Foci Minnesota Center For Glass Arts

A staff member demonstrates the glassblowing process of 'the Swedish overlay' technique.

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We offer classes in stained glass! Create your own unique pieces with the assistance of an instructor.

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Students from Kiln Fusing 1 have loaded their pieces into the kiln to be slumped into dish shapes.

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An artist shapes their molten glass form by using a wad of wet newspaper.

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We offer a variety of summer youth glass camps to introduce youth to glass and the many possibilities it holds!

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Pouring molten glass to create a sand casting in the Foci MCGA Hot Shop.

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Wax forms used in the lost wax casting process.

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Sheet glass to be used for kiln slumping and fusing.

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Open faced glass casting molds loaded into a kiln and ready to be fired.

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This process is open faced casting. Molds are created and loaded into a kiln to have glass melted inside of them to create unique pieces and textures.

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Come create a paperweight in our Hot Glass Discovery class!

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Here a piece of glass is reheated to be shaped by an artist.

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An artist engraves a glass piece with a handheld dremel in the Foci MCGA Cold Shop.

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Breaking up sheet glass to be used for kilnforming.

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Our gallery has rotating exhibitions. This image was taken during our 2021 exhibition 'Lucent: An Exhibition in Glass Jewelry'.

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Glass sculptures can be made through various techniques, including lost wax casting! Here a student is learning how to create a mold that glass will be melted into.

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Our gallery has rotating exhibitions. This image was taken during our 2021 exhibition 'Lucent: An Exhibition in Glass Jewelry'.

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Flameworking is the process of melting glass to create objects over a torch which is attached to a table.

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These are examples of the types of pieces created in our Kiln Fusing Glass Discovery experiences. Students join us for an experience lasting about 2 hours and introduces you to the basics of kiln formed glass.

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This torch is used to gently heat and bend glass tubing to create neon glass sculptures.

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Throughout the year we have rotating stock of handmade glass items made by local artists.

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This is called a starter bubble, which is used to begin almost every glassblown form.

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Patterned cane is being cut into pieces on a saw in the Cold Shop.

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Example piece of glass pieces created through the process of lost wax casting.

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Fused glass chunks are melted down into a dish shape which reveals beautiful patterns!

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An artist begins a piece in the Foci MCGA Hot Shop.

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