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ESSENTIAL INFO
If you purchase a ticket for this course, all the information on this page will be emailed to you with your ticket.
👥 Ages: Adults only 18+
📍 Venue: Bellingen High School (Wheelchair Accessible)
📈 Level: Suitable for all skill levels
⏰ Schedule: Mon–Fri, 9am – 4pm (5 Full-Days)
🏷️ Extra costs: This course has a cost of $200 for materials
⚠️ Extra info: This course is not suitable for any student with a service dog, due to glass debris on the floor.
Required skills & experience
No experience required.
Supplies that will be provided by your tutor
Cost of $200 includes:
A generous glass pack in a range of beautiful colours to the value of $130
The extra $70 covers shared materials including additional embellishments and treasures to enhance your project, many tubs of scrap glass, fused glass bits and pieces the tutor has made for your use
Glues and grouts etc and substrates for additional projects (GOG suncatcher and micro mosaic pendant)
Additional glass and some tools will be available for purchase.
NOTE: Supply costs will be collected by the tutor before Camp Creative.
Supplies that you need to bring to class
SUBSTRATE
A clear glass substrate/base to work on, for example:
An old glass shelf
A large microwave plate
A glass chopping board
If you are unsure, the tutor can contact you to discuss further.
Several plastic containers to contain/ separate your glass as you work
Rags/cloths for cleaning your work
Paper and pencils/black “sharpie” etc for drawing your design/ note taking
If you own any mosaic tools ( mosaic cutters, glass scorer, pliers etc) please bring them with you
Old towel/bubble wrap etc to wrap your artwork in for ease of transportation at the end of the course
PROTECTIVE EYEWEAR AND COVERED FOOTWEAR ARE ESSENTIAL. If you use reading glasses then these will suffice, if not you must bring eye protection.
Learning outcomes
Design a Custom Composition: Learn how to plan, sketch, and lay out a well-balanced, one-of-a-kind design without relying on pre-made patterns.
Master Glass Cutting: Gain hands-on confidence using specialised tools to perform distinct cuts, shaping glass to fit your unique design guidelines.
Understand Transparency & Light: Discover how to strategically select and position coloured glass to best leverage transparency, light reflection, and colour blending.
Complete Multiple Projects: Build your skills progressively by completing three distinct pieces: a suncatcher, a mosaic jewellery project, and a major glass-on-glass artwork.
Grout and Finish Safely: Master the full studio process from safety prep and glass placement through to final grouting, cleaning, and display techniques.
WEEK PLAN
DAY ONE
Introduction
Planning and design
Glass cutting demonstration and instruction
Commence work on individual projects - design and colour selection.
DAY TWO
Continue working on individual designs
Cutting techniques
Placement of main design elements
DAY THREE
The class will work on a separate suncatcher project using an upcycled base included in the class materials
Design, cutting, placement and gluing of all elements.
This project will be grouted in our grouting session on Day 5
DAY FOUR
Continue working on individual projects, specifically background.
DAY FIVE
Finalising projects
Grouting suncatchers
Display of finished works
In the afternoon the class will work on a special mosaic jewellery project, leaving the class proudly wearing your new creation.
COURSE TUTOR
Chris & Allan Fahey
Chris Fahey is a glass artist specialising in fused art glass, dichroic glass jewellery and mosaics.
Her works are inspired by the beauty of nature and the environment in which she lives. Chris enjoys extrapolating images into abstract artworks using colour and texture to express her feeling for an object or scene.
Chris has been working with glass as an artistic medium for the past 18 years and has continually developed her skills through extensive self-education and experimentation, attending workshops and assisting fellow professional glass artists.
The art of kiln-formed glass can be quite challenging. There is real science behind the process of getting large amounts of glass to perform the way you want them to.
Chris thoroughly enjoys this aspect of glass fusing and loves the challenge of melding her initial artistic inspirations, working with the raw materials and then calculating firing schedules to realise her objective – a unique work of art.
She has had several solo exhibitions and regularly exhibits her works at local galleries, and has also participated in many collaborative exhibitions. Chris’s works are held in private and public collections in Australia and overseas.
Allan Fahey will be working alongside Chris as the assistant for this course.
“Chris & Allan are so organised and the course is well structured, well paced.”
“I love that Chris helped us all prepare & design out works ahead of time. Chris was so helpful guiding, coaching, encouraging - for beginners we created some excellent work.”
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