Advanced Neon Weekend

Take your neon practice further in this immersive advanced neon bending workshop designed for students with prior experience working with glass tubing. Building on foundational skills such as curve, bend, and seal, participants will focus on refining precision, control, and consistency while exploring more complex forms, patterns, and technical assemblies. Through demonstrations and individualized instruction, students will learn methods for troubleshooting challenging shapes and connections while expanding their personal visual language through light, color, and sculptural form. Ideal for returning students, artists, designers, and makers looking to advance their technical skills and creative approach to neon.

What to expect: Participants can expect to leave with 1-2 units. Clean-up time is included in the duration of class, and usually the last 20 minutes of class are dedicated to cleaning your workstation. Read more about how to prepare for class on our Registration Info page.

With neon work, participants primarily engage in standing activities such as bending and assembling neon tubes over a torch flame. Working with glass materials requires a certain level of dexterity. Learn more about accessibility on our website.

Eligibility: Previous experience required. Open to ages 14 and up.

Pick-up: Neon tubes may be bombarded during class, however should processing take additional time, students will have to return to UrbanGlass once notified to pick up their work.

This is an in-person class taking place on-site at UrbanGlass. Health and safety guidelines will be emailed to you upon registration.

We recommend registering for classes early to reserve your spot! We base materials, and teacher needs off of student enrollment. Early registration not only guarantees your spot in class, but also helps to ensure the class will run. Classes with low enrollment may be cancelled within two weeks of the start date of class. Contact our Registrar of Education, Ari Eshoo, at arianna@urbanglass.org if you have questions about the class or would like to arrange a payment plan.

Class Schedule

• 2 Sessions: October 3 — October 4
  Saturday, 11:00 am - 5:00 pm