Hot Glass

  Torch time available for Lampworkers!  

Lampwork – Glass Bead Making  Part I  

     Learn the ancient art form of glass bead making - Lampwork.  Come and find out you can really make beads too!  You will learn safety with the torch, hot glass,  simple round beads, decorating with dots, cylinders, and decorating with lines, use of a marver, and making stringers.  Deborah Park has been a bead maker for over 12 years, is a member of “GABS” the Glass Artisan Bead Society of Greater Kansas City, and teaches Lampwork at Three Trails Trading Post.  Age limit, 16 and older.

Lampwork – Glass Bead Making  Part II 

     Continue the ancient art form of glass bead making – Lampwork part II.  Come and find how to make different shaped beads and decorate beads on a more advanced level!  Part I is a prerequisite.  You will continue with safety, and the basics, make stringers, learn flow beads, learn to make a heart shaped bead, and more elaborate decorations.  Demonstration on making twisties.  Deborah Park continues to teach the basics.  She has been a bead maker for over 12 years, is a member of “GABS” the Glass Artisan Bead Society of Greater Kansas City, and teaches Lampwork at Three Trails Trading Post.  Age limit, 16 and older. Part I is a prerequisite. 

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Intermediate I Lampwork Glass Bead Making

      Continue the ancient art form of glass bead making.  Come and find how to decorate beads at a more advanced level.  Learn feathering, pulling complex stringers, & twisties, using frit, enamels, & foils and other techniques & processes.  You must be a proficient bead maker and have experience on the torch.  Deborah Park continues to teach and has been a bead maker for over 12 years, is a member of “GABS” the Glass Artisan Bead Society of Greater Kansas City, and teaches Lampwork at Three Trails Trading Post.  Age limit, 16 and older. Part I & Part II is a prerequisite or be a proficient bead maker.

Intermediate II Lampwork Glass Bead Making

     Continue the ancient art form of glass bead making.  Come and find how to decorate beads at a more advanced level.  Learn feathering, lattachino, encasing, using frit, enamels, & pixy dust, foils, presses, making hollow beads and possibly etching & sandblasting.  You must bring your own finished beads for this process.  Deborah Park continues to teach and has been a bead maker for over 12 years, is a member of “GABS” the Glass Artisan Bead Society of Greater Kansas City, and teaches Lampwork at Three Trails Trading Post.  Age limit, 16 and older. Part I & Part II is a prerequisite or be a proficient bead maker.   

Sculptural Heart Beads - Advanced Lampwork   

      Learn to make four different types of sculptural heart beads for Valentines Day.  This is an advanced  class, so previous glass and torch experience is needed.  Denise Solary has been a bead maker for over 7 years; she has taken many lampwork classes over the years from many of the best artist giving classes.  She is a member of “GABS” the Glass Artisan Bead Society of Greater Kansas City.  

 Advanced Lampwork  Florals

     Learn to make floral beads. You will learn simple flowers, complex stringers, surface decoration, and encasing.  This is an advanced  class, so you must be a proficient bead maker and have experience on the torch.  Denise Solary has been a bead maker for over 7 years; she has taken many lampwork classes over the years from many of the best artist giving classes.  She is a member of “GABS” the Glass Artisan Bead Society of Greater Kansas City.  

Advanced Lampwork  Marble Making

     Come and learn the process of marble making.  You must be a proficient bead maker and have experience on the torch.  Age limit, 16 and older.  Gary Phillips has been a bead and marble maker for 10 years.  He is a member of “GABS” the Glass Artisan Bead Society of Greater Kansas City.

Cloisonné Enameling

     Learn the basics of the ancient form of traditional Chinese Cloisonné.   This elaborate and complicated art form has inspired metalworkers, muralists, jewelry artists, and painters all over the world. It is still highly popular and valued today, as it is still created by hand using many of the same traditions and processes passed on for generations.  Cloisonné involves a 5-step process of 1) creating and preparing a fine silver base  2) soldering fine silver filigree to it 3) filling with enamel 4) firing 5) finishing.  Class supplies Fine Silver Disk, 1 foot of fine silver cloisonné wire, enamels, incidental supplies.  Bring your own tool,  small watercolor brushes (size 00 to 2, decent quality), plastic lid for glue for dipping wires, if you have the following bring as well, fine-point tweezers (curved tip helps), round-tip pliers, flat-tip pliers, small scissors.  Sue Bergstrand has been a making jewelry for years, she is a member of The Sterling Guild of Greater Kansas City. LIMITS:  8 Students  Age Limit: 16 and up   

Intro to Fused Glass

     Learn to cut, design, and fuse glass. Create a unique piece of wearable art.  Leave class with a finished product.  Kara Paris has been a silversmith for over 25 years.  She is a member of the Sterling Guild, The Bead Society, & “GABS” Glass Artisan Bead Society, all of Greater Kansas City, and the owner of Three Trails Trading Post. 

Tools

     We carry tools; Nortel Minor Burners, hoses, hot head torches, stainless steel mandrels, hot glass shears, marvers, didymium glasses, fiber blankets, bead reamers, and glass rods.