Glass Beadmakers UK

GBUK Competition 2012

Richard — Mon, 10 Oct 2011 20:49:14 +0000

The 2012 GBUK competition is now up and running.

Please use the following link to get a copy of the themes and rules, and download an application form. Good luck.

GBUK Competition 2012

New Honorary Member Elected – Martin Tuffnell

Chairman — Wed, 28 Sep 2011 19:58:20 +0000

We are delighted to announce that on 24th September 2011, at our AGM held at the Loyd Lindsay Rooms in Ardington, Martin Tuffnell was elected as an Honorary Member of GBUK.

He joins Kate Drew-Wilkinson, Kate Fowle Meleney, Barbara Beadman, Diana East, Amanda Glanville, Pauline Holt & Barbara Mason.

For information about GBUK see our about page.

AGM and Beadfair 24th September 2011

Richard — Mon, 29 Aug 2011 17:53:59 +0000

The 2011 Annual General Meeting of Glass Beadmakers UK and Bead Fair is being held on Saturday 24th September 2011
at the same venue as last year…

Loyd Lindsay Rooms,
Ardington,
Oxfordshire
OX12 8PS

The venue is situated in a beautiful Oxfordshire village, in a central position between Oxford, Newbury, Reading and Swindon with convenient access from the M4, A34 and A417. There is on site parking and main line rail access at Didcot Parkway just 8 miles away.

Also like last year, the AGM will be held in the morning, with the fair in the afternoon.

7.00 – 10.00 am Bead Fair set-up

10.00 – 12.00 Annual General Meeting

12.00 – 1.00 Lunch

1.00 – 5pm GBUK Bead Fair

5.00 – 6.00 pm Bead fair pack-up time.

The current list of exhibitors and lampwork glass artists are as follows…

Karen Baildon – CheekyCherubDesigns – www.cheekycherubdesigns.com
Barbara Beadman Plowden & Thompson - www.plowden-thompson.com
Sarah Bedwell – Flame Force Five - www.flameforcefive.com
Diane Cook – Dilunah – www.dilunah.com
Charlotte Dakin-Norris – Big Bang Beads – www.bigbangbeads.com
Trudi Doherty – The Glass Jewellery Box – theglassjewellerybox.co.uk
Melanie Driscoll – Love4glass – www.love4glass.com
Diana East – Studio 19 – www.diana-east.co.uk
Helen Gorick – Helen G Beads – www.helengbeads.co.uk
Lyn Gutteridge – Twirlybeads – twirlybeads.co.uk
George Harper – by george – mizgeorge.co.uk
Julie Fountain – Lush Lampwork – lushlampwork.co.uk
Pauline Holt – Jazzy Lily – www.jazzylily.com
Heather Kelly – Heather Kelly Glass – www.lauscha.co.uk
Colette Ladley – Dragonfire Glass – www.dragonfireglass.co.uk
Karen Lilley – Lilley Glass Designs
Barbara Mason – Studio B – www.glass-beads.co.uk
Marlene Minhas – Glassy Gear – glassygear.etsy.com
June Scott – Beaujolais Beads – www.beaujolaisbeads.com
Kate Sullivan – Sublime Beads – www.sublimebeads.co.uk
Martin Tuffnell – Tuffnell Glass – www.tuffnellglass.com
Shahlaa Walsh – All That Sparkles Beads – allthatsparklesbeads.etsy.com
Rachel Warren – Silverfusion – silverfusion.co.uk
Sue Webb – Sue Webb Bead Designer - www.suewebb.co.uk

Surrey, Guildford

Richard — Sun, 31 Jul 2011 21:15:49 +0000

Becky Fairclough

Located just outside Guildford in Surrey, Becky offers classes from complete beginner to intermediate and more advanced techniques. 1-2-1 tuition or learn with a friend. for more information please see

www.chameleondesigns.co.uk/Classes.html

Suffolk, Colchester

Richard — Mon, 18 Jul 2011 09:02:18 +0000

Catherine Allen – Paintbox Crafts

One to one tuition for beginners at my studio in Leavenheath near Colchester,
please see my website for details
www.paintboxcrafts.co.uk
or ring me on 01206 262275

2011 GBUK Journal Entries

Richard — Wed, 08 Jun 2011 09:58:46 +0000

PLEASE NOTE: ENTRIES ARE NOW CLOSED FOR THE 2011 JOURNAL

We are now accepting entries for the 2011 GBUK Journal that will be published later in the year. All members should now have received an email detailing how to submit your entry.

This is a high quality publication that gives members an opportunity to showcase their work, every member receives a free copy with additional copies available to purchase.

There are no fees for entries but you do need to be a fully paid up member to be included, however there is still time to join GBUK if you would like to take advantage of this great opportunity.

