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Leah Fairbanks Lottery Form

Southern Flames is sponsoring 2 classes with Leah Fairbanks.  There will be two 2-day sessions offered: March 10 & 11 (Thursday/Friday) and March 12 & 13 (Saturday/Sunday), 2004.  Both class sessions will cover the same material. 

In this workshop, Leah's goal is for the student to increase their skill level and expand their knowledge of beadmaking.  A variety of materials will be provided to experiment with including palladium, gold and silver leaf, reduction  frit, dichroic glass and goldstone.  Some of the techniques will include advanced latticino, feathering, floral canes, surface decorations and clear casing.   An assortment of different styles and shapes focusing on design, color-blending and refined beads ends will be covered.  There will be a balance of demonstrations with focused one-on-one attention.  Throughout this workshop, students will be assisted with their individual needs. 

Leah Fairbanks began her career in glass in 1982 with studies at the prestigious Pilchuck School of Glass, The Colton Glass School. She explored and pushed the limits of the medium, creating stained glass windows, neon sculptures, fused glass plates, bowls and jewelry. 

Leah's first lampwork glass beadmaking class in 1992 altered the course of her path into the realm of hot glass. She found the quality of working with molten glass at the flame seductive and inspiring.  From the onset of her lampworking career, Leah has translated her love of flora & fauna into delicate glass creations, and aptly named her studio Gardens of Glass . Working with the exotic irises and orchids from her garden in Northern California, she drew upon nature to establish her sculptural collection of Goddesses, Angels and Mermaids.  Leah frequently mixes her own blends of frit and enamel powders to personalize her glass beads and create recurrent motifs of composition which include wheat, irises, berries and lavender.  

Leah was intimately involved with the resurgence of professional lampwork glass beadmaking in America during the 1990's. Leah's exploration in garden motifs directly influenced and impacted the early movement of floral decoration in contemporary glass beadmaking.  Serving on the Board of Directors of the International Society of Glass Beadmakers, Leah provided direction in its formative stage in her role as Secretary / Treasurer from 1994 to 1995. 

As an accomplished instructor, Leah has taught beginning to advanced glass beadmaking workshops worldwide since 1994. Always involved in innovation within her medium, she became one of the first lampwork artists in America to experiment with the Japanese Satake glass and to incorporate these beads into her collection.  Leah has beads featured in books by Cindy Jenkins, Bandhu Dunham and in 1000 Glass Beads by Lark.  Bead & Button honored Leah's characteristic floral style with a commission to design their first lampworked glass commemorative bead for the year 2000. 

To see Leah's beads, check out her website:  http://www.leahfairbanks.com.    

Leah's class will cost $315.00 for Southern Flames members in good standing ($340.00 for non-members if classes not filled by members).  In order to be in good standing a member must be current on dues and fees.   Students will provide their own tools and Moretti glass to be used in class (materials list to be provided prior to class), and Southern Flames will provide students with some additional materials such as dichroic glass, silver leaf, etc. (included in your class fee).

 Lottery Details

• Class registration begins with this e-mail announcement for students to send in their application and check (see attached form ).

• Each interested member must complete a Leah Fairbanks Lottery Form and provide a check for $315.00 made out to Southern Flames.  You may complete and bring the attached form and your check to the January 19 meeting (additional forms will be available at the meeting).

• If you would like to be included in the lottery but will not attend the January 19 member meeting, you may mail a check payable to Southern Flames in the amount of $315.00 along with a completed copy of the attached Leah Fairbanks Lottery Form to Southern Flames, , 311 Peachtree Hills Avenue, Box 11A, Atlanta, GA 30305.  Your check must be received by Friday, January 14, 2005. You will get a confirmation that your check and form has been received and you will be put into the lottery drawing.  If you do not receive a confirmation, we did not receive your check and form and you will not be in the lottery. 

• There will be eight spots available in each class session.  Once all sixteen spots are filled, names will continue to be drawn for waiting list positions.  Please note on the form if you want to be placed on wait list status.   Checks for wait list participants will not be deposited unless a class position opens for that person.  In the past, we have had students withdraw due to various emergencies and have actually placed the last person on the waiting list in the class.

• Checks from lottery participants will be returned if the member is not selected in the lottery, unless the member indicates he or she would like to be on the waiting list.  In that event, checks will be held but not deposited unless a class position becomes available.

• If at any time a wait list participant would like to be removed from the waiting list, he or she may notify Kim Runge, and she will return that person's check and remove them from the waiting list.

• The check for the class is non-refundable.  If your name is drawn and you cannot attend the class, your spot will be offered to the next person on the waiting list.  You will be refunded your money if someone can take your spot.  This must go through the Treasurer and the waiting list. You may not directly sell or give your spot to another individual unless all wait-listed persons have declined to fill the spot.

• The Leah Fairbanks Lottery Form includes your name, address, phone number, email address, preference of class session, and whether you wish to be placed on the waiting list if your name is not initially drawn for a spot in the class.

• If you can attend either class, you may indicate a preference, but could be put in your second choice class to allow Southern Flames members with less flexible schedules to still attend a class.  As an example: I say I can attend either session but prefer Sat/Sun. I'm selected and there is space in Sat/Sun, so I'm put in Sat/Sun.  Later, in the lottery when spaces are only left in Thur/Fri, someone is selected that can only come Sat/Sun, so I would be moved to Thur/Fri so that person could attend, too.

If the class is not full after the lottery…

Once the lottery is complete, if the classes are not full, an email will be sent to Southern Flames members giving them one additional week to register for the open spots on a first come, first placed basis via checks to Kim Runge either in person or at the address above. 

If the classes are not full after the additional week of open registration for members, registration will be opened to the general glass community via web forums, emails, etc. 

If you have any questions about Leah Fairbanks class or about the lottery, contact Southern Flames Vice President, Kristy Nijenkamp, at Nijenkamp@bellsouth.net.

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