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Starts Thu, Sep 17, 6:00 PM · Member: $72.25 / Non-Member: $85.00
This single evening workshop covers the basics of bowl turning. You work at a wood lathe and shape a raw piece of wood into a finished bowl. The instructor, Mike Kuterbach, goes over safe and…
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Starts Fri, Sep 18, 6:00 PM · Member: $68.00 / Non-Member: $80.00
This one evening workshop at GoggleWorks puts you at the pottery wheel. You start with a ball of clay, learn the basics of throwing, and shape your own piece. When you finish, you pick a glaze from…
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Starts Sat, Sep 19, 6:00 PM · Member: $72.25 / Non-Member: $85.00
This one session woodworking workshop at GoggleWorks is taught in Spanish and English. The instructor is bilingual, so you can follow along in either language. You will learn basic woodworking…
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Mon, Sep 21 to Mon, Oct 19 · Member: $327.25 / Non-Member: $385.00
This class introduces metal casting, one of the core processes used in jewelry making. You work through the basics of mold making, preparing a casting, pouring metal, and finishing the piece.…
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Starts Thu, Sep 24, 6:00 PM · Member: $68.00 / Non-Member: $80.00
In this single evening workshop at GoggleWorks, you make a cloisonné enamel pendant. You shape fine wire into small cells on a metal surface, then fill those cells with enamel to build up color and…
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Starts Fri, Sep 25, 6:00 PM · $86.00
This one session workshop at GoggleWorks is a Maker Date for two. Working with templates and handbuilding methods, you shape slabs of clay and add texture to the surface to build your own ceramic…
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Starts Fri, Sep 25, 6:00 PM · $96.00
This is a one evening fused glass workshop at GoggleWorks in Reading, set up as a date night for adults. An instructor walks you through choosing a mold and picking your colors, then you arrange…
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Starts Fri, Sep 25, 6:00 PM · $105.00
This one evening glassblowing workshop at GoggleWorks is built for two. You and your plus one work in the hot glass studio with professional glassblowers and make a tumbler or a stemless wine glass.…
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Starts Fri, Sep 25, 6:00 PM · $96.00
This is a one evening Maker Date in the Metalsmithing Studio at GoggleWorks in Reading, built for two people who want to make something together. You and your plus one design and build a personalized…
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Starts Fri, Sep 25, 6:00 PM · $71.00
This one evening watercolor workshop at GoggleWorks in Reading is set up as a date night. You and your partner paint a handmade card set together while sharing a charcuterie spread from Thorn Alley…
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Starts Sun, Sep 27, 5:30 PM · Member: $72.25 / Non-Member: $85.00
In this single evening workshop at GoggleWorks, you learn the basics of fusing glass and make a draped pendant light for your own home. You practice cutting, shaping and designing glass, then set up…
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Starts Mon, Sep 28, 6:00 PM · Member: $63.75 / Non-Member: $75.00
This single evening workshop at GoggleWorks covers traditional herbal medicine making. Participants choose and prepare herbs, mix them into tea blends, and make tinctures. The session also covers how…
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Tue, Sep 29 to Tue, Oct 27 · Member: $216.75 / Non-Member: $255.00
In this class at GoggleWorks, adults design a fantasy creature of their own and then print it. The first part covers concept art basics, so you draw your creature and get it ready to become a print.…
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Tue, Sep 29 to Tue, Oct 27 · Member: $204.00 / Non-Member: $240.00
This class walks you through black and white film photography from start to finish. Working with a 35mm camera, you learn how to compose and expose your shots, develop your negatives in the darkroom…
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Mon, Oct 5 to Mon, Oct 26 · Member: $123.25 / Non-Member: $145.00
This two part workshop at GoggleWorks pairs clay and wood. On the first night you work in ceramics, shaping clay by hand into pinch pots that can hold dips and crudites. On the second night you move…
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Tue, Oct 6 to Tue, Nov 3 · Member: $242.25 / Non-Member: $285.00
This class builds on skills you already have at the torch. You go further into coloring and sculpting techniques, and you learn to work with hollow tubing and blowing. Joe Estis teaches the class…
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Tue, Oct 6 to Tue, Nov 3 · Member: $242.25 / Non-Member: $285.00
This glass fusing class builds on what you already know. You work with thicker pieces and explore the line between control and movement in the kiln. Projects include pot melts, color bars, and on…
