Arson Studios

10/17/2026

TODAY - come join us for live demos of different glass art techniques.

It's the first day of Refract: the Seattle Glass Experience! Join us at 4 PM today, October 15, for a free screening of Holy Frit, and mark your calendars for this Saturday, Oct. 17 - it's Demo Day in the Glass Arts Studio! Plus, stop by BARN's Commons to see our incredible Birds of a Feather: PNW Glass Takes Flight Exhibit. All Refract events at BARN are free to attend!

Demo Day Schedule - Saturday, Oct. 17

🎃10 – 11 AM: Cynthia Jacobs
Creepy Creatures, a fun fused glass project just in time for Halloween!

🎇11:15 AM – 12:15 PM: Diane Bonciolini & Gregg Mesmer
Catching the Light – the Art of Foil & Leaded Stained Glass

🔥12:30 – 1:30 PM: Laura Arns
Torchwork – Flock of Murrini

🐦1:45 – 2:45 PM: Barbara Henderson
Flight Plan – Creating a Mosaic Birdbath

RSVP at https://vist.ly/5nj7s

Refract Seattle

10/13/2026

Some results from pumpkin palooza! (Thanks for posting them, Marilynn Gottlieb !)

10/11/2026

Sparky and I are all setup to teach pumpkins class this morning. Followed by PumpkinPalooza in the afternoon!

10/10/2026

I'll be doing a demo again this year, plus we'll have demos on other glass activities too!

Refract at BARN starts in less than a month! 🔥All the info you need is below. Have you RSVP'd for Holy Frit and Demo Day yet?

Oct. 7 - 30: Visit BARN's Commons to see our glass art exhibition, Birds of a Feather: PNW Glass Takes Flight.

Oct. 15, 4 - 7 PM: Free Screening of Holy Frit
Glass enthusiasts will love this 2021 documentary about glass artist Tim Carey! In a whirlwind of unexpected turns, Holy Frit follows Tim as he wins a bid to design and create the largest stained-glass window in the world. (May not be appropriate for children under 14).

Oct. 17, 10 AM - 3 PM: Demo Day
4 sessions of demonstrations by artists and makers extraordinaire, featuring torchwork, stained glass, mosaics, and fused glass, plus a display of classwork in each discipline.

Let us know you're planning to attend. Register today at BainbridgeBARN.org/Refract!

Refract Seattle Refract Seattle

09/18/2026

We're all set up and open for visitors!

Stop #1 on Gig Harbor Open Studio Tour

09/13/2026

It's getting to be that time of year! Come learn to make glass pumpkins.

https://create.bainbridgebarn.org/event/introduction-to-lampworked-sculpture-pumpkins-182744/register

09/12/2026

Sparky is hard at work, planning what studios he's going to visit next weekend on the Gig Harbor Open Studio Tour!

Start your planning here:
https://gigharboropenstudiotour.org/brochure-and-map

09/06/2026

Class time! Come make beads/pendants with me next weekend. Signups close soon so don't wait!

Get into the spirit of the season at Lampworking Sugar Skull Beads on Sep. 12! You can use the beads you make as offerings on a tiny Dia de Los Mu***os altar, party favors, or accessories. This class for advanced-beginner lampworkers will give you practice using stringers and dots to add decoration to your beads.

To participate, you need to have had some experience with glass beadmaking and be able to form at least two simple bead shapes, and make and use stringers. Courses like Beadmaking Experience, 2-3 open studio practice sessions, or the weekend-long Introduction to Torchwork: Beads are ideal prep for this class.

Learn more and register: https://vist.ly/5hg24