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Torchworking Beads for St. Patrick’s Day

Glass Arts

Torchworking Beads for St. Patrick’s Day

Make festive beads to bring Irish luck!

Member

$112.00 (any noted materials fee included)
Guest

$136.00 (any noted materials fee included)

Tuition Assistance and Other Policies

Meeting Times
  1. Sun, 3/2/2025 12:00 PM - 3:00 PM

Sun, 3/2/2025

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Type:
Class, Has Prerequisite

Location:
Glass Arts Studio

Interests:
Glass Torchworking

About

Learn to make a variety of festive beads to celebrate St Patrick's Day! Designs include frosty mugs of beer (including green beer), leprechaun hats, and shamrocks. I you've never tried using a bead press, we'll have one available that makes Celtic designs, and we'll discuss how to use it.  

St. Patrick's Day, which occurs on March 17 this year, is often associated with beads, which are used for decorations, party favors, and accessories. Popular types and colors are shamrocks and fleur de lis in classic St. Patrick’s Day colors of green, orange and white. Gold beads are popular, too!

Materials

  • A materials fee of $15, included in the price of the class, covers all the glass you'll need to make the basic designs.
  • You're welcome to bring your own soft glass, too. 
  • You should bring at least a dozen pre-dipped mandrels, either standard 3/32 inches or 1/16-inch mandrels will work.

Prerequisites

You should have taken an introductory torchworking class or have previous torchworking experience. This class will use soft glass, but students with boro experience are welcome. 

Class Policies

  • Ages 14 and up are welcome.
  • Long pants and closed-toe shoes are required in the Glass Studio at all times. All-cotton clothing is recommended for torchworkers and long hair should be tied back.

BARN Policies

Instructors or Guides

Laura Arns

Although she's a computer scientist by day, Laura Arns has been working with glass in various ways for more than 20 years during her free time. As a lampworker, she is somewhat unusual because she hasn't specialized but instead works with both borosilicate and soft glass to create beads, marbles, blown ornaments, sculptures, goblets, and more. She particularly enjoys collaborative projects with artists and artisans who work in other mediums. Over the years, she's had the opportunity to learn from numerous well-known lampworkers. A former college professor, she's looking forward to more teaching in BARN's Glass Arts Studio.

Land Acknowledgment

“Every part of this soil is sacred in the estimation of my people. Every hillside, every valley, every plain and grove, has been hallowed by some sad or happy event in days long vanished.” – Chief Seattle 1854

We would like to begin by acknowledging that the land on which we gather is within the ancestral territory of the suq̀ʷabs̆ “People of Clear Salt Water” (Suquamish People). Expert fisherman, canoe builders and basket weavers, the suq̀ʷabs̆ live in harmony with the lands and waterways along Washington’s Central Salish Sea as they have for thousands of years. Here, the suq̀ʷabs̆ live and protect the land and waters of their ancestors.

Location

8890 Three Tree Lane NE
Bainbridge Island, WA 98110

Hours

9:00AM to 5:00PM, Daily

Member Access: 7AM – 10PM, Daily

Tours

1:00PM to 3:00PM, Wednesdays and Sundays*
*Except Holidays

Contact

206-842-4475
info@BainbridgeBARN.org

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