Brighton / Hove Artists Open Houses – A Month Of Weekend Events at Beaded Lily Glass Works!
May is an exciting month for us here at Beaded Lily Glass Works! We are participating all month long in Brighton / Hove’s exciting annual Artists Open House event. We will be offering a variety of free demonstrations, including Venetian-style glass bead making (Lampworking).
Come by and see us between 11-5pm, every weekend in May (both Sat. and Sunday) for a lot of beading fun and a few surprises.
Stained Glass Weekend – Beginners Course: Create 3 Stained Glass Panels (Brighton / Hove)
Course Projects: Creating one large (A4) Stained Glass piece and 2 smaller ones. (And of course you keep what you create!)
Course Instructor: Linda Grieve
No prior experience or artistic leanings are necessary or expected from course participants.
Dates: April 20 & April 21
Times:
Sat. 10:00am – 5:00pm
Sun. 10:00am – 4:00pm
Event Cost: 160.00 per person
Location:
Beaded Lily Glass Works Studio
81 Portland Road, Hove, UK
For details please visit:
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We offer expert re-stringing and beaded jewellery repair services at Beaded Lily Glass Works. Bring your item in today for a free estimate! For store address and hours, please visit our Location page.
Handmade Lampwork Bead Bottle Stoppers by Tim James Now I’m drinking in style!
These unique bottle stoppers feature our own lampwork beads and high quality findings.
Our new store / studio is now open on Portland Road in Hove, England! For more photos and info please visit our Facebook page at:
Limited time offer: 15% automatic discount on ALL of our in-stock Tim James beads. Guaranteed next-day shipment!
Seagull rescue: We’re obviously not in Florence anymore!
Our neighbor, Megan, spotted a young seagull on our street (we are just a block off the sea) who was obviously in distress. Alone and disoriented, the seagull had a piece of string wrapped around both legs, tying them together and inhibiting movement. Calling to us, Megan asked that we help in attempting to catch the seagull and remove the string.
Digging out my winter gloves, I joined her with scissors in hand. Luck was with us as we were able to calmly corner the young bird, allowing me to catch her in one go. While obviously young (she was still gray/brown in color, as are the seagull chicks) she was still a good size, about as big as a large pigeon. And while she did peck at me a bit (the gloves kept me safe), overall she was quite calm.
I held the bird as Megan calmly began the process of snipping away at the string. It was more difficult than we had imagined as the string had obviously been there for some time. However, eventually we were able to successfully remove it with no harm to the bird.
Our work done, we set the seagull down hoping that she would take flight. Unfortunately she just stayed put. Lily had the good idea of putting out a dish of water for the bird as it was quite hot. The bird took to it immediately and drank her fill. However, she was still unable or unwilling to leave under her own power.
Fearing for her safety from the neighborhood cats, one of the other neighbors suggested contacting a wildlife rescue group. Megan searched the Internet and found Roger’s Wildlife Rescue, who turned out to be a Godsend, really. He assessed our situation and suggested that the bird be brought in to their facilities, which Megan did.
Roger’s is a volunteer program that cares for about 1500 creatures each year. They survive on donations alone, and your help would be much appreciated!
Our story looks to have had a happy ending; Roger was planning to keep the seagull for a few days, confirming that all was in order, and then release her at the beach near where she was found. Thank you to Roger, Megan, Lily and a total of about 7 of our neighbors, including myself, who participated in this success.
Tim James
Bead Making Course: Balanced & Centered Beads – Every Time! Brighton, UK: A 6-Hour Course
Poorly centered beads driving you nuts? Frustrated by off-center squished beads? No worries, mate! No matter the shape or type of bead, this process will help you create, and recreate, the bead you intend to make, and to do so consistently.
Be in control of your bead making process! The foundation on which your bead style is created is as important, if not more so, than the actual visual design itself. An off-balance infrastructure will force your design to shift to one side, effectively altering your intended design. This course will demonstrate how the proper use of gravity, coupled with spot-specific heating techniques, allows you to to naturally center and balance beads each and every time.
Frustrated by off-center squished beads? A nicely centered and balanced bead is also the key to balanced Flattened beads. Squishing an off-balance bead exaggerates just how off-center it is, and can ruin what is otherwise a usable bead. This process gives you the ability to stay on center each and every time.
Instructor: Tim James
Class duration: 6 hours (Two, 3-hour sessions)
Maximum 2 people per lesson (Posted price of £145 is for a one-person private lesson. A 2-person group rate of £115.00 Per Person is also available).
To reserve your class time, or for more information, please contact us.
May 2012:
After more than a decade in Italy, Beaded Lily is moving to Brighton, England!
Come join us as we celebrate our new home!
We will be joining forces with an existing bead store located just a stone’s throw from the sea in the heart of Brighton: the Big Bead Boutique.
In addition to the wonderful items and classes currently offered by Joanne Tomlin at the Big Bead Boutique, we will be adding our line of handmade glass lampwork beads (Created on site by Tim James) and the beautiful designer jewellery that is Lily Morda’s specialty. And of course we will continue to offer our glass bead making and jewelry design classes that were our mainstay in Florence.
In addition, we will bring with us a plethora of hand-selected Italian items from Florence & Venice that celebrate the local artisan. This includes beads (lampwork from Murano and high quality resin beads produced in Florence), unique jewelry design components, Italian Tubular Wire Mesh Ribbon, Italian yarns, and artisan metal castings produced for Beaded Lily in Florence. Plus, we will be offering artistic retreats from the UK to sun-drenched spots in Italy!
We arrive in April of this year and will be up and running by May. We are now accepting class reservations for the Brighton studio. We recommend reserving your space sooner rather than later as the summer season looks to be quite busy.
For detailed information on our glass bead making classes (at the torch) please visit:
www.BeadMakingClasses.com
For detailed information on our jewellery design classes please visit:
www.BeadedLilyGlassWorks.com/Beading_Classes.htm
Stay tuned…We can’t wait to meet you!! Brighton here we come!
