Student Work

These are photos of student work from my recent Fused Glass Jewelry class at the Thousand Islands Craft School at the Handweaving Museum in Clayton, NY. Students were taught how to make a pendant with a hidden slide, earrings, pendants with bails and bracelets. I did all of the firing, and assembling of the jewelry after the class in my studio. It only takes about an hour to fire the pieces but way too many hours to cool to finish during the class time. Class was 4 hours. I have attended a class where the firing was done during the class but it was a 6 hour class and very little time was available for making the pieces. Teaching the hidden slide takes up quite a bit of time and I like to give students time to try out different designs and look at all the glass.

Here are two examples of the hidden slide and one of the bracelets. All the students did beautiful work.

Earrings and a pendant with a cold fused (glued on) bail. I love the thick rubber cord with some of these larger pendants.

Peeking Into My Ceramic Bead Class Kiln

Here is a preview of the beautiful beads created and glazed by my Ceramic Bead Glazing Class that I taught at the Handweaving Museum in Clayton, NY on July 16. This class gave students the opportunity to bring previously bisqued beads they had made or to have a selection of bisque beads that I had handmade to glaze. No wet clay in this class. Just glazes and stains. There are more beads under this shelf that I haven't even seen yet. I will be posting more photos soon. Trying hard to keep the beads in place so that I can read my map and get every one's beads in the right box to return to them.

Right Angle Weave Class

I taught my Right Angle Weave Bracelet class on Wednesday at the Handweaving Museum in Clayton, NY. It was a beautiful summery waterfront day with a great breeze coming in the museum windows. All of the bracelets came out beautifully--9 in all. Attesting to the versatility of Right Angle Weave (RAW) is the variety of the work the students created. Some bracelets were dainty and classy, some organic, chunky and contemporary and some had the distinct vintage look.

The class was a bit large so next time I will suggest a 6 person limit. Luckily 4 of my students drove with me and we got there plenty early and could get a head start.
In addition to having a wonderful class of students, the new Programming Coordinator, Juliann Schindler was so welcoming and enthusiastic that she makes me want to come back again, despite the long drive.