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[Gibsons Glassworks]

so im no glass master. but i really want to learn to teach glassblowing. i feel like a have a very strong understanding of glass and ive heard of classes that teach.. how to teach...sounds interesting. ive shown a few people and have learned some dos and donts about teaching a beginner. looking for input

my dream is to open a glass school. people can come to learn and people can come to teach and collab and whatnot.

i have the venue. and building is in progress. i will make a seperate thread about the glass school.

im planning to do some classes in vancouver, but i need to write a course description. something for someone who has never seen glassblowing before. looking for some input.

also id like to write one for an advanced class for people who have been torchin for 6 months plus.


thanks

[AYHEM]

I want to learn how to wrap bike spokes around my work!

Marbles, implosion pendants and fuming for starters

Maybe some dichro prepping horns and shit like that for 1 year up?

[hashmasta-kut]

good buddy karnivore posted a tutorial on TC so any goombah can copy my impe(ach?)ccable stainless glass to ti wire wrap stylee, you dont need great buddy Gibby to teach ya :)

[TlkQ]

You got a link there Kut? ;-)

[davidwillisglass]

learning how to teach is the same as learning anything else. practice, practice, practice. set yourself up to teach beginners and do that until you are comfortable.

don't worry about advanced yet.

i'm happy to help you edit your course description. keep it simple and if you want, email it to me at davidwillisglass@hotmail.com

[hwcglass]

So . . . not to speak out of place but there are a number of very well established glass teaching facilities (like the Eugene Glass School) who are always in need of help.

Volunteer.

Teach a regular beginner class for free.

Earn some money for your organization and help reach their community outreach goals.

Earn some really good experience for yourself, put love into what you're thinking by doing it for the love and - perhaps most importantly - put yourself in a position where the community of glass at large has reason to know you, respect you and help you in turn.

Aren't close to anything like EGS?

Lampworking has become very common in high schools around the country. Contact some schools.

Contact the Boy Scouts and some local youth groups.

Start answering every beginner question you can find on this board.

Research topics, build content and add to the Melting Pot Wiki.

IMO, the most important quality of a working teacher is the ability to communicate one's passion for flamework. People who can tell a good story.

Your story, for example.

Go out there and start selling the world on a love for lampworking by telling them your story.

Who knows? You might be good it.

And what would your story be like then?

[Gibsons Glassworks]

awesome thanks for the gread input so far. i live in rural BC on the coast. no glass schools here and all i get is people wanting to learn.

i was told i need to teach what im known for.. im pretty much only known for pipes. so a pipe glass or hollow class wouldn't be suitable. but id like to teach non pipe classes to bead ladies too that want to make that next step.

i will make sure to post my progress here.

i like the idea of teaching free classes i have done this a couple times and it went well but its difficult when there are so many skill levels in one room.

from what ive seen people want to learn to BLOW glass.. they want to make a goblet the first day but dont understand how trickey it is.

anywyas, thanks for the input thus far .
cheers
g

[Din]

It would be nice to re-create the hub that Phatty had out here somehow.

[MUPH]

TI Thread (https://tokecity.com/forums/showthread.php4?t=35406&highlight=attaching+pics)

[TlkQ]

Repped!

[hashmasta-kut]

meh. i didnt authorize or condone that. people should just have to figure it out. i don't know why karni started that thread, i alway found it irritating. if anyone has a right to start a thread like that its me, but i figured i gave enough away already.

[p.j.]

you should teach everyone how to make oil vapes

[misticglass]

Do what comes naturally,

I am a certified art educator, and let me tell you it is much harder teaching 4th graders art, than other glassblowers, glassblowing. Try making 15 kids do something they don't want to...

Speaking clearly, explaining what you are doing at the time, and basic glass principles, are essential to a good glass workshop. Even if you don't talk, people are coming, and paying to watch your technique. A few demos with explanations and your class is over.

Glass for me is a pleasure to teach, and almost feels easy because its what i do alone everyday anyway.


-morgan

[CripSkillz]

hey Kut,, you should be careful man your on your way to a short glass career,,

all that pattn your self on the back is deff gona give ya corporal tunnel.. heeheee

[MUPH]

meh. i didnt authorize or condone that. people should just have to figure it out. i don't know why karni started that thread, i alway found it irritating. if anyone has a right to start a thread like that its me, but i figured i gave enough away already.

Wow..

[Gibsons Glassworks]

ok, this isnt a kut bashing thread im sure theres enough of those already.

im thinking od posting some more HOW TO videos on youtube. its a good start. heres the old one i made.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nmScmdCNG1k

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UbDrcgf5kJ0

want to keep it simple. thanks for the help so far.

o yeah and the boat shop is making more and more progress but its a bit snowy here right now.. slows things down.

hope to be up and running in oct
thanks guys
g

[melter skelter]

I've been meditating on the art of teaching and found this helpful...

“A great teacher is one who realizes that he himself is also a student and whose goal is not dictate the answers, but to stimulate his students creativity enough so that they go out and find the answers themselves.”

- Herbie Hancock