# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Glass Fusing: Mosaic and Op-Art Designs
- **Event Start and End Date**: Sun, 15 Feb, 2026 at 11:00 am – Sun, 15 Feb, 2026 at 05:00 pm
- **Event Description**: Date: 15 Feb 2026
Adult - Workshop
Times: 11am - 5pm

Join Shirley Eccles for this adventurous glass fusing workshop playing with Opt Art and Mosaic techniques. 

You will be able to extend your skills and techniques involved in Glass Fusing and Slumping. We will make two items during the day. This course is project-based, and the aim is to learn different fusing techniques. It will give you the opportunity to experiment with a variety of fusing ideas and glass materials.

Project 1: Op Art. Inspired by the art style of the 1960s, you will learn how to create optical illusions in your glass. We will create an illusion of movement, like swelling or warping within the glass. Different colour combinations and patterns can be considered to create a very unique piece of glass art.

Project 2: Glass Fused Mosaic. Design a picture by inlaying small pieces of glass and then grouting it with glass powders to create an intricate and colourful glass ‘painting’. Your glass mosaic will be fused together. You can either create a small wall hanging or a shallow slumped platter, which will involve a second firing. 

Skills/Techniques Covered 
Design techniques and special effects 
Fusing processes 
Glass cutting techniques 
Melting glass stringers over a flame. 
Preparation of moulds for slumping 
Health and Safety when working with glass materials 

Level 
This course is designed as an experimental course in Glass Fusing and Slumping and is project-based. It can be adapted to suit a range of abilities, including beginners. 

Materials 
All Materials are included in your course fee.

Please bring with you 
A sketchbook/notebook and pen 
Photos, patterns and pictures to use as inspiration 
A dust mask 
An apron 
An old but clean dishcloth is useful 
Wear closed-toe shoes 

Collection of work
All projects will be taken away for firing in a kiln and will be returned to The Base for collection.
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/thatcham/glass-fusing-mosaic-and-op-art-designs/200029379411903
- **Event Categories**: art, workshops, health-wellness, fine-arts
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 8

## Ticket Details

- **Ticket URL**: https://thebasegreenham.ticketsolve.com/ticketbooth/shows/1173671489?utm_source=AllEvents.in&utm_medium=event-discovery-platform&utm_campaign=thatcham-events

## Event venue details

- **city**: Thatcham
- **state**: EN
- **country**: United Kingdom
- **location**: Communication Road, Greenham Business Park, , RG19 6HN Newbury, United Kingdom
- **lat**: 51.3735
- **long**: -1.28013
- **full address**: Communication Road, Greenham Business Park, , RG19 6HN Newbury, United Kingdom, Thatcham, United Kingdom

## Event Organizer details

- **affiliate_id**: 2
- **organizer**: The Base, Greenham (https://allevents.in/org/the-base-greenham/14905077)

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When is the event happening?
  - **A:** Sun, 15 Feb, 2026 at 11:00 am
- **Q**: Where is the event happening?
  - **A:** Communication Road, Greenham Business Park, , RG19 6HN Newbury, United Kingdom, Thatcham, United Kingdom
- **Q**: Who is organizing the event?
  - **A:** The Base, Greenham
- **Q**: What type of event is this?
  - **A:** art, workshops, health-wellness, fine-arts
- **Q**: Where can I find ticket details about Glass Fusing: Mosaic and Op-Art Designs ?
  - **A:** You can find ticket details about this event on AllEvents.

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