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Upcoming Workshops
 | July, 2010 - Two day beginning beadmaking workshop in my West
Orange, NJ studio. This class is intended for students with little or no
beadmaking instruction, or those who have grown "rusty". We will explore a
series of bead projects designed to learn about beginning beads while having
fun and experiencing success. The max class size is 5. Tuition is $250. Please email me if you would like info about holding a seat in this class! (class is now full, a new one will be scheduled in the Fall, 2010) |
| October
22, 2010 – Accents Glass Works in Maryland - Tips and Tricks
October 23&24, 2010 - Accents Glass Works in Maryland - Demystifying Dichroic and Conquering Copper
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| Glass Craft and Bead Expo - April 2011 - Jeri and Neil will be teaching a bunch of cool classes at this conference, including the new classes that were so popular in 2010 "Why do I NEED that Mandrel" and the favorite standard, "Sandblasting Glass Beads and Pendants". JeriBeads will also have a booth on the show floor, stop by and say hi to Jeri's mom, Lorry! |
| Bead and Button Show - June 2011 - After a one year hiatus, Jeri and Neil happily returned to teach at the Bead and Button Show in 2010. Plans are now being finalized for 2011. |
This
class is jammed full of techniques that make up the toolbox of the
adventuresome beadmaker. In addition to blowing hollow beads on the “puffy
mandrel” developed by the instructor, we will gain greater proficiency with
the creation and use of complex colorful twisties, and the applications
of silver leaf, reduction frit, and surface decorations such as dots. This
class is designed to meet the needs of each student at their particular skill
level. Class Fee: $175.00
Students
are encouraged to begin to develop a personal voice in glass through the
exploration and incorporation of dichroic glass, copper in many different
forms (leaf, foil, aventurine). The class will focus on achieving
well-executed bead shapes (such as round, bi-cone, pendant) that incorporate
high quality dichroic-coated glass. Next we will incorporate the different
forms of copper, with focus on clear encasing and avoiding SOOT! Using
enamels, the class will coax color from copper. As time allows we will
make dichroic-coated leaves and experiment with copper mesh. Class
Fee: $350.00
Upcoming Events
| BIG NEWS!! Jeri's book, published by Lark Books, is now available. "Glass Bead Workshop" teaches 20 separate intermediate beadmaking projects and will have a ton of glorious photos of BEADS!! The book is widely available on-line and from glass suppliers. Book II is well underway, and is in line to be published in the next 18 months. |
| A beautiful necklace executed collaboratively with jewelry artist and designer Ronnie Lambrou, and featuring Jeri's beads, has toured with the Convergence exhibit sponsored by the ISGB and can now be seen in the special Art Jewelry edition of Bead and Button which is on sale now. The magazine includes a tutorial based on the necklace and Jeri's beads. |
| Jeri's sandblasted bead is included in the Perspectives Bead Exhibit, which started in Corning, NY as part of the annual GAS conference in June 2009 and is now moving around the country. There is a link to a slide show of this exhibit on the home page of the ISGB, www.ISGB.org which also has more info on the current home of the exhibit. |
| Check out the newest edition of Bead Review, which encompasses beautiful focals, sets and the work of new beadmakers from the past year. This third edition is very exciting and I was proud to be a juror for the volume. Brad Pearson has done a wonderful job, together with his very talented editorial team. Jen Geldard and Larry Brickman were my fellow beadmaker/jurors and their work is included in the book too! |
| Jeri's basic tutorial on folded rainbow beads appears in the Winter 2009 edition of The Flow. If you aren't a subscriber already, check out this wonderful glass resource and consider ordering this back issue. |
Recent Media Coverage of JeriBeads
| Reviews of Glass Bead Workshop, Jeri's new book, have popped up everywhere including The Flow, Glass Pattern's Quarterly, Bead and Button magazine and The Glass Bead. It is available on amazon.com. There is a wonderful review in the Japanese Lampwork magazine (ok, I was TOLD it was wonderful, it's in Japanese!!) |
| The Glass Bead is the ISGB publication that is provided as a perk of membership. Jeri's beads were in the first two issues of 2008 within articles by Jim Kervin that disuss grinding, polishing and faceting of beads as well as sandblasting. |
| Bead Review - Book 3 - Jeri is featured as a juror of this volume! |
| Bead Review - Book 2 - Look for Jeri's beads in the "sets" section of this lovely book!! |
| Glass Patterns Quarterly - Winter 2006 - How-To Article on Tiger-Stripe Beads |
| Lapidary Journal - October 2006 Bead Annual Issue |
| Beadazzled 2006 - http://www.beadazzled.net/new.html |
| Bead Review 2005!!! Jeri's bead is on Page 30 of this beautiful publication. |
| Bead Dreams 2005 - Special Collector's Edition published by Bead And Button |
| Gemstone Twist hollow beads, - Bead Dreams - Bead and Button Special Issue, Collector's Edition Spring 2003 |
| Hidden Heart Bead, Step By Step Beads, Spring 2003 |
| Pompeii Series Bead, October 2002 Bead Annual issue of the Lapidary Journal and the Obsessions Catalogue |
