Beadmaking

Thread molten glass over a hot torch to make your own flame worked beads. Taught by Sarah Murphy

What to expect 
Learn the basics of flameworking through creating glass beads with vibrant colours taught by an expert beadmaker. Over three hours, participants will learn the basics of beadmaking. This workshop focuses on how to use specialist tools, and techniques of hot glass manipulation including how to make glass threads, pattern application and annealing. 

What to bring 

Please bring a water bottle and your enthusiasm! You must wear fully closed shoes, natural fabric clothing, preferably non-synthetics, long hair pulled back. You must wear your prescription glasses over contact lenses. All materials and safety equipment for this class will be provided. 

What you will make 

A set of beautiful, colourful and individualised beads! These beads need to anneal overnight and may require some coldworking so that they are safe to handle. They will be available for collection the following Wednesday after your class during our opening hours, Wednesday to Sunday 10am to 4pm from the Gallery shop. 
 
If you are unable to collect your work, please add postage when you book and provide your address and postage details through the booking form or email our team at wendy.dawes@canberraglassworks.com 

Dates and times vary, please check your booking for confirmation. 
Age 16 years +
No previous experience required
Please read our general information and booking terms + conditions on our website.

Sarah Murphy has been working with glass since 2000. Over this time she has developed her own unique style, incorporating glass into her handcrafted jewellery which she makes in her studio in Canberra. Driven by a continuous exploration of materials and techniques from diverse disciplines my studio table is piled with small experiments in form and surface which I arrange and re-arrange, finding tensions, creating compositions, moving ideas forward and developing the strongest impulses into finished work.