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Create your very own Glass Bead Hair Ornaments! In this course, students will learn the key fundamentals of flameworking custom glass beads. Starting with basic safety and glass knowledge, students will learn how to heat and form glass around steel mandrels to create their very own glass beads. This class will focus on crafting unique beads to use...

One person's junk is another person's treasure! In this 2-day workshop, we will learn the recycling properties of everyday glassware and how to transform it in the flame shop into something new. Students will experiment with melting and pulling glass cane, while also learning the basics of flameworking glass beads. We will not only cover how to select...

Learn the Venetian art of glass bead making.  Make unique beads by melting glass rods with an oxygen/propane torch.  Learn to shape the glass, create rough “frit encrusted” beads that look ancient and incorporate silver foil or flower decorations to personalize beads. Minimum Skill Level: All levels welcome. 16-yrs age minimum. Younger...

Strengthen your skill set during this eight-week bead-making workshop. Topics will cover a variety of techniques including shaping, sculpting, twisted cane, feathering and dots. Gain confidence in understanding heat and control, and enjoy the opportunity to express your artistic voice through kiln manipulation.  Sketchbook drawings are strongly...

Join Maria Aroche for an intensive exploration of glass bead making. The first class begins with safety, bead release preparedness, basic shapes, dots, feathering, frit, and stringers with a twist. The second class will cover bead removal, cleaning, surface treatments, and sandblasting. In our third session we will work with molds, silver foils,...

Come learn hot and cold techniques for bead making in this weekend course. This class will begin with demonstrations on a range of bead techniques including dot patterns, marver textures, and frit application. Once cooled, students will learn how to clean beads and employ a wide variety of coldworking techniques to further embellish and treat the surfaces...

In this 5 day workshop, we will focus on stringer control and shaping of glass beads on a mandrel. Then we will move on to adding surface patina by the application of metals to  the glass in the form of powder, leaf and silver glass. In addition, there will be the introduction of design methods and principles, sources of inspiration and their...

Students will learn how to construct and pull murine pattern cane and how to fabricate complex forms, bringing these techniques together in their final pieces. During this two day intensive class, the focus will be on constructing sculptural beads as well as figurative and abstract forms. Important Things to Note: Prerequisite: Beadmaking Part...

In this beginning beadmaking class, students will explore the many wonderful qualities of flameworked glass. Through color play and learning basic techniques, students will get a rounded introduction to the flame studio, and walk away with some colorful, wearable treasures. 

Take a full day to immerse yourself in the art of glass beads. Students of all ages will learn how to melt colorful rods of glass to form unique animal beads. The workshop will begin with basic round forms and pattern layering; then move onto more complex shapes and patterns required to make animals. Students will learn the process of how to engineer...

Students in this class will focus on forms which employ core-forming techniques in order to create glass beads and hollow containers using the flameworking process. Before the invention of the blowpipe, the ancient Egyptians used the technique known as core forming to make small glass containers. This class will revisit this process in a contemporary...

Join us for a weekend workshop creating beads that are all about spring! Make flower inspired beads, bumble beads, and more!  In this course, students will learn the key fundamentals of flameworking soft glass beads. Starting with basic safety and glass knowledge, students will learn how to heat and form glass around steel mandrels to create...

Create a special, one-of-a-kind, decorative glass bead pen! In this one day class, you will be introduced to flameworking techniques such as dots, feathering, frit, textured surfaces, and twists to create unique glass beads. After the beads are cooled, they will be added to your pen!