Graal Technique

In this course you can learn about the Graal Technique, a combination of hot and cold working techniques. Here participants’ own ideas, stories, decor or pictures can be cut into a prepared blank (consisting of clear glass with one or more layers of colored overlay glass), using sandblast, glass engraving and cutting. After cutting, the blanks are then re-heated, picked up, overlaid with clear glass and blown further into shapes by the glassblowers. These complex pieces involve all aspects of glass design and engineering and are a challenge to make.

This course is designed for everyone! Interested amateurs as well as glass artists from other disciplines are invited to take part. We look forward to an intensive week.


Course Duration: 8 days

04. September 2022 - 11. September 2022
Course Time: 10:30 am - 5:30 pm
Instructors: Engraving and Polishing - Wilhelm Vernim*. At the furnace - Korbinian Stöckle and Rejwan Toplu
Maximum number of participants: 8

Price: € 1300.-

If the class is already full, we can put you on a waiting list


Please Bring: Work clothes (comfortable, long-sleeved clothes made of natural fabrics). Sturdy, close-toed shoes

We generally spend the lunch breaks together as a group and organize something to eat together.


Questions? Send us an email: mail@glasturm.de or phone us: +49 5707 - 95 39 29 (answering machine)


* Wilhelm Vernim

Wilhelm Vernim learned glass engraving and design at the Zwiesel Glass Skills College, Germany. After several years of professional experience he completed his Master Craftsman Certificate, following which he worked in his own studio in the Bavarian Forest from 1989 to 2001. He participated in various courses under Tom Büchner and Jiri Harcuba among others and was also assistant to Jack Ink. From 2003-2013 he was an instructor at the Glass Skills School in Rheinbach and Hadamar, Germany. In 2013 he resumed his freelance work including teaching classes around the globe. (Glass-Furnace-Istanbul / Turkey, Corning Glass Museum / New York, USA, Bild-Werk Frauenau / Germany, NZSAG/ New Zealand, Canberra Glass Works / Australia, Suomen Lasimuseo / Finland, National Museum of Ireland / Dublin, Ireland.) In his own works, Vernim works with many different techniques, from glass engraving to glass casting to the Graal Technique.