Teaching exclusively online for Zurich Glass School we would like to present master lampworker Loren Stump the murine king from the USA. Loren teaches stamen cane, ball & three-dimensional flowers, creating frit for encasement, forming a complete lampworked flower set-up culminating in a vacuum encased paperweight/marble.
 
In this second Loren Stump course master and material genius Loren Stump who teaches us the strictly kept secrets associated with what the collectors want! How to make a complete paperweight the RIGHT way.
 
Paperweight set-up and vacuum encasement:
 
Start with the end! We immediately hop into making a finished paperweight including vacuum encasement - Why? Because it takes time and practice to become accomplished at this part without any fear. This gives you time to practice so as you will have a decent paperweight by the end of this E-course.
Stamen cane and variants
Numerous three-dimensional flowers
Making frit to include on the 'floor' of your paperweight
Assembly set-up
 
Please remember, what we are creating is super tricky and takes A LOT of practice, logic, patience and an inquiring mind. If you can also find an unskilled assistant for the paperweight making component of the course that would be really helpful. This E-course is a stand-alone course which is complimented by both Loren Stump 1: The Secrets of Murrine and Paperweight Component Creation & Loren Stump 3: The Secrets of Complicated Murrine, Bees and Flower creation courses. Our Loren Stump 2 course is not for the fainthearted and will push up your skill level, help you understand how to make paperweights and what to include in them whilst giving you confidence in your own glass making abilities and empowering you to own your creativity. 
You will also receive a 30-minute complimentary online one-on-one consultation with ZGS founder Dr Julie Anne Denton to help you with the tricky bits, whilst receiving personal help and encouragement with the projects. It is advisable to use this consultation as our participants find them invaluable.
 
One can work through this course of video tutorials at their own pace, but on average this course takes seven weeks to complete. Once you have purchased this E-course it may take a few days to subscribe you to the video demonstrations. You will have six months of unlimited access to your channel from this point. A folder full of complimentary material is also included with this video demo E-course channel which includes written demo transcriptions, a visual guide of the technical steps of the demos at a glance, other technical data sheets which compliment your demo, helpful pictures, tool, material and supplier lists and photographs of previous participants efforts. All transcribed demos are available upon request in 30 different languages.
 
Skill Level: Advanced level. Own torch or access to a flameworking studio is a necessity. Experience in flameworking or beadmaking is a necessity.
 
Run Time: Five demos - 235 minutes