The Hot Sand 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 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.)

Hot Sand has 2 work stations (glory holes) and annealing ovens to accommodate different scales and schedules of work. (Annealing ovens cool the glass slowly ovenight). Click here if you are an experienced glassblower and would like to rent studio time.