July 18 & 19, 2009
2-Day Lampwork Glass Master Class
with master beadmaker Jennifer Geldard
$325 plus $25 material fee

Beyond the round bead...
Finding your voice and other mistakes of bead making. Pushing the boundaries in shape and surface design. Exploring surface techniques with metals and enamels, and disaster recovery as a means to self expression.

This is a rare opportunity to be guided and inspired by one of the top lampwork artists in the world. Jennifer Geldard led a master class at Rebecca's Studio two years ago and now she's back with her talent, generosity, and phenomenal skill as artist and teacher.

Join us for this special 2-day event!
To register, contact:
rebecca@rebeccas-studio.com
or phone the studio at (231) 929-8101

See more of Jennifer's work at www.glassgirl.com

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Master Class Registration

It's our pleasure to offer you these opportunities to develop your beadmaking skills and we appreciate your participation with us. Thank you!

Classes start at 10am and usually run till 6pm. A lunch is provided and you may use the refrigerator for your needs. We are in downtown Traverse City on West Grand Traverse Bay. A detailed information pack will be sent when you register.

At time of registration, a minimum 50% deposit of class fee is due. We need to have enough students to cover expenses and buy a plane ticket since most Master Class instructors are from out of state.

If WE cancel a class, your fee will be refunded in FULL by the same method in which you paid.

If YOU cancel out of a class AND we have a waiting list AND we are able to find a replacement for you, 80% of your deposit fee will be refunded. If you cancel and those conditions are not met by time the class starts, your deposit will not be refunded.

Thank you for understanding the nature of bringing in a Master Class guest artist instructor.

NEW LOCATION!

205 GARLAND STREET

Rebecca's Studio is the newest member of the fun and art-centric Garland Street Warehouse District in Traverse City!

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More room, new Adornment Gallery area, and same state-of-the-art ventilation system for torch workstations. Better than ever!

Check the CALENDAR for current classes.

Hours:
11 am to 5:30 pm Tuesday through Thursday
11 am to 7 pm Friday
11 am to 5:30 pm Saturday
Closed Sunday and Monday

Play Video of Rebecca's apperance on TV 9&10 News.

Lots of Classes Planned for 2009 and beyond! Mark Your Calendar!

September 19 & 20, 2009
2 day Lampwork Floral Beadmaking Master Class
with Dolly Ahles
Floral Decorations
$325 plus $25 material fee

This 2-day workshop is for bead makers above the beginner level who would like to have better control over encasing and surface design by exploring floral decorations.

We will explore temperature control in regard to successfully encasing patterns; build a core bead, achieving nice puckered ends; pull stringers and play with stringer application; apply frit, silver and powder, and keep sculptural beads at the right temperature while creating and encasing floral designs.

Surface design using several varieties of vines, leaves, buds and flowers will be demonstrated as well as encasing these designs. Each demo will combine a different set of techniques with questions and practice to follow.
www.flamedancerbeads.com

Stay tuned for more info!
rebecca@rebeccas-studio.com

October 2 & 3, 2009
2-Day Girly Girl Lampwork Beadmaking Master Class with Stephanie Sersich
$300 plus $25 material fee

In this two-day workshop, we'll make large and small glass beads and buttons for earrings, pendants and a bracelet and also create several simple pieces of jewelry featuring your handmade components. The emphasis will be on making jewelry that's cute and fun. We'll be using hearts and flowers for motifs and combining colors like pink, red and purple...and of course, anything else your heart desires. Each student will complete at least two pairs of drop earrings, a wire-work pendant and a simple feminine bracelet. Come and be girly!

To register contact:
rebecca@rebeccas-studio.com

www.sssbeads.com

October 4 & 5, 2009
2-Day Intermediate Lampwork Master Class with Stephanie Sersich
$300 plus $25 material fee

Join Stephanie as she shows you how to produce the beads you’ve always imagined for your jewelry designs. In the workshop, students will learn how to make necklace components, some not formed on a mandrel at all. Participants will explore off-mandrel techniques to make pendants, buttons and beyond. Stephanie uses a variety of shapes, such as hearts, pods, and starfish to create the matrix (core bead) of her designs. Emphasis will be placed on learning an array of decorative techniques in hopes each student can utilize them to create something truly their own. This will be a unique opportunity for participants to learn from Stephanie’s eleven years of experience, and boundless creative energy.

To register contact:
rebecca@rebeccas-studio.com

www.sssbeads.com

2010
2-Day Glass Sampler Master Class Workshop with Barbara Becker Simon
www.bbsimon.com

This workshop will feature hollow bead mastery and stringer control. Other skills that the intermmediate beadmaker will enjoy practicing will be precision shapes, ring-making and pick ups, using metal and enamels, and much more. If students want their work to step up to another level, this workshop will present techniques to smooth the path towards more impressive beads.

2010
2-Day PMC Enamel Master Class Workshop with Barbara Becker Simon
www.bbsimon.com
Champleve Enameling on PMC? Easy as 1-2-3!

To introduce the method of champleve enameling, we'll create PMC pieces using a stamped depression and/or using a "cookie cutter" method. This class is not meant to be an exhaustive exploration of enameling procedures but rather a taste of one particular technique. No previous enameling experience is required. A basic knowlege of PMC usage is neccessary.

We will cover PMC piece construction with an emphasis on what is required for champleve using transparent enamels. Other areas addressed in the class include:surface preparation, handling of enamels, and firing procedures. We will touch on other enameling procedures and sources for enamels and related supplies.

