One day | £395 per person | Maximum 3 students

If you can't find a suitable date in the drop-down, just get in touch and we'll sort something out. jamescockerill@haltglass.com

Course Overview

Learn cutting-edge high-resolution sandblasting techniques to create permanent photographic images in glass. This one-day course introduces you to processes rarely taught outside of university settings, using ultraviolet light to create high-detail stencils with precision impossible to achieve by hand. In addition, you'll experience the unique and innovative process of screen-printed blast stencils - a technique developed at HALTglass. Absolute beginners welcome - most people are new to this process.

You'll work with professional sandblasting equipment to etch imagery into glass, exploring sandblasting into both copper-stained and silver-stained glass to create richly tonal, permanent work. Traditional hand-cut and screen-printed stencil techniques are also covered to give you the full range of possibilities.

What You'll Learn

• High-resolution image transfer using UV-sensitive stencils

• Screen-printed stencil techniques (unique to HALTglass)

• Handmade stencil making

• Professional sandblasting technique combined with copper and silver stains

• Understanding different glass types and their sandblasting properties

What You'll Make

This is a learning and experimentation day. You'll create:

• One A4 finished piece featuring your own photographic image, sandblasted and stained

• Multiple sample pieces on float glass exploring different stenciling techniques

• A portfolio of experiments to take away and continue developing

If you're looking to create a specific finished artwork rather than learn the technique, consider booking my 1-on-1 Studio Session.

What's Included

• Materials, consumables, and safety equipment

• Use of brand new dedicated sandblasting equipment and studio

• Float glass for experiments

• Copper and silver stains glass sheets to basting your images into for your final piece

• Expert tuition throughout the day

• Post course support to help you keep blasting

• Tea & coffee,

Handmade mouth-blown antique flashed glass is available to use for your final piece sold at cost price (typically £45 for A4 depending on glass chosen). Alternatively, you're welcome to bring your own flashed glass to work with.

What To Bring

• Your own images (on booking I'll send you image selection advice) or work from images provided on the day

• Optional: Your own flashed glass if you have specific pieces you'd like to work with

• Enthusiasm and willingness to experiment

Who This Course Is For

• Stained glass artists looking to expand their skillset

• Photographers wanting to explore glass as a permanent medium

• Designers interested in architectural glass applications

• Keen hobbyists wanting to try something unique

• Complete beginners - no previous glass or print experience required

This technique is particularly suited to anyone working with photographic imagery or interested in translating detailed designs into permanent glass.

Practical Details

• Maximum 3 students for personalised attention

• Plenty of dates available - if you don't see a date that works, contact me and we'll arrange something

• Course runs 10am - 4:30pm

• Studio location: Just half an hour from London, England (postcode GU4 7QD)

• Tea, coffee, and water provided

Why This Course Stands Out

This isn't your typical sandblasting workshop. While most courses teach basic resist techniques on commercial glass, you'll be working with professional-grade equipment in a purpose-built studio, applying processes developed through decades of specialist practice. The screen-printed stencil approach you'll learn here isn't taught anywhere else publicly in the UK - it's a technique refined through professional fabrication work for galleries and architectural commissions.

Add to this the option to work on handmade antique flashed glass rather than standard float glass, and you're learning at a level typically reserved for university glass programs or high-end fabrication studios. You'll leave with both the knowledge and the confidence to continue developing serious work in this medium.