Bead Classes at EGS: Deb Crowley- Mar. 19 & 20, Nancy Gant- Mar 26-27

[Sam]

BEGINNER BEADMAKING 1 (ONE-DAY)Deb Crowley and EGS Staff $100
March 19, Saturday (10am-4pm)

This one-day class will give students all the basics to start lampwork beadmaking. This class will stress safety issues, studio set-ups and the basics involved in glass beadmaking. We will be using Moretti/Effetre glass to shape beads. Demonstrations and short lectures will be sprinkled throughout, but most class time will be devoted to hands-on torch time. No experience is necessary.

BEGINNER BEADMAKING 2 (ONE-DAY)Deb Crowley and EGS Staff $100
March 20, Sunday (10am-4pm)

In this one-day beadmaking class students will build on the skills that they learned in Beginner Beadmaking 1 and will learn to pull stringers, apply dots, and explore various surface decoration techniques. The class will end with Deb teaching students to make wearable fish pendants. Demonstrations and short lectures will be sprinkled throughout, but most class time will be devoted to hands-on torch time. Students must have taken Beginner Beadmaking 1 or equivalent.

NANCY’S FANCIES: FLORAL FOCAL BEADS Nancy Gant $150 + $25 material fee (non-refundable)
March 26-27, Sat-Sun (10am-5pm)

This is a lampwork floral focal bead design class. The focus of this class will be painting glass flowers on glass. Nancy will cover complicated stinger building and stringer design application and control. She will also share her tips and tricks on using bead press molds and she will share her mom's favorite; how to sign your work in glass. Intermediate level.

[Simply Lampwork]

Hey Sam,
Thanks for posting the class info. Here is are a few Pic's of the floral styles that we will be playing with.

[Lizzydee]

Looks like fun for those in your area!

[Simply Lampwork]

Thanks, it should be. :}
I am also teaching a class at the U of O, spring term, starts in April

[deb c]

Hi Nancy and Donna!

Beautiful beads Nancy, she is a great teacher too!

I am excited to be back at the school again, I love it there!
We will be covering the basics in soft glass shaping, heat base, great shoulders and ends and some decoration first day. We discuss safety, set up, annealing and trouble shooting beads you may have already tried.

Second day class, optional part 2, we will be pulling different sized stringers, raking, raised dots and more shaping. We will also be doing twisties, silvered ivory and casing silver foil for some gorgeous surface effects!

I will snap some sample bead pictures tomorrow and get them posted here. I will be teaching these classes 4 times a year at EGS plus my regular 3 days of intense workshops in June. I am proud to be a part of the Eugene Glass School family!

Hope to see some of you there!
deb