Sandra Arnold-Beingessner
- Invermere
Sandra took her first Lampworking class in 2003. Her Blissbeads
studio in Invermere, BC, specializes in colorful, elegant, feminine
jewellery. Special orders welcome. Please visit www.blissbeads.ca.
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Heidi Baxter - Point Roberts
Heidi has been flame working 5 years with both soft and borosilicate
glass. She is intrigued with glass movement, color and form.
She enjoys creating retro organic designs and stills in motion.
After enjoying The Canadian Glass Conference in Red deer this
past spring she is inspired to work more color. email latitude@whidbey.com
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Larry Brickman - Bremerton, WA
Larry is a full-time glass artist whose work is represented throughout
the United States and internationally. He has worked with torchworked
glass since 1996. Larry has taught beadmaking to over 1400 students
and instructs glass torchworking classes extensively through
nationally known art schools and glass companies throughout the
United States, Canada and Italy.
www.brickmanartglass.com
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Kerry Caron - Delta
Moondance Beads
The Flame, The light, The color.
The passion,,,
www.moondance-beads.com
Moon_dance74@yahoo.com
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Mary-Jane Baker -
Mission, BC
My name is Mary-Jane, I'm a Lampworker from Mission, BC
I have my hand in many pots - I work in the movies and reno houses
and now lampworking and jewelry making. Please visit my website
and let me know what you think!
www.dragongemglass.com
Email: lerealcoffeebean@hotmail.com
Lynne Chappell - Surrey
Lynne is a professional glass artist who has added lampworking
to her stained, etched and fused glass pursuits: www.sunlightglass.com
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Janet Comer - Maple Ridge
I have loved stringing glass beads since 1990 and have been making
beads since 2003. I am inspired by bold and bright combinations
of color. I like to make small and whimsical treasures that please
my inner child. www.twinstarbeads.com
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Kerri Fuhr - Langley
Kerri has been "playing with fire", making glass beads
for 4 years. She is known for her obsession with hollow beads
as well as her voluptuous "Goddess beads." Her current
focus is creating finished jewellery pieces and exhibiting her
work in local galleries as well as touring the local craft show
circuit. www.kerrifuhr.com
Email: kerribeads@kerrifuhr.com
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Susan Ewart - Chilliwack
Susan is a glass artist working in the torch and the kiln. She
sells silver and lampworked bead jewellery and fused glass vessels
in gift stores and shows. Email: suzyqlampwork@shaw.ca |
Shannon Handel - Langley
Shannon has been working with glass since May of 2003 and has
been loving it ever since. She works with Moretti glass on a
Hot Head torch but will soon be upgrading to a Minor torch. She
loves experimenting with different shapes, colors, and techniques.
Right now her favorite bead to make is the Rainbow Swirl bead
that you see all over her website: www.fireice.ca
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Holly Johnson - Golden
Holly is an artist who has spent most of her life in the small
town of Golden, BC. After 15 years of working in various art
forms she came across the process of lampwork. She has been obsessed
with glass for the past 3 years. Email: holly@redshift.bc.ca
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Debra Kallen - Mission
Welcome to my decadent fine handcrafted chocolate lamp beads.
They are " torched fresh daily" and added to my sweet
collection daily. Warning Chocoholics !!! Non editable chocolates.
www.debrakallenart.com
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Ania Kyte - Mission
Ania has been a jewelry designer since 1997, and was always drawn
to all type of glass art. She was thrilled to find out that she
could work with glass on a small scale, and started lampworking
in September 2001. She has since expanded her jewelry designs
using her own beads. Ania uses a propane HotHead torch to create
her beads, and an Olympic Murano kiln to anneal them. You can
find her beads for auction on eBay at id "turtlebeads!",
and on her website at: www.turtlebeads.com
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Her email is: beadcave@hotmail.com
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Melanie Lewis - Gold Bridge
Melanie is a graduate of Sheridan College's glass program and
taught flameworking at the College for two years. Melanie currently
makes beads full time in her Bralorne, BC studio.
www.melanielewisdesigns.com
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Linda James -
Kamloops
Lampworker since April
2002. I started working with fused glass in the spring of 2003.
(Such a short time to develop such a big addiction.) I had to
start selling pieces to get more 'stuff ' to feed my habit &
I get pretty cranky when I can't melt glass. www.flameonglass.com
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Michelle Lusk - Vancouver
Michelle has been a full-time glass artist for the past 13 years
in one form or another. Her work can be found around the world.
Working from her home-studio she produces both lampwork beads
for designers and Caliente Glass hand-pulled cane for other glass
artists. www.calienteglass.com |
Vic Nadurak - Ladysmith
Vic is a.retired shop teacher who likes funky colours and elegant
shapes. He believes glass is a great teacher with an endless
spectrum and he loves the glass community for its openness and
willingness to share techniques and ideas. www.seafireglassworks.com
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Rafael Navarro Leiton - Richmond
"He continues to throw and paint platters and bowls and
to cast, slump, melt, paint, fuse, and blow glass" - from
his website: www.puravidaarts.com
Email: puravida@lightspeed.ca
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Shelah Pansegrau - Kelowna
A former university college instructor, Shelah hand crafts beads
and vessels at the torch and designs and sells jewelry from her
Kelowna studio, finally fulfilling her life long desire to be
a glass blower. Her original style expresses the complex elegance
and colorful abundance of nature. Email: BellaDolci@shaw.ca
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Janet Parada - Sorrento
I've been drawing cartoons as long as I can remember, so it"s
been great to bring them to life in glass. I hope you enjoy them.
Email: killerbeedscr@hotmail.com
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Louayne Rhode - Chilliwack
I have been at the torch since June 2001 and can see no way out
of it. I use Italian soft glass on an oxygen-propane torch and
anneal each precious bead to ensure toughness. My specialties
are the decorated hollow pendants and, my own creation, the angel
hangers. Email: lou@lookieloo.net |
David Sivers - Comox
David works with Effetre glass for his beads and vessels, and
borosilicate glass for sculptural work. Any opportunity to blow
furnace glass is swiftly accepted.
Email: sivers@telus.net
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Melanie Rowe - Chilliwack
Melanie Rowe has been creating in glass for 30 years. She shares
her passion for glass with her twin sister.Together they teach
glass fusing, mold making for kiln casting, and now Melanie has
jumped in with both feet into the incredible world of lampworking.
She feels that her journey in the glass world has just begun.Mel
and Les have taught glass courses at Pilchuck glass school, Red
Deer College, Banff centre for the Arts and many more over the
past 30 years.
E-mail: roweglass@shaw.ca
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Jennifer Wood - Port Coquitlam
Jennifer is a graduate of the "Jewellery Art and Design"
program in Vancouver. She is a trained silversmith and a self-taught
lampworker. She sells her work in various galleries under the
name Riot Designs.
www.jenniferwood.ca
Email: riotdesigns@yahoo.ca |
Ikuyo Yamanaka - Burnaby
I make glass beads and other glass and silver accessories with
Moretti and pyrex glass. I also make glasses with pyrex.
www.ikuyoglassart.ca
E-mail: ikuyo@shaw.ca |
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