Glass blowing?

Question

I live in the Naperville-Aurora area, are there any places in which I could go to blow some glass? I'm thinking of doing this with my gfriend, and I'm wondering if there are any glass blowing places in the Naperville-Aurora area.

Or anywhere in the Chicagoland region for that matter...

Answer 1

There are two kinds of glassblowing torch and furnace. I work at the furnace. Torch is cheaper and takes less space so is more common. Contact community college and community continuing education programs. Furnace sites are much less common. There is an open studio place called Chicago Hot Glass that comes up in Google searches, but with different addresses so you will have to phone as they seem to have shifted location more than once. Also ask them if they know of other places.
At one point Illinois had three college programs in furnace glass although I believe one has shut down.
http://users.ticnet.com/mikefirth/sitemap.htm
http://users.ticnet.com/mikefirth/classes.htm#IL

Answer 2

Here are a few places. I went to Yahoo! Local search and found them. I don't know if they're close to where you live because I don't live in Illinois.

http://local.yahoo.com/details;_ylt=AttNOlXYO.YyTPTrN9VnLOiHNcIF?id=31136490&state=IL&city=Naperville&stx=glass+blowing+services&csz=Naperville%2C+IL&fr=yfp-t-501&ed=W.ePPq131Dwbi6.FPgyeWni3UNGZyvNU.YlMeHWs1v8ZpVOMEVtPMyax&lcscb=eRAW4.5p9sr

http://local.yahoo.com/details;_ylt=Asrd8TSM5nuFG9eKc8fMj5GHNcIF?id=17329960&stx=glass+blowing&csz=Naperville%2C+IL&city=Naperville&state=IL&fr=yfp-t-501&ed=W.ePPq131Dwbi6.FPgyeWni3UNGZyvNU.YlMeHWs1v8ZpVOMEVtPMyax

http://local.yahoo.com/details;_ylt=AhYyTyMWNRgFF5KsoqhEFoWHNcIF?id=30446064&state=IL&city=Naperville&stx=crafts+and+glass&csz=Naperville%2C+IL&fr=yfp-t-501&ed=W.ePPq131Dwbi6.FPgyeWni3UNGZyvNU.YlMeHWs1v8ZpVOMEVtPMyax&lcscb=eRAW4.5p9sr