A How To : Redeem your Gift Card & Frequently Asked Questions!

Happy New Year Everyone!!!! Bring on 2024!

I offer gift cards on my website for gifted workshops and I have realized that my site is not the most user friendly for redeeming your gift card! The number of gift cards sold went up quite a bit this year and I feel extremely blessed that you are all interested in glassblowing! So here is a HOW TO : On redeeming your gift cards! As well as FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS!

All gifted workshops should receive an email with their digital gift card information. Essentially your gift card number is the most important thing to write down or copy and paste!

1 Step: Go to my website: RachelEscoeGlass.com

2 Step: Click the WORKSHOPS link. And click on the listing title that matches your gifted workshop. (Example: Glass Workshop for 2 or Workshop for 4, Etc.)

3 Step: Once you’re in that listing. Click Purchase button.

4 Step: Add your gift card redeeming number to the GIFT/DISCOUNT section and purchase.

5 Step: Once purchased, you will receive a confirmation email with a LINK to my ONLINE CALENDAR. Where you can pick any available date of your choosing!

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FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS BELOW!

What is your age limit? 7 years old and up.

Do you have waiver forms? Yes

Can I add an extra person to my 2 or 4 person workshops? Yes, It is an extra 80.00 person and an extra half hour time is added to your workshop.

What do we make in each type of workshop? You get to choose between a paperweight, ornament and/or a drinking glass tumbler. Depending on the timing you might be able to make more than one thing. Especially if there are less people in the workshop.

Do we get to pick our own colors? Yes

How long is the workshops? 3 Hours

Where are you located? I am located on the border of NE Gresham and Portland. 97230

Is this a hands on workshop? Yes!

Can you ship finished work? Yes

Can you bring your mobile glass shop to our driveway? Yes

Do you do bigger private parties? Yes. 10-15 person groups. See details here!

Do you do team building events? Yes

How far out can you schedule? 3 months

Do you do weddings? Yes

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What is an Annealer & How Will it Function in the Upcoming Mobile Shop!

Annealer Kiln

with a Marver plate placed on top of kiln!

An Annealer is a Kiln. A hot oven that is used to store your glasswork after you’re finished making it in the glass shop. The type of glass I work with is sensitive and can be shocked easily. So in order to temper the glass and prevent it from breaking or exploding, we slowly cool it down over an 8 to 12 hour period of time. I mean imagine if you cooled something down from like 1000 degrees and in 10 minutes to room temperature. That’s too fast and sounds like a disaster! I don’t think any sort of material would like that! Unless you’re metal I guess! But glass is a delicate material and needs to be eased into its next phase.

When I am done working with a glass vessel, I knock it off the metal rod it is attached to and put it away into the kiln. It sits at around 900 degrees Fahrenheit or 515 degrees Celsius and slowly cools down to room temperature overnight. Now that’s more like it right!

Normal Marver Table

The annealer kiln I have ordered from Canned Heat Glass, (Pictured above and to the left) is going to be so fun because it will have two main functions. It will be a cute small kiln that sits on a metal stand with wheels and on top of the kiln it will have a marver. A Marver table is a stainless steel thick metal sheeted table. It normally functions as its own piece of equipment in a glass studio. Glassblowers use this to shape their glass, pick up color, etc. But in my studio it will be combined with the annealer kiln. The stainless steel metal sheet will be laid across the top of the annealer. Acting as an all in one multi functional piece of equipment! That way I will have less things to haul around and it will be much more versatile. Click the pictures to check out more of Canned Heat Glass equipment!

Once I have all of this equipment finished being made and in hand, I will show you with more detail what all of this will look like. I can’t wait!!!

In the meantime check out my new workshop listing just posted last week! It’s all about you! Take a solo private beginner workshop for 1 with me. I would love to teach you glassblowing!

Thanks so much for reading this months more technical blog. I hope you have a wonderful last weekend of May. Cheers!