Item Name:
Inside-Out Beads with Shannon Hill
SKU:
DVD146
Description:
Inside-Out Beads with Shannon Hill is an instructional DVD featuring techniques for creating hollow glass borosilicate lampworked beads. The video covers both beginner and advanced methods for inside-out bead construction, including pulling and working from points, making and using stringers with color, dichroic, and litticino glass, fuming with gold and silver, inside-out techniques, coil potting, inverted spirals, and honeycomb patterns. This comprehensive guide is designed for artists interested in expanding their lampworking repertoire with advanced hollow bead techniques.
How it is used:
- Watch the video to learn foundational techniques for pulling points and working glass from the center outward.
- Follow the stringer-making demonstrations to create custom color, dichroic, and litticino stringers for bead design.
- Study the fuming techniques using gold and silver to add metallic effects to hollow beads.
- Reference the inside-out construction methods to build complex hollow bead structures.
- Learn coil potting and inverted spiral techniques to add texture and dimension to finished beads.
- Practice honeycomb patterning methods demonstrated in the video for advanced bead designs.
