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Lampworking Beads for Halloween

Make Halloween themed beads for the spooky season!

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Lampworking Beads for Halloween

Lampworking Beads for Halloween

Make Halloween themed beads for the spooky season!

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About

Learn ways to shape your glass and practice using stringers and dots for additional decoration to make pumpkins, ghosts, simple skulls, witch's hats, and candy corn that you can use for decorations, party favors, and accessories.

Details

Skill level: Beginner, but you need to have had some experience with beadmaking and be able to form a simple bead. Introductory courses like Beadmaking Experience and Introduction to Torchwork: Beads are ideal ways to prepare for this class.

Details

  • A $10 materials fee, included in the price of the class, covers everything needed except mandrels.
  • You need to bring a minimum of 10 pre-dipped mandrels (either standard 3/32-inch or 1/16-inch mandrels will work).
  • You're welcome to bring your own soft glass, too.

Class Policies

  • Ages 14 and up are welcome.
  • Wear long-sleeve shirts and long pants of natural fibers. Wear closed-toe shoes (preferably leather or cotton). Stretch fabrics are prohibited.
Instructor
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.

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