Hats Off to Pate De Verre with Dori Settles
Message from the artist:
What happens when you fire a baseball cap in a kiln? In this hands-on five-day workshop, you'll find out — and walk away with the mold-making skills, color intuition, and pâte de verre technique to make glass tell stories in entirely new ways.
We'll ease into the week with small practice pieces that build the foundation: mold-making from scratch, loading glass frit and powder to build color and texture, and understanding how particle size shapes the final result. Then things get interesting. One of your pieces — The Impossible Vessel — will defy what you thought you knew about glass in a kiln: no slumping, no supporting core, just glass doing something it really shouldn't be able to do.
The week's peak challenge is the ball cap. Caps will be provided, and you can enhance your cap with patches, pins, embroidered insignia, or whatever personal doo-dads matter to you — they can become part of your design. The goal isn't a perfect replica. It's a glass object saturated with character, wear, and story.
Skills covered: mold-making, clay modeling (unfired), frit and powder application, color mixing and gradation, firing schedules, basic coldworking and polishing.
All levels welcome.
Your opportunities are endless after learning this technique!
May 25-29, 2027
10am-5/6pm each day
For your information, the last day of class will most probably be ending early.
5 DAY WORKSHOP
Deposit = $600
Balance = $600
Full Price = $1,200
You will be charged the balance 60 days prior to workshop date!
~ A 50% deposit is required to reserve your spot in all workshops. The balance is due 60 days prior to the workshop date.
We are now charging a $25 fee to join our workshop waiting lists. If you get offered a spot in a workshop, the $25 fee will go towards your deposit. If you are offered a spot and DO NOT take it, you will lose half of your $25 fee. If we don’t have any cancellations, your $25 fee will be refunded.
All glass and materials are included in this class. Either bring lunch, or we will order out and pick up for you!
There are 6 rooms available for rent at Meryl’s house! If you are interested, please let us know in the comment field at check out.
If you'd like more information before registering for this class online, feel free to call us at 732-384-7504
