Calendar of Events
June - Lynn Short shows off her bead collection and shares some lampworking tips with us
May - TBA
April 20 - Hillary Lawson of Soleil Beads will demo how she gets beautiful effects with Double Helix glass!
March 16th - Stephanie demonstrates bead techniques with baking soda bead
February 17th - in person at Spruill or online via zoom - Susan Oltman - sculptural bunny rabbit
January 2024- Marcy Lamberson - Dragon bead demo
December 16th - Holiday Party at Beads By Design - 12 Noon to 3 pm; bead / glassy gift exchange, food and fun!
November - IN PERSON at BBD studio - Stephanie demos recycled glass and Murano, Italy presentation
October - Marcy Lamberson sculptural bead demo
September - Brunch and bead swap at Beads By Design
August - Mary Karg demonstrates cold working to reveal underlying bead color
July - JoAnn Bogner implosion bead demonstration
June - Margo Knight demos a "Little Monster" bead
May Meeting: Members' Floral Bead show-and-tell
April Meeting: Stephanie White demo - Boro Chain necklaces
March Meeting - Chris Haussler, Guest Artist from Nebraska!
February Meeting - Stephanie White glass bead demo
ISGB Creativity Challenge: Viva Magenta! Pantone color of the year - anything in pink! Entries due February 28th
January Meeting - Marcy Lamberson, Guest Artist - Polar Bear! Photos below.
January 21, 11 am - via Zoom
ISGB Creativity Challenge: ALL YOU NEED IS LOVE! Entries due January 30th
January meeting - Saturday, January 20 4 p.m. on Zoom
Marcy Lamberson on-torch demo - bead is TBA
December meeting - Lunch and Glass bead swap! At Beads by Design
Saturday, December 16th from 12-3
November Meeting - 12 Noon Sunday November 19th
In person meeting at Beads by Design!
Stephanie will demo recyled glass techniques and share about her trip to Murano, Italy as well as The Gathering
It's an Artist Open House, too - Stick around afterwards to shop and to tour the other open art studios in the complex!
Bead Swap and brunch! Sat.September 9th 11am - 1pm
at Beads by Design
Bring a wrapped bead and join us for fun and fellowship!
These are the beads that members created and swapped with each other!
Stephanie White's bead for Venice samples
Clockwise, from top left: Pink floral by JoAnn B.; Blue cut with sterling findings by Judy H.; Silver glass raven pendant by Margo K.; component floral by Vicky T.; Landscape bead by Susan O.; Ivory and natural tube by Martha F.; Masked dot bead by Meagan S.; Center butterfly murrini bead by Stephanie
Bead Swap and brunch! Sat.September 9th 11am - 1pm
at Beads by Design
Bring a wrapped bead and join us for fun and fellowship!
Our NOVEMBER 2022 meeting was Saturday, November 19th at 4 pm. We learned how to make boroslilcate icicle ornaments! Our guest artist was Marjorie Langston.
Marcy Lamberson, a longtime Southern Flames member, is our January demo artist. Topic is a sculptural polar bear!
Chris's chickens...
Nebraska artist Chris Haussler creates a myriad of glass art objects including these colorful chickens.
...and little sluggies!
On March 18th, Chris will demo both a chicken and a sluggie for our monthly meeting via Zoom.
February's meeting was a full length demo of the ISGB 2022 Commemorative Bead, pictured above, The video can be viewed here.
March, 2023 : Guest artist Chris Haussler demonstrated how he makes his adorable chickens! He made a large white one and then a wee, blue and white one. The sluggie with the glow in the dark eyes was the adorable critter he made. Even though the poor guy fell on the bench right before going in the kiln, he survived just fine. Thank you, Chris! We look forward to seeing you in October!
APRIL MEETING
Stephanie White showed the group how to create and connect links of boro glass using 4 mm clear boro rods ( available at Flametree Glass).She demo'd several shapes ( oval, triangle, round and even a heart!)
May meeting
Floral show and
Tell! Meeting
on Zoom 5/20/23
June 2023 meeting:
Margo Knight's Little Monster bead!
One eyed monster with double helix murrini put a smile on everyone's faces!
JoAnn Bogner's implosion bead -
July 15th meeting
Cold worked beads by Mary Karg
Mary Karg's demo beads
for August 2023 Meeting
Bead Swap and brunch!
September 9th , 11am- 1pm
At Beads By Design