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Flower Power: Glass Flower Disks
$105.00Date and Time: 08/10/2019 from -
Capacity: 7
Instructor: Karen Kubby
Prerequisites: Intro to Lampworking or equivalent skills.
Learn to make a disk with layers of colors. Spot heating will allow you to use tools to manipulate the glass into a flower. These beads are great for making pendants, earrings, and can be used as a clasp.
Fundamentals of Borosilicate Glass Work
$98.00Date and Time: 09/10/2017 from -
Capacity: 6
Instructor: Benjamin Revis, UI Scientific Glass Blower
Prerequisites: No experience necessary.
Learn how to manipulate solid borosilicate glass. Participants will make a pawn, basic marble, and an icicle pendant.
Glass Owl Bead–What a Hoot!–2 seats left!
$105.00Date and Time: 04/16/2019 from -
Capacity: 6
Instructor: Wendy Ford
Prerequisites: Make Glass Beads or equivalent skills.
This class is for the advanced beginner/intermediate lampworker. Expand your skills by learning embellishment techniques to add wing patterns, ears, eyes, and beak to a core barrel bead to make your personalized owl.
Lampwork Headpins through Kirkwood Community College
Date and Time: 11/07/2016 from -
Capacity: 6
Instructor: Karen Kubby
Prerequisites: Basic lampworking skills--see Make Glass Beads on October 10.
Using silver and copper wire, add Effetre glass to the bottom, and you have a fancy, handmade, glass headpin. Take this technique in whatever direction you please by adding embellishments or encasement.
Registration is through Kirkwood Community College. Register at:
www.kirkwood.edu and go to Continuing Education and then search for Beadology Iowa under the instructor search. On site registrations will be taken if registration through Kirkwood meets minimum requirements of two participants.
$45 instructor fee/$38 materials fee.
End of Day Lampwork Headpins
$0.00Date and Time: 04/18/2020 from -
Capacity: 6
Instructor: Karen Kubby
Prerequisites: Any lampworking or scientific glass blowing experience.
Take glass scraps from your lampworking session and turn them into a glass headpin. Techniques for adding glass, ensuring the top of the headpin is well rounded, and pulling the glass will be emphasized.
Registration is $105 and includes all materials, use of studio, and instruction.
Due to the Governor’s order closing all non-essential businesses, we do not know when we will re-open for classes. You can register via phone at 319 338-1566 without payment and we will be in touch.