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Flame II: Next Steps in Making Glass Beads
$105.00Date and Time: 11/23/2019 from -
Capacity: 7
Instructor: Karen Kubby
Prerequisites: Make Glass Beads or equivalent.
Continue to explore the art of lampworking with a torch and glass rods. In this class, you will learn more techniques for manipulating color, making the perfect dot, and shaping with a goal of making a variety of more complicated shapes, including a hollow bead–see the great fish beads in the photo to the left. Your beads will be annealed overnight at the store.
You must be at least 15 years old to register for this class.

Make Glass Beads: Intro to Lampworking through Kirkwood Community College
Date and Time: 08/16/2022 from 10:00 AM - 2:00 PM
Capacity: 5
Instructor: Karen Kubby
Prerequisites: No experience necessary.
This class will teach you the art of lampworking, a technique of using a torch and melting glass rods to create various shapes. Safety and appropriate equipment handling are emphasized. Your beads will need to stay in a kiln overnight to be annealed. No previous experience needed.
NOTE: Participants must be at least 15 years old.
Registration is through Kirkwood Community College. Register at:
kirkwood.edu On site registrations will be taken if registration through Kirkwood meets minimum requirements of two participants.
$45 instructor fee/$80 materials fee

NEW CLASS!! Lampwork Headpins through Kirkwood Community College Continuing Education Program
Date and Time: 10/18/2016 from -
Capacity: 6
Instructor: Karen Kubby
Prerequisites: Basic lampworking skills--see Make Glass Beads on
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. Instructor: Karen Kubby
Prerequisite: basic lampworking skills—See Make Glass Beads on October 10.
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. Instructor: Karen Kubby
$45 instructor fee/$28 materials fee.
Kumihimo Necklace with Warm Tone Lampwork Bead
$180.00Date and Time: 01/01/1970 from -
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The pendant in this Kumihimo necklace by Laurel Kubby hardly looks like glass. The warm tones, the matte nature of the color, the texture, and the screen embedded in the glass makes for a very unique feature. This necklace is made from hand-dyed cord and is 17″ long.