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Site Name |
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Dr. Sooz's
Infamous Beady Links List
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Can't live without
this list! If I need it, it's on the list! It may not be in the UK but
it shows what's out there in the world. |
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Lampwork Glass Beads
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A super online
resource for glass bead information and links with an 'International'
links page. Get yourself listed on it! |
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JustBeads |
An online auction
house for beads and only beads. |
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British Lampwork |
A new website
featuring British lampwork artists and promoting British lampwork to the
international online community |
| Lampwork Web |
A great online resource for finding SRA
(self-representing artists) lampwork people |
Retail sources in the UK
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Tuffnell Glass |
The best source,
very reasonably priced source for Moretti/Effetre glass and lampworking
supplies including oxygen concentrators, we buy a majority of our glass
from Martin & Teresa! |
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Plowden &
Thompson |
British glass-making
company |
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Retail sources that ship to the UK |
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Ozziebuddy |
A handy source for
propane connection kits for the Hot Head |
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Isisbeads |
A German source for
torches and oxygen concentrators. |
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Arrow Springs |
Comprehensive
lampworking supplies from the US |
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Chockadoo |
Another Australian
source for supplies to the UK |
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Glassmaking links in the UK |
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Alphabetic index
to UK glass makers |
Not just lampworkers,
mostly stained glass and paperweights, still worth a look. |
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Glass resource
link at Liquid Glass Centre
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A very useful
resource of glass links in the UK and elsewhere |
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Broadfield
House Glass Museum |
A dazzling site with
some stunning historic glass to look at, obviously more geared towards
'traditional' glassmaking rather than beads but well worth a look |
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British Bead
Society |
Can't forget those
who use beads to make things! |
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Beadworkers Guild of
the UK |
The Beadworker's
Guild, a superb journal and excellent articles |
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Contemporary
Glass Society |
Dedicated to
encouraging excellence in glass and promoting contemporary glass
worldwide. |
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GBUK |
Society for Glass
Beadmakers in the UK |
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Classes in the UK
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Mike Poole/Tillerman Beads |
Lessons available in
the new Tillerman Beads studio, book online or by phone |
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Tuffnell Glass
lampwork lessons |
Lessons from Martin
and Teresa
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CGS
workshops listings |
A listing of glass
workshops worldwide on the CGS website |
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UK lampwork artists |
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Emma Ralph/EJR
Beads |
A lovely and
talented lady who does lampwork and polymer clay beads |
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Emma Green/Bead Envy |
A British Lampwork
member, a very skilled and lovely lady who does amazing sculptural
beads. |
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Rachel Dawes/Rachel's Lampwork |
Another of the very
talented British lampwork artists in the UK
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Sharon Reynolds/SJR Glass |
A British Lampwork
member with a flair for the organic in beadmaking styles |
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Tuffnell Glass |
British Lampwork
members, Martin and Teresa, bead artists and all-round nice people |
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Jan Jennings/Crystal Garden |
Lovely floral beads
and handcrafted jewellery using her lampworked beads. |
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Rebecca Weddell |
Becca's
Beads, charming and elegant lampwork |
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Diana East |
Superb lampwork with
unique concepts and style |
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Magpie and Badger/Diana Arsenau |
Handmade lampworked
glass beads and unique silver jewellery made in Great Britain. |
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Pixiewillow Designs |
Lampwork and
jewellery artist Lorna Prime from Staffordshire |
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Mangobeads/Manda
Muddimer |
Manda Muddimer's
lovely lampwork website. Love those beads! |
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Sally Carver/ Red Hot Sal |
A British Lampwork
member, Sally Carver makes lovely and elegant lampwork |
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Susan Pochron/Heatherfield Beads |
A talented bead
expert with great information on lampwork and beadwork |
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Becky Fairclough/Chameleon Designs |
A British Lampwork
member who combines working in silver with her lampworked beads. |
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Beverley Hicklin |
A British Lampwork
member, with unique and original beads and jewellery. |
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Lesley Mcfarland |
A British Lampwork
member, whose beads are organic and quirky as well as stunning. |
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| UK jewellery
artists who use lampwork |
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Tillerman Beads |
Handcrafted
jewellery using lampwork beads and semi-precious stones and silver |
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Hilary Milne |
Gemkist handcrafted
jewellery from Scotland, gorgeous! |
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Isla Osborne |
Aroha Designs,
gorgeous lampwork and jewellery |
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Clair Tucker/BuzzyBeads |
A lovely jewellery
artist and strong supporter of British beadmaking. |
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Gillian Lamb |
An amazing bead
artist who has been incorporating lampwork into some of her work lately. |
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The Dragonfly Company |
Lynne Senior - chain
maille artist who uses lampwork by British artists incorporated into her
silver maille jewellery. Lynne also teaches maille and sells
supplies |
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Other glassmaking resources online |
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Effetre/Moretti
glass colours online |
Chris Fisher's
invaluable resource for glass colours. His other links are useful too, a
goldmine of links and information. |
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Walsh Brothers |
Great collection of
links for lampworking. Offers a reciprocal link service and has some
interesting sites. |
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Mindat/SRA lampwork listings |
An SRA listing for
lampworkers, started by Emma Ralph, and located on a superb site owned
by her brother. Families, eh? A great resource for beaders
and a wonderful thing in its own right. |
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Lampwork Web |
An excellent
resource for finding SRA artists on eBay and elsewhere. |
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SRA lampwork artist registry |
A source for finding
verified SRA lampwork artists. We're #P3 |
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Online discussion groups for lampwork
and glass in general |
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| rec.crafts.beads |
Accessible via your
ISPs newsreader or by reading through such services as
Google Groups |
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Lampwork Etc |
Active and
friendly lampwork artist online community (requires free registration to
participate) |
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ISGB forum |
International
Society of Glass Beadmakers forum, requires free registration to
participate |
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Glass Beadmakers
Forum |
Forum for Australian
and international beadmakers, requires free registration to participate |
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Yahoo groups |
Search for the type
of group you want. Free registration required to participate. |
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UK Beaders |
A wonderful and very
useful site for info on UK beading of all kinds |
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Uk Beaders Forum |
The vibrant and
active forum associated with the UK Beaders site. |
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Magazines available in the UK |
Ask your newsagent
to get these magazines for you |
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'Beads and Beyond' |
Uk-based publication for
beaders. |
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Bead & Button |
Website, forum,
online articles and galleries of work. Published bi-monthly |
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Glass Line |
Website, forum,
online subscription. Published bi-monthly |
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Beadwork |
Website, special
online material available to subscribers, projects and articles online.
Bi-monthly. |
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BeadStyle |
Website, special
online material available, projects and articles. Bi-monthly. |
