Art Bar: Fused Glass Wine Stoppers
ART BAR: Fused Glass Wine Stoppers Workshop with Emily Kuchenbecker
Saturday, May 30
10 am – 12 pm
$85 per student (includes all supplies & mimosas)
Min 3 / Max 12
Create a one-of-a-kind fused glass wine bottle stopper in this fun, 2-hour Art Bar workshop! Using sheet glass, frit, stringers, and glass paint, students will design and assemble their own unique stopper—choose botanical motifs, abstract designs, or any style you like. This project is both decorative and functional, making a perfect gift or personal accent for your wine collection.
Enjoy 2 complimentary drinks while you work and let your creativity flow in a relaxed, social atmosphere.
Finished pieces will be fired after class and available for pickup in approximately two weeks.
What to Expect
- Hands-on instruction in glass cutting, composition, fusing, and cold-working
- Learn to create a functional wine bottle stopper with a custom design
- All supplies included
- A relaxed morning creative experience—mimosas provided!
What to Bring
- Closed-toe shoes
- Comfortable clothes you don’t mind getting messy
- A water bottle
Instructor
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Emily KuchenbeckerEmily Kuchenbecker is a multidisciplinary artist who combines poetry, movement, and objects to create sensory experiences. She holds her Master of Fine Arts from the Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU), and Bachelor of Fine Arts from the University of Wisconsin- Stevens Point. Emily views glass as an inherently similar material to the body and forces of nature. Emily currently works as a production assistant and glass instructor at the Furnace Glasswork. She also does custom fabrication (the most recent being on a fabrication team to build the Meow Wolf Vortex Fest Stage, and a glass installation at “The Beacon”). Emily simultaneously runs her apothecary shop and handblown glass under Waxing Gibbous Studio. Emily currently teaches the immersive glassworking class, as well as take and makes at the Furnace. She has also taught Space Research in Art Foundations department of VCU, lampworking at the Visual Arts Center of Richmond, and Fused Glass at Cedarfield Hermitage. She has studied glass techniques at the Pilchuck Glass Studio, Penland School of Crafts, and Oxbow School of Art. In 2019, Emily was a finalist for the Stanislav Libensky Glass Award at the Prague Gallery of Glass, and received a grant to teach a glass workshop at VCU Qatar campus.
