The Hot Sand Glass Studio, the Jersey Shore's first public-access hot glass studio, is dedicated to promoting art glass through education, demonstration, and fun activities for all ages!
The Hot Sand Glass Studio, a fully-functioning hot glass studio, is suitable for several glass-making techniques:
- Blowing creates pieces that are, at some stage, hollow. (Takes a lot of practice.)
- Casting is pouring molten glass into a mold. (Takes a lot of planning.)
- Fusing is layering pieces of flat glass then melting them together. (Takes a lot of patience.)
- Slumping is heating glass just enough that it bends over a mold to make a shape. (Think specialty sinks.) Read more...
