Art Bar: Fused Glass Succulents
ART BAR: Fused Glass Succulent Magnets or Suncatchers Workshop with Emily Kuchenbecker
Tuesday, June 23
6 – 8 pm
$85 CAE Members / $95 Non-Members (all supplies included)
Min 3 / Max 16
Create your own vibrant glass succulents in this fun, hands-on fused glass workshop. Participants will design and assemble colorful succulent-inspired pieces using pre-cut glass, frit, and glass paint—then choose to turn their creations into magnets or suncatchers.
This beginner-friendly workshop offers step-by-step guidance while encouraging creativity and personal expression. It’s a relaxed and engaging way to explore fused glass and make something playful and unique together.
Finished pieces will be kiln-fired after class and ready for pickup in approximately two weeks.
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 fused glass design, cutting, and assembly
- Creation of a mountain-inspired candleholder
- 2 complimentary drinks included
- A fun, relaxed, social creative experience
What to Bring
- Closed-toe shoes
- Comfortable clothes you don’t mind getting messy
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.
