One on One Torch Time for Beginners with Tari

One on One Torch Time with Tari

For beginners to learn to make a basic pendant necklace.

$125 for approximately one hour, including materials. Participant will end up with 1-2 finished pendants that they 'made' (with Tari's help).

Ages 13 and up, plus must fill out a liability release waiver. Ages under 18 will require adult guardian and student to sign the liability release form and consent of awareness of dangers at-hand of glassmaking.

Instructor: Tari Zarka, AAOTE's founder with a 20-year tenure in professional, creative entrepreneurialism.

Learn the basics of flameworking a wearable piece of glass art. Tari will begin the session by demonstrating the piece she’ll instruct one to make. Then the participant will have their turn at the torch working to replicate the demonstration with Tari at their side ready to step in to help finish each piece as-needed. Expect to conclude each hour session with one, maybe two finished pendants. 

Please know the pendant(s) will have to be picked up at a later date as each piece of glass must be annealed several hours in the kiln before being ready to go with their person. 

Classes at AAOTE are designed to foster an ignited creative spirit which can help with intuitive development, problem solving, resourcefulness, and tenacity at work and in daily life.

We will discuss the creative arts to explore how attempting to learn a new craft or skill can improve our ability to more gracefully flow with the inevitable learning curves and changes of life and the workplace.

Through our time on the torch we seek to ignite a revived drive to see through distractions to the bigger picture, engage participant in new perspective of creative flow, learning to access it to accelerate fluidity and problem solving abilities. 

When working with glass it is imperative to remain focused on the piece regardless of outside distractions. Since there is no ability to put a piece of half-morphed glass down to come back to it, we must problem solve and move on-the-fly while in a place of uncertainty and unknown, at the helm of a 4,000 degree torch flame holding semi-molten glass.

This process can be an engaging and fun way to explore the world of creative process with a new, exciting medium.

Do know the glass studio is not heated or air conditioned. Dress in natural fibers, no polyester or other meltable clothing, and dress according to the outside climate. It could be hot, it could be cold, somedays it's actually perfect temp. 

Sign up by purchasing one ‘unit’. Once you place your ‘order’, we will be in-touch within 24 hours to schedule your visit for a day and time that works for all. There will be no refund for cancellations however if you contact us 24 hours prior to your scheduled visit we will be happy to reschedule your visit. In the event of bad weather we will automatically reschedule and work out another time slot.