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

[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?