Join Kristina for a live Q&A session where she’ll dive into two of her YouTube videos, sharing extra details and offering insights into her daily bead-making process in the studio. Get a closer look at her techniques and have the chance to ask her questions during the presentation! Want to see more of Kristina? Upcoming […]
Terry has been experimenting with silver leaf as a part of her recent series on glass properties, and she needed to find a suitable non reactive base glass. She decided to use a clear base glass rather than her previous white to evaluate reactions between black glasses and silver. She was surprised when only some […]
On Tuesday, July 15th Stephanie White will demonstrate how she uses murrini in a floral bead. Stephanie will show us how she builds a floral focal bead, starting with the background and adding layers containing flowers and bees and butterflies murrini. Stephanie started making beads around 2001 and quickly fell in love with making and […]
Corina Tettinger will be with us once again to share her talent and knowledge with us. We all know her as the author of “Passing the Flame” and a fantastic teacher. This presentation is sure to be full of great information that will help us expand our knowledge of glass, and how to get the […]
Stephen Brucker operates his flameworking studio in Camillus, New York, and exhibits his work throughout the Northeastern United States. He has been selected as an award recipient in both nationally and internationally juried exhibitions. Working with both borosilicate and soft glass, Stephen creates stunning glass pieces that reflect his expertise and creativity. Join us as […]
Tatyana Boyarinova is a Russian lampwork artist based in Moscow, where she both creates and teaches. She graduated from Moscow State University of Printing Arts with a degree in graphic design, specializing in book illustration. Passionate about sculpting in various materials, she finds glass to be the perfect medium. Her work aims to capture the […]
My “Stretched Bead” demo shows how to create a lovely, marble-like bead while using a number of good exercises for torchworkers. I include how to use scrap bits, choose great color combos, and make a large round bead with good ends. Then the fun begins! We’ll change the shape of the bead, as well as […]
This month, Jelveh Jaferian will present insights she’s gained from exploring the unique properties of using “Snow White” stringer in her flamework. She’ll demonstrate techniques for achieving crisp, luminous whites and for making white stringer truly stand out on her beads. We’re delighted to have her return as part of our Speaker Series.
Alexx will be giving us a studio tour, sharing the homemade tools and setups that make his workspace shine. We’ll take a look at custom arm rests, a hand stabilizer, rod warmer, a simple polariscope for checking internal stress, and he will also demonstrate a silver and gold foil vacuum box. Alexx will also show […]
Kit Paulson invites audiences into her Magpie Museum of Disorderly Inquiry, the whimsical, glass-filled world that occupies the front half of her studio. Known for transforming flameworked glass into unexpected objects—bonnets, ornate masks, delicate headpieces, even sewing tools—Kit reveals how curiosity and contradiction drive her art. Like any true cabinet of curiosities, her collection delights […]
Canadian artist Susan Otto-Bain of Calido Art Glass (Vancouver, BC, and Lunenburg, NS), has had a lifelong passion for creating. In 2008 she discovered lampworking and has been immersed in learning and working with glass ever since. In this presentation, she invites us into that journey, sharing stories from her time in Murano and offering […]
After Hurricane Helene devastated Asheville, NC, it wiped out nearly all the local glass supply companies and studios. We saw our community suddenly left without access to the tools, materials and support that working artists need to survive. So we decided to step up - not just as another supplier, but as a true hub. […]