If you have any queries or would like further information please contact Kate Sullivan using the contact form

Bead & Jewellery Competition Winners

Richard — Fri, 15 Apr 2011 00:14:30 +0000

We are pleased to announce the winners of the Bead & Jewellery competition which was shown at the 2011 Flame Off in Towcester

The winners are

Beads:

Advanced Winner – Sue Webb with “Juggling Elephant”

Bead Heros
Juggling Elephant – a Lampwork bead inspired by Sharon Peters
I love the humour that Sharon Peters manages to instill in her beads and cartoon clarity they possess. I like to make use of the hole left in the beads if it is not being used in a piece of jewellery. This is a very clever circus elephant who has learnt to juggle.
www.suewebb.co.uk

Advanced Runner-up – Emma Mackintosh with “Water Dragon”

Theme: Fire & Ice
“Water Dragon”
I love making dragons, which are by nature fiery. As fire and ice are opposites, I decided to make a water dragon that breathes ice. This dragon curls around the necklace as a freeform bead, surrounded by ice cubes.
www.aflamewithdesire.co.uk

Intermediate Winner – Ingrid Brunt with “Cats in Hats”

Theme: Bead Heroes
“Cats in Hats”
My bead hero is Lesley Nixon. She set a challenge to have a go at cat beads, one of her signature styles.
In doing this she gave me the courage and approval to copy her style and develop my own style of cats.
www.bruntiesbeads.com

Intermediate Runner-up – Dawn Price with “Pegasus”

www.dawnsbeadboutique.co.uk/

Theme: Bead Heroes
“Pegasus”
My bead is ‘Pegasus’, shown about to take to the sky. Created in Effetre and D. Helix with a drop of silver. Measures 35mm x 27mm x 10mm, excluding bail.

Beginner Winner – Judith Hannington with “Troglodyte”

Theme: Bead Heros
“Troglodyte”
Inspired by Miriam Steger-Van Der Schrieck’s faceted window beads, I wanted to create a similar effect without cold-working techniques. My ‘Troglodyte’ bead is the result. My own handmade vine and murrini canes form the wrapped core and flower centre, and the window has a silvered ivory stringer frame.
www.fuse-n-beads.co.uk

Beginner runner-up – Jean Munro

Theme: Fire & Ice
4 ss lentils size approx 25mm and 2 18mm ss lentils. The glass used is CiM Marshmallow, Effetre Caribbean Sea, Effetre Blue Lagoon, handmade sistringer and handmade twistie in the 3 colours.
I was aiming for the effect of a swirly sea with ice forming on the surface gradually increasing with the sea reducing as the ice forms.
www.ceardannan.co.uk

Jewellery:

Seed Bead Category Winner – Lynn Davy with “Molten”

Theme: Fire
“Molten”
Flame themed lampwork set by Tania Grey, strung with charcoal-black seed beads and ‘lava’ beads interspersed with beaded beads and finished with a beadwoven toggle-and-loop clasp and a lush tassel. The piece is charred black at the ends and gets hotter and more glowing at the centre.
http://www.etsy.com/shop/nemeton

Seed Bead Category Runner-up – Vanessa Hearn with “Lava”

Theme: Fire & Ice
‘Lava’
Hot beaded bubbles of lava, from the furnace of the planet, capture beads from my flame. (Beads and Beadwork by Vanessa Hearn)
http://www.beadupastorm.co.uk

Wire work Category Winner – Gay Massender

Theme: Fire
I took inspiration for this piece from the Catherine Wheel, still clinging to my garden fence. I’ve used reclaimed electrical copper wire and my own lampwork beads. I’ve tried to add depth and the illusion of sparks flying from the main focal point – fire works!
http://www.GaysieMay.etsy.com

Wire work Category Runner-up – Judy Munford with “Fire Cracker Flame Off”

Theme: Fire
“Fire Cracker Flame Off”
Featuring a focal glass bead by Dianne Cracknell, wire flames with crystal tips creep around the central fire, finished with hand-dyed silk ribbon – flaming up with crystals!
http://www.doodlecraft.com

Strung Jewellery Category Winner – Anna Hayward with “Flickering Flames”

Theme: Fire
“Flickering Flames”
41 of my own handmade beads. I have simply twisted, pulled and dotted my beads to create the flicker of flames as they die.
Strung on a silver beading wire with sterling silver findings and spaced with black seed beads.
http://www.lhjewellery.co.uk

Strung Jewellery Category Runner-up – Chrystal Adcock

Theme: Fire & Ice
My necklace combines one of my own beads – a focal which is silver foil-lined, with a flamey decoration – I have teamed this with co-ordinating crystals and seed beads.
http://www.chrystalrosedesigncrafts.com

Silversmithing:

Silversmithing Prize – Julie Haveland Beer with “Ice in my Belly, Fire in my Heart”

Theme: Fire & Ice
“Ice in my Belly, Fire in my Heart!”
The silver filigree heart and the hand-shaped lampwork “ice nugget” are made by myself in my little workshop in Devon. Nugget headpin by George Harper-East.

http://www.dolmairicdesign.co.uk

Cornwall, St Ives

Richard — Tue, 01 Feb 2011 00:50:08 +0000

Lesley Anne Silver

www.beadsashore.com

GBUK Bead & Jewellery Competition 2011

Richard — Mon, 22 Nov 2010 23:07:18 +0000

to be held at the Flame Off, Towcester Racecourse April 2011

We are delighted to announce that GBUK will be holding another Bead competition at next years Flame Off event at Towcester Racecourse. This is an exciting opportunity for GBUK members to showcase their work in a display on the GBUK stand, and which can then be displayed at later bead/glass events.