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Wed, Oct 7 to Fri, Oct 9 · Member: $114.75 / Non-Member: $135.00
This two part workshop at GoggleWorks pairs hot glass with candle making. On the first evening you work in the hot shop to make your own glass vessel and learn about glassblowing. On the second…
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Starts Wed, Oct 7, 6:00 PM · Member: $68.00 / Non-Member: $80.00
In this single evening workshop you build a clay luminary for the fall season using handbuilding and coil techniques. Once the form is shaped, you add decorative embellishments and textures so the…
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Wed, Oct 7 to Wed, Nov 4 · Member: $216.75 / Non-Member: $255.00
Learn the fundamentals of crochet in a class built for complete newcomers. Instructor Alex Crawford covers how to hold the hook and yarn, how to make basic stitches, and how to work granny squares.…
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Fri, Oct 9 to Fri, Oct 16 · Member: $114.75 / Non-Member: $135.00
This class at GoggleWorks introduces the basics of making a short animated film. Working in the digital media lab, students move through the steps a cartoon takes, from first concept to animating…
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Starts Fri, Oct 9, 5:30 PM · Member: $72.25 / Non-Member: $85.00
This is a single evening workshop in the warm glass studio at GoggleWorks in Reading, led by instructor Janice Peters. Students learn the basics of glass fusing, including scoring and cutting glass…
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Starts Fri, Oct 9, 6:00 PM · Member: $68.00 / Non-Member: $80.00
This one session workshop at GoggleWorks covers lapidary work from start to finish. You shape, grind and polish stone using lapidary equipment, then set or assemble your stones into a pair of…
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Starts Fri, Oct 9, 6:00 PM · Member: $68.00 / Non-Member: $80.00
This single evening workshop puts you at the pottery wheel. You start with a ball of clay, learn the basics of throwing, and shape your own piece. When the work is done, you pick a glaze from the…
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Starts Mon, Oct 12, 5:30 PM · Member: $72.25 / Non-Member: $85.00
Make a fused glass lollipop vase to use at home in this single evening workshop at GoggleWorks Center for the Arts. You work through the glass fusing process from start to finish, including how to…
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Starts Mon, Oct 12, 6:00 PM · Member: $59.50 / Non-Member: $70.00
This single session workshop covers the basics of drawing the human figure from a live model. Instructor Lee Shannon leads a series of guided drawing exercises and introduces methods for capturing a…
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Tue, Oct 13 to Tue, Nov 10 · Member: $331.50 / Non-Member: $390.00
This class at GoggleWorks is for people who have blown glass before and want to keep building on that experience. You set your own goals and work on a self-directed project, either on your own or…
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Wed, Oct 14 to Wed, Nov 11 · Member: $204.00 / Non-Member: $240.00
This beginner class at GoggleWorks covers the basics of painting with transparent watercolor and opaque gouache. Students practice core application techniques and work on mixing and using color, with…
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Starts Wed, Oct 14, 6:00 PM · Member: $85.00 / Non-Member: $100.00
Work at the furnace and shape your own beverage glass in this one evening glassblowing workshop. A GoggleWorks instructor guides you through the basics, so no experience is needed. The class meets in…
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Starts Thu, Oct 15, 6:00 PM · Member: $72.25 / Non-Member: $85.00
This single evening workshop at GoggleWorks introduces the basics of turning bowls on a wood lathe. You start with raw wood and work toward a finished bowl, learning how to hold and use turning tools…
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Starts Thu, Oct 15, 6:00 PM · Member: $68.00 / Non-Member: $80.00
Spend an evening learning plique-a-jour enameling, a technique often compared to miniature stained glass. You will make translucent enamel panels held within a metal framework, so light shines…
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Thu, Oct 15 to Thu, Nov 12 · Member: $331.50 / Non-Member: $390.00
This five session class introduces glassblowing through demonstrations and hands-on work at the bench. Students practice basic techniques while the group talks about historical and contemporary glass…
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Fri, Oct 16 to Sat, Oct 17 · Member: $119.00 / Non-Member: $140.00
This weekend workshop at GoggleWorks introduces sand casting, a long standing way of shaping metal. Participants pack molds using casting sand, then pour molten metal to make jewelry or small…
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Mon, Oct 19 to Mon, Oct 26 · Member: $114.75 / Non-Member: $135.00