Last Year's 2008 7th Annual Fire & Ice Bead Show

Beadmaker Show and Sale

Saturday April 12, 9am to 5pm
Hagerty Center
715 E. Front Street, Traverse City, MI
$2 Admission

Fire & Ice. What a perfect metaphor for lampwork beads especially at this transitional time of year. This fun annual show has over 40 artists featuring lampwork, stone, fused glass, ceramic, polymer, PMC silver, fiber and more. See you there! For more info please call (231) 392-2439.

November 2007

Simple Soldering Workshop with Elaine Martin

Lots of hands-on time in this class. Elaine guided students to make silver-soldered jump-rings, earings, and other pieces. Calm, patient, resourceful, and quick to smile, Elaine generously shared her wealth of metal-working knowledge. She is a great teacher. Thank you Elaine!

October 2007

Two-Day Glass Fusing with Cher Fettes

Cher, the alchemist. How fitting that just before Halloween, she teaches us her secret recipes for beautiful fused glass. With an encyclopedic knowledge from years of study, careful observation, and an artist's sense of adventure, Cher combines art and science to teach us how to brew our own potent potion of magical glass. Thank you Cher!
www.cheyenneglass.com

September 2007

AWA Studio Crawl

Art Works Alliance has organized the second annual Traverse area Studio Crawl Saturday, September 22, 10am to 4pm. In this free self-guided tour, 11 area artists open their studio doors for a look inside. Rebecca's Studio will be one of them. Everyone is welcome. Click Studio Crawl for PDF details and directions.

July 2007

Susan Lambert's Simple Soldering Workshop

She makes it look soooo easy. Just that tiny piece of silver and the right amount of flame and whoosh! It's soldered. Susan really knows what she's doing and made sure everyone got lots of hands-on practice with special tools, materials, and flame. And of course lots of support and encouragement from her. Thank you Susan!
www.beadnsue.com

June 2007

Kristina Logan's 2-Day Master Class

Balance, patience, joy. Kristina Logan, The Queen of Dots, makes symmetry transcendent. Always focused but always with the light touch, Kristina channels her mystical relationship with glass and flame in a generous, fun flow of technique and artistry. Lots of time for student practice and advice from the teacher, too. Thank you Kristina!
www.kristinalogan.com

May 2007

Jennifer Geldard's 2-Day Master Class

Beyond the round bead indeed! Texture. Form. Color. Wow! Jennifer's mastery of the medium and strong urge to explore leads to some of the most innovative glass bead designs around. Plus, she has developed a new line of design ideas (to be introduced later this year) that she generously shared with students. A great and patient teacher. Lots of demos, lots of torch time, lots of fun. Thank you Jennifer!
www.glassgirl.com

April 2007

Michael Barley's 2-Day Master Class

Despite an unexpected spring snowstorm and cancelled flights, master lampwork artisan Michael Barley made it to Traverse City and led two back-to-back 2-day workshops. Students watched and practiced Michael's deftly demonstrated and clearly explained techniques. Gentle, kind, patient, this popular teacher guided students to new levels of lampwork creation. Thank you Michael!
www.barleybeads.com

January 2007

Loren Stump's 3-Day Master Class

Loren Stump's recent 3-Day Murrini Master Class at Rebecca's Studio was a great success. His skill, knowledge, and artistry are in a category that few people will ever reach. Plus he's a great teacher and genuinely nice guy. He was so generous showing us his techniques and processes. He really holds nothing back. Thank you Loren! We will all have a lot to practice and think about for quite a while.

December 2006

Holiday Season Shows and Events

Merry Market

Leland Old Art Building
10am to 4pm
December 2, 2006
Leland, MI

Holiday Delights

Preferred Outlets (formerly Horizon Outlet Center)
10am to 5pm
December 9, 2006
Traverse City, MI

Osiris PMC Pendent Class

at Rebecca's Studio!
5:30pm to 9:30pm
December 7, 2006
Register at Osiris in Traverse City
phone (231) 933-4853 or (231)944-1056

Gift Certificates Available!

email rebecca@rebeccas-studio.com

October 2006

AWA Studio Crawl

The Art Works Alliance has organized a Traverse City area Studio Crawl Saturday, October 21, 10am to 6pm. In this free self-guided tour, 15 area artists open their studio doors for a look inside. Rebecca's Studio will be one of them. Everyone is welcome.

September 18, 2006

Now Amanda and Steve have gone back to Sri Lanka and I have been working on the schedule for the next flyer. Check out the Class Schedule.

The next show is with the Rock and Mineral Club at the Heritage Center. That is the 'Old Library' on Sixth Street for those of us who have lived in TC for a long time! We will have many demo's. Stone cutting and Lampwork for sure and lots for the kids to see.

The Art Works Alliance is planning a studio crawl for October 21. If you are an artist with a studio, there is still time to be included. Contact me.

July 24, 2006

We met some awesome people at the Twisted Fish Gallery in Elk Rapids while doing lampwork demos. It was hot and sticky but the torch made the time fly for me.

Today I am planning ahead: 5-week classes through the Traverse Art Center, art shows, Studio Open House/Demo/Sale here on August 26.

June 29, 2006

Well, we are back from an amazing Bead and Button conference and have been busy in the studio. I have been teaching beginning silver clay and lampwork. My daughter is helping me get ready for an art show/demo at the Twisted Fish Gallery in Elk Rapids. I sure hope the weather is good that weekend because I am hauling the lampwork torch and kiln for the demo on July 15th and 16th...

June 12, 2006

My sister and I are off this week to the annual Bead & Button Conference. I'm taking a class to learn about enameling on silver clay. See you when I get back.

June 7, 2006

It has long been my dream to have a studio where I could not only work on my own art but also share it with others. Rebecca's Studio is the realization of that dream. This is a place to create, to learn, to inspire and be inspired. It's a place to exchange ideas. It's a place for a community of glass and fine metal artists. Join me in being part of it. Learn. Create. Share.