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Astrid Riedel Workshops 6th, 7th & 8th September 2019
Venue - Tuffnell Glass Studios, Rudston , East Yorkshire,YO25 4UD
Date - 6th,7th & 8th September 2019
Time - 10am -5pm
Class level - Intermediate "Beginners Hollows"
Class level - Intermediate - advanced "Marble Bead Class"
Tea & coffee are provided free of charge throughout the day, there will be a 30 minute lunch break.
Please bring your own eye protection, all glass , tools , mandrels and torches are provided. If you need a creation station or any other special tools please let us know before the class so we can arrange these items for you .
I live in Pretoria , South Africa but am originally from the Netherlands. I have devoted the last 13 years solely to glass art. My background lies in jewellery manufacturing as a goldsmith and as a hobby I loved to paint. Both have been neglected since my affair with melting glass.
I have an insatiable need to push the boundaries in glass bead art, to try new ways to add techniques into the beads, some from the glassblowing world, some from other art influences. The beads I love very much right now are the "Face it" series beads which are "painted" in the flame of the torch and the off mandrel hollow beads, in all shapes and sizes, I love to decorate them with shards , twisties dichroic glass, murrini and enamels etc... It has taken a lot of practice and I am still perfecting the techniques daily. It has opened up endless new possibilities for me and I love to create wearable glass art necklaces, with the least amount of non-glass materials.
Besides beadmaking, teaching has been a big part of my life for the last 6 years, I love to pass on my latest techniques! In return I feel so grateful to be asked to teach and to experience countries that I would never have had the opportunity to see, and the amazing friends I have made on my travels around the world.