lampwork
Green with White Dots and Swirl Set
$36.00 Add to cartDate and Time: 01/01/1970 from
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Set of 5 graduated beads. The middle one measures 15x18mm and has a white pinwheel with a red center.
Earthy Green Lentil Lampwork
$126.00 Add to cartDate and Time: 01/01/1970 from
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These handmade lentils are made in a press. The green is mixed with the perfect brown. Each beads has swirls and/or dots and they are matted, so they are soft to the touch and to the eye. There are 13 lentils and 4 round beads on this strand.
This strand was part of a private collection without any documentation, so the artist’s name is not known.
Stripes of Dots Lampwork
$78.00 Add to cartDate and Time: 01/01/1970 from
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These larger holes round beads with matching rondel spacers are full of lines of multi-layered dots. There are 8 16x18mm round beads and 8 6x12mm rondels.
This strand was part of a private collection without any documentation, so the artist’s name is not known.
NEW CLASS!! Lampwork Headpins through Kirkwood Community College Continuing Education Program
Read moreDate and Time: 10/18/2016 from 10:00 AM - 1:00 PM
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.
Make Glass Beads: Intro to Lampworking through Kirkwood Community College–this class is full–call to get on a waiting list.
Read moreDate and Time: 01/18/2020 from 5:30PM to 9:00PM
Capacity: 6
Instructor: Karen Kubby
Prerequisites: No experience necessary.
Making glass beads is great fun and an opportunity to play with fire in a controlled and supportive environment. This class will teach you the art of lampworking, a technique of using a torch and melting Effetre glass rods to create various shapes. Safety and appropriate equipment handling are emphasized. Your handmade beads will need to stay in a kiln overnight to be annealed.
NOTE: Participants must be at least 15 years old.
This class serves as a pre-requisite for use of Beadology Iowa's flame studio and next steps glass classes.
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.
$40 instructor fee/$65 materials fee
Flame II: Next Steps in Making Glass Beads
$105.00 Add to cartDate and Time: 11/23/2019 from 10:00 AM - 2:00 PM
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.
Black and White Swirl Set
$22.00 Add to cartDate and Time: 01/01/1970 from
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This set of 5 graduated beads has black and white latticino swirls in the center of three of the beads. The first and last bead are white pastel. The middle round bead is 15mm in diameter.