This beginner class will focus on foundational techniques for blowing glass. No experience is necessary. Students will start with marbles and paperweights, focusing on handling solid clear glass, tool manipulation, and color applications. The next step will involve making small vessels, where students will blow a bubble and learn to transfer the bubble onto a pontil rod. Making an object on the pontil is challenging and requires a good amount of teamwork and cooperation. During the week students will create a good base for developing the skills needed to craft cups, bowls, vases, and other hollow-blown vessels. Participants will have plenty of time to develop their skills through practice and repetition while also learning to work as part of a glassblowing team. Expect to go home with a variety of small blown objects, as well as skills that are essential to good glassblowing.