co-op studio Erie pa any takers

[smokindragon]

A fellow glass artist and i were wondering what everyone thought of a co-op glass studio in the erie pa area. have anyone of you tried this or heard of much luck anywhere else ?? let me know your thoughts

[smokindragon]

So no one has an opinion on this?

[julian floro]

a "co-op" not necessarily, but why dont you just rent a space, build some benches and essentials for kiln placement, torches, ventillation etc. with the possibility to make more spaces and work with said glass artist until you can reinvest into the space for nicer equipment, etc. and invite people to come by the space and offer lessons or collab? thats what i did and it worked out pretty well, just have some startup funds saved and motivation to build

[smokindragon]

i understand where your coming from, i just thought that we might have a little more community support if we were an art glass co-op than a head shop only i just wanted to try and grow the glass community in the area i know of like seven or so glass blowers in the area and no common places to comunicate with each other

i figured if we could get together and throw on stuido space it will make it way more affordable to start for some people and i planed on having demos and lessons show case artists all that. I guess i was just saying 50 for bench space vs 250 for bench space would help out alot of people starting out

[JBob]

im about an hour and a half south working out of the glass center. erie is a bit far but id come visit :)

[smokindragon]

as of now its just a fart in the wind but i will deff keep you posted if the ball does start rolling JBOB im just at my home studio for now. it'll work for the time being. just wanted some feed back on things