Beginning Lampworking: Making Glass Beads with a Torch
with Roger Child
On-Demand Access
$67
- 10+ Video lessons in HD
- Exclusive bonus content
- 30-day access to instructor
- Over 10 hours of in-depth instructions
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What you will learn:
Class 1:
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About the instructor
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Basic Materials
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Safety Measures
Class 2:
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Different types of torches
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Demo torches
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Oxygen Tanks
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Different glass colors and how they react
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Understanding coe
Class 3:
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Making different shapes
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Cylinder beads
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Square beads
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Round beads
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Freeform
Class 4:
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Stringer Preparation
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Stringer Decoration
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Lines & Swirls
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Bead Presses
Class 5:
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Dots & Flowers
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Plunged Dots
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Encasing
Class 6:
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Fundamentals of Sculptures
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Sculptures on mandrel
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Sculptures directly on glass
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Hummingbird Sculpture
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Swan Sculpture
Bonus Items:
- Animal Bead Sculpture on Mandrel
- Follow-Along Step-by-Step Workbook
About the course
Open Facebook Group to students of this course:
Curious Mondo: Beginning Lampworking
Time table:
6 hours
Level:
Basic / Intermediate / Advanced
Target market:
Glass enthusiasts, artists, people interested in a new fun hobby.
Main objective:
Learn beginning lampworking skills.
Prerequisite:
None
About The Instructor
Roger Child
Roger has always been drawn to art. As a child, he was always drawing and sketching.
An elementary school teacher asked him what he wanted to be, and he immediately replied ‘an artist.’ As a career, he became a cabinetmaker and through that work discovered glass. He found that he could interpret his artistic visions using glass as a medium much more easily.
Roger grew up in Ogden, Utah, and has been a full time flameworker for 18 years. He discovered the magical world of lampworking glass during the summer of 1998 and instantly fell in love with working hot glass in the flame of a torch. Using Effetre Italian glass, he began making glass beads and marbles in his spare time. After working as a cabinetmaker for 12 years, in the spring of 2003, he decided to put away his wooodworking tools and devote himself to the art of lampworking. He creates distinctive works of art using all types of glass.
Inspired by nature and fantasy, he hand-makes his glass beads, marbles, and sculptures one at a time using flameworking techniques. "I enjoy making a lot of sea life, he said, like sea turtles and fish. I strive to make each piece unique.” They are made from Effetre Italian glass, Lauscha glass and borosilicate glass.
Roger mostly learned glass techniques by reading books and magazines, and watching videos. Artists who influenced him include the hot glass sculptors Milon Townsend, Lewis Wilson, Loren Stump, and Paul Stankard. He has learned a great deal from books by Milon Townsend and has since studied with master artists such as Roger Parramore, Kristen Frantzen Orr and Freddy Ferron.