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After completing a college course in fashion design, Debbie spent several years designing and creating wedding dresses, often with hand embroidered details along with matching jewellery. It was searching the internet for beads for wedding jewellery that Debbie came across some stunning handmade beads and needed to find out more. After searching, Debbie discovered lessons …
Claire lives in Staffordshire with her husband and 3 demanding cats. She is a full-time and self-employed Lampworker/Glass artist. Says Claire: “It doesn’t make me rich (far from it) but I so love what I do which makes all of the difference!” Claire came to glasswork from her jewellery design experience in March 2006 – …
June has been making glass beads for a long time, quietly working away in her delightful Surrey studio. Although she keeps a low profile – June’s beads may have been some of the first lampwork beads many of us saw on eBay when lampworking started to become popular in the United Kingdom, selling under the …
Mango Beads came into being in 2005 when Amanda took a Glass Bead making beginners course with Diana East and followed it up by taking another with Sally Carver. Amanda has since spent two days with Kate Drew Wilkinson and hopes later this year to spend some time with Sarah Hornik. Amanda was instantly fascinated …
Madeline has been making beads since 2006, graduating with a degree in Applied arts in 2009, where she specialised in lampwork, creating for her degree show, the piece ‘flock’ – a wearable glass sculpture made up of lampworked elements. Since coming back to the ‘real world’, beads that have unusual sculptural elements, and raised detailing …
Many years ago I studied art, photography and textiles at art school. My studies and creative endeavours were all put on hold when I started a family. Now, many years ( and 3 children ) later, I am finding a new love for all things creative, especially glass ! Back in 2004, I found myself …
“Despite no formal qualifications in art or design (not even so much as an O level!), I have always had a lively imagination and a need to make things. I started making simple jewellery around 2005 and gradually became aware that people were actually making glass beads in their own homes! I bought my hot …
My bead making adventure started on Murano, during the summer of 2007. There was all this amazing glass, but sadly, there was a mistake with my bank, and so our long week-end there was hampered by minimum cash, and only very few beads in my possession when I returned to the UK. Once returned, I …
Lesley’s beautiful beads have had a cosmopolitan influence! She was born in London, but was brought up mostly in the Far East as her parents were in the Army. Lesley lived out in Malaya, Singapore and Hong Kong, as well as Germany and all over the UK. She has just moved to Gloucester in order …