Metal Working

to make Sculptures and Display Stands for Fused, Cast and Stained Glass at

Art Glass Center

Our goal for this workshop What we do in this workshop Some finished projects About our classroom and equipment Times and Tuition for this workshop To sign up or get you name on our interest list for this workshop

Goal of this workshop

This workshop is designed to teach you how to work with metal to make sculptures and metal stands to display your fused, cast or stained glass projects and to show you how you can continue to make metal projects at your home studio with a minimum of tools.

A few of the things we do in this workshop

WE show you:

• Materials you can use for your projects
  • Stainless
  • Brass
  • Copper
  • Steel
  • Alunimum
• Available sizes of metal
  • Flat Rods
  • Round Rods
  • Round Tubes
  • Square Rods
  • Square Tubes
  • C channels
  • I Beams
  • Sheet Metal
  • Plate
• Ideas
  • Display Stands
  • Metal Sculptures
  • Lamp Fixtures
  • Furniture Bases
• Fabrication
  • Cutting
    • by tooth blade
    • by abrasive blade
    • by torch
  • Bending
    • by Rolling machine
    • by Hand with vice
    • by Bender
  • Attaching
    • by soldering
    • by welding
    • by tapping and screws
  • Finishing
    • by grinder
    • by sandblasting
    • by abrasive wheels
  • Coatings
    • by paint
    • by patinas
    • by polishing

Sundance provides:

• Space
• Equipment
• Knowledge
• Inspiration

What you provide:

• Ideas
• Initiative
• Motivation
• Artistic Talent
• Materials, not very expensive.

What to bring:

• Work clothes. Expect to get dirty. Cool clothes, it often gets warm.
• No open toes shoes (sandals)
• No overly loose clothing.
• No loose hair, tie it back. Maybe bring a hat.
• We have gloves and safety glass, but if you have your own that you are used to, bring them.
• Water
• Bring, if you like, a fused or stained glass project or projects that you have around that you might want to incorperate into your metal projects.

Students Projects and other examples of what you can expect to make in this workshop. Lots of workshop time to make many multiple projects.

Large metal stand holds a 20" piece of glass.

 

Turn a simple $30 slumped plate into a $300 art piece.

 

Flat glass pieces work well in these metal display stands.

 

We bent long curved legs out of rusted square tubing to hold this 20" plate.

 

Metal display stand holding a stained glass piece, 18"

 

Metal display stand for an 8 sided fused glass panel, 18"

Metal stand holding a flat glass disk.

Metal frame for cast glass.

Metal stands holding kiln worked glass

Stick the bottom rods into your garden!

Metal base holds fused sculpture

Metal table base with a fused glass table top

Simple but nice metal base....

WOW a 5 foot tall stand.

By Shigemi Sanders

We sell some finished Display Stands

Click here to see prices.

Our Workshop and Equipment

We have a complete wood, metal shop and sheetmetal shop includes:

• Cutting tools
  • Band saws
  • Cut off saws
  • Iron Workers
  • Torches
• Metal Welders
  • MIG
  • TIG
  • Oxy/Acy
• Metal working equipment
  • Mills
  • Lathes
  • Metal benders
  • Sheetmetal Shears
  • Sheetmetal Breaks (Benders)
• Finishing Equip
  • Sanders
  • Buffers

Workshop taught by:  Brian Helgerson

Time and Tuition

Times: all day

• Tuesday, from 11 to 5 PM.
• Wednesday, from 10 to 5 PM
• Thursday, from 9 to 3 PM

Tuition:

• $375.

Dates:

• Click BACK to find the current workshop dates.

Sign up

To sign up or to add your name to our interest list (you will be kept up to date on this class anouncements) CALL us right now at 530-872-3021!

Feed back from our previous students: We welcome both positive and negative feed back - sag@sundanceartglass.com

Hello Brian!
Greetings from Anna and Daniel from SF (actually we live in Marin).
We had the BEST time this weekend in the metalworking class. Mike is a
terrific teacher.
We are both so impressed with you, your staff and your facility. And, we are "tough customers"! (They were San Francisco Lawyers -Whew)
Looking forward to taking more classes from Sundance! Just wish you
were a little closer!

Happy Holidays, Anna