If you've never taken classes at Chicago Hot Glass or if you're a returning student, check out the new class schedules. We've filled up the calendar all the way to December and there are some great classes in store. If you've never blown glass before, try a little taste with Experience Glass or Experience Flamework or jump right into an eight week Beginning Glassblowing Level 1 class. If you're already hooked and have taken classes before, consider one of our 4-week specialty classes. Sign up today for a class with one of these local glassblowing legends: Ian Duncan (Blow It Big, Blow Mold Mania), Aaron Boze (Venetian Nights, Cane Can Do, Murrini Madness), Scott Percival (Breaking Bad Habits) or Kit Paulson (Blow It Alone). In addition to our local cast we'll be calling in the big guns this fall with a short series of Weekend Workshops with renowned glassblower and teacher Matt Urban. Matt will challenge and inspire you, first with Vesselmaking and then with Goblets, Cups and Chalices.
To browse and sign up for classes, click on "Traditional Glassblowing" under the "Classes" menu at the top of the page.
Chicago Hot glass on TV!
Local television personality and host of Chicago Revealed Katie Kijowski dropped by Chicago Hot Glass to give glassblowing a try. Katie approached CHG about doing a television piece focusing on "Hidden Chicago Neighborhood Gems". We thought it would be exciting to have her over and a great opportunity to get the word out about hot glass here in Chicago. Katie and the Chicago Revealed camera crews came into Chicago Hot Glass on three separate occasions to film the glassblowing experience that CHG has to offer...
Several staff members were interviewed about working with glass and what it's like to be a glass artist. Katie even took her turn in the hot seat and hopped on a torch with instructor Ed Wang and made herself a glass pendant. We hope Katie had a good time and look forward to seeing her on television blowing glass. 
Chicago Revealed is a Chicago based TV show that airs locally on Channels 23 and 49. Produced by Katie Kijowski & Casey Clark, Hosted by Katie and Edited by Casey at Chicago Municipal Television.
Hello,
There have been some major changes around the studio in the last five months, Jeremy Scidmore has left to concentrate on his studies and Nick Paul has taken over the day to day operations of the studio.
One of Jeremy's many many jobs was being the webmaster and the tools he used were nothing I knew how to use (nor owned). Between that and my being pretty busy keeping up with the real world the website has fallen well behind the times in regard as to what is going on at the studio.
Happily, this sweet new content management system will now allow us to keep the rest of the world up on what's going on around the studio pretty easily.
It's far from finished so don't be too surprised if you see "lorem ipsum" in articles or items that clearly have nothing to do with the studio, those articles and pages are part of the template we adopted and we are busily hacking away at replacing those bits with our bits.
Thanks for bearing with us,
Daniel Staples, owner
