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On this page I want to give you an idea of what to expect in the classes mentioned on the "class schedule" page.
1. "Masterclass to Master Glass" - 3 days
You think that title sounds arrogant? Ha, me too! I still love the title, because it rhymes, and those of you who know me, know that I am anything but arrogant about my work.... So, let's live with it for a while, until someone sends me a nasty email about it and makes me feel 2 inches tall...
What does this class teach? Pretty much all of the things in "Passing The Flame", and a bunch of new stuff as well: how to make a round bead in no time, dot-application and designing with dots, dot-manipulation like poking, twisting, silver-lined dots. And then of course (the one thing that most students want to learn from me): stringer control. We will make a variety of twisties and striped cane, encased goldstone stringer, use of dichroic - and then we'll encase, of course. The type of beads we'll work on as the "graduation" pieces depend on the desire of the students, we either make florals, or tidepool/fossil beads, or something else altogher.
 
The main goal of this class is to gain maximum control over glass - so that it will do what you want it to do. Accordingly, I do NOT teach any type of organic bead, or the use of silvered glass etc.
Who should take this class? Anybody who is interested in "classic beadmaking techniques" (as described above), versus "tricks" or "effects". Beginners are welcome (as long as they know how to turn a torch on without singing their eyebrows), but be aware that I do NOT spend any time on safety issues, eye protection or ventilation. I expect students to already know about this. Would intermediate to advanced beadmakers benefit from this class? Absolutely! I had many advanced students in my classes who told me: "I wish I had known that a long time ago..."
I hope that all of my students will feel the same after the class!
2. Beyond the Beginnings: Striving for Perfection - 2 days
This is basically the same class as above, just 2 days instead of 3. I won't go into as much detail in certain points (again, this all depends on the wants of the students...), but I cover more or less the same things. So, if you take a 2-day class, you will be nothing but striving - if you add one more day you'll be a master!? Yeah, right, if life was that easy.... the good thing is that in a 2-day class there is one day less of listening to my warped sense of humor...
3. Quarks and Quirks - 1 (loooong) day
This is the one class during which I always wish we had at least half a day more...I guess I could stretch it out to 2-days, but then again I like to offer a few 1-day classes for those who just want that, for whatever reason....
I am typically not fond of classes who teach one specific design, because the students often go home with a bunch of beads that look like the beads the teacher makes - and when they want to sell the beads, they have to start defending their beads, or, even worse, being accused of being a copycat. I am sure you all know what I'm talking about.
The reason I teach a specific design ("The quark") anyway is because I believe that the skills you will learn come in handy in a huge variety of designs. By "skills" I am talking about: making complex twisties and even more complex striped cane, graphic murrini (like the checkerboard), the use of dichroic (even in twisties), application of commercial murrini, and then finally the 3-dimensional encasing of all this stuff.
In order to have a larger variety of "ingredients" to work with at the end, students have to cooperate and each work in different color schemes to trade for the design of the final bead(s).
  
Be prepared for this class to last a little longer than the usual 7/8 hours, if the "host studio" allows.
Student level: intermediate to advanced
4. Frogs and Lizards - 1 day
This is probably my all time favorite classes, I can hand over all I know about this in one day (wait? really? that is scary!) - and while some people told me in the past that they were not interested in making frogs, this is one of those times where I can answer: it doesn't matter, you'll enjoy it ANYWAY. Because making a frog is all about one thing: heat control. If you can make a frog that is 3-dimensional and still sticks to the bead, you're in business!
And there is more to a frog than just bright green! you will learn to use silvered glass or add color and texture by using frits and stringer....and I will teach you to make 17 different types of eyes - which you can put on any other kind of creature, or just use on beads in general as accent points. Once we get beyond the lizard, we will add horns, wings or other types of addictional decoration....So, even if frogs aren't your things, you might want to consider this day of fun and learning.
   
Student level: ANY (the results will vary depending on your level, but everybody can enjoy and benefit from this class)
5. Inside-Out Aquarium Bead - 1 day
A variation on the Quark beads in a way - this class focuses on making components for "sea-creatures", and assembling them on the surface of the bead, rather than in the classic (and time-consuming) encased aquarium bead.
Depending on the interest of the students, we will make sea-weed, corals, anemones, jellyfish, turtles, starfish, octopus, crab, as long as time doesn't run out.
We will also discuss how these creatures can be encased later on.
Student level: intermediate to advanced.
6. Let it Bloom - 3 days
This is a class I am very excited about - it's still a "work in progress" in my head, and every day I am making another sample bead for the class - and discover something new about the endless possibilites of floral beads.
First, there are "sculputural florals", where the flower is basically the bead, or the bead is the flower. The class will start with this type of floral and will give you ideas of different angles at which to start sculptural flowers, and differnent ways to shape petals and to add stamen.
The second type of florals that will be covered are "surface flowers", which are flowers that sit on the surface of beads (duh!). These can be either melted flat, or semi-raised. We will cover both.
The third type are (in my opinion) the "jewels of floral beadmaking" (and again, this is just MY taste, to preempt someone jumping in my face) - and here will lay the main focus.
I will cover background decoration, vines, leaves, petals and stamen. In theory, the students should be able to make ANY kind of flower with these instructions (wishful thining?), but in case you need to know more detail, I will try and cover "generic flowers", roses, tulips, poppies, wisteria, pansies, lilies, daffodils, bamboo and whatever else I can think of.
Students are encouraged to bring either life flowers, or images and books for inspiration.
Student level: intermediate to advanced, and beginners with courage to be frustrated once in a while....I will help as much as I can
  
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