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Glassblowing Workshop for Teams

Learn how to make a paperweight or a vessel at this fun team building activity

Ruth Allen - Glass Art

5.0 (375)

4k followers

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2.5 hours

3 to 6 guests

$385

Melbourne

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Craft

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Glassblowing and Mosaic

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Team Building Cooking Classes

Overview

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Teacher

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What you'll do

Want to pick up a new unique hobby and build your teamwork skills? Join Ruth Allen's beginner-friendly glassblowing workshop in Melbourne and learn how to make your own glass art pieces from scratch!

In this intensive workshop, you'll begin with a safety introduction and learn about the 'Hot Shop' floor, as well as all the tools you'll be using. With guidance from a friendly expert glassblower, you'll then be guided through the step by step process of gathering molten glass from the furnace and learn how to colour it too.

After mastering your solid glass paperweight, you'll then get the chance to make your very own vessel, typically a drinking tumbler!

Looking for unique team building activities that will get you and your colleagues bonding outside of the workplace? Then this fun glassblowing workshop in Melbourne if the perfect pick for you and your team!

Please note:

Participants must be fully vaccinated to attend workshops and will be asked to present their vaccination certificates upon arrival.
The glass pieces you make during your workshop will have to cool down gradually in a kiln overnight to avoid cracking. In most cases, you may collect your work the following afternoon or arrange another time. For those not in a position to collect their work, we can freight it to you for an extra minimal cost.

Knowledge required

This is a beginner-friendly class.

What you'll get

Guidance from an expert
All materials provided
Your own paperweight and vessel to take home!

What to bring

Closed toe shoes must be worn.
A loose cotton shirt and long pants are advised.
A water bottle and snacks if desired, water will be provided.

Suitable for

This class is great for a team building activity or hens party.

This experience would also be a fun gift for her or gift for mum.

Location

Ruth Allen - 10 Hossack Avenue, Coburg North VIC

Free on-street (2-hour) parking is available. The nearest train station is Batman, a short 10 min walk away.

Glassblowing Workshop for Teams location

More about this class

This teacher has 375 reviews for their other experiences - which you can see here.

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Your teacher

Ruth Allen - Glass Art

5.0 (375)

4k followers

Ruth has three strands to her professional practice, her Artwork, Community Cultural Development projects and a design range created from transforming manufactured bottles, all of which nurture her creative spirit.

Ruth Allen’s history stems from the Canberra School of Art, Australian National University where she studied under Klaus Moje, Elizabeth McClure and the late Stephen Procter. Ruth graduated in 1993 and embarked upon world travels including Japan, United States, Europe and New Zealand. Ruth attended and conducted workshops, exhibited, undertook residencies and worked consistently with ideas.

Between 1996 and 2000 Ruth co-directed a hot glass studio and glass art business in Auckland, New Zealand. The business, Gloria, produced a wide range of high quality and unique blown glass forms for private commissions and galleries. The business exhibited regularly and developed extensive contacts within the Australian, New Zealand and the international art community.

Alongside the pursuit of her own practice Ruth has nourished a passion for Community Cultural Development (CCD). During the management of her own business in New Zealand, Ruth realized the necessity to educate colleagues, gallery curators and the general public, about context, concepts and methodology of the Contemporary Glass Movement. Ruth realised that if your community and audience do not understand the work the power to effect and change a viewer’s perception of things is minimized. This realization prompted her to accept the nomination for President of the New Zealand Society of Artists in Glass (NZSAG) and develop the educational programme of workshops/conference/exhibitions titled Pacific Light (PL). PL was orchestrated in 1998 and involved seven workshops focusing on various disciplines of glass practice, a ten-day residency, three-day conference and a series of exhibitions showcasing the work of national and international glass artists.

Gloria dissolved in early 2000 enabling Ruth to return to Australia and resume a more artistic practice. Ruth moved to Melbourne to complete a Master of Fine Arts (research) degree, majoring in Glass and Sculpture at Monash University. Her graduating exhibition was extensive with more than 200 individual glass forms illuminated by projected light and accompanied by audio compositions. Ruth continues to work on a large scale and within a sculptural installation context, often collaborating with multi-media artists to develop and actualize her ideas.

In August 2010 Ruth and partner Josh purchased a 430m square warehouse in Coburg Nth, the relatively new studio has been renovated and is now catering for most creative endeavours. The pair worked toward the vision of creating a functional space where one can make almost anything. The studio is organised into working stations such as; metal, wood, ceramics, glass, welding, cutting, grinding and includes a lush front garden complete with pizza oven for entertaining the locals and guests. This environment has allowed both Ruth and Josh to develop their practices with the confidence of knowing a new direction of works will and can be supported by the space.

Meet Ruth Allen

Discover the mesmerising craft of glassblowing with passionate glass artist Ruth Allen in Melbourne and transform molten glass into colourful works of art!