Joy's Lampwork classes

Do you want to learn how to make glass beads?  Maybe update your skills?Here's a list of my lampwork classes.  You may mix & match skills to design your own class.  Email me or call for questions or to schedule a class.

Class 1 (3 hours):

·       safety

·       nature of glass

·       compatibility

·       vocabulary

·       torches

·       tools

·       supplies

·       annealing beads

·       round beads

·       tube beads

·       pulling stringer

·       simple latticino

·       stringer adornment

·       raked stringer

·       dots

·       raked dots

Class 2 (1 hour):

·       cased stringer

·       encasing – spiral, lateral, spot

Class 3 (3 hours):

·       raised flowers

·       poked dots

·       swirled dots

·       feathering, raking

·       dot distortion effects

·       dot/stringer distortion

·       complex dot placement

·       masking, layering  

Class 10 (2 hours):

·       making millefiori

·      applying  millefiori

·       spot encasing

Class 11 (1 hour):

·       Using presses

Class 12 (3 hours):

·       Landscape Beads

Class 13 (3 hours):

·       Aquarium Beads

Class 14 (3 hours):

·       applying frits

·       applying enamels

·       applying dichroic glass

·       add $15 kit fee

Class 15 (3 hours):

·       Sculptural beads (hearts, fish, turtles, seashell, etc.)

Class 16 (1 hour):

·       Mixing colors

Class 17 (2 hours):

·       Color reactions

·       Ivory, Turquoise, Coral, Violet, Purple (EDP), Opal Yellow (Moretti and Vetrofond)

·       Add $15 kit fee

Class 4 (2 hours):

·       bicone beads

·       cube beads

·       tab beads

·       really round bead (disk style)

·       Cut beads (flower style)

Class 5 (1 hour):

·       Tribal beads

·       Stringer control

Class 6 (3 hours):

·       encased flowers

·       making stamen cane

·       making vine/leaf cane

Class 7 (1 hour per animal):

·       Sculptural animal on bead (crab, turtle, starfish, etc.)

·       Applying frit

·       Encasing

Class 8 (1 hour):

·       Making & Applying Frit

Class 9 (3 hours):

·       ribbon cane

·       complex latticino

·       encased ribbon cane

·       inside out cane (cut)

·       apply latticino to bead

·       raking, twisting

Class 18 (2 hours):

·       Applying leaf & foils

·       Silvered Ivory Stringer

·       Applying silver & copper wire

·       add $20 kit fee

Class 19 (2 hours):

·       Hollow beads

Class 20 (3 hours):

·       Advanced color reactions

·       Raku

·       Reduction

·       Oxidizing

·       Double Helix glasses

·       Kugler 215 gold

·       Pulling Aventurine stringer

·       Lauscha clear

·       Add $25 kit fee

Class 21 (2 hours):

·       Fuming with Silver

·       Fuming with Gold

·       Add $20 kit fee

·       Class 22 (3 hours):

·       Borosilicate marbles

·       Class 23 (3 hours):

·       Borosilicate pendants

·       Class 24 (3 hours):

·       Borosilicate spring sculptures (mushrooms, snails, branches, or leaves)