Glass & Metal Lamp Making Class

IAP Term 2024

Beginners encouraged!

Course Instructor: Cat Arase, carase@mit.edu 

Times & Dates: January 15-21, 2024

Session 1: M-F 5-7pm Saturday & Sunday 10am-3pm

Session 2: M-F 7-9pm, Saturday & Sunday 10am-3pm

Prerequisites: None! No experience is required. Beginners are highly encouraged

Credit: This class is not for credit and there will be no grading

To enter the lottery, please fill out this form by end of day 12/20/23: https://forms.gle/kW8RRCpLxpk2wXHp9 

I have found that there are many people who want to make things, but struggle to go from making small trinkets to larger scale projects that look finished, especially when those projects aim to integrate multiple components or processes. I intend to teach Illustrator, the plasma cutter, the spot welder, and glass cutting. Everyone will create their own design and their own lamp using sheet metal and stained glass sheets. The class is free and all materials will be purchased beforehand.

I plan to take 8 students and run two sessions (in the same week). The class will last one week of IAP. Last year a similar class I ran was overenrolled, so you must be able to attend every day of the class. Extra work outside of class hours may be needed for the design portion of the class dependending on design complexity. I will do my best to finalize the class list by 12/22/23 and will send an email to everyone to let them know who is in the class.