 11 x 6 x 6 inches


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Cravat After Grinling Gibbons, flameworked borosilicate glass, 8 x 7 x 2 inches

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Kit Paulson


Studio artist; teaching: Bildwerk Frauenau (Germany), Corning Museum of Glass (NY), Canberra Glassworks (Australia), National College of Art and Design (Ireland), Pilchuck (WA); collections: Renwick Gallery (DC), KODA (Norway), Tacoma Museum of Glass (WA); former Penland Resident Artist. 


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The materials list and the prerecorded videos will be provided through Teachable.

Students have access to this material for 60 days from the date of purchase.


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