Workshops in Hot Glass

Jayne Duryea took a Glass Workshop with Bill Bagley in 1988 at Texas Tech University in Junction, Texas, a birthday present to herself at 34 years old. She recalls seeing Glass Blowers during grade school on a field trip to Riverhead, NY in the 1950's and was quietly intrigued since then.

Upon the return to BCC for the Fall Semester, Jayne secured a private grant to build Glass Blowing facilities at Bee County College, now Coastal Bend College.

The art of glass blowing courses were created in 1989 at the Visual Arts Division of Bee County College. It was the first Junior college to offer this program and became the oldest academic educational glassblowing facility in the State of Texas in the 1990's and 2000's. Many Glass facilities have developed since then.

The traditional offhand glassblowing course began in 1990 and continued until glass as an academic choice was canceled in 2017 by Coastal Bend College. Glass continues today as workshops only.

Jayne Duryea has worked and visited many glassblowing facilities and establish her own studio for creative pursuit. The Glass Workshops are offered on a private basis at her personal studio.

Classes Offered at Duryea Studios:

Beginning Glass Blowing
Paperweights, Small Vessels, and Solid Forms

Forming molten glass on the end of a blowpipe is an exciting way to experience the essence of this raw material. Through lectures and hands-on work, students learn the basic techniques of forming glass:  gathering, blowing, and puntying.

Glass Fusing and Slumping
Fused Paintings, Plates Bowls and Sandblasting

A survey of kiln techniques including fusing (melting pieces of flat glass together) and slumping (melting flat glass over a three-dimensional object).  All projects are developed on an individual basis with emphasis on learning the process for further work.

Class Information

The workshops are available for individuals interested in exploring glass as a media for expression.