This class looks at what goes into making comics, from newspaper strips like Peanuts and Garfield to action stories from Marvel and DC. Students work through conception, character design, and laying…
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Starts Tue, Oct 20, 6:00 PM · Member: $68.00 / Non-Member: $80.00
Make your own ceramic beer stein in one evening workshop at GoggleWorks. You will use templates and handbuilding methods to roll and shape slabs of clay, then add texture to the surfaces so the…
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Tue, Oct 20 to Tue, Nov 17 · Member: $242.25 / Non-Member: $285.00
This class introduces the basic skills of metalsmithing and silver jewelry making. You cut, shape and join metal using hammers, flame and other studio tools, and you leave with a custom sterling…
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Tue, Oct 20 to Tue, Nov 17 · Member: $216.75 / Non-Member: $255.00
This intermediate class at GoggleWorks builds on sewing skills you already have. You work on making simple patterns, designing your own garments, and taking an idea through to a finished piece. Along…
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Starts Tue, Oct 20, 6:00 PM · Member: $72.25 / Non-Member: $85.00
Spend one evening in the Woodworking Studio at GoggleWorks making cutouts for Halloween or Dia de los Muertos. You draw a design on wood, then use the scroll saw to follow your lines and cut out…
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Starts Wed, Oct 21, 6:00 PM · Member: $72.25 / Non-Member: $85.00
This one evening workshop at GoggleWorks puts you at a benchtop scroll saw to cut your own spooky home decor for Halloween or Dia de los Muertos. The two holidays are different, but their imagery…
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Thu, Oct 22 to Thu, Oct 29 · Member: $102.00 / Non-Member: $120.00
Learn the basics of stick welding, a widely used way of joining metal, in a hands-on class taught by David Jeremiah. You practice striking an arc and work toward clean, structurally sound welds in…
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Thu, Oct 22 to Thu, Nov 19 · Member: $242.25 / Non-Member: $285.00
This beginner class introduces flameworking, the craft of shaping glass at a torch. Working with glass rods and a torch, students learn to heat, melt and form their own glass beads, with attention to…
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Starts Fri, Oct 23, 5:30 PM · Member: $72.25 / Non-Member: $85.00
This single evening workshop at GoggleWorks covers the basics of warm glass. You cut glass, position the pieces, and go through the firing steps that turn them into a set of four fused coasters. The…
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Fri, Oct 23 to Sat, Oct 24 · Member: $119.00 / Non-Member: $140.00
This jewelry class at GoggleWorks Center for the Arts walks you through making a pair of sterling silver dangle earrings. You work with basic metalsmithing methods: sawing, filing, texturing…
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Sat, Oct 24 to Sun, Oct 25 · Member: $72.25 / Non-Member: $85.00
Learn the basics of mosaic work and make a pumpkin you can hang at home. Over two evening sessions you cut glass, arrange colored tiles into your design, and grout the finished piece. The class is…
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Starts Wed, Oct 28, 6:00 PM · Member: $72.25 / Non-Member: $85.00
This one evening workshop at GoggleWorks introduces the basics of woodturning, and you leave having made a pen you can use. Mike Keiser covers the tools, the core techniques and the safety practices…
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Thu, Oct 29 to Thu, Nov 12 · Member: $130.05 / Non-Member: $153.00
In this sewing class at GoggleWorks Center for the Arts, students make a Japanese cross-back apron, a slip-on style that works well for cooking, crafting or giving as a gift. The project is set up to…
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Starts Fri, Oct 30, 6:00 PM · $77.00
This Maker Date is a one evening painting workshop with a Halloween twist. You set up and paint a spooky seasonal still life while working on composition, lighting and color mixing. Instructor Amy…
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Starts Fri, Oct 30, 6:00 PM · $96.00
This one evening raku workshop at GoggleWorks is built around clay and fire. You glaze a pair of pre-made bud vases, watch a wheel throwing demonstration, and then see your pieces fired in a raku…
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Starts Fri, Oct 30, 6:00 PM · $96.00
This evening workshop at GoggleWorks pairs metalwork with a shared meal. You shape and finish a copper trinket dish, learning how to prepare the surface, apply enamel, and fire the piece in a kiln.…
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Starts Fri, Oct 30, 6:00 PM · $100.00
Spend a Friday evening at the torch with a partner. In this one session workshop at GoggleWorks, you and your date learn to use torches and hand tools to melt and shape glass, and you see how heat…
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