Millions of wine bottles are discarded every year, however their thickness and color variety make them perfect for an array of recycling projects. Learn how to cut bottles and melt glass in a kiln, then transform them into various artistic glass pieces including jewelry, tiles, wind chimes, and garden ornaments. Beginners welcome.

The color and thickness of wine bottles make them a great–and free!–medium for all sorts of recycled-art projects. As a bonus, turning bottles into art keeps them out of landfills. Learn to cut glass on a wet saw, drill holes in glass on a drill press, and melt glass in a kiln. You’ll be amazed at the variety of fun and artistic pieces you can create. Think outside the bottle!

Millions of wine bottles are discarded every year, however their thickness and color variety make them perfect for an array of recycling projects. Learn how to cut bottles and melt glass in a kiln, then transform them into various artistic glass pieces including jewelry, tiles, wind chimes, and garden ornaments. Beginners welcome.

Explore a variety of materials and techniques as you create three unique vessels using fused glass. Learn how to design, create, and cold work as you also experiment with form and luminosity. Use three different kiln-formed glass techniques to create a drop vessel, pate de verre, and glass clay vessel. Intermediate levels welcome. $

Explore practical and theoretical skills for translating photos, paintings, or drawings into fused glass. Create any kind of image–using the glass as a painter uses color–with frits, glass, glass powder, and stringers. Be amazed at the development of your skill set allowing you to work more expressively with glass. All levels welcome. $