The Happy Couple: When Glass Meets Grout

With Janet Gruman

August 13 - 19, 2023

Location: Grunewald Guild Stained Glass Studio

What will class time be like?: Class will include a check-in, a review of the day's road map, some demonstrations, time for application/studio time, and time for clean-up.

Will I need to work outside of class?: No, all projects can be completed within the allotted class time.

What can I expect to create?: Students can expect to create one practice piece and one final piece.

Do I need experience to take this class?: All experience levels welcome, including beginners

What do I need to bring to class?: Studio clothes

Minimum age of participant: 18

required deposit: $250

  • Commuter – $115.00
  • Cabin – $1,180.00
  • Hilltop House King Private Room + Private Bath – $1,120.00
  • Hilltop House Queen Private Room + Shared Bath – $1,060.00
  • Hilltop Private Room (Full + Two Twins) + Shared Bath – $1,000.00
  • Private Queen Room + Shared Bath – $940.00
  • Private Twin Room + Shared Bath – $940.00
  • Shared Room + Shared Bath – $610.00
  • Yurt – $730.00
  • Library Dorm – $460.00
  • RV with Electric: 125V/30 Amp – $460.00
  • RV with Electric: 25V/20 Amp – $460.00
  • Personal Tent or Car Camping – $400.00

Students will be invited to consider the abstract as a spiritual practice during their design process.  They will use color, line, shape, and negative space to create an abstract design with stained glass and grout.

What makes this stained glass class unique?  The ability, freedom, and challenge of shaping negative space with the interplay of glass and grout is part of the play!   The grout becomes part of the overall design, lending its color and texture in fun and interesting ways.  

About the Faculty

Janet Gruman

Janet first learned about negative space in a drawing class at Lassen College. The instructor, Ben Barker, told the class to look at a particular tree and draw everything—every shape—we saw, except the tree. She was 19 years old, and though it wasn’t her first art class, she hadn’t ever heard of negative space. Years […]

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