Turning it up a Notch - Beyond the Basics
The goal of this workshop, team taught by experienced instructors, is to introduce students to a variety of intermediate/advanced techniques to enhance the creation of more technically difficult glass beads. Topics to be covered include creation and application of complex canes, advanced stringer control, advanced application of metals, the use of flat lapidary grinder, two part pendant construction and more.
Terry Hale is the owner of Hale Fire Glass, a working studio and boutique in the historic district of Madison, AL. After several years of jewelry making, she grew tired of poor quality beads that were available for purchase and began a search for better beads. Soon she discovered the world of handmade, artisan quality beads. Terry found a glass bead artist who mentored her in torch work and encouraged her to continue studying with some of the best bead makers in the country. Terry’s love of working with glass led her to end her “real world” job to open her own studio. Her work is on display in several galleries and she teaches at her studio as well as John C Campbell Folk School, NC and Appalachian Center for Craft, TN. Gallery
Marjorie Langston has been making beads since 1993 and teaching bead making since 1999. She teaches regularly at the John C. Campbell Folk School, the Appalachian Center for Craft, the Jacksonville Center for the Arts and in her private studio. Her work can be found in a number of publications including The Complete Book of Glass Beadmaking and Bead Review 2005. She is the co-author of Just Plain Beads! Gallery
Intermediate to Advanced, Limit 12
Workshop Status: CLOSED