Design and Form - 6 Week Course
November 4 - December 16, 2026
Wednesdays, 6:30pm - 10:00pm
*No class on November 18*
$985 + GST

Instructors: Hope Forstenzer & Steffan Jelley

In this course you will continue to build on your Next Steps learning, gain more confidence, and become a more comfortable glassblower. Through demonstrations and drills, you will recap basic forms and be introduced to new colour application techniques such as using powder, incalmo and graal. This course will also include coldworking techniques. 

Students must have taken at least 2 Intro to Glassblowing Classes or equivalent (Weekend Workshops, 3 Private Lessons, or a multi week class.) AND Next Steps.

This is not an introductory class and students will be required to have previous experience, TCGC will ensure everyone signed up for the class has the required experience. All materials are included. Age 16+. 

About the Instructors

Hope Forstenzer has been blowing glass since 2000 and makes a wide variety of vessels and sculptural pieces using photo images on glass. She has studied glass in New York, Seattle and Baltimore. 

Steffan Jelley is a multidisciplinary craftsperson and designer. Originally from the UK, he has spent the last decade working as a glassblower and technician for interior design and industrial design companies.