Sign up now to schedule your personal Glass Paperweight Workshop at Tampa Bay's first community Hot Shop, located in the Gulfport Art Village Courtyard, just minutes from downtown St. Petersburg, Florida.

Select your own colors that will float endlessly inside the glass. Choose from two shapes - round or egg. A great souvenir or holiday gift!

For each paperweight, our instructor will gather clear glass from the IAC's 2000-degree furnace. Students will then take hold of the pipe and pick up bits of colored glass called frit from a steel table known as the marver. This glass mish mash is then heated to a malleable state in the flame of the glory hole. To create their one-of-a-kind design, students will manipulate the colorful hot glass with a variety of glass blower's tools including a water-soaked wood block and tweezers. Finally, the instructor will gather more clear glass over the colored glass and help the student sculpt the final shape.

PLEASE WEAR CLOSED-TOED SHOES AND NATURAL FIBER CLOTHING.

NO FEE FOR YOUR RESERVATION. MUST PRESENT YOUR LIVING SOCIAL OR GOOGLE VOUCHER WHEN YOU ARRIVE.

GRATUITY FOR INSTRUCTOR SUGGESTED.

Please arrive 15 minutes before your scheduled workshop.