An Afternoon with
Patricia Larsen-Goodin
Thursday, July 29, 2021
Patricia is a glass bead and jewelry artist. She took her first torchworking (lampworking) workshop at Pratt Fine Arts Center in Seattle, Washington in the early ‘90s. She found her passion that weekend and has been pursuing it ever since. Her artistic voice is constantly in motion and she finds inspiration in moments of solitude. She is heavily influenced by shape and the intersection of arcs and lines both in the topical application of design and in the intersection of beads in jewelry design.
Patricia has a BA from the Evergreen State University in Olympia, Washington. She has taught one-on-one lampworking classes in her home studio and now teaches at various studios around the world.
Patricia will be sharing her process of making her amazing stringer beads and their designs.
See more of Patricia’s work on her Etsy site. She also has a Facebook page, that you can explore.
After the Demo Update!
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Patricia says it has taken her 30 years to develop the skills she uses in her wonderful beads, and her dedication to doing it right certainly shows! She makes beautifully decorated beads in a variety of traditional and nontraditional shapes, then decorates them in stringer and dot patterns for a very impressive look.
Patricia is a real trooper, and made a demo video for us just a couple of hours before the presentation, so she could demonstrate how she makes her “Three Cone” bead. Showing us in the demo, she also made sure we understood the reason she builds and decorates the bead in the order she does.When the bead is finished, you might think it is three beads nestled together rather than the one cohesive bead that we saw.
After the demo, we got to see some of Patricia’s bead shapes and some sets with a variety of shapes in them. She enjoys mixing the shapes to add interest in the jewelry she makes with her beads.
Patricia has quite a repertoire of bead shapes, including one “barrel” with six sides – that allows her to decorate each side in a different way, and beads that are put into molds “vertically” after she alters the molds to allow that!
Patricia showed us some beads made with Effetre Copper Green glass and baking soda that have a very distinctive look, and she gave us some hints to get that “look” successfully.
She said she loves to inspire others.Patricia is willing to discuss teaching, perhaps even one on one online, so contact her if interested. When asked where we could see more samples of the progression of her work, she suggested checking the sold section of her Etsy store. She does not have a website, but welcomes us to find her on her Facebook pages.