This year there will also be a NEW Jewellery category in the competition, which is open to members as well as non-members to enter. We are hoping that this will highlight our work to beaders and jewellery makers including those who may not have used artisan glass beads before. The piece must include a focal or set of artisan lampwork beads, and can be used with seed beads, bead weaving, wire-work, forged/formed metal, mixed media, for example.
GBUK members can therefore enter a bead as well as/or a piece of jewellery if they would like to!

There will be two themes:

Fire & Ice – e.g. Fire/Flames and / or Ice
Bead Heros – this theme is about being inspired by another artist’s work, be it a beadmaker or glassworker. Entries should NOT be a copy of their work but a piece that has been inspired by or a development of what they have made, said or their methods used. Entrants will need to detail this in the comments section.

There are three categories for the Lampworked Bead Competition – Advanced, Intermediate and Beginner, with a Winner and Runner-Up for each category.
The Jewellery Competition will have a Winner and Runner-Up.

Please see the attached PDF for the entry form and rules.

The Judges and prizes have yet to be announced…but we wanted to give everyone as much notice as we could for entering!

Note: The deadline has been extended to 31st March 2011

Download the Entry form here

Bead Prize Sponsors

Pendant by Dizzy Di www.dizzydi.co.uk
Elephant by Sue Webb suewebb.co.uk
Ivory & silver glass focal by Marlene Minhas glassygear.etsy.com
3 beads by Colette Ladley www.dragonfireglass.co.uk
Grey & silver glass focal by Vanessa Hearn www.beadupastorm.co.uk
Stringer & silver glass focal by Chrystal Rose www.chrystalrosedesigncrafts.com
Aqua & silver glass BHB by Charlotte Dakin-Norris www.bigbangbeads.com

Our sponsors

AGM and Beadfair 25th Sept 2010

Richard — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 21:07:37 +0000

The 2010 Annual General Meeting of Glass Beadmakers UK and Bead Fair is being held on Saturday 25th September 2010
at
Loyd Lindsay Rooms,
Ardington,
Oxfordshire
OX12 8PS

The venue is situated in a beautiful Oxfordshire village, in a central position between Oxford, Newbury, Reading and Swindon with convenient access from the M4, A34 and A417. There is on site parking and main line rail access at Didcot Parkway just 8 miles away.

Like last year, the AGM will be held in the morning, with the fair in the afternoon.

7.00 – 10.00 am Bead Fair set-up

10.00 – 12.00 Annual General Meeting

12.00 – 1.00 Lunch

1.00 – 5pm GBUK Bead Fair

5.00 – 6.00 pm Bead fair pack-up time.

The current list of exhibitors and lampwork glass artists is as follows…

Tuffnell Glass – www.tuffnellglass.com
Plowden & Thompson - www.plowden-thompson.com

Chrystal Adcock – Chrystal Rose Design Crafts – www.chrystalrosedesigncrafts.com
Karen Baildon – Cheeky Cherub Designs – www.cheekycherubdesigns.co.uk
Joanna Bailey - Jo Bailey Designs – www.jobaileydesigns.co.uk
Sam Capeling – Black Heart Beads
Charlotte Dakin-Norris – Big Bang Beads – www.bigbangbeads.com
Sarah Downton – Sarah Downton Contemporary Glass Beads – www.sarahdownton.co.uk
Julie Fountain & George Harper East – By George, it’s Lush! – www.lushlampwork.co.uk & www.designedbygeorge.co.uk
Yvette Goodridge – Blue Kiln Beads
Ema Kelly – Duck in a Bucket Designs – www.duckinabucket.com
Sandy Kelly – Flowerjasper – www.flowerjasper.co.uk
Marlene Minhas – Glassygear
Lyn Gutteridge – Twirlybeads – www.twirlybeads.co.uk
Pauline Holt – Jazzy Lily – www.jazzylily.com
Sabine Little – Little Castle Designs – www.littlecastledesigns.co.uk
Bob Martin – The Glass Workshop
Barbara Mason – Studio B – www.glass-beads.co.uk
June Scott – Beaujolais Beads – www.beaujolaisbeads.com
Ray Skene – Celtic Glass – www.celticglass.co.uk
Kate Sullivan – Sublime Beads – www.sublimebeads.co.uk
Elaine Thornton – Chatelaine Glass Art Beads & Jewellery – www.chatelainejewellery.com
Rachel Warren – Rachel D Warren – Jewellery Designer / Maker – www.silverfusion.co.uk