Courses in glass beadmaking
Including techniques for Iron Age, Anglo Saxon, Viking and modern beads
Book online or by credit card on Tel:- 0116 260 4442 or fax 0116 260 1396
Weekly Workshop
Thursdays Frisby Leicestershire 9.30am-11.30 Maximum 10
Beadmaking workshop. For those just learning or those wishing to improve their skills. Booking essential. All equipment provided.
Cost will be £10 to include materials.
Please specify date or dates when booking
Tel: 0116 260 4442
Fax: 0116 260 1396
Day Courses
19th July 2006 Frisby on the Wreake, Leicestershire 10am4pm
A very basic course for beginners in the techniques useful in making reproduction Anglo Saxon Glass Beads. These are very simple techniques so the course is also suitable for complete beginners to bead making.
Cost will be £120 to include basic materials
Tel: 0116 260 4442
Fax: 0116 260 1396
Summer 2006 (TBC) Peat Moors Centre Somerset (Iron Age)
Booking form from
Peat Moors Centre , Shapwick Road, Westhay, GLASTONBURY, Somerset, BA6 9TT.
Tel: 01458 860697
Ongoing Distance Learning course
From the earliest known beads at 40-50,000 years old to more modern varients, beads have played an important part of human culture. Over the ten weeks we will explore how to make glass beads. The techniques learnt can be used for reproductions of historical beads or modern beads. Course includes all the difficult to source equipment (excludes gas due to postal regulations) Over the weeks you will be sent details of how to start in bead making and have the beads you make each week examined and returned with comments for improvement. £130
Special Courses
Making a Hneftal Set in Glass
Making a Nine Men's Morris set
Making buttons
Making fish beads
Making a spindle whorl or sword bead