Jeri Warhaftig

Teaches at UrbanGlass

Jeri Warhaftig is the recent past-president of the International Society of Glass Beadmakers. She is a glass artist and teacher who works collaboratively with her husband, Neil Fabricant, in their NJ studio. Jeri’s beads have been featured in complex necklaces that have been included in gallery exhibitions across the country. Two of her pieces are included in the ISGB Presidents Collection at the Corning Museum of Glass.

Jeri is the author of Glass Bead Workshop and Creating Glass Beads, both published by Lark. Jeri and Neil manufacture, teach, and sell Puffy Mandrels, the unique mandrel used for making hollow beads. She is considered an expert in cold working glass and intricate sandblasted designs. Many of them can be seen on her cast glass boxes. She is also a prolific borosilicate chain artist making a wide array of chains in varying colors, sizes, and styles.