Beginners hot glass bead making

Course details

Come along to this fun and friendly course to learn techniques of . Hot glass bead-making is an extremely absorbing, satisfying craft with huge creative potential and range. Heat, melt, form, shape and decorate glass beads and shapes. Make your own glass beads by melting coloured rods in an open flame. The beads will then be kiln annealed ready for collection within a week. At the start of the course Sally will talk through health and safety and demonstrate lampworking and how to make a glass bead. Under Sally's expert tuition you will then be able to experiment with this exciting method, progressing to different forms such as mushrooms, and methods such as applying decorations to your beads. All tools and materials included. 0% payment plans available - just select 'pay in person' at the checkout and one of our team will contact you to take a deposit and work out a plan which works for you. Please wear old clothing, with long sleeves and if possible a high neck, because the hot glass can sometimes spit. Small group with a maximum of four participants for intensive and quality tuition.