In order to change an existing paradigm you do not struggle to try and change the problematic model. You create a new model and make the old one obsolete.

Buckminster R. Fuller

Learn @ OnGrade Studio

****Covid-19 Update****
  • All scheduled workshops that require me to travel have been cancelled by the host studio(s) through May. 

  •   Some students have paid for and scheduled workshops at OnGrade in the coming months. Officially, there is no refund if you cancel your workshop and I am not cancelling anything unless groups of 2-3 become restricted. I can keep myself healthy and the studio clean.  My concern is you traveling to get here and having to stay in hotels, etc. If you need to cancel I sincerely promise to get you the education you deserve at a later date. 

  • Some of you were very close to sending me a deposit for a workshop at OnGrade that we were in the middle of scheduling. If you are in a position to make a small investment in a tiny business at this time I will still take your reservation and deposit. In the event that we can't move about the world later this summer/fall and our dates don't work out please think of it as educational credit that never expires.  Kinda like a gift certificate. 

  • Regarding re-scheduling: No one on Earth knows when we are going to be able to have this conversation so I am putting it on hold for now and am doing what I can to free up the calendar later in the year. 


Now accepting custom bookings for 2020…

Current availability:

June 5-19
August 13-31
September 3 - 9
November 11-30
December 10-24

If you've been meaning to add one, or more, of these methods to your tool box, let's talk! Have another idea? Many topics can be combined into a single educational experience……Nathan is highly trained and tailors each workshop to meet individual student(s) needs and expectations. Daily tuition for custom educational experiences starts at $300/day. Some workshops require an additional small materials fee. For more information please
contact Nathan. OnGrade often entertains special requests for truly unique workshops so if you are interested in one of his workshops, and don’t see it listed, please inquire.

Vitrigraph Murrine, Traditional to Complex

Vitrigraph, Cane Considerations

The Murrine Effect(s)

Vitrigraph Murrine + Dropout Vessels

Vitrigraph Murrine Boxes



Let it Flow

Kilncast Boxes, with or without Murrine Lids

Lost Wax Kilncasting

Tabletops & Architectural Elements

Coldworking & Finishing for Kiln-glass

Multiples via Flexible Molds