Stephanie Maddalena - Glass Bead Making

Glass Bead Making - Lampworking Workshop 

Learn the Venetian art of glass bead making.  Make unique beads by melting glass rods with an oxygen/propane torch.  Learn to shape the glass, create rough “frit encrusted” beads that look ancient and incorporate silver foil or flower decorations to personalize beads.

Minimum Skill Level:  All levels welcome. 16-yrs age minimum. Younger attendees will need to be cleared prior to enrollment. Please contact studio with questions.

What will we do? Learn how glass moves as a result of gravity. Make bead ends even, pull stringers, add dots, make barrels. Use tweezers and mashers to shape beads. Using silver foil to add dimension and depth.

Date/Time: 1-day workshop offered at different times. Students ofter return as a way to have access to lampworking equipment, tools and materials as they work with Stephanie on projects and develop their advanced techniques. Limited seating.

Cost: $175.00 for 1 day - All materials included.

About our visiting instructor, Stephanie Maddalena - Stephanie studied art in college and began taking as many classes as she could in jewelry making. Eventually she began making pins and earrings in a collage effect using paper, plastic, glass, fabric, and just about anything else that appealed to her. In 1994, she took a weekend workshop in lampworked beads with Kate Fowle (now Kate Fowle Meleney). By the end of the workshop she was hooked, and has been making beads ever since. The flowers she now makes have been evolving over the last two years. She have been showing her work at the Artrider Craft shows at the Park Avenue Armory, in New York City.

Visiting Artists @ Annealed Studio - Cranford, NJ

https://www.annealedstudio.com

(908) 324-4071