st ives
lampwork glass designer
BEADSASHORE NOW HAS A WORKSHOP WHERE YOU CAN LEARN TO MAKE GLASS BEADS
COME FOR TUITION at beadsashore glass studio st ives......
If you are interested in learning how to make glass beads please look at the details and email me please on
mail@beadsashore.com
JANUARY/FEBRUARY 2012 TUITION COURSE SALE
To welcome the New Year beadsashore is offering a one day workshop at the bargain price of £75.00 per person
The offer will run from 28th January 2012 until February 7th 2012
please email for details
mail@beadsashore.com
WEEKEND WORKSHOPS AVAILABLE ALL YEAR ROUND
IF YOU ARE ON HOLIDAY WHY NOT BOOK A WORKSHOP?
COME AND TRY LAMPWORKING YOU WILL LOVE IT
I am a Member of the Glass Bead Makers UK and
Cornwall Crafts Association
Lampworking originates from early days in Venice where artists melted glass over the flame of an oil lamp to make a bead
Today Lampworkers like myself use a modern torch fuelled by a mix of oxygen and propane, this provides a clean flame to melt the glass in, protective eyewear is essential to shield my eyes from the glare of the flame
I have been fortunate enough to take a number of workshops in Italy from the Masters in Florence and Murano Island, Venice
Using Moretti-Effetre glass rods (these are of a high quality) produced on the Island of Murano near Venice, Italy, I heat the tip of a rod of glass to flowing, next holding a steel rod (mandrel) I quickly wrap the glass around the mandrel, similar to winding thread onto a spool, then the glass is shaped around the heat of the flame by means of gravity. To complete the bead it is then decorated in a variety of ways with other colours of glass, silver leaf or enamels, every bead is unique with stunning colours
Special tools can also be used to help create various shapes
During the process the glass is a brilliant glowing red, no two beads are ever exactly the same
The beads are kiln annealed for durability and strength to remove any stress from the glass - once the tension is removed glass beads are quite resistant to breaking
Please remember these beads are handmade so no two beads are exactly the same and they may vary slightly in size
The beads are then cleaned and ready for wearing and admiring...
COME FOR TUITION at beadsashore glass studio st ives......
If you are interested in learning how to make glass beads please look at the details and email me please on
mail@beadsashore.com
JANUARY/FEBRUARY 2012 TUITION COURSE SALE
To welcome the New Year beadsashore is offering a one day workshop at the bargain price of £75.00 per person
The offer will run from 28th January 2012 until February 7th 2012
please email for details
mail@beadsashore.com
WEEKEND WORKSHOPS AVAILABLE ALL YEAR ROUND
IF YOU ARE ON HOLIDAY WHY NOT BOOK A WORKSHOP?
COME AND TRY LAMPWORKING YOU WILL LOVE IT
I am a Member of the Glass Bead Makers UK and
Cornwall Crafts Association
Lampworking originates from early days in Venice where artists melted glass over the flame of an oil lamp to make a bead
Today Lampworkers like myself use a modern torch fuelled by a mix of oxygen and propane, this provides a clean flame to melt the glass in, protective eyewear is essential to shield my eyes from the glare of the flame
I have been fortunate enough to take a number of workshops in Italy from the Masters in Florence and Murano Island, Venice
Using Moretti-Effetre glass rods (these are of a high quality) produced on the Island of Murano near Venice, Italy, I heat the tip of a rod of glass to flowing, next holding a steel rod (mandrel) I quickly wrap the glass around the mandrel, similar to winding thread onto a spool, then the glass is shaped around the heat of the flame by means of gravity. To complete the bead it is then decorated in a variety of ways with other colours of glass, silver leaf or enamels, every bead is unique with stunning colours
Special tools can also be used to help create various shapes
During the process the glass is a brilliant glowing red, no two beads are ever exactly the same
The beads are kiln annealed for durability and strength to remove any stress from the glass - once the tension is removed glass beads are quite resistant to breaking
Please remember these beads are handmade so no two beads are exactly the same and they may vary slightly in size
The beads are then cleaned and ready for wearing and admiring...