Extended Beginner Glass Blowing Workshop

Go a little deeper with this 5-hour session on glassblowing basics!



5 hours Class size 1 to 4 guests    

  $590 (Afterpay available)
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Ready to go a little deeper?
A small step up from the 3-hour class, this 5-hour session gives you more time at the bench, more pieces, and more control as you gain an understanding of glass. You'll make two pieces, learn to reheat, and move around on your own. This means you'll also start to get a feel for how it responds as it cools (...sometimes it breaks!). It's a genuine step further into understanding glass, shapes, and the studio environment.
What you'll learn:
  • Everything in the 3-hour session, with more time to practise and embed it
  • How to reheat your piece and get back to the bench independently
  • How glass moves, shifts, and responds as it cools and why that changes what you can do with it
  • More about colour placement and how to influence the final shape
  • How a real hot shop session flows from start to finish


Please note: Public dates for this class require at least 2 guests to run. In the unlikely event that we don't reach this number, we may cancel the session; if that happens, we'll inform you and let you choose between a refund or reschedule, so please watch your email/SMS one day prior to the class.
What you'll get
  • Two handmade glass pieces, typically cups, vases, or small bowls
  • Hands-on experience working with molten glass across a full studio session
  • A deeper introduction to the fundamentals of glassblowing, with time to make mistakes, learn from them, and go again
  • Approximately five hours of guided instruction and furnace time (shared with up to 3 other participants)
  • Special offers for future sessions and new courses
Knowledge required
No previous experience required. This session is designed for complete beginners. You must be able to safely use both arms and hands to hold and rotate the blowpipe and follow real-time verbal instructions in English. Before participating, you will be required to read and agree to the studio's safety policies and complete a participant waiver. Suitable for ages 14 and over. For younger participants, larger groups, or private sessions, please contact us to discuss what may be possible. Participants under 16 require a supervising adult present for the full session. Please add them as a spectator or supervising adult when booking. Participants aged 16 or 17 require parent or guardian consent before attending.
What to bring
Wear comfortable clothing in natural fibres and closed-toe shoes. Cotton, denim, wool, or linen are all fine. Guests must not wear polyester clothing, including activewear. Long hair must be tied back. Avoid loose clothing, dangling jewellery, or anything that could interfere with safe movement around the furnace. Bring a water bottle. The studio is warm.
Add-ons available for this class
  • Shipping ($20)
  • Spectator / Supervising Adult Fee 1 ($10)
You can add these when you book (optional).
Suitable for

Suitable for adults, and kids (minimum 14 years old).

An adult must accompany any attending kids, and must pay for a separate ticket.

This experience would also be a unique gift for her, gift for mum, Xmas gift or gift for couples.

Location

Enoggera, QLD

Exact location is masked for privacy. You'll automatically get the specific address after booking.

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Tamasin

Tamasin


Hi! My name is Tam, I am the founder of Zadi Studios!

I fell in love with glass as a child. There was just something about it. The colour, the movement, the fact that something so hot and wild could be coaxed into something beautiful. I never quite got over it.
After a COVID “what am I doing with my life?!” moment, I decided to finally try it. Shortly afterwards, I was selected to study at the Corning Museum of Glass in New York. That was it. I was hooked.
What had started as a childhood fascination suddenly became a very serious obsession. I decided I wanted to learn the craft properly, and somehow managed to convince a Murano glass master to take me on as an apprentice. Then came the less glamorous part: months of immigration paperwork, working rights and trying to convince various authorities that this was, in fact, a sensible thing to do.
Eventually, I quit my secure government job, packed up my life, spent pretty much all of my savings and moved to Italy. At 30-something, I left behind the sensible, stable path to start again at the bottom of a furnace.
For three years, I lived and worked alongside Murano's glass masters, learning a craft that has been passed from maestro to apprentice for generations. I was one of only a handful of women working on the island and am believed to be the only Australian to have undertaken a traditional Muranese apprenticeship, becoming a 'serventino' within a Murano furnace.
I love glass because it is a bit like dancing. It takes patience, practice and an enormous amount of repetition, but somehow, in the middle of all that heat and chaos, it quietens my mind.
I love teaching for exactly the same reason I love making. Glass is wonderfully physical, playful and addictive. I want people to experience that for themselves, whether they consider themselves creative or not. I am passionate about preserving traditional crafts, and opening up accessibility to them.
I would be honoured if you joined me.
I currently offer beginner glassmaking classes, with expressions of interest open for longer courses and masterclasses with visiting Murano maestri.
I can't wait to share the dream with you. Let's open up the furnace doors in Queensland!




Your host

Zadi Studios
Zadi Studios

female Women-owned

About Zadi Studios
Zadi Studios is a glassblowing studio in Brisbane, Queensland.
We're passionate about access to this craft and sharing learnings from all around the world.
Glass has been made on the island of Murano for more than 700 years. Its techniques have been handed down from maestro to apprentice, almost entirely by hand and by word of mouth. Zadi Studios was founded to carry that knowledge across the world and share it here, with real respect for where it came from.
What we do
Right now we run beginner glassmaking classes for anyone curious enough to give it a go. You don't need to be "arty" or have done anything like this before. You just need to be willing to get stuck in. Glass is hot, physical, playful, and completely absorbing. Our classes are about feeling that for yourself, not just watching from behind a barrier.
Every class is grounded in traditional Muranese technique. These are the same skills Tam learned over three years on the furnace floor in Murano, taught with plenty of patience and a good dose of fun.
Where we're heading
Queensland doesn't have nearly enough places to make glass, and we want to change that. Our mission is to open the furnace doors in QLD and make glass art genuinely accessible here.
We're starting small, but we're not planning to stay that way. Over time we'll be bringing in more furnaces and more space, so more people can learn, make, and create.
Here's what's coming:
  • Longer courses for people who've caught the bug and want to build real skills
  • Masterclasses with visiting Murano maestri, bringing masters from the island to teach in Australia
  • Collaborations and gaffing with artists and other crafts
  • A membership model, giving makers ongoing access to the studio, furnace time, and a community of fellow glass lovers
  • More furnaces and more space as the studio grows
Expressions of interest are open now for longer courses and masterclasses. Register your interest and you'll be first to know when places open!
Why it matters
Traditional crafts like Murano glassmaking are disappearing. They're hard to learn, harder to access, and have often been closed to outsiders. Zadi Studios exists to help keep these skills alive and to build a place in Queensland where anyone can find their way to the furnace.
We're just getting started. Come and join us.
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