Cutting Class with Joe Porcelli March 10, 2026

Join Glass Patterns Quarterly® and Master Artisan, Joe Porcelli, for this two-hour Glass Expert Webinar™ on Tuesday, March 10, 2026, at 8:00 - 10:00 p.m. Eastern, 7:00 - 9:00 p.m. Central, 6:00 - 8:00 p.m. Mountain, and 5:00 - 7:00 p.m. Pacific. For our international customers, you may use this Time Zone Converter.Once you learn the glass-cutting basics, all of your work, whether stained, fused, or mosaic will benefit. You’ll tackle your projects with the confidence of knowing that every process that follows will go more quickly and efficiently.

In this class, Joe will teach:

• How to choose the right glass cutter
• Proper positioning for a perfect score every time
• Glass breaking and grozing techniques that will save you time and energy
• Working with different types of art glass, including drapery glass
• Glass cutter maintenance
• Production techniques for repetitive cuts
• Working with templates
• How to best use a light table when cutting
• When to go beyond your glass cutter for difficult cuts
• And much, much more….

Anyone who purchases the LIVE event will receive a Recorded Webinar link within a few days. 

Included in this recorded link is the full chat from the live webinar.

This link allows you to view the Webinar class as often as you like on your own schedule!

This is a HUGE value!

Joe Porcelli has been a professional artist and craftsperson since 1979. He is the former publisher of Glass Craftsman Magazine, a post he held from 1993 through 2011. He is also the producer and publisher of the GCTV line of glass instructional videos, the most comprehensive catalog of instructional videos in the glass industry.

His two books The Lamp Making Handbook, Published by The Glass Press, and Stained Glass, Jewels of Light, published by Barnes & Noble have been in publication since 1992 and 1999 respectively.

Joe is a veteran writer and popular instructor and is featured in a number of best selling instructional glass DVDs. He is currently a full time writer and artist, whose original lamps and bronze bases are sought after by collectors and dealers and have fetched record prices for contemporary leaded glass at various glass and decorative arts auctions.

https://joeporcellistudio.com