Special Half-term Events at our new Workshops!
Tuesday 26th. to Friday 29th. October.
Every morning, 10.30 to 12.30.
Suitable for 8 to 12 year olds.
Come and find out how and why bubbles are made, and blow your own glass bubble which you can take away next day!
Cost £8.00 per child, including a glass bubble.
Every afternoon, 2.00 to 4.00.
Suitable for 11 to 14 year olds.
Learn the secrets of how glass is made, and gain your first experience in blowing and shaping glass. Take away any glass you make the next day!
Cost £10 per child, including any glass made on the course.
ADVANCE BOOKING ONLY!
Places on these courses will be strictly limited, and advance booking and payment is essential. Each child must be accompanied by a responsible adult. Further details will be issued when your application is confirmed.
Our new Workshops are very easy to find; by road from the City Centre or the A4 follow the A38 directions to Bedminster. Our large workshop is located by the Bedminster Car Park. Three hours free parking is available in Hereford Street, 50 yards along the road.
We are just over a mile from Temple Meads Station, and a hundred yards from Bedminster Station. (You can see our workshop from the station platforms.)
Bus Service Nos. 52, 53A, 75, 76, 90, 121, 511, 672, and N6 all stop at Dalby Avenue, beside our Factory. The Bristol Airport Shuttle Bus also passes our door.
To book a place, please fill in and print THIS FORM, one for each child, and return it to us, or telephone our Workshops, 01179 636 900.
Please enclose payment with your application – if your chosen date is over-subscribed we will return your payment. To pay by Credit Card, please telephone. Cheques should be made payable to 'Bristol Blue Glass South West.'
Bubble Science.
What is a bubble?
Where are they found?
Foodstuffs – baking soda and vinegar - Carbonated drinks – Crunchies – Aero bars - bread.
Make Honeycombe toffee in a micro-wave.
Other uses of bubbles – packaging – used as a lubricant – tyres – balls.
What makes a bubble.
Bubble mixtures – glycerine and washing up liquid.
Size of bubbles.
Stability and aerodynamics.
Balloons.
Glass blowing.
Science and the Glass Blower.
What is glass? Super-cooled liquids and molecular patterns.
Transparency and colour.
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