BEADS OR FLOWERS: Saturday 15 th August 9.30 - 12 noon

Beginner Bead Lesson 1: Doughnut Beads, Round Beads, Dots and Spots, Stripes:

Learn how to make basic doughnut shaped beads and round beads in colours of your choice. Once you have made a few of those you will then make more and learn how to decorate them with dots and spots and stripes! Expect to make 6 - 15 beads in this class depending on ability.

Beginner Bead Lesson 2: Doughnut Beads, Round Beads, Raking, Frits and Powders.

In this lesson you will learn how to make round and doughnut shaped beads and then how to roll them in glass powders of different colours and sizes. You will learn how to make patterns on your beads using a raking technique - similar to patterns that are made on the icing of cakes! You can expect to make 6 - 15 beads in this class depending on ability.

Intermediate Bead Lesson:

Learn how to blend glass colours together into candy-like glass sticks, which you will then use to decorate and customise your beads. Once finished you will cover (encase) your beads in clear glass to give them depth and a different perspective. We will also make forced, bubble beads.

Participants must have completed either Beginner Bead Lesson 1 or 2, or have had prior lampworking experience to do this lesson.

Flower Lampworking Lesson:

This class is an introduction to sculpting with hot glass! You will learn how to form petal and leaf components which will be used to construct a flower on a metal stem. Depending on ability, you will make between 1 - 3 flowers that can then be put into vases or flower pots as decorative elements. This class is suitable for beginners.

Combo Beadmaking Class: A combination of two classes!

If you are very keen and would like to go the whole hog - choose two classes and make a day of it! Combine either Beginner Class 1 and the Intermediate class OR Beginner Class 2 and the Intermediate Class to make a total five hour lesson. You can choose to have both lessons on the one day with an hour break in between, or split your lessons over the two days. Combo bookings receive a $20 discount.

Please enter the code ‘COMBO’ at checkout.

“Jo gave me a fantastic lesson on glass bead making. She
was friendly and professional at all times and safety was
paramount. I thoroughly enjoyed the one to one teaching
and learned a lot. I had fun too! Thanks Jo"

Julie Secker, 2018, Tauranga, NZ