This course is designed for early learner to intermediate level lampworkers/beadmakers to learning and understanding key sculptural techniques. These techniques are demonstrated to help you gain the confidence to start to work with borosilicate glass on a larger scale.
 
This E-course channel is designed to gently introduce the sculptural beginner to a larger scale off mandrel form exercise in borosilicate glass. The sculpture will be large but will be broken down into manageable bite size chunks throughout the course. The ghost flower sculpture will be made in components during this one day class. The flower can be up to 40 cm tall depending on how confident you feel and how far you are willing to push your own boundaries. We shall focus on the use of multiples as a way to create a more complex form, we will utilise glass ‘bridges’ to help us construct the form easily and the flower will demonstrate just how versatile borosilicate glass can be. We will learn how to keep the heat in our borosilicate forms during the making process. Thereafter we will learn how to control the heat in our glass and pull those sensuous forms you desire by using the inner heat in the glass to your advantage, or by using that natural phenomenon: gravity.
 
This 12 demo workshop should take two-three weeks to complete if you include your practicing time. By the end of the course not only will we have created a large glass flower, but we will also have learnt how to safely use a sandblaster with our 'fragile' flameworked objects. You will know how to ghostify your finished lampworked objects now without breaking them. After completing this channel your confidence using borosilicate glass will have risen considerably.
 
Class includes one complimentary half hour 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 the them invaluable.
 
Visual technical handouts are also provided which help you remember the steps for all the demonstrations at a glance. By the end of this course you will feel like an entirely new world of sculpting off-mandrel through flameworked glass has opened up to you. Please remember, expect breakages and tears. What we are creating is tricky and takes A LOT of practice, logic, patience, and an inquiring mind.
 
This e_course is a stand-alone course which is complimented by Guido Adam 1: The beauty of wearable art kingdom and Julie 3: Sculpting Dragons E-course channel. Our Julie 2: Ghost Flower E-course will push your skill level and give you confidence in your own abilities, and empower you to own your creativity.
 
You can work through this course at your own pace. After purchase allow 24 hours to be granted access to the  Julie 2: Ghost Flower channel. You will have six months unlimited access to your channel from this point. Please be patient until you receive the email which grants you access.
 
A folder full of goodies to keep forever is included with this E-course channel which includes demo transcriptions, visual technical demo handouts, tool and material lists and other technical data sheets which compliment your course and helpful pictures. All demos have been transcribed and are available upon request in 30 different languages.
 
Skill Level: Beginner to Intermediate level in sculpture or beadmaking, must have own torch