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2025 Local Artist Workshop with Ashley Austin
Magic Marbles Weekend
$400/person
2 day workshop from December 13-14, 2025
Saturday-Sunday 10am-4pm (with a daily 1 hour lunch break)
Prerequisite: Intro to Flameworking or equivalent required for this workshop.
Registration Deadline 11/29/25
Course Description: Over this 2 day workshop we will be focusing on marble making. We will explore a few different color application techniques as well as how to back your marbles. Through this process we will learn how to form round spheres of glass with graphite molds, add clear lenses to cabochons, how to work with striking colors, and how to finish our marbles with decorative backings.
Artist Biography
Ashley Austin is a flameworker and multimedia artist residing in Minneapolis, MN. She has been working with glass since 2010 after graduating from the University of Minnesota where she studied Architecture, Art and Anthropology. Her work draws on inspiration from fashion and global cultures, both contemporary and ancient. Her glass work focuses on color and pattern in marbles, jewelry and hollow forms using techniques she has developed over her career. Her work has been featured in galleries and collections in multiple countries and her work was exhibited at a solo gallery show in Miami, FL in 2023. She has always loved introducing people to the magic of flameworking and is excited to share her knowledge!