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New Class! Plumes in Glass–only one seat left!
$120.00Date and Time: 07/27/2024 from 10:00 AM - 2:00 PM
Capacity: 5
Instructor: Karen Kubby
Prerequisites: Basic lampworking skills.
This is an intermediate lampworking class. Participants will be encasing with clear, creating a pattern with layers of dots, and raking this pattern into a plume. Varied shapes of beads will be explored using this same pattern.
New Class! Scrap Glass Pendants
$120.00Date and Time: 12/21/2024 from 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Capacity: 5
Instructor: Karen Kubby
Prerequisites: Basic lampworking skills.
Don’t throw your glass scraps or end of rods/stringers away! Use them on top of clear glass to create a variety of pendant styles. Bring your own clean scraps (white vinegar rinse) and many will be provided. Practice bail making, too. This is a fun intermediate lampworking class.
New Class! Faux Implosion Beads–This class is full. Please call to get on the waitlist.
Date and Time: 03/15/2024 from 4:30 PM - 8:00 PM
Capacity: 5
Instructor: Karen Kubby
Prerequisites: Basic lampworking skills.
Using tons of clear glass and colorful dots, create a bead that mimics an implosion bead without the implosion. This class will test and hone your encasing and dot skills.
This class is full. Please call 319-338-1566 to get on the waitlist. If two people are on the list, we will schedule another session.
Bonita’s Nebula Beads
$120.00Date and Time: 02/22/2025 from 3:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Capacity: 5
Instructor: Karen Kubby
Prerequisites: Basic lampworking skills. See Intro to Lampworking Jan. 11
This intermediate lampworking class is full of experimentation. We will be encasing with clear in between layers of embellishment with frit, stringer work, and plunging. Be ready to explore the galaxy and find some nebulas!
Foil & Frit
$120.00Date and Time: 07/17/2021 from 10:00 AM - 1:00 PM
Capacity: 5
Instructor: Karen Kubby
Prerequisites: Basic lampworking skills. Call to schedule a private tutorial.
This is a “next steps” lampworking glass about two embellishment techniques. Learn to wrap metal foil around a warm bead and encase it without burning off the foil. Practice using different sizes of glass frit to get color and texture. If time, play with combining these techniques.
New Class! Mesh and Silver Embellishment in Glass
$120.00Date and Time: 04/01/2023 from 10:00 AM - 1:00 PM
Capacity: 5
Instructor: Karen Kubby
Prerequisites: Introductory lampworking skills.
In this intermediate lampworking class, learn to add wire mesh and silver wire into your glass work. Both add dimension and depth in different ways.
New Class! Next Steps in Lampworking: Adventures in Dots
$120.00Date and Time: 02/12/2022 from 10:00 AM - 2:00 PM
Capacity: 5
Instructor: Karen Kubby
Prerequisites: Intro to Lampworking on Jan. 15 or show equivalent skills.
This is a great “next steps” class in lampworking. Hone your dot making skills. Create consistent footprints, layer dots, go wild and random, explore colors. Instructor: Karen Kubby.
New Class! Next Steps in Lampworking: Shaping Beads–FULL–Get on the waiting list!
Date and Time: 05/28/2022 from 10:00 AM - 1:00 PM
Capacity: 5
Instructor: Karen Kubby
Prerequisites: Basic lampworking skills. See Make Glass Beads on May 21.
This workshop will focus on using tools and gravity to shape beads. Participants will focus on making a bicone and vase shape. Lots of practice will lead to consistent results.
This class is full. To get on a waiting list, please call 319-338-1566. When we have 2 people on the list, we will schedule another session.
New Class! Creating Windows in Glass with Rubino
$126.00Date and Time: 02/25/2023 from 10:00 AM - 2:00 PM
Capacity: 6
Instructor: Karen Kubby
Prerequisites: Basic Lampworking skills. See Make Glass Beads on Jan. 21.
This intermediate lampworking class will challenge you to layer many colors of glass, creating a large bead. Then use rubio (glass with gold in it) dots and melt them in to spread open the top layer of glass to reveal what is underneath.
Facebook Live: Lampworking Demonstration/Tutorial
$0.00Date and Time: 05/20/2020 from -
Capacity:
Instructor: Karen Kubby
Prerequisites:
Join Karen on Facebook Live in the lampworking studio in Beadology Iowa’s Bead Lab. She will be demonstrating some beginning and intermediate lampworking techniques.
Effects on Glass
$120.00Date and Time: 04/13/2024 from 3:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Capacity: 5
Instructor: Karen Kubby
Prerequisites: Make Glass Beads or equivalent skills.
This is a fun next steps glass class. Use enamel powders, frit, and baking soda on top of glass beads to create additional effects.
End of Day Lampwork Headpins
$120.00Date and Time: 10/04/2024 from 5:30 PM - 8:30 PM
Capacity: 6
Instructor: Karen Kubby
Prerequisites: Any lampworking 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.
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.
Glass Owl Beads: What a Hoot!
$98.00Date and Time: 02/11/2018 from -
Capacity: 6
Instructor: Wendy Ford
Prerequisites: Make Glass Beads or equivalent. See class on Jan. 12.
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.
Make Glass Beads: Intro to Lampworking–This class is full. Call to get on waitlist!
$120.00Date and Time: 06/15/2023 from 10:00 AM - 2:00 PM
Capacity: 5
Instructor: Karen Kubby
Prerequisites: No previous 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 Italian Effetre 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.
*NOTE:Participants must be at least 15 years old.*
This class is full. Call 319-338-1566 to get on the waitlist. When there are two people on the list we will work to schedule another class.
New Class! Glass Bouquet
$120.00Date and Time: 11/09/2024 from 10:00 AM - 2:00 PM
Capacity: 6
Instructor: Karen Kubby
Prerequisites: Any lampworking experience.
Use a variety of techniques to add glass to copper or kiln wire to create flowers. Techniques used include winding glass, dots, pulling, smashing, cutting, swiping, and more. This is a great intermediate lampworking class. Experimentation will be encouraged.