Public Glass has 3 benches in our hot shop for rent for nonmembers and members. There are two sizes of gloryholes: 2- 12in glory holes and 1- 22in glory hole. It is $155 for the small 12in hole, and $175 for the large 22in hole for a 3 hour rental. We are closed on mondays to charge our furnace so rentals run from Tues- Sun. Prerequisite to hotshop rental or membership is level 4 or equivalent experience of 1-2 years.

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Rentals Times

Weekdays: 8am -11am, 11:30am - 2:30pm, 3 - 6pm, 6:30 - 9:30pm 
Weekends: 9am - 12pm, 12:30 - 3:30pm, 4pm - 7pm, 7:30pm - 10:30pm

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Hot Shop Facilities

• 600 lb. pot furnace, melting Glasma, system 96

• Three benches, 2 -12" or 1- 22″ diameter glory hole and rolling yokes at each station​

• Pipe cooler

• Pipe warmer

• Color pick-up kiln

• 36″ × 18″ × 14″ garage

• Two Oxygen Propane Hot Torches

• Fluffy propane torch 

• 5 annealers

• compressed air 

• sand trays

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Included Per 3 Hour Slot Rental

• 1/4 space in annealer

• 25 lbs of glass

• Use of the Color pick up kiln

• Basic Shop Tools- Jacks, Shears, Sofiettas, Tweezers, Paddles, Blocks, Pipes, Punties, Mapp Gas

• oxy propane torch at knock off station

• color not included

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Hotshop rental add ons

• garage: $12

• oxygen propane torch at your bench: $20

• Fluffy propane torch: $12

• extra annealer space: $30

• extended annealer cycle: $30

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Members vs Nonmembers

Studio memberships are available and provide discounted rental rates, online booking access, and no limits on rental times. Choose between a basic membership to get 10% off or a premium membership to get 20% off. Monthly and yearly memberships available.

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​Nonmembers pay per 3 hour rental + add ons( if needed) and must book and pay invoice 72 hours ahead of time through email: operations@publicglass.org. Nonmembers are limited to booking while staff is present. First time nonmembers please email:

• glassblowing experience : classes, school, previous studios

• photos of work

• size gloryhole

• date and renting time

• details of your glassblowing partner- if applicable

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Booking Policy for Members

​Members must book the hotshop benches 48 hours in advance to give the office time to make the annealer schedule. Members may only cancel or reschedule 48 hours from the time of the rental.

The oxy/propane torch, garage and fluffy torch can be booked 5 minutes before time of use.

 

List of equipment each member needs to know

In order to have rental hours from 8am-9:30pm Tues- Sun, each member needs to be able to use all of the equipment on their own. Each member is responsible for turning on/off all of the equipment below without staff present. 

 

• Blower​

• Fans

• Gloryhole

• GB4 controller annealer cycle

• Watlow controller annealer cycle

• Color box

• Color booth

• Oxy/propane torch

• Fluffy propane torch

• Air compressor

• Pipe warmer

• Pipe cooler

• Garage