TAKE A CLASS IN LAMPWORKING

EXPERIENCE
I have made beads for eight years, most of those years with full-time devotion. I have studied with great American glass masters such as Sage Holland, Tom Holland, and Al Janelle. I have completed the ISGB Teacher Certification class.  I emphasize various flameworking skills techniques. These techniques will become your toolbox as you let your imagination create the designs that are within you just waiting to become reality.

I  teach the basics in one - two days and give you information about safety, supplies and equipment. You will take home all the beads that you make and most of my demo beads . You will learn how to use the various temperatures of the flame and how to use gravity to control the flow of the glass. I love to teach and it will be a fun experience.

Through learning this challenging medium you will gain confidence and realize that the "impossible" is possible.

PRIVATE LESSONS
I teach individual classes in my studio Mondays - Fridays. 9 - 4

3 hour minimum @ 30.00 per hour
Classes are designed according to your skill level and your interests in learning techniques in beadmaking.

For example a beginner will learn about:
  • Safety
  • winding molten glass onto a mandrel
  • making a small round bead
  • making stringers
  • using stringers
  • making dots
  • using the marver
  • making a flat bead
  • making a fish bead
  • making a twisted cane
  • making a disk bead


Advanced skills to select (short list)
  • making matching pairs of beads
  • encasing
  • using a bead press
  • making a hollow bead
  • making a heart bead w/o a press
  • making a complex twisted cane
  • making a tiger bead
  • making a flower button bead
  • making a tulip bead
  • making a goddess bead
  • making a mask bead (scuptural techniques)
  • making a vessel
  • making a wheel bead
  • adding surface decoration to a hollow bead
  • making a encased flower bead
  • maing a pendant or pendulum bead

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Contact me at maryj@bayoubeads.com to schedule a class
Flower Buttons
Hollow Beads
Vessels
Making and using stringers
Using Presses
Crystal, Lentils
Tulip Beads