Contemporary glass beads, jewellery and lampwork glass beadmaking tuition
Welcome to my website.
Here you can browse in my gallery and you can shop for my lampworked glass beads & jewellery. All my work is individually handcrafted by me in West Sussex.
I am one of the few glass beadmakers and lampworking teachers in this country. I make my glass beads using traditional lampworking techniques but with modern equipment in my dedicated glass studio. I use the finest Venetian, German or American glass to make the beads and pair them with sterling silver. Lampworking is the process of melting coloured glass rods around a steel mandrel using a high temperature flame. The beads are then annealed in a digitally controlled kiln over many hours for durability.
Please email me for details about lampworking tuition or if you would like to buy any of the beads or jewellery you have seen on my site, or if you would like a bead made especially for you.
Next Event...............
The Beadwork Fair at Dorking Halls, Reigate Road, Dorking
Sun 23rd May 2010 10am to 4pm
Course vacancies.................
- Thurs 11th Feb - 1 place on 1 day Intermediate Glass Beadmaking
- Weds 17th March - 1 place on 1 day Beginners Glass Beadmaking
My work is available at the bead fairs listed on the events page and in a few outlets.
Please check out my Beadlog (blog) for my latest news and ramblings.
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News:
- Thu 21 Jan 2010 - Bead Magazine Profile, Ardingly Bead Fair, New Beads and Tuition
If you're visiting my website for the first time you may have come via Bead Magazine, where I have been profiled this month. I'm very excited to have my work recognised in this way with a 6 page spread, so if you haven't got your copy yet it will be available until 16th March.
This Sunday is the Beadwork Fair at Ardingly and I'm busy preparing lots of new beads for the event. Do come and say hello and take a look at my latest beads. I will be refilling my ever popular bargain pots and will have some new chains available too.
I have restocked my shop with some beads and will be putting more beads, Cloud Beads and jewellery up for sale here next week.
Please see my tuition page for more available spaces on courses. Please note that there is only 1 space left per course, thank you. I have added a new date Tues 23rd Feb for a 1 day Beginners course.
- Tue 12 Jan 2010 - New Courses!
- I'm pleased to announce the beginnings of my new specialised courses for beadmaking. All these courses are for intermediate students with some experience of glass bead making. I've listed some titles with a few details, as courses will vary slightly depending on the skill of the students and the direction they wish to proceed, in other words I like to be flexible to meet my students needs! Please go to my tuition page for more details and to keep an eye on any other new course titles. You can also contact me with any techniques you might wish to improve on or to book your dates.
