An Introduction to Glassblowing: Half-day Saturday courses.

*Please Note: Group bookings of up to 16 people can also be arranged for private, corporate or team building events.*

At Aaronson Noon, a leading studio in west London, our half-day course is an exciting and intensive experience aimed at introducing beginners or novices to the wonders of hot glass.

Our dedicated team of skilled makers offer instruction at a ratio of no more than three pupils per tutor – so you can be sure of individual attention and impressive results.

During the course you will be introduced to techniques such as:

• Gathering molten glass from a furnace,
• Shaping and working the glass using a variety of tools,
• Working with glass colours,
• Blowing a glass vessel.

By the end of the lesson, we expect you to have made several pieces, usually including a paperweight, a small sculpture and a blown vessel, which will be yours to keep and treasure!

Details
Each class is three hours long – either on a Saturday morning or Saturday afternoon. This includes time before and after the “hands on” part of the course for briefings and instructions. All safety equipment and materials are provided. The morning course starts at 10am and the afternoon course starts at 2pm.

Booking
Half-day introductory courses cost £195 per person, £370 for two people booking together or £525 for three people booking together (all prices include VAT). Group bookings of up to 16 people can also be arranged for private, corporate or team building events. Our courses also make a unique gift – please contact us to purchase a gift voucher.

To book a course, or for details of course dates, please call 020 7610 1900 or email jenny@aaronsonnoon.com. Payment is required with booking and all courses are non-refundable.

For images taken during our glass blowing courses please click this link.

We also offer long-term glassblowing courses, call us for more information and for images of work made by our current star pupils follow this link.

Testimonials:
"Really enjoyed the 'hands-on' glass making. It really isn't as easy as the experts make it look. Fantastic afternoon".Ken Cheshire

"We just finished our glassblowing course the other day and wanted to write to say what a fantastic time we had! Adam was very friendly and a great teacher for us to have for our first time ever working with glass. He was full of compliments, but we thought his skills and manner made the day! Thank you for a great afternoon!" John Terenzini.

"I was astonished at the insight it gave me into the material of glass itself." Caroline Swash.

"The right amount of time, the right amount of challenge, good explaining, fun, satisfaction at having made things." John Rockliff

"Enjoyable experience throughout. Friendly, welcoming and detailed." Elaine

"Very good balance between level of tutor interventions and output of final piece." Matthew

"Friendly, Welcoming, Exciting Environment" Duncan

"Hands on Fun"

"There was nothing not to like - fantastic instructor, wonderful experience. Would love to come back." Caroline

"Enjoyed it all. Being able to have a go and the 1 to 1 supervision" Jenny

"Was an eye-opening experience. The progression from paperweight, to tumbler and vase was well managed and well taught." Andrew