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Full-Day Fused Glass Experience - Creating a Beautiful Bird Bath - at our Blended Monkey Studios - August 2026

  • Writer: siloutaggart
    siloutaggart
  • Aug 9
  • 2 min read

Yesterday's full-day fused glass experience taught by our wonderful guest tutor, the talented June Massey, was another great success. Each student decorated their own large squares of glass with unique designs and colour schemes to create stunning bird baths.

Once fired, these pieces can be used outside on stands or could be wall art or table decorations.

The students learnt how to cut glass and "nibble" it to get the right shapes. They were able to choose from a wealth of lovely glasses, frits, millefiori beads and glass ephemera which was then arranged on their glass panels to depict anything they wished - we saw botanicals, a flag, a cross, a blue tit, a swan ...


Our highly skilled fused glass tutor, June, expertly guided the group through all the stages, and I popped in now and then to take lots of photos and see how everyone was getting on. I'm very drawn to all the beautiful coloured glass - it's like the lure of a sweet shop!


As anyone who's attended our Blended Monkey Studios in the past will know, we always make sure creativity is fuelled with plenty of refreshments, and we had freshly-baked gluten-free chocolate brownies and also shortbread (courtesy of Fanoggins Bakery) on today's refreshments menu.

Not forgetting the lovely lunch we provide featuring more of Fanoggins Bakery's bakes and plenty of allergy-mindful treats.


June has now taken the work home with her to fire in her specialist fused glass kiln. The creations will then be brought back to our studios, and students will be able to collect them by arrangement.


The photos here provide a great insight into today's experience, and if you missed out on this workshop, we have a lot more fused glass workshops booked in this year, and plenty more to follow in 2027:



Sunday 13 September - Necklaces with Boxes


Saturday 10 October - Large Lantern Full-Day Experience including Lunch


Sunday 8 November - Christmas Dish Half-Day Experience



For more info about all our other fabulous guest tutor group workshops, visit our website https://www.blendedmonkey.co.uk/category/group-workshops


Our experiences make ideal CRAFTY GIFTS & we can post or email you a complimentary personalised voucher if you'd like to make any of our experiences a present for somebody.


  • Beautiful fused glass bird bath ready to be fired in the kiln
  • Student working on her fused glass bird bath design here in the Blended Monkey Studios
  • Student working on her fused glass bird bath design here in the Blended Monkey Studios
  • Student working on her fused glass bird bath design here in the Blended Monkey Studios
  • Student working on her fused glass bird bath design here in the Blended Monkey Studios
  • Different colours of glass
  • Students busily working on the fused glass designs here in the Blended Monkey Studios
  • The "no sausage" rolls made by Fanoggins Bakery
  • Fabulous chocolate cookies made by Fanoggins Bakery
  • Selection of glass beads and millefiori
  • Student working on her fused glass bird bath design here in the Blended Monkey Studios
  • Student working on her fused glass bird bath design here in the Blended Monkey Studios
  • Student working on his fused glass bird bath design here in the Blended Monkey Studios
  • Busy students working on their fused glass creations here in the Blended Monkey Studios
  • Fab flag design!
  • Beautiful botanicals design for this student's bird bath
  • Cross design for this bird bath
  • Lovely blue tit design for this bird bath
  • Swan on the water
  • Lovely botanicals created with glass frit

The Full-Day Fused Glass Bird Bath Experience











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