Glass Hot Shop

A student lights a torch to a glass object.

A studio that allows an artist to physically work with glass in its molten state in solid working, the glass-blowing process and hot casting. The hot shop houses three work benches, three reheating chambers, two furnaces, an assortment of front- and top-loading kilns, community hand tools, pipes and punties, ladles and a variety of hand torches.

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Location

Booth Hall, 3730

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A detailed photo of an in-progress, glass work.
Faculty David Schnuckel coaches an area high school teacher on the art of glassblowing.
Two students work in tandem in the hot shop.
Two students using a torch to shape a glass globe
A visiting artist and student work alongside each other in the hot shop.
Faculty David Schnuckel sticks a glass object into one of the hot shop's ovens.
Students give a glassblowing demonstration during the annual Imagine RIT festival.
Visiting artist and alumna Aya Oki leads a demo in the hot shop for a group of people.
A student pours hot glass.

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