The Crefeld Glass Studio
The Crefeld School is unique in that it is one of just a half dozen high schools in the country which has a glass program. The Glassworks itself – built in the late 1990s – is a fully functioning glass studio with a new furnace (just installed in spring 2009!) operating at 2050 degrees Fahrenheit. In addition, the studio provides a lampworking area with blow torches.
The Glassworks and Crefeld’s glass classes not only provide students with an appreciation of glassblowing as a medium and as a creative process, but also teach the lessons of teamwork and trust.
The Glassworks also offers community programs in the form of both after-school classes for students and evening and weekend classes for adult members of the general community. Glassblowing and lampworking classes are taught by Crefeld faculty member, glass artist Josh Cole. Additional lampworking and beadmaking classes are taught by guest artists including Karin Kozlowski and Patti Dougherty.
The Glass Studio is also available on a rental basis to local glass artists.
For more information about the Glassworks, contact Crefeld at 215-242-5545About Josh Cole
In 2008, Josh Cole joined the Crefeld faculty as the new Glass teacher. Josh graduated from the Cleveland Institute of Art with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree and received his M.F.A. from the Tyler School of Art at Temple, with an emphasis in glass. Josh recently relocated to the Germantown section of Philadelphia from Ohio where he was teaching at the Cleveland Institute of Art. Some of his glass work is currently on display at the Wexler Gallery in Old City.
* Note: the Glass Studio will be closed, and thus not available to rent, during winter break, from Dec. 15, 2009 through Jan. 11, 2010.
Rental of the Glass Studio
Discount Rates for bulk purchase of rental time:Time blocks purchased at one time, will qualify for an overall rate discount. All hours of studio use will need to be scheduled with the studio in advance, and must be scheduled in 3 hour minimum blocks. The base rate of rental is $40/hour for small glory hole, $45/hour for large glory hole.
| 10-19 hours: | 5% discount | 20-29 hours: | 10% discount | 30-74 hours: | 15% discount | 75+ hours: | 25% discount |
General hot shop rental terms and conditions:
The studio is available for rental:
| Monday thru Friday | between 3:30 PM - 11 PM |
| Saturday or Sunday | between 8 AM - 11 PM |
Later hours can sometimes be arranged, contact us for possibilities. All rental hours need to be scheduled with Josh Cole.
Minimum rental block is 3 hours per visit. Included with hourly rental: use of pipe warmer, garage, and reasonable kiln space; pipes, blocks, straight and diamond shears, tweezers, jacks, and bees wax; 20 lbs of glass per hour and 100 lbs of glass per day. If you will be making large work and know you will need more glass than this and more kiln space, you are required to make pre-arrangements with Josh and you will may need to pay for extra glass and kiln usage.
* One upcoming change: As of January 1st, 2010, there will be a $5/hour surcharge for rental insurance for all renters who do not have their own insurance. This only applies to the first 50 hours of rental time per year, and can be waived if the renter submits a copy of their personal insurance accord to The Crefeld Glass Studio.