Medicine Bag /Peyote Pouch Made with seed beads or delicas using peyote stitch, embellished by fringe hung with charms, pearls, and all sorts of special beads, and worn around the neck, this is a piece everyone covets. The beads used set the tone, from formal elegance to ethnic. Advanced students can work with charting patterns. Class runs approximately 4 hrs. $45/person (plus materials)

Complete Shoreshells Pouch kits based on various sea shell colors available $45.
Illustrated directions included.

variation : Netted Bead (as seen in Beadwork October 1997) The same technique worked in smaller beads to encase a large glass, raku, stone, or wooden bead. 4 hrs. $45/person (plus materials)

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Sculptural Peyote Vessels as seen in Beadwork Special Issue, Interweave Press, October 1996, and the Sculptural Seed Bead Show, Beadworks Boston fall 1996 Peyote in three dimensions. To take this class, one should be comfortable with flat peyote. Learn increasing and decreasing to shape forms and how to chart designs. 4 hrs. $55/person (plus materials)

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Wild Vines Necklace or bracelet a rich multistrand tangle of beads and chips; many sizes and odd lots of coordinating beads can be used. Focal point pendant is optional. 4 hours
$45/person (+materials)

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Ruffles and Ridges: a coral reef bracelet Built up in layers as a coral reef grows, this seed bead technique based on netting makes beautiful bracelets and can be used to embellish other work too. Can be controlled and reserved or really wild. 3 hrs. $45/person (plus materials)

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Glass Velvet/Anemone construction for bracelets or pins A bead loom holds the base layer of this richly textured plush built of seed beads, which can be embellished with chips and larger beads. Advanced students can work patterns. Bracelets in this technique are long term projects; pins can be completed in a shorter time. 4 hrs. $45/person (plus materials)
bead loom required-available at studio

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Netted Necklace a great project for using and showing off those special, one-of-a-kind beads. This piece is a flat, weblike structure with a multistrand look and it works up quickly. 3 hours $45/person (plus materials)

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Glass Bead Making: Basic Lampwork An introduction to working glass by melting it above the flame of a torch and winding it on steel rods to form beads. Over 50% of the beads produced in Europe for centuries were made in this way by cottage industry workers. The techniques are not difficult and are fascinating. Buttons, pendants, and marbles are possible too! Make exactly the beads you want for particular projects: color, shape, size, design and decoration all under your control. Great fun. 3-4 hours $60/person all materials included.

Intermediate/Advances classes for students with some experience.

Also: Lampworking with Sheet Glass: tricks for using flat glass in your lampwork. Many colors and styles (especially marbled and opalescent) are available in stained glass sheet that are not represented in the Moretti rods. But sheet can be tricky and requires a couple specific skills. Get a handle on those skills at this workshop and expand your palette. Some lampwork experience expected; see note above. Bring your own torch setup and tools; all glass is included. $45/person

Forestheart Studio 200 South Main Street, Woodsboro Maryland 21798
301-845-4447

NOTE: all prices, times, etc. herein are subject to changes without notice.
Please confirm by telephone just prior to your visit/order.