Floral Beadmaking
with Alice Foster Zimmerman

Learn to decorate beads with a wide variety of flower techniques - from simple to complex. Flowers on the outside of the bead, flowers on the inside of the bead. Flowers, flowers and more flowers.

We will begin with the very simplist of flowers - perfect for beginning students - and graduate to the more complex plunged, twisted, encased flowers. Flowers made from complex and encased stringers (Iris, Lilies & Venetian Roses) will also be covered.

Alice has been making beads since she was introduced to the art in 1987. In the early 1990's she produced three videos, that were the first videos that taught glass bead making. Her "how-to" book was first printed in 1993 and received high critical praise for the attention to detail and safety/health concerns.
  
 

Her beads, reviews of her videos and book along with several articles she has written, can be found in Ornament Magazine, Lapidary Journal, Collectible Beads, and Glass Art Magazine.

"I believe her book will become as important to beadmakers as any other lampwork tool."
Robert Liu, Editor, Ornament Magazine, Spring 1994.
Alice is a conscientious teacher and with over 20 years of experience in glass beadmaking, she has much to share with her students. She has been teaching the subject for 20 years and as a result she has lots of ideas for class structure and planning.
  
Alice opened her retail store in 1978, and cleverly named it Alice's Stained Glass. She semi-retired by closing the retail doors in 1998.