Poll and Glass Painting

[neadods]

Today's class was on glass painting. It was a well-taught and generally interesting one (turns out I *really* like glass painting) with only one drawback... it was in the morning. Of a workday. My teeth were a little gritted when I told the roomful of retired teachers that I'd had to take leave to be there and REALLY would have preferred a night class.

That said, we tried five methods of applying paint to glass (paintbrush, sponge, stencil, marker, tube) and did two projects. After the vase and the pitcher have cured for a couple of days, I heat-set the paint, which is supposed to make it dishwasher and microwave safe.

The only problem with these "make it" classes is that I end up with novice projects I don't know what to do with. Perhaps I should take more cooking classes so I can eat the evidence. Speaking of which, the upcoming semester is a Candyland of options, and since people always like to click polls, here you go:


[Poll #1761532]

Comments

[neadods.livejournal.com]

This set is Anne Arundel Community College, noncredit classes. Is there any kind of CC in feasible commuting distance to you? PGCC had an interesting list too, but they're way further from work than AACC is.

[tchwrtr.livejournal.com]

Yup. AACC rocks.

Lemme know what you decide on--I might join you for a few of these.

[neadods.livejournal.com]

Will do. Have had to winnow it down from $780 worth of classes to $250 worth of classes and still need to cut that number a bit, so the final results aren't in yet. The truffles, plumbing, micro greens, cookbook, yoga for sleep and -- bugger, I've forgotten it and my notes aren't with me -- anyway, the short list is down to 6 and I'm trying to get it shorter.

Also, they have a $95 trip up to the NY chocolate show in November. Which I'm considering, although I'm not sure if it wouldn't be cheaper to take the Bolt Bus up and a la carte my visit.

[tchwrtr.livejournal.com]

I'm curious what you hope to learn from the cookbook class. You are a writer and collector of cookbooks--I'm guessing you already *know* what goes into creating a cookbook.

[neadods.livejournal.com]

That is a good point. I dunno... learn something I don't know I don't know? They do talk about discussing marketing it, but if I do a print version I'd probably do it for charity and if I do an ebook, that's a whole different thing. (Actually, the temptation to make an ebook cookbook out of modernized historical recipes is quite tempting.)

The classes listed above were still a little steep for me - I've got it down to the cookbook (which you've now got me reconsidering, because yeah, you're right and it's not a cheap class), micro-gardening (Oct 25) and truffles (December 9).

If I dump cookbook, the question will be whether I'll replace it with candymaking (tempting) or plumbing (something I figure I Ought To Know.)

Also? To figure out the schedule and the prices, I cut the little descriptions out of the book and played with them like cards. I was vastly amused that low-fat cooking was on the backside of truffle making.

[neadods.livejournal.com]

Of course, dropping cookbook would also free up the $$ to take one of the yoga classes...

[tchwrtr.livejournal.com]

There ya go.

[neadods.livejournal.com]

What are the classes you're looking at?

[fyrdrakken]

Huh. Not only do we have a good CC where I live, but there's another one downtown I took a few classes at a few years back. I should check and see if there are any cool classes on offer.

[neadods.livejournal.com]

It's hit or miss... This semester is a hit.