Friday, February 2, 6-11pm, Glass Axis, 610 W. Town St.

Mardi Gras will be lit this year at Glass Axis’s Glassquerade featuring glassblowing furnaces raging over 2000°F. Celebrate Mardi Gras in style wearing your favorite mask for the fifth year of this masquerade event. Glassquerade will take place on Friday, February 2, from 6pm to 11pm, at Glass Axis.

New for this year’s event, there will be local winery and breweries set up throughout Glass Axis’s studios for guests to visit and sample. You can even drink your tastings out of a handblown glass tumbler made right here in Columbus! Enjoy tasty mardi gras favorites like jambalaya and find out who will win a special prize for finding the baby in their king’s cake. Besides enjoying local drinks and eats, guests will have the opportunity to watch and even make glass themselves.

All evening, Columbus glass artists will be demonstrating their glassblowing skills in our hot shop for partygoers to enjoy. You can even request and purchase custom pieces to be made right before your eyes! If you decide that you want to play with fire, we will have hands-on glass-making classes happening each hour during Glassquerade. You and your date can sculpt a glass Valentine heart paperweight with the help of one of our trained glass professionals who will be helping you every step of the way. But hurry — these heart classes will be offered at a discount price only during this event — so make sure to reserve your class in advance to secure your chance to make glass art for yourself.

Tickets: $35.00.

http://glassaxis.org/product/admission/

Contact: 614-291-4250 or hello@glassaxis.org