* Class Schedule *

***  NEW CLASSES & CLASS DATES FOR 2009  ***

No more repeating the same class descriptions in all the entries below!  The page has been reorg'd to be more readable (organized? me?  who am I, and what have I done with Sharon?)  The  new setup: SECTION 1 has class descriptions,  and SECTION 2 has class schedules with dates & contact info.   A bit more rational, eh? Just don't forget to scroll down!

Here it is!	Ready?	Experience Levels and Class Descriptions:
Pics of some of the things you'll learn in class....	And more pics...	Experience Levels: Beginner:  I'm teaching Beginning classes at Aanraku Glass Studios in San Mateo, CA.  Contact me for schedules.  Experienced Beginner:  Classes for students who have completed beginning classes or equivalent, and practiced a bit. Should have some control and knowledge of basic techniques. Intermediate: Classes for students who've had more torch time, can control hot glass, make base beads in a reasonable time, and are okay with dots, stripes, etc.  You need to have spent some time playing with glass, and be comfortable.
		Creative Sculptural Beadmaking #1:  Bringing Your SillyStuff To Life      2 days, Intermediate    You’ll learn how to visualize and design sculptural beads from the inside out, diagram your designs, and create the design by working from largest to smallest detail.  You’ll learn how to turn rancid dead beads into great fish, where to go for inspiration and design ideas, and how to find your own creative voice. You’ll practice new techniques while making an assortment of strange creatures! You’ll learn to control the flame while making dessert!  You’ll experience the amazing Beatles Bead Toss!  If you’re lucky, you’ll Survive the Dreaded Poopypants Creativity Exercise!  Fun guaranteed, and you'll leave with new techniques to apply to your personal style.
		Mural & Sculpture Combo: 1 day of Stringer Painting & Surface Sculpture, and 1 day of Silly Sculpture (Monkey Heads & More!)   2 days, Intermediate   One day Mural, one day sculpture.  You'll learn beadmaking from the inside out - create picture beads with 3D surface detail, depth, and perspective.  We'll make all the components (enamel and goldstone stringers, flower, leaf, decorative canes, etc.), then build layered encased picture beads with internal background designs and painted/sculpted surface details - think ponds with lily pads & frogs! Godzilla Stomping Tokyo! Then we'll have a day of Silly Sculpture, starting with monkey heads and butterflies, and who knows WHERE we'll end up?  You'll learn where to go for inspiration and design ideas, and how to find your own creative voice.  You'll learn how to plan and diagram your designs, draw with stringers, make and apply off-mandrel components, and control the flame while making dessert!  You'll experience the Amazing Beatles Bead Toss!  Bundles of Fun!
		Monkey Shines      1 day, Intermediate    We'll cover basic sculptural techniques, cartoon design, and facial expressions (your monkey HAS to have expressions, ya know?), and then we'll make some Monkey Faces!  Then we'll make leaf, branch, vine and Monkey Parts cane, and design and make a Monkey In The Jungle mural bead - swingers welcome, bananas optional.  Oh, and that 'Shines'?  We'll make a sun, too.  Plan to stay late, we'll have a Beatles Bead Toss after dinner, too much fun!
		KissyLips and Goblins     1 day, Intermediate   Have a hankering to make a Thing That Goes Bump In The Night?  Learn it here!  We'll cover a lot - eyes, noses and mouths both closed and screaming, kissylips, big floppy ears, hair, and even hats, if you want em.  You'll learn to make faces with expressions, both human and -non, and have a heck of a time doing it.  And you'll get a chance to play with the techniques to create your own designs.  Plan to stay late, we'll have a Beatles Bead Toss after dinner, too much fun!
		In the Octopus Garden     1 day, Intermediate    Meet up with your Handsome 8-Footer here!  We'll cover seascape, mural, encasing, and surface sculpture techniques.  We'll make cased goldstone, latticino and seaweed cane, and practice our octopuses - octopie?- to get the technique down.  Then you'll learn how to make a pretty fabulous aquarium bead with sand, seaweed, ocean currents, millefiori barnacles, and a big fat octopus wrapped around the outside.  You'll learn a lot of great techniques that you can apply to your own individual designs, and have a fabulous time trying to find a place on the bead to put that...last...stinkin...tentacle!  Plan to stay late, we'll have a Beatles Bead Toss after dinner, too much fun!
		Mouse-ilicious!     1 day, Intermediate    It ain't easy bein' cheesey, but we'll learn how here!  In this rodent-infested class we'll cover basic sculptural techniques and cartoon design - important if you want to morph a cute little mouse into something else.  Then we'll wrap the mouse around a cylinder bead, and maybe put one on a cat head, or in it... it's up to the class!  In the afternoon we'll learn Classic Cartoon Mouse techniques and make a Mickey-ish type design.  After that, you'll learn to use the techniques to create your own individual 1930's cartoony critters.  No lawyers will be harmed during these exercises, and if there's time, we'll make some cheese...   Plan to stay late, we'll have a Beatles Bead Toss after dinner, too much fun!
		Fishy Business     1 day, Experienced Beginner/Intermediate    Turn your wonky beads into a fabulous school of fish!  We'll cover a bunch of fish-body decorative techniques, learn how to work with heat and gravity to shape faces and tails, work on eye & mouth expression, and play with cool tools to pattern fishie bodies and fins.  You'll learn new techniques, improve your heat control, and make a bunch of fishie critters in class.  Best of all, you'll never throw away another wonky bead - you'll know how to make em into fish! Plan to stay late, we'll have a Beatles Bead Toss after dinner, too much fun!
	pictures coming	Spooky Stuff     1 day,  Experienced Beginner/Intermediate   Special holiday class - it's time for ghosts, black cats, jack o' lanterns, bats, spiders and other spooky stuff!  We'll play with wildly strange new sculptural techniques, design our own original monsters, learn Spider Secrets, get sick on Halloween candy, and do it all to Elvira's Haunted Halloween Hits (doesn't *everybody* have this CD?) We'll cover basic sculptural techniques and heat control while making incredibly cute beads for holiday earrings and necklaces. And plan to stay late, Bead Tosses are an after-dinner option!
	pictures coming	Easter Bunnies, Eggs & Peeps     4 hours,  Experienced Beginner/Intermediate   Special holiday class - learn to make bunnies, colored eggs and peeps, just in time for Easter! We'll cover basic sculptural techniques and heat control, then start workin' those eggs and buns for your holiday earrings and necklaces.

 

And Now.....	Yep!	THE CLASSES  SCHEDULED SO FAR:
* 2010 *	* 2010 *	* 2010 *    * 2010 *    * 2010 *
April 26 - 27, 2010	U.K. Flameoff 2010, Towcester Race Course, Northampon, England	Come to the Flameoff - I'm signed up to do demos and a class!
August 2 - 3, 2010	Studio 34 Creative Arts Center,  34 Elton St, Rochester NY 14607	Creative Sculptural Beadmaking - Bring Your Sillystuff To Life     Intermediate/Advanced    For Info & registration, see website:  www.studio34beads.com
August 4 - 5, 2010	Studio 34 Creative Arts Center,  34 Elton St, Rochester NY 14607	Mural & Sculpture Combo: 1 day of Stringer Painting & Surface Sculpture, and 1 day of Silly Sculpture (Monkey Heads & More!)     Intermediate/Advanced    For Info & registration, see website:  www.studio34beads.com
Oct.  30 - 31, 2010  WHOO! HALLOWEEN!!! Goblins & pumpkins & weirdnesses all around!	Arrow Springs, 4301 A Product Drive, Shingle Springs, CA 95682	Big Fat Juicy COMBO CLASS! We'll do sculptural and mural stuff, and in honor of Halloween we'll do a mess of Things That Go Bump In The Night.  Gonna be fun - sign up asap, this one will fill!    Intermediate/Advanced  Info & registration,  email flameon@ArrowSprings.com, or phone 1(800) 899-0689
* 2011 *	* 2011 *	* 2011 *    * 2011 *    * 2011 *
March 25 - 26, 2011 March 27 - 28, 2011	GlasDesign Pinneberger Weg 22-24 20257 Hamburg, Germany	I'm teaching 2 classes in Germany!  Intermediate/Advanced classes - info coming    For Info & registration, Phone: 040 319 22 78 Fax: 040 31 51 97      email:  glasdesign-volkmann@t-online.de
Fall, 2011 - will have date info soon!	Libby Leuchtman's Studio	Yep, Libby finally snagged me...  info coming
dates to be determined     9 - 5 pm + bead toss	Aanraku Glass Studios   41 S. Railroad Ave, San Mateo CA 94401	Octopus Garden - doubleheader weekend part 1:   Intermediate/Advanced  Info & registration,  email aanraku@bayareastainedglass.com  or phone   (650) 372-0527
dates to be determined     9 - 5 pm + bead toss	Aanraku Glass Studios   41 S. Railroad Ave, San Mateo CA 94401	Mouse-ilicious! - doubleheader weekend part 2:   Intermediate/Advanced  Info & registration,  email aanraku@bayareastainedglass.com  or phone   (650) 372-0527
* 2012 *	* 2012 *	* 2012 *    * 2012 *    * 2012 *
October 4 - 5, 2012	Fuegoloco Studio, Indianapolis, Indiana	Creative Sculptural Beadmaking - Bring Your Sillystuff To Life     Intermediate/Advanced    For Info & registration, see website:  www.fuegolocostudio.com
October 6 - 7, 2012	Fuegoloco Studio, Indianapolis, Indiana	Something cool & interesting - not decided yet!     Intermediate/Advanced    For Info & registration, see website:  www.fuegolocostudio.com

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