This website is part of the Beaded Lily family of creative sites. Wife and husband owners Lily Morda and Tim James are artisans (Jewellery Designer and Glass Bead Maker, respectively) and entrepreneurs. They began their journey in the US, then lived in Italy for 11 years and now reside in the seaside town of Brighton, England.
For more information please visit their About Us page.
For more information on their studio, which is open to the public, please visit Beaded Lily Glass Works.
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Glass Bead Making / Lampworking / Flameworking Classes:
Instructor: Tim James
Specialty: Using self -developed gravity and spot-specific heat
techniques to naturally center and balance beads. Also, Tim is very
proficient at using silver and gold leaf techniques to decorate beads,
and he is an expert in making core-less hollow beads.
Beginners: Learn from the get-go how to make truly centered and balanced
beads naturally, using only the flame and gravity.
Experienced: Enhance your existing skills by learning to use controlled
heat and gravity to attain a fine touch that many glass workers lack.
Learning to use less heat more effectively gives you an
incredible amount of control and opens the door to endless shaping and
designing possibilities.
Other areas explored in the class:
*Pulling stringer / Applying stringer
*Making dots, twisting dots, layering dots, feathering and raking
*Distorting the surface of a bead: poking, squashing, raking, twisting,
cutting, etc.
*Glass encasing
*Working with Gold and Silver
*Techniques for consistent recreation of bead styles
*Hollow bead-making (advanced)
Instructor: Lily Morda
Specialty: Working with Italian Tubular Wire Mesh Ribbon, wire-working
techniques, pearl-knotting, advanced jewellery design techniques,
color-coaching
The possibilities are never-ending! Italian Tubular Wire Mesh Ribbon
is very popular with Jewellery Designers and crafters throughout Europe
and is quickly becoming a must for creative-minded jewelry designers
everywhere! Lily is an expert at working with this unique product and
will show you how to add it to your designing repertoire, so you, too,
can make truly unique one-of-a-kind pieces using this innovative and
versatile material.
Other beading classes offered:
*Basic Bead Stringing
*Creating Beautiful Pendants and Earrings
*Pearl Knotting
*The Joy of Bead-weaving (off-loom)
*Mixed-media Wearable Art Creations