What's New

Hours of Operation

  • Administrative Offices:
    Monday - Friday, 8:30am - 5pm
  • Gallery & Gallery Store:
    Monday - Friday, 10am -7:30pm
    Saturday, 10am - 5pm
    Sunday, 12pm - 4pm
  • Building Hours:
    Monday - Friday, 8:30am -10pm [doors locked at 8pm]
    Saturday, 10am - 5pm
    Sunday, Noon - 4pm

GLASS STUDIO

The Craft Center’s New Street Glass Studio, located just off of Harlow at 35B New Street, is the Center’s newest studio and to most comprehensive public glass studio in Central Mass. Fall 2008 marks the studio’s 3rd anniversary.
Glassblowing

 

New Street Glass Studio
508-757-1424

glassblowing

flameworking

casting

stained glass

beadmaking

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Glassblowing

Glassblowing

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Glassblowing

stained glass

glass

 

GLASS STUDIO

The Worcester Center for Crafts offers a comprehensive program in all aspects of glass—blowing, sculpting, casting, fusing, flameworking, and stained glass. The Glass Program recently expanded into an 8,000 square foot facility at 35B New Street, a short distance away from Sagamore Rd. Click here for directions.

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In addition to offering quality classes, the CraftCenter can now provide a state-of-the-art professional studio for area glassworkers. Studios are available to rent. Contact Jacob Vincent, Glass Facilities Manager, for more information at 508.757.1424 or jvincent@worcestercraftcenter.org.

 

HOT SHOP
glassblowing, solid sculpting, hot casting
400lb. day tank filled with Seattle Batch
12” gloryholes (2)
17” gloryhole
Benches (3)
Pipe Cooler and Pipe Warmers
Pick up Boxes
Large Front Loading Annealers (3)
Large Car Kilns (2)
Assorted blowing tools
Heat Shields & yolks
Flame Shop
Carlisle Major Bench Torches (10)
Minor Bench Torches (10)
Tool Box Bead Kilns (3)
Small Annealer, manual control
Assorted Tools
studio

 

COLD SHOP
grinding, drilling, engraving, polishing, cutting, sandblasting
Horizontal grinding machines (5) 80, 220, 400 grit plus 1 pumice & 1 cerium
High-speed glass lathe
Diamond wheels
Double-sided glass lathe (20² double sided)
Belt sanders (2)
Felt wheels & stone wheels
Diamond Saw
Sandblaster
Small Glass Grinders

 

FLAME SHOP
beadmaking, flameworking

 

FLAT SHOP
stained glass, kilnforming
Assorted Glass Cutting Tools
Large Kilnforming Kiln, Digitry
Small L&L Kiln with Dynatrol
Small annealer, manual control
Assorted Kiln Shelves & Furniture
Assorted Ceramic Molds
Assorted Buckets for Mixing Plaster/ Silica
Soldering irons for Stained Glass
Additional Facilities
Kitchenette
8 Private Studios
Borosilicate rods & tubes
Bullseye Sheet & Rod
Moretti
Northstar
Assorted powders
Glass cutting tools
Books
Clay Tools
Craft Photo

 

MOLD SHOP investment mold making