| One Day Workshops Scroll down to see all the workshops |
| *Heart Workshop In this one day workshop students will learn 3 different ways to make hearts. They will make: The puffy heart The flat heart and decorate it just like a cookie. Hearts as surface decoration. |
| *Twist and Shout Workshop This workshop is all about twisties. Students will learn how to make several complex twisted canes. The next step will be to use them in an encased bead. This is a fun workshop and the techniques presented have endless possibilities for you beads. Look for this workshop as a special offering off the schedule. Techniques in this workshop: Twisted Cane Encasing Heat Control |
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| *Dots Workshop Oh so much more to this workshop than the mere dot! Dot can be stacked, twisted, masked, raked and so much more. Take the dot and your beads to new levels. |
| Twist and Shout |
| Hollow Beads |
| In this full day workshop students will learn to make buttons on and off mandrels. Some of the buttons students will learn to make are Decorative buttons with a glass shanks. Flat/disk buttons with one to 4 holes New way to use buttons in your work! |
| *In this full day workshop students will learn to make hollow bead. Several techniques will be taught including: Basic wound Hollow beads Hollows on glass cores Hollow fish |
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| *The one day workshops below are available by request and will be offered as special unscheduled workshops from time to time. |
| Working Deep — Encasing Magnify and expand the patterns on your beads with layers of clear, transparent glass. Learn the tricks of creating focal beads with seemingly endless depth, interest, and detail. This workshop will “cover” deep encasement of beads and creating patterns by applying layers of clear or transparent glass to raised decoration. Student will learn to encase dots,stringer,murrini and twisted cane to create patterns and scenes under a transparent surface. |
| Color Reactions — Glass Chemistry Wondering how to get those amazing color reactions in you glass. Need to know just what to do with the lustres and silvered glasses. This class will help you get the best from you reactive glass. The focus will be on bullseye reactive colors. This exciting workshop will introduce you to working with glass that chemically reacts during the beadmaking process. These reactions create fantastic effects that are unmatched anywhere else. |