This class is now full, but a wait list is available.
Blooming Beads
Cindy Jenkins

Tuition $225
Fri., Oct. 26, 2007
10 am - 5 pm

Each flower in nature is unique....but what about all your floral beads? Do they suffer from a sameness? If so, this class will help break you out of your rut. This fun and fast-paced class starts with making components - mixed and encased stringers, two kinds of striped cane and even simple millefiori. These components can then be mixed and matched to create an endless variety of unique florals. We’ll also cover encasing techniques and, of course, there will be lots of samples to inspire you.

 This class is now full, but a wait list is available.
Silver Spectacular
Cindy Jenkins

Tuition $225
Sat., Oct. 27, 2007
10 am - 5 pm

Silver can add subtle mystery or all-out bling to your beads....and there’s lots of room in between for other effects. We’ll show you how to use silver foil, wire and mesh in this exciting class. We will use non-reactive and reactive glass colors to create different effects including the super-cool “I Can’t Believe It’s Not Boro” bead. They’ll wonder how you did it. Don’t tell them how easy it was.

 This class is now full, but a wait list is available.
Hollow and Vessel Forms
Cindy Jenkins

Tuition $225
Sun. Oct. 28, 2007
10 am - 5 pm

Are you ready to move beyond solid beads and the same old bead shapes? We will show you two different ways to build a vessel bead and several techniques for making handles. You will also learn an easy method of making multi-color latticino that can be used in lots of ways to enhance your tiny
amphorae.
We will review hollow beadmaking
before making a hollow vessel.
We’ll have lots of samples of how these special techniques can transform your beadmaking!
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all three classes for only $625!
Cindy Jenkins

Cindy Jenkins is a talented glass beadmaker, an instructor of thousands in the art of making glass beads, and the author of three books on beadmaking that have been widely recognized as the leading texts in the industry.

Her first book, You Can Make Glass Beads, written in 1993, started it all. It was a simple-to-understand and easy-to-read, and gave many thousands of creative people the information they needed to make glass beads on their own.

Cindy’s second book, Making Glass Beads, is one that we recommend to all our beginning students at Vitrum. We’ve always considered it one of the best how-to books written on any subject.

And her third book, Beads of Glass, well, it is just magnificent, filled with page after page of beautiful beads and instructions on how to make those
wonderful beads.

Cindy is also the inventor of the Hot Head® torch, a simple inexpensive and very approachable torch that has enabled thousands of people all over the world to learn to make glass beads and to enjoy creating their own glass beads in their homes.
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