RECORDED LINK Barbara Becker Simon's Make Hollow Flameworked Beads

In this webinar Barbara Becker Simon demonstrates how to make basic hollows, use a puffy mandrel to blow a bead, and create both hollow and solid beads with a silver clay core. It's a flameworking webinar and instruction on creating with silver metal clay, all in one!

Some of the concepts and techniques that will be covered include:

• how to properly apply the glass to the mandrel
• how to keep the walls of the bead a consistent thickness
• how to read the heat base of the glass and evenly heat the bead
• how to prevent bead collapse (and how to fix it when it happens!)
• how to apply enamels and stringer decoration
• how to create, apply, and finish silver clay bead cores with decorative end caps
• how to create a beautiful hollow (and a solid bonus bead) over the silver clay cores

Barbara Becker Simon has been a jeweler/goldsmith for over 50 years and a lampwork/bead artist since 1996. She received a Master of Fine Arts Degree in metalwork and jewelry from the University of Wisconsin. She’s traveled extensively in the United States and internationally as a Senior Instructor for the Rio Rewards Precious Metal Clay Certification Classes as well as workshops for Metal Clay and Lampworking. 

Her work has won recognition and awards (Saul Bell Design Awards, 2007 & 2011) and has been featured extensively in periodicals and books, including PMC Decade and the Lark books: 1000 Glass Beads and Showcase 1000 Beads. Barbara's own book, Metal Clay Beads, has been given high praise as a valuable and informative book for all levels of metal clay fans.

Barbara’s lampworked beads are the highlight of many bead shows, rich with distinctive patterning, beautiful coloration, and imaginative shapes. This award-winning jewelry designer takes her finished projects to an even more stunning level with dramatic metal clay clasps and beads. With an MFA in metalwork and jewelry, it’s no surprise she would say “When I can combine my glass with my metalwork, I feel that the best of both worlds has been achieved.”